Latest Prog News
Pink Floyd share new stereo mix of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, presented for the first time as a single continuous piece of music
Pink Floyd will reissue their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here, on various formats on December 12
"Prepare yourselves for a night of epic music!" Voivod announce UK tour dates in June 2026
Canadian prog metal legends Voivod will tour the UK with Midnight and Cryptosis in June
"There’s nothing quite like playing live in the UK!" Marillion announce UK tour dates in September and October
UK prog rockers Marillion follow selling out two nights at Italy's prestigious amphitheatre in Pompeii with UK tour announcement
Marillion's Steve Hogarth shares cover of Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat as he announces new live album
Steve Hogarth will release live album SPQR, with Italian prog rockers RanestRane, on CD, Blu-ray and vinyl, in January
Hear John Petrucci add lightning to new Steve Morse Band song Triangulation
Dream Theater guitarist guests on instrumental title track to the Flying Colors and Kansas counterpart’s latest record, which also features Eric Johnson and Kevin Morse
Alan Parsons Project story to be told for first time in official book
Earlybird sign-up for 200-page hardback offers choice of two editions, discount price when pre-order begins, your name in the memoir and fast delivery on publication
Soft Machine will release new studio album, Thirteen, in March
The new Soft Machine album, Thirteen, features a posthumous cameo from founding member Daveid Allen, recorded before he died
As campaign to save seven grassroots UK venues enters final days, organisers urge fans to donate whatever they can
The charity Music Venue Properties hopes to secure the future of clubs in Bedford, Stoke-On-Trent, Bedford, Nottingham, Brighton, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle by making them community-owned
Latest Prog Features
Did Steve Hogarth deny the world a lot of great music with his approach to Marillion?
He discusses embracing artistic tension, avoiding the well-trodden path, escaping his narcissism, what really went wrong with the record industry, the band’s decade in the wilderness and why it took him 28 years to get them to the Royal Albert Hall
Why The Only Ones’ Even Serpents Shine is actually a prog album
Vocalist Peter Perrett used his voice to disorientate, just like Peter Gabriel, while the band felt like XTC, produced by Joe Meek, steeped in Van der Graaf Generator
Jethro Tull’s saddest, darkest album could have been even darker
Death, dysfunction and ecological disaster surrounded Ian Anderson as his changing world shaped a “forever tainted” record
Blending Tool, Bjork and Black Sabbath helped Swedish psych-proggers stand out from the start
The five-piece group surpassed their own expectations at their first-ever rehearsal. Now, as a four-piece with their fourth record out, they’re more impressive than ever
Who is the prog-powered creator of “revenge pop” targeting? “All those people who didn’t think I could do it”
Inspired by Kate Bush and a childhood of Yes, 10cc and ELO, her debut album contained dark humour – but no hint of stashed body parts
A prog poet formed a group of A-list colleagues and went on a trip into the unknown. They got lost - or so it seemed
His only solo release merged Genesis, Greenslade and Soft Machine vibes with an additional experimental edge. But the real beauty is that it couldn’t have been made any other time than the early 70s
“A big chapter was coming to an end. I couldn’t tell anyone”: Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour
The final road trip with Peter Gabriel featured an over-ambitious stage set, performing a double-album no one had yet heard, and dealing with dangerous and deadly mishaps – all while suspecting their singer was going to quit and the band might end
Latest Prog Reviews
Derek Shulman takes aim at Syd Barrett, Beach Boys and Eagles in his not-very-gentle memoir Giant Steps
Former Gentle Giant vocalist who became an A&R bigwig provides an refreshingly undiplomatic account of his career on stage and off it
Hawkwind’s PXR5 plugs into the more celebrated Hall Of The Mountain Grill
Their last album with the wayward genius – showing the band at their most confrontational yet most accessible – returns in remastered vinyl and CD with additional tracks
Lunatic Soul’s The World Under Unsun concludes eight-album circle-of-life story
Riverside’s Mariusz Duda concludes his circle-of-life-and-death story with eighth instalment (that takes place between the fifth and fourth)
Gazpacho’s Magic 8-Ball explores characters at breaking point
Norwegian art-rockers deliver tightly-focused songs after a Hollywood clash forced them to reboot their 12th album
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention’s One Size Fits All, five decades on
The original nine tracks expanded to 58 – and while there’s some repetition and flawed live production, the energy is vigorous
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds – the Deluxe and Ultimate editions
Sumptuous box sets that gather all available versions plus a wealth of bonus material – not all of which will be welcomed
