Prog News

Kansas react to viral Carry On Wayward Son sketch on Saturday Night Live

By Fraser Lewry published 9 April 26

Led by Jack Black, a group of husbands find common purpose through a shared love of song

Pink Floyd announce new compilation album including extended version of classic track

By Fraser Lewry published 8 April 26

New Pink Floyd collection 8-Tracks features songs recorded between 1971 and 1979

New Rush drummer Anika Nilles reveals her thoughts on Neil Peart's playing

By Fraser Lewry published 8 April 26

Anika Nilles will make her touring debut with Rush in Los Angeles in July

New Hawkwind release unearths the late Huw Lloyd-Langton's final recording with the band

By Jerry Ewing published 7 April 26

Hawkwind's Psychedelic Selection is released through Cherry Red Records in June

Former King Crimson drummer Michael Giles returns with Shadows/Solo, his first album for 25 years

By Jerry Ewing published 6 April 26

Michael Giles' Shadows/Solo kickstarts a series of archival releases which incudes work with Jamie Muir and a five-disc box set

Voyage 35 share their first music with a cover of Porcupine Tree's The Nostalgia Factory

By Jerry Ewing published 3 April 26

Former Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and John Wesley will tour as Voyage 35, performing early Porcupine Tree material, in September

Alex Lifeson says he initially had doubts about new Rush drummer Anika Nilles

By Fraser Lewry published 3 April 26

Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Anika Nilles are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock

Yes postpone this month's Fragile UK tour as guitarist Steve Howe requires surgery

By Jerry Ewing published 2 April 26

Yes's planned Fragile tour would have been the band's first English and Scottish tour dates for two years.

"It takes me back to my schooldays." Peter Gabriel shares his latest single Till Your Mind Is Shining

By Jerry Ewing published 2 April 26

Peter Gabriel is releasing a new single every full moon at midnight in the build-up to new studio album o\i.

Jethro Tull announce six-disc reissue of 1984 album Under Wraps

By Jerry Ewing published 1 April 26

Jethro Tull's Under Wraps: The Unwrapped Edition brings together the band's 1984 album and Ian Anderson's 1983 debut solo album, Walk Into Light

Masked-up Canadian math rockers Angine de Poitrine announce new EU and UK tour for October

By Jerry Ewing published 1 April 26

YouTube math-rock sensations Angine de Poitrine will release their second album, Vol. II, in April

Resurrected prog metal heroes Nevermore won't play the USA in 2026

By Simon Young published 31 March 26

Band cite work permit issues as the reason for withdrawal from ProgPower USA bill

Former ELO members reunite to present band's silver electric cello donated to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

By Jerry Ewing published 31 March 26

Former Electric Light Orchestra members Melvyn Gale, Bev Bevan and Mik Kaminski appeared at Birmingham City University to honour former ELO keyboard player Richard Tandy

New Rush drummer Anika Nilles looks back on her first rehearsal with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson

By Fraser Lewry published 31 March 26

Anika Nilles, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock

Watch Rush debut new live line-up with powerful rendition of Finding My Way at the Junos

By Jerry Ewing published 30 March 26

"It's the only song we know how to play," quips Alex Lifeson as Rush open this year's Juno Awards in Canada with Finding My Way, the first song from their self-titled debut album

Toyah and Robert Fripp return with their most disturbing Sunday Lunch video yet

By Fraser Lewry published 30 March 26

Quick! Somebody fetch the bug spray!

Pink Floyd to release 1975 Los Angeles Sports Arena concert on vinyl and CD for very first time in April

By Jerry Ewing published 27 March 26

Pink Floyd Live From The Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975 has been restored and remastered by Steven Wilson

Pentangle drummer Terry Cox, who also played on David Bowie's Space Oddity, has died, aged 89

By Jerry Ewing published 24 March 26

Drummer Terry Cox was part of the classic Pentangle line-up alongside Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson

Fraudster earns eight million dollars streaming AI songs that no human has ever listened to

By Paul Brannigan published 21 March 26

US man pleads guilty to defrauding musicians and music streaming platforms