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"I can't fulfil what he needs musically!" Francis Dunnery departs Asia featuring John Payne after one gig
By Jerry Ewing published
Asia featuring John Payne only announced their new line-up two weeks ago ahead of live dates in the US, Japan and the UK

King Crimson announce In The Wake Of Poseidon and Lizard reissues to be released in October
By Jerry Ewing published
Both King Crimson's 1970 releases In The Wake Of Poseidon and Lizard to be reissued on two-disc sets and with Lizard on heavyweight vinyl too

Cardiacs announce that their final album, LSD, will be released in September
By Jerry Ewing published
The late Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith's final album has been completed by his brother Jim, Kavus Torabi, Mike Vennart and more...

It's in the trees. It's coming! We celebrate 40 years of Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now
By Jerry Ewing published
Prog 162 also features Mike Oldfield, Dave Cousins, Bioscope, Peter Giles, Auri, Nosound, Jump, the new Canterbury sound and loads more...

Animals As Leaders cancel Mexico, South America, and Australia tour dates due to "serious injury"
By Jerry Ewing published
Instrumental prog trio Animals As Leaders cancel live shows after drummer Matt Garstka sustains a "serious arm injury that requires surgery".

Mike Oldfield's The Orchestral Hergest Ridge to be released in September
By Jerry Ewing published
A 1975 performance of Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge from Kelvin Hall in Glasgow is to be released on CD

Public Service Broadcasting announce remix album, Night Flight (The Last Flight Remixes)
By Jerry Ewing published
Conceptual pop proggers Public Service Broadcasting's new Night Flight (The Last Flight Remixes) will be released in October

Steve Howe to release Portraits Of Bob Dylan and Natural Timbre on vinyl for the very first time
By Jerry Ewing published
Steve Howe's Portraits Of Bob Dylan and Natural Timbre arfe reissued on CD and vinyl in September

Peter Hammill to release 20-disc The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971 - 1986 box set in September
By Jerry Ewing published
Peter Hammill's solo albums for Charisma and Virgin Records have been newly remastered from the original master tapes.

Big Big Train announce trumpeter Paul Mitchell joins the band on a full-time basis
By Jerry Ewing published
UK prog rockers Big Big Train bolster their line-up with the full-time addition of trumpeter, vocalist and percussionist Paul Mitchell

David Gilmour announces Live At The Circus Maximus movie and The Luck And Strange Concerts live album
By Jerry Ewing published
David Gilmour's Live At The Circus Maximums hits cinemas in September and is released in October

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard become most high-profile band to pull music from Spotify over CEO’s investments in military technology
By Paul Brannigan published
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard remove music from Spotify as a protest against its CEO's involvment in the 'defence industry'

"I want to lick you now!": Things are getting Extreme in the Fripp-Willcox household
By Fraser Lewry published
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox's ever-expanding archive of online tomfoolery has been updated

Pure Reason Revolution announce The Dark Third 20th Anniversary UK shows with Chloë Alper
By Jerry Ewing published
Pure Reason Revolution vocalist, bassist and keyboardist Chloe Alper will return to the band for the first time in four years for two special live shows in February

Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay share live version of Roxy Music's Out Of The Blue as they announce new AM PM Soho Live album
By Jerry Ewing published
Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera, Andy Kackay and Paul Thompson unite for new live album AM PM Soho Live, out in September

"The whole album shimmers with a sonic gloss that's brought it to the 21st century with no loss of historic integrity..." XTC's third album Drums And Wires gets new Steven Wilson Atmos mix
By Jerry Ewing published
XTC's third album, Drums And Wires, will be released on heavyweight vinyl and CD/Blu-ray in September

Steve Rothery and Thorsten Quaeschning share new video for Bioscope's latest single Gentō
By Jerry Ewing published
Martillion guitarist Steve Rothery and Tangerine Dream's Thorsten Quaeschning will release new Bioscope album, Gentō,’ in July

"He was actually much cleverer than people gave him credit for!" Rick Wakeman pays heartfelt tribute to his late pal Ozzy Osbourne
By Jerry Ewing published
"I loved his madness," says Rick Wakeman as he pays an emotional tribute to his friend, the late Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne
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