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Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why Steven Wilson stopped producing their albums
By Matt Mills published
Prog idol Steven Wilson co-produced Opeth’s Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Damnation albums – Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why he didn’t return for Ghost Reveries

Jean-Michel Jarre to release Live In Bratislava in September
By Jerry Ewing published
Jean-Michel Jarre's Live In Bratislava, featuring his first ever collaboration with Queen guitarist Brian May, will be released in September

Styx share first new music from upcoming new album Circling From Above
By Jerry Ewing published
US pomp rockers Styx will release their 18th studio album Circling From Above in July

Watch John McLaughlin wow the Montreux Jazz Festival with an emotive version of Abbaji
By Jerry Ewing published
John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension will release Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2022 on Blu-ray and vinyl in August

A.A. Williams reveals UK and Europe tour plans
By Paul Brannigan published
London post-rock luminary A.A. Williams details upcoming shows

Former Hawkwind and David Bowie violinist and keyboardist Simon House has died, aged 76
By Joe Banks published
House also featured in early prog bands High Tide and Third Ear Band before joining Hawkwind in 1974

"I'm scared for my life and career at this point." Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy jokes he's worried about his job after spate of drummer firings
By Stef Lach published
Josh Freese, Zak Starkey and Jason Bonham have been let go – which Portnoy says makes it a weird time for drummers

Giles, Giles & Fripp remastered reissues coming on vinyl and CD in July
By Jerry Ewing published
Robert Fripp's pre-King Crimson musical endeavours with Michael and Peter Giles to be released in July

Jethro Tull announce six-disc Living In The Past reissue
By Jerry Ewing published
Jethro Tull's newly expanded Living In The Past features Steven Wilson remixes, edits, demos, Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 and four promo films.

Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets release new Steven Wilson ATMOS mix of Echoes
By Jerry Ewing published
Pink Floyd's 23-minute 1971 epic Echoes was introduced into the Saucerful of Secrets live set in 2022

Mogwai release soundtrack to BBC series The Bombing Of Pan Am 103
By Jerry Ewing published
The new six-part BBC series The Bombing Of Pan Am 103 began airing on Sunday night for three weeks

Fairport Convention and The Stranglers is one of the more unlikely collaborations you'll hear this year!
By Jerry Ewing published
Hugh Cornwell hooks up with members of Fairport Convention for a charity single cover of Tobacco Road

The legacy of Chris Squire remembered on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now
By Jerry Ewing published
The brand new issue of Prog is on sale now! Featuring Robert Fripp, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Katatonia, Cosmograf, Savatage, Ghost Of The Machine, Black Country New Road and loads more...

Nightwish offshoot Auri to return with third album III - Candles And Beginnings in August
By Jerry Ewing published
Folk prog trio Auri will undertake their first ever live tour through Europe in August, September and October

Steve Rothery and Thorsten Quaeschning share first new music as Bioscope with new single Kaleidoscope
By Jerry Ewing published
Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery and Tangerine Dream's Thorsten Quaeschning will release Gentō’, their first album as Bioscope, in August

Jean-Michel Jarre announces first European tour in nine years
By Jerry Ewing published
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre will tour across Europe throughout June and July

Public Service Broadcasting to perform The Last Flight at the Barbican in November
By Jerry Ewing published
Public Service Broadcasting will perform their latest album, The Last Flight, with the London Contemporary Orchestra, at two shows at London's Barbican Theatre in November

"Rumours of my impending uselessness are much exaggerated." Robert Fripp responds to well-wishers after heart attack news
By Jerry Ewing published
Robert Fripp recently suffered a trifurcated artery and was admitted to intensive care in Italy before undergoing two bouts of emergency surgery
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