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Rick Wakeman launches new weekly podcast with comedian Griff Rhys Jones
By Jerry Ewing Published
Rick Wakeman and Griff Rhys Jones will launch new podcast, The Sound Of The Seventy Year Olds, on February 27

Steven Wilson announces new live album Impossible Tightrope and launches hi-res audiophile resource
By Fraser Lewry Published
Headphone Dust will host high-resolution, 5.1, and Atmos/spatial audio editions of Wilson's work

Maynard James Keenan thinks people have relegated Puscifer to the “third side-project category”
By Matt Mills Published
The singer believes the band have been “marginalised” due to the greater commercial success of his other two projects, Tool and A Perfect Circle

Steve Hackett's on the front cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!
By Jerry Ewing Published
Plus Big Big Train, Neal Morse, Karnivool, Darryl Way's Wolf, Happy The Man, Soen, Wolverine, Textures, Tiger Moth Tales, Esoterica and loads more...

Mike Portnoy responds to rumours he was in the frame to join Rush following the death of Neil Peart
By Merlin Alderslade Published
As much as the idea of Mike Portnoy drumming with Rush would be a prog fan's dream, Portnoy had a very respectful attitude to the idea

Maynard James Keenan regrets some of the lyrics he wrote on those early Tool records
By Stef Lach Published
Widely regarded as a smart and witty lyricist, Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan thinks he could have done better on some tracks

Peter Gabriel shares new single Put The Bucket Down
By Jerry Ewing Published
Peter Gabriel will release new single every full moon at midnight in the build-up to new studio album o\i.

The guy who just climbed that skyscraper live on Netflix listened to a lot of Tool on the way up
By Matt Mills Published
Alex Honnold made a playlist of his favourite rock songs for his free solo climb up the 11th-tallest building on Earth last weekend

Rush to release Super Deluxe box set of 1984's Grace Under Pressure in March
By Jerry Ewing Published
New reissue of Rush's tenth studio album, Grace Under Pressure, features new Terry Brown mix of the album and a full 1984 Toronto concert recording

Ten minutes of previously unseen live film of Pink Floyd has escaped onto the internet
By Fraser Lewry Published
The footage sees Pink Floyd playing Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Money on their North American tour in 1977

Roger Waters believes that his vocal opposition to "evil" US President Trump could get him killed
By Paul Brannigan Published
"Trump is obviously very evil, but now he's demented as well as being very evil"

Pink Floyd's legendary Pompeii concert film to get 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray release
By Jerry Ewing Published
Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLIXXII will be released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray in February

Peter Gabriel announces physical release of live albums In The Big Room and Live At WOMAD 82
By Jerry Ewing Published
Peter Gabriel will release live albums In The Big Room in March and Live At WOMAD 82 in May

Grateful Dead founding guitarist and singer Bob Weir dead at 78
By Stef Lach Published
Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead has died from underlying lung issues months after cancer battle

Renaissance drummer Terry Sullivan has died
By Fraser Lewry Published
Terry Sullivan joined Renaissance in 1972 and was a member of the band's much-loved classic lineup

Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Asia, Caravan, Focus and more lined up for huge new prog cruise taking place this summer
By Jerry Ewing Published
Prog-friendly venue Trading Boundaries announces a new prog cruise venture up and down the Rhine for July

Arena singer Damian Wilson to leave the band at the end of this year. Paul Manzi to return...
By Jerry Ewing Published
UK prog rockers Arena to part ways with fifth lead singer Damian Wilson, as fourth incumbent, Paul Manzi will return
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