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Rush launch official t-shirt to raise funds for Venezuelan earthquake relief
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Devin Townsend explains why he pooed in Steve Vai’s guitar case
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Brian May and Rick Wakeman join stellar lineup at 2026 Starmus festival
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The Mars Volta announce Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business, their first live album in over twenty years
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Latest Prog News

Rush launch official t-shirt to raise funds for Venezuelan earthquake relief
By Fraser Lewry Published
The June 24 earthquakes killed at least 2,295 and left more than 11,000 injured

Devin Townsend explains why he pooed in Steve Vai’s guitar case
By Metal Hammer Published
The prog metal polymath sang in the guitar maestro’s solo band in the early 1990s

Brian May and Rick Wakeman join stellar lineup at 2026 Starmus festival
By Fraser Lewry Published
The Starmus Festival celebrates astronomy, space exploration, music, art, and the natural sciences

The Mars Volta announce Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business, their first live album in over twenty years
By Jerry Ewing Published
The Mars Volta's new live album Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business, is the result of an interactive campaign with the band's fans

First two Roger Hodgson solo albums to get half-speed remaster treatment
By Jerry Ewing Published
Roger Hodgson's first two solo albums, In The Eye Of The Storm and Hai Hai, will be reissued in August

Peter Gabriel shares latest single, the groove-laden I Belong To The Sky
By Jerry Ewing Published
Peter Gabriel is releasing a new single every full moon in the build-up to his new studio album o\i.

Peter Hammill returns with Tears In Time, his first new album for five years
By Jerry Ewing Published
Van der Graaf Generation frontman Peter Hammill will release new album, Tears In Time, in September
Latest Prog Features

It's 10 years since Radiohead last released an album and I accidentally got the only interview for it
By Niall Doherty Published
How a night on the tiles in Paris with Radiohead in 2016 turned into something more special

How Rick Wakeman proved everyone wrong with The Six Wives of Henry VIII
By Dave Ling Published
His 1973 debut solo album was roundly hated by label bosses and reviewers – but it became a coffee-table classic and gave him freedom from Yes

Why Roger Hodgson’s most ambitious Supertramp song still gives him goosebumps
By David West Published
Fool’s Overture, from 1977’s Even In The Quietest Moments, came together after a few years of stewing. It still takes its writer on a journey when he hears it

Pink Floyd’s fight over Comfortably Numb’s inclusion on The Wall was a key moment in their history
By Daryl Easlea Published
How the band changed dramatically between their first two shows at Earls Court in 1973 and their five-night return in 1981

Why the happy, positive Bruce Soord writes sad, melancholy solo albums
By David West Published
Ghosts In The Park contains songs he’d never take to The Pineapple Thief, or talk about in coffee shops. He explains how he found the collection of stories in hotel rooms

Devin Townsend feels like it took a 10-year dump to deliver The Moth
By Matt Mills Published
After pushing through a gruelling period of self-analysis, he reflects on not being allowed to express emotions, feeling abandoned, not crying in front of dogs – and what’s coming next
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Latest Prog Reviews

Lowen bring Middle Eastern mysticism and big, crushing riffs to Download 2026
By Merlin Alderslade Published
One of the most exciting bands in British metal put on a special showing for their Download debut

Slift score an immediate, dizzying masterpiece with new album Fantasia
By Matt Mills Published
The cosmonauts have shortened their songs for their fourth full-length, but they’re every bit as immersive and disorienting as before

Tool's Sonic Temple headline set was peak Tool, and we wouldn't have it any other way
By Rich Hobson Published
Tool's first show of 2026 wasn't a classic crowd-pleaser, but those who lasted the distance were treated to something special

Green Lung’s first festival headline show cements them as the future of metal
By Matt Mills Published
At London’s Desertfest, the occult five-piece perform all of their darkly fun anthems while backed up by gorgeous videos, returning members and a malfunctioning, Eddie-like mascot

Viral sensations Angine de Poitrine dazzle, confuse and delight at debut London show
By Polly Glass Published
Avant-garde Canadian twosome Angine de Poitrine justify all the hype at their sold-out London debut

Soen continue to become more metal and less prog with Reliance
By Paul Travers Published
Sticking to compositions of around four minutes, the musicianship and production remain exemplary. But it’s too often funnelled into predictable patterns






