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"He was a remarkable musician and friend." Jeff Lynne pays tribute to Electric Light Orchestra keyboard player Richard Tandy, who has died aged 76
By Jerry Ewing published
Richard Tandy was the only ELO musician to feature with Jeff Lynne during all the phases of the band's career

“It’s a dream come true, a collaboration only The Simpsons could have predicted”: Cypress Hill are making a 1996 Simpsons joke a reality by booking a show with the London Symphony Orchestra
By Paul Brannigan published
Sometimes, real life can be stranger than fiction

The Blackheart Orchestra need your help!
By Jerry Ewing published
UK prog duo The Blackheart Orchestra's mixing desk of 15 years stops working at start of current UK tour

“Marrying a rock band to an orchestra was seat-of-the-pants stuff." The story of Barclay James Harvest's Once Again
By Mike Barnes published
1971's Once Again album. only the band's second album, saw Oldham's prog quartet Barclay James Harvest working with an orchestra to striking effect

"I want to quit while I’m ahead": John Lees is taking Barclay James Harvest to Huddersfield for two final UK shows and he's bringing an orchestra
By Dave Ling published
Veteran proggers John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest play a pair of concerts this weekend backed by an 80-piece orchestra

“Marrying a rock band to an orchestra was seat-of-the-pants stuff… even if we had to have extra rehearsals because they weren’t playing it right, they charged us”: Barclay James Harvest’s early days
By Mike Barnes published
From getting a Mellotron at a knock-down price to spending years on the road to recoup recording costs, John Lees looks back before his band stops touring

Watch hilarious footage of an orchestra audience's wild mosh-pits at a recent UK music festival
By Liz Scarlett published
Metal and rock aren't the only genres you can mosh to, apparently, as the Oxford Symphony Orchestra discovered at Truck Festival

“Half the buggers would write the album for you if you let them!" - Mostly Autumn and the making of The Ghost Moon Orchestra
By Natasha Scharf published
Having suffered the demise of their distribution company, 2012's The Ghost Moon Orchestra found UK proggers Mostly Autumn fighting back in style

Watch Jack Black give a wonderfully bonkers performance of Super Mario Bros' Peaches with an orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl
By Liz Scarlett published
Jack Black rolls around on a piano and on the floor for an extra OTT performance of his first ever solo hit Peaches, backed by a live orchestra at The Game Awards 10–Year Concert
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