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"I was blown away!" The greatest prog albums, as chosen by prog legend Geoff Downes

He's been in The Buggles, Yes and Asia – but what does Geoff Downes consider the finest prog albums ever?

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“Vanilla Fudge had covered a Supremes hit and turned it into something else. That’s what the band tried to do – put their own spin on it”: The iconic cover version that launched a legendary hard rock band – but nearly turned them into one-hit-wonders

It came a year before Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath released their debut albums

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“He sent back a really beautiful letter, allowing us the usage of one of his most famous and brilliant songs ever”: the 90s alt-rock anthem that stuck a Beach Boys chorus in the middle of the track and got the seal of approval from Brian Wilson himself

The band’s drummer didn't think they could get away with it, but the band’s drummer was wrong.

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“Overwhelming to the uninitiated… it’s progressive as hell, of course, but also utterly unique”: Peter Hammill’s The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971 – 1986

183-song box set offers a colossal overview of the Van der Graaf Generator vocalist and eternal musical outlier

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I'm bored to death of bands telling us they're "bringing rock back". Rock never left: it just evolved

Rock is at its most exciting when it does something new, right?

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Great new prog you need to hear from Gazpacho, Airbag, Pure Reason Revolution, Alex Henry Foster and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Cool new proggy sounds from Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side, Firelighters, The Hirsch Effekt and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

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"It would be amazing": Sharon Osbourne gets behind campaign to change the name of Birmingham Airport to Ozzy Osbourne International

The petition, which has over 70,000 signatures, now has the backing of Sharon too

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The Last Dinner Party - From The Pyre review: an arthouse horror film, a masterclass in raw emotion and irresistible atmosphere

One of the most anticipated follow-up albums of recent times lives up to expectations and then some

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“No one expected it to sell, but it did sell, didn’t it?”: the crazy story of an era-defining 80s classic that shifted millions but had such an expensive sleeve it sold at a loss

Someone forgot to run the numbers…

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“There’s zero attempt to update their sound. This album won’t stun, but will stir”: John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest end 12-year silence with Relativity

Follow-up to 2013’s North is an easygoing epic with ambitious themes that’s well worth the wait

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We pay tribute to Supertramp and founding member Rick Davies in the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Prog 164 also features Rick Wakeman, Gentle Giant, Barclay James Harvest, Lunatic Soul, Arjen Lucassen, Jo Quail, The Emerald Dawn, Spriggan Mist and loads more...

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"From hippie-dippy noodling via crunching heavy rock and chart-bothering ballads to grandiose orchestral collaborations": Sixty years of the Scorpions celebrated on From The First Sting

Anniversary fun from pioneering German rockers the Scorpions

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“A peerless catalogue; a breathtaking, ancient setting; a definitive latterday performance by a band of all the talents”: David Gilmour’s Live At The Circus Maximus is a maxed-out experience

Pink Floyd mainstay and his colleagues are in imperious form on concert movie from his Luck And Strange tour

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Black Friday MP3 player deals 2025: Be quick and can save money on a brand new MP3 player

If you've been thinking about picking up an MP3 player, there's still time to get a cut-price player before the weekend sales come to an end

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Pure Reason Revolution will play Midwinter Prog Festival as part of their The Dark Third 20th anniversary shows

UK proggers Pure Reason Revolution also share new remix of Betrayal from Coming Up To Consciousness

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Former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre to release autobiography in November

Martin Barre will be touring the UK in December and in Europe throughout April

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"An alternate reality where Springsteen abandons his mainstream success in favour of a major cult career": Bruce Springsteen strips things back on expanded Nebraska '82

Bruce Springsteen's stark acoustic masterpiece Nebraska now available in full-bodied form

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"One of the great rock voices of her era in her element": Chrissie Hynde & Pals' Duets Special is a quiet, low-key joy to behold

Old faithfuls and a few surprises revisited by the Pretenders frontwoman and some peers

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"I've heard it's responsible for a whole generation being conceived": The epic story of rock's ultimate aphrodisiac anthem

"I did feel like making love at the time... that happened a lot" - Paul Rodgers

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"We were by no means an overnight success. It took years of struggle and suffering": After 50 years, 38 Special have learned a thing or two about keeping a band together

38 Special were too big at home in the US to return to the UK during the past 40 years, but new album Milestone might bring them back

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“The bassist’s kids were waiting with autograph books because we were pop stars. But some of the fans were pissed off. I would have been too!” This duo were never meant to be a real band, but their hit single had a massive impact on prog

When an experimental project escaped from the studio in 1980, no one could have predicted the consequences for both prog and pop music – and not everyone was happy about it

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No Doubt add 6 dates to Las Vegas Sphere residency after "incredible" response from fans

No Doubt's Vegas Sphere residency has doubled from 6 dates to 12 with fans clamouring for tickets

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"The long pause is over...see you in 2026!" One of the best alt rock bands of the 90s have reunited for the first time in 30 years

They're back!

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“It’s such a beautiful album cos she wore her pain.” Yungblud picks his favourite albums ever, including some punk, rock and Britpop classics

The Doncaster pop-punk hero on the album selections he couldn’t live without and the record he found a real identity with. There’s no room for Aerosmith though, which is awkward

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“People talk to me on the street about it and say, ‘That song was really there for me when I needed it’”: the stirring 90s anthem inspired by Nazareth and featuring strings arranged by a member of Led Zeppelin that made this band absolutely massive

How a stirring 90s anthem made these alt-rock trailblazers huge, was inspired by Nazareth and featured strings arranged by a member of Led Zeppelin

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