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“Cliff Richard was trying to dance along, only to realise the song was in 5/4 time and his left foot was where his right foot should be!”: Jethro Tull’s manager asked Ian Anderson to write a hit. He tried not to, but failed

1969’s Living In The Past reached the Top 10 in both the UK and US, and led to an uncomfortable experience on Top Of The Pops

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"We don't rehearse - I just show the band my notes and it becomes something else": Garage queen Holly Golightly on new music, Jack White and the black tongue hex

After seven years, cult favourite Holly Golightly resurfaces with a new album steeped in southern alt.blues flavour

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"We are here to announce that we have come together one last time to resolve our differences": Jane's Addiction are talking again after last year's acrimonious break-up

Six months after filing lawsuits against each other, Perry Farrell and the other members of Jane's Addiction are ready to talk about Boston

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Notorious cop killer celebrated in song by multi-million-selling punk band dies aged 89

Harry Roberts, the triple police killer whose 1966 murders outraged Britain, dies 11 years on from controversial release

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"A picture-postcard Christmas, with morbid edges..." New animated video released for Greg Lake's perennial seasonal favourite I Believe In Father Christmas

Greg Lake's I Believe In Father Christmas originally reached No. 2 in the UK singles chart in 1975

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“I’ve been doing 20-minute guitar solos for a long time. There’s a whole other world out there”: A bright spark of modern prog brought in big prog names to make an album that’s not prog – and he’s not sorry

His debut solo album forces the concept of music without boundaries back on itself. He believes it brought the best out of his guests too

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“My first boyfriend introduced me to The Wall. It was the only interesting thing about him”: Author and musician Joanne Harris on having the audacity to perform Pink Floyd, Rick Wakeman and Genesis music in her school band

She explains why prog makes her think of Barnsley, lists some of her favourite records and recalls taking her daughter to a Genesis tribute show only to hear her say: “Ah yes, Mastodon!”

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"Ozzy told me he hated Sabotage because it reminded him of being in the studio and having a bad time. This was similar": The story of the era-defining classic recorded on the verge of implosion

Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis and bassist Lou Barlow recall the tribulations of third album Bug and the classic Freak Scene

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"We're going at it and The Queen was like, 'Whooh! I love this prog rock!'" Decades after a spliff-weilding start, Solstice have finally hit their stride

Prog stalwarts Solstice could have had Marillion's success - they just didn't want it

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George Harrison's Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) has a new video - directed by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard

The video shows an animated Harrison gardening at his Friar Park estate

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"You disgusting, vile, egomaniac loser." Jack White calls out Donald Trump for his bizarre and insensitive take on the killing of Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer

"Shame on you Trump"

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Debate: “They were never the same after…” What’s the most seismic line-up change in prog history?

From Yes and Pink Floyd to Dream Theater and Queensryche, most bands have experienced personnel issues over the years. Which change was the best, and which was the worst?

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“The others kept putting it further back on the list. Finally I said, ‘No, we’ve got to do it now’”: After five albums, this unique band accepted it was time to face the climate crisis head on. They don’t regret it

Adding elements of jazz digital percussion and alternative composition techniques to their already eclectic sound, they’re so convinced by their new direction that their seventh release will be the second part of their sixth

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“We were asked to do Glastonbury. I had no intention, but I was outvoted… If I’d been told first instead of the band, I might ‘not have remembered’ to say!”: John Lees’ on playing live again and the new Barclay James Harvest album, Relativity...

New album Relativity gave him flashbacks to the 70s – and though the factors that led to his split with Les Holroyd are all in the past, he can’t see how a reunion might happen

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"I had abreakdown. But what we get with this album is a breakthrough": Heartbroken and stricken with cancer, Stephen Dale Petit built his masterpiece, Be The Love

Stephen Dale Petit's Be The Love is an album that burns with the urgency and creativity of a man on borrowed time

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"You only get in trouble if you steal people’s melodies and words, as Led Zeppelin did": The story of the classic "inspired" by John Lee Hooker that paid for Foghat's drummer's Lamborghini

"Of course Slow Ride is about sex,” says Foghat drummer Roger Earl. "All rock'n'roll songs are about sex, aren’t they?"

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"Owning a balaclava, having our song on your computer, or liking one of our posts could lead to prison time": Pussy Riot declared extremist organisation in Russia

Russian art collective Pussy Riot have been officially classified as an extremist organisation by the Ministry of Justice in Moscow

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"I have been living with mental health problems which have led to addiction issues that I have concealed for a long time." Biffy Clyro's James Johnston is taking a step back from the band to address issues that have led to "significant problems"

"There is light at the end of the tunnel"

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 15, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Starbenders, DeWolff, Stanley Simmons and more

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"A gift to our fans to thank them for all their support..." Big Big Train singer Alberto Bravin shares festive video for Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Big Big Train will release their latest album, the conceptual Woodcut, on February 6

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“An op-art Blue Meanie with doves for ears and a planet for an eye? It’s more Marillion than Smiths”: The new wave band who dabbled with prog and inspired The Pineapple Thief, Oceansize and others

Prog writer Jo Kendall reckons they did, inspiring the likes of Oceansize along the way...

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"The space suit may put in an appearance": Modern prog stalwart and Asia guitarist John Mitchell gears up for guest-heavy London show

John Mitchell & Friends play Dingwalls this week - and it promises to be a night filled with surprises

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"The cultural impact of Purple Rain is so enormous that it ultimately overshadows the music": Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie

The Purple Rain movie may have been a polished turd of soapy melodrama, but it – and the brilliant soundtrack – transformed Prince into a towering icon of the video age

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"I'm genuinely amazed and blown away": Steven Wilson's The Overview voted Best Album of 2025 by Classic Rock magazine

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