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“Such a spectacle: 80,000 fans, eight-way spatial audio”: Did Roger Waters top Pink Floyd at Desert Trip in 2016? His guitarist Jonathan Wilson thinks so (and he wasn’t in the band at the time)

While not living his “Canyon life,” American musician and producer’s prog world includes Rush, Frank Zappa, Roy Harper, Robert Wyatt and others

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“It was the loudest thing I’d ever heard in my entire life”: Jet’s Nic Cester on the time he auditioned to be the new singer in AC/DC

The Jet frontman was in the running when Brian Johnson was ruled out of the Rock Or Bust tour in 2016

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Ultravox bassist Chris Cross has died, aged 71

Ultrabox bandmate Mide Ure hails Cross as "the glue that held the band together"

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"The world will see that Scottish crowds are some of the loudest, craziest and most passionate on the planet." WWE announces major Clash At The Castle show taking place in the UK this June

Clash At The Castle will return to the UK in June, making its Scotland debut

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“Others’ expectations kept me from taking it seriously for a long time… Some will say, ‘What is this old prat on about?’ but I don’t give a damn”: Why Ian Anderson took the risk of making Thick As A Brick 2

In exploring what could have happened to Gerald Bostock – the child prodigy of the 1972 Jethro Tull album – he explored where else his own life might have taken him

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Suck: A tribute to the brilliant acting career of Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson

From trailer parks and vampire rockers to conspiracy theorists and beyond, Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson is one of rock's premiere thespians

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"I woke up singing this song about being in jail waiting for the electric chair": Medicine Head's John Fiddler on inspiration, love, and the perils of getting older

A duo back in the 60s, Medicine Head is now effectively just John Fiddler, whose new album Heartworks is filled with love

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Gerry Conway, drummer with Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Pentangle and more, dead at 76

Gerry Conway's death has been confirmed by Fairport Convention

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2024 may be remembered as the year in which Robert Fripp got naked and pretended to open an OnlyFans account

April Fool's Day may have come and gone, but some images will linger forever

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“Certain people I knew from the scene wouldn’t speak to me after I got a hit. But it’s all music… I just had a great time”: Brian Auger warned Jimi Hendrix off drugs, lent money to Rod Stewart and learned what prog was from Keith Emerson

Multi-genre organ master’s fervent hope is that he opened a channel between rock and jazz: ”And it kind of worked out…”

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Devin Townsend joins OU for video of new single 淨化 Purge

Chinese prog metal quartet OU will release second abum 蘇醒 II: Frailty in April

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“It’s about a beautiful ménage à trois and you can’t beat that, can you?” Perry Farrell on what he thinks is Jane’s Addiction's most underrated song

Look away now if you get awkward about rock stars talking about their threesomes...

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"A charcuterie board of delightful music, with all sorts of flavours, textures and surprises": Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel keep it leisurely on Timeless Flight

Timeless Flight: The Steve Harley album that followed the one with the big hit on it

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“I’m happy we’ve had hits. But I do wish the record label had put out some of our challenging songs as singles”: Some only know them as ‘That Africa band,’ but how prog are Toto?

They were inspired by prog heavyweights and their records have always contained surprising depth

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"It's our mission to keep the rock alive. It's important to keep the torch burning": The Gems were born out of solidarity, and now they want to invigorate classic rock

Swedish rockers The Gems hope that leaving "toxic" former band Thundermother will turn out to be a blessing in disguise

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"It pays all the bills, it's paid for everything we've ever done since": Modern English didn't set out to write commercial songs, but they're not complaining

Modern English on getting older, the trouble with politics, and the financial heft of Burger King

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"We have all been robbed, and it's still going on. It's bringing the country to disaster": 40 years down the road, New Model Army are as uncompromising as ever

Northern powerhouse New Model Army play shows in April and May, taking new album Unbroken to the people

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How Bruce Springsteen's most rage-filled, despairing and misunderstood album was helped into the pop charts by a song he didn't want to write and a future star of Friends

"Look, I've written seventy songs. You want another one, you write it" - Bruce Springsteen

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Mdou Moctar, Wytch Hazel, Marjana Semkina and more

Revealed: this week's biggest bangers in the explosive world of rock'n'roll, alongside some quieter moments

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The 11 greatest Rush album sleeves, by the man who created them

Rush album cover artist Hugh Syme looks back on his favourite covers

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We put together the ultimate Led Zeppelin IV covers album

Led Zeppelin IV reimagined by Van Halen, Heart, A Perfect Circle and more

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“Half streamlined, half baroque, it wasn’t for everybody – but it hits the spot now”: Gentle Giant’s The Missing Piece gets the Steven Wilson varnish

Side one gravitates to the new era of 1977, but side two reverts to prog. It’s a reminder of how unique the band always were

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"My dad said, 'Turn off the demo, just play me it on acoustic guitar and sing it'": Inhaler's Eli Hewson on the advice he got from his dad, Bono

The Inhaler frontman also recalls the famous faces who visited the family home when he was a kid

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“I believed we would not get back together. I thought Rush was a place Neil was not going to be able to go back to emotionally”: how Rush survived the 1990s and early 2000s

Rush refound their rock spirit in the 1990s – only to be blindsided by personal tragedy

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“Watching David Byrne work was so pivotal”: St. Vincent on what she learned from working with the Talking Heads leader

The pair collaborated on the 2012 album Love This Giant

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