A rare studio recording of Yes playing a wild version of The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby has surfaced online The recording was made two months before Yes signed their deal with Atlantic Records Louder · Mar 31, 2025
“We should have toured Europe and taken advantage of the impact our single had. We were lazy and stuck to playing in Britain. It was a huge mistake”: The all-too-short story of promising early proggers Rare Bird A US tour without enough dates, a move away from the sound that got them signed, frequent line-up changes and never any money – just some of the things that went wrong for the band who once stood alongside The Nice and Van der Graaf Generator Louder · Dec 17, 2024
"I can't believe all these people are buying a single about death!": Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, Lindisfarne's Lady Eleanor was written during an overnight shift in a psychiatric ward Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, Lindisfarne's Lady Eleanor was written in a psychiatric ward Louder · Jul 25, 2024
“Forget the luxuriant moustaches and sawn-off mike-stands that would come to define them: if the prog ethos meant avoiding the expected, they were definitely a prog band”: You’ve always known the truth about Queen Mike Portnoy and Steve Howe provide supporting evidence that Bohemian Rhapsody is only the tip of the band’s boundary-pushing iceberg Louder · Dec 25, 2023
Pittsburgh Steelers connect with Gaelic games to grow fan base in Ireland The Irish economy is getting a boost from the Notre Dame football game in Dublin The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2023
Queen were poor. Their singer sounded like a "bleating sheep". Their music was greeted with indifference. But they believed in themselves, and their debut album would make the years of pain worthwhile One minute Queen were taking the bus and watching their Top Of The Pops performance in a shop window: the next they had the world at their feet Louder · Aug 25, 2023
60% of Americans battling drug or alcohol addiction also have jobs. Here are the professions with the highest rates of substance-use disorder “If you think that you do not have anyone in recovery or with substance-use [issues] in your business, you’re either too small, or you’re mistaken.” Fortune · Aug 4, 2023
Organizers hope Northwestern-Nebraska matchup in Ireland will relaunch international play “We intend to kick off the season every year in Ireland,” said John Anthony, founder of Anthony Travel and Irish American Events, the game’s organizer. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 23, 2022
Zack Mavin pleads not guilty to murdering well-known Shortland local Bobby Palmer A man accused of attempting to rob a Shortland service station with an improvised explosive device before heading to another nearby service station and allegedly murdering well-known local Bobby Palmer has pleaded not guilty and will face a trial in the NSW Supreme Court. Newcastle Herald · May 11, 2022