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“He’s the only rock star who’s never done anything to be embarrassed about. He’s never put a foot wrong”: Why Peter Gabriel was the ideal inspiration for fictional prog icon Brian Pern

Simon Day and Rhys Thomas, creators of the TV mockumentaries, identify the Gabriel song that got them started and the one time the ex-Genesis singer refused them – but won’t name the band they wouldn’t allow to take part

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PMC Prophecy 1

PMC’s Prophecy 1 is a surprisingly capable performer that belies its small size by producing a superbly rounded sound.

What Hi-Fi?

“I hoped we could go somewhere, with all of us making a living. I don’t have that hope any more”: Stubbornness, repurposed Kansas songs and letting a long-held ambition go helped Spock’s Beard make Noise Floor

By the time they delivered their 13th album in 2018, they’d already outlived many of their expectations. With line-up issues returning and the market having changed, they decided to focus on artistic achievement

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“The Era Of Extreme Thinness”: Lily Collins’ Skinny Appearance Sparks Concern Among Fans

“Why do people find malnutrition attractive?"

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7 Musical Biopics I Would Run Out To See In A Heartbeat If They Were Ever Made, But Will Likely Never Exist

Cut the mullet...on the big screen!

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“I once played with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. You can imagine how I was feeling… I got through YYZ. They told me I was playing too fast!” Taylor Hawkins’ love for prog stars Rush, Genesis, Yes and more

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins discusses how he got into prog rock

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"Tony Banks got wind of it. From then on, we knew that Pete could leave at any time, but we had a 150-show tour to do": Phil Collins discusses his legendary career in far-reaching documentary

Phil Collins: Drummer First revealed the secrets of his sound, his career highs and lows, and the story of that drum fill…

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10 Reunions That Went Wrong

They don't all go as smooth and successfully as Oasis, as The Verve, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Cocteau Twins and more will tell you...

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Lily Collins’s father-in-law admits he’s not a fan of her show Emily in Paris

Collins is filming the fifth season of the hit Netflix series

The Independent UK

“Brand X was great fun to play with – not so much fun to listen to”: Phil Collins’ adventures outside Genesis with Robert Plant, Eric Clapton and others made him so big he had to apologise

Wherever you looked in the 80s and 90s, there he was as a session man, producer or solo artist. But it wasn’t ego – it was down to his passion for music

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"A five-piece Genesis was never going to last, there were too many writing ideas": When Genesis reunited to make a film, it was the same old story

Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford look back on the controversial Genesis documentary Sum Of The Parts

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Is Phil Collins Dying? Fans Speculate As Photo Of Paul McCartney Visiting 'Frail Looking' Artist Goes Viral - Here's The Truth

A viral photo claiming Paul McCartney visited a dying Phil Collins has been debunked. Collins is recovering from knee surgery and is not in hospice care.

International Business Times UK

Is Phil Collins in Hospice? Singer Breaks Silence on Rumours and Reveals Why He's in the Hospital

Phil Collins has addressed speculation that he's in hospice care, revealing he's in hospital for knee surgery. The Genesis legend opens up on his health struggles and retirement from drumming.

International Business Times UK

Phil Collins issues health update amid claims he is receiving end-of-life-care in a hospice

The Genesis drummer and frontman has spoken openly about his health struggles in the past

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Phil Collins recovering in hospital

Phil Collins' representative has dismissed rumours he is receiving hospice care but confirmed he has undergone knee surgery.

The Independent UK

Phil Collins explains why he’s in hospital and debunks hospice claims

Recent online rumors spread that the 74-year-old music legend was in hospice

Evening Standard

The most iconic moments from Live Aid, 40 years on

It was the gig that changed the history of music. And it all started with a Christmas song.

The Independent UK

Live Aid, as told by those who weren’t there: ‘We switched it off when Status Quo came on’

IN FOCUS: When we tell the story of Live Aid, which happened 40 years ago this weekend, we tend to focus on Bob Geldof and the performers. But the truest sense of the day could be found outside of Wembley: the students who found it cheesy, the communities it galvanised,…

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“Now I’m caught up in the ceaselessly toxic, dysfunctional web of Led Zeppelin interpersonal relationships”: How Phil Collins’ globe-spanning Live Aid journey led to one of the most disastrous reunions ever

The hectic day that Phil Collins Concorde-hopped between continents was mired by a shambolic reunion which he unwittingly became a part of

Guitar World

“I was noticing I was having a hard time playing a simple thing. ‘Why am I having a problem playing this?’ I didn't know yet”: Phil Collins’ go-to guitarist, Daryl Stuermer, reveals his Parkinson’s diagnosis – and shares how it has impacted his playing

Genesis’ “permanent part-time” member reflects on the challenges he encountered during the band’s The Last Domino? Tour, which ultimately led to his diagnosis

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“It was confusing to me, even when I did the record. I didn’t know that I was playing it in the wrong place”: Guitarist Daryl Stuermer on why Phil Collins had to set him straight when they were recording In The Air Tonight

“And then he put on this drum fill, which changed everything,” he says of the song's production

Saving Advice

Nothing transports you back to neon lights and shoulder pads like the tunes of the 1980s, but some of those songs make us cringe now...

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“Perhaps the strangest recording session of the era”: Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, Sandy Denny, Phil Collins and the novelty single no one talks about

In 1975 some of the biggest names in prog became the backing band for comedian Charlie Drake to record the Gabriel-penned song You’ll Never Know. It was an utter flop

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“Warner Brothers wanted another Layla. I thought, 'well, if you sit down and write a song in a formatted way, it's not so hard’”: The Grammy-winning hit that Eric Clapton wrote to order, with a little help from Foreigner’s Mick Jones

With Phil Collins on drums and Pino Palladino on bass, it was pretty much a sure thing

The Independent UK

Miley Cyrus’s Something Beautiful isn’t as weird as she said it would be

3/5 Pop star’s habit of veering so wildly off-piste is, in its own way, consistent

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