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“Five minutes is a great length for a song. You can really get a lot in, while leaving people wondering. But then, when you’ve got a 13-minute song…” Prog icons Yes keep things tight on new album Aurora

Guitarist Steve Howe discusses their unplanned three-record run, speculates on what’s left for the future, and explains why he’s still bothering with the current line-up

Louder

"Aurora is an album that sounds as if it's relying on muscle memory rather than on real inspiration." Yes fail to gel as Yes can on cautious album Aurora

All the constituent parts are in place - but there’s no real spark, no moment when the band sound like they might attain musical nirvana

Louder

“I was just playing, warming up for the show, and Glenn comes busting in… ‘What the hell’s that?’ ‘I don’t know, it’s just this lick I warm up with.’ He said, ‘No, that‘s an Eagles song, dude!’” The making of the Eagles’ 1976 masterpiece Hotel California

How the Eagles harnessed their cresting creative powers – and resisted their appetite for destruction – to create one of rock’s all-time classics

Guitar World

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New poll breaks down Scottish voting trends at Holyrood election

IT has been relatively quiet on the polling front now that the Holyrood 2026 election has come to pass, but a fresh survey from YouGov has given us…

The National (Scotland)

Yes, there is an ultimate prog rock album for testing hi-fi – at least according to What Hi-Fi? readers

We asked and, surprisingly, your answer was loud and clear

What Hi-Fi?

Peter Murrell embezzled SNP donations – why do so many voters stay loyal to the party?

When historians of Scottish politics come to consider May 2026, two dates will stand out. On May 7, the SNP won almost half of the seats in the Scottish parliamentary election. If its minority administration makes it through the term, the party will have effectively been the government at Holyrood…

The Conversation

Quarter of independence supporters backed Reform or Labour at Scottish election

AROUND a quarter of people who voted for Scottish independence in 2014 backed Reform UK or Labour at the latest election, new figures have shown.

The National (Scotland)

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Yes: The early years - a surprisingly difficult quiz

Think you know everything about Yes? Then take our quiz and prove it

Louder

"When they marched through a crowd of Jethro Tull fans in America, led by two bagpipers, they were making memories that would last forever." Fighting fascism, riots and rock'n'roll: The onstage story of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band didn’t shift as many records as they deserved to, but as a live band they were like no other

Louder

Yes share more new music from upcoming album Aurora, with animated video for the lively Turnaround Situation

Aurora, Yes's twenty-fourth studio album, is released in June

Louder

From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history

Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions

Louder

“I started my first band at 13. We tried Yes’ Roundabout… it was a valiant attempt!”: Long before David Bryan joined Bon Jovi, he was trying to play like Rick Wakeman

American keyboardist still loves the Yes album that was his favourite in the 70s, and explains where he satisfies his craving for writing complex songs

Louder

The story of Genesis and A Trick Of The Tail is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Hawkwind, Clannad, Devin Townsend, Ed O'Brien, Bruce Soord, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Crown Lands, Midge Ure, Yes and loads more...

Louder

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 17-23 includes Derek Hough and Naomi Campbell

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of May 17-23 include “Dancing With the Stars” veteran Derek Hough, musician Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and country singer George Strait

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“Kate Bush saw me recording at Townhouse Studios, popped her head in, saw the Fairlight and said ‘What's that?’”: We speak to Yes, Asia and the Buggles' synth legend Geoff Downes

From pop to prog, keyboard maestro Geoff Downes charts his journey from auditioning for Wizzard to global success with the Buggles, Yes and Asia

Louder

Yes reschedule postponed UK Fragile tour to May 2027

Yes will also release their twenty-fourth studio album, Aurora, in June

Golf Monthly

The Putter Matt Fitzpatrick Used To Win The RBC Heritage Is One Of The Most Unique On The PGA Tour... And Is Based On A Model From A Company That Went Bust

Fitzpatrick earned his second PGA Tour win in just three starts, with the Englishman using one of the most unique putters to earn victory at the RBC Heritage

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“The criticism of Heaven & Earth was that there weren’t any big epics. We had a couple of longer tracks on The Quest. With this one we’ve gone overboard!” The story of Yes’ 23rd album Mirror To The Sky

2023 release marked the fastest turnaround in studio projects since 1971, delivered by a band whose personality clashed were emphatically behind them

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Louder

"Making this record was joyful." Yes share first music from brand new studio album, Aurora

Prog legends Yes will release their twenty-fourth studio album, Aurora, in June

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“It was the first keyboard solo I’d heard on the radio for a very long time”: The Marillion song that proves Mark Kelly’s genius, by Adam Wakeman

Ozzy, Sabbath and Purple contributor says Fish and co were the first prog band he beyond dad Rick’s work with Yes

Guitar World

Yes postpone upcoming tour dates due to guitarist Steve Howe requiring “essential surgery”

The shows, which intend to celebrate the band's landmark 1971 album, Fragile, will be rescheduled

Louder

Yes postpone this month's Fragile UK tour as guitarist Steve Howe requires surgery

Yes's planned Fragile tour would have been the band's first English and Scottish tour dates for two years.

Louder

“Greg Lake was a bit of a cabaret singer. Jon Anderson, whatever you think of his lyrics, bloody meant it”: The prog stars who influenced a comedy musician’s career – and made him become a milkman for a while

Graham Fellows, creator of Jilted John and John Shuttleworth, started out with ELP before finding Yes, Focus, The Enid and Pink Floyd (although he has no time for The Dark Side Of The Moon)

Louder

"When we played Chicago it was like Led Zeppelin. It was all there for us to take." The frazzled story of the stoner rock supergroup who should have been massive - but were crushed by the music business

"They did everything they could to destroy us. That's why we're like this secret, cult band."

Louder

Yes to release expanded and remastered edition of From A Page in April

Oliver Wakeman's era as keyboard player in Yes is reassessed with a new in-depth edition of the band's 2019 release From A Page

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