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Flesh & Blood: the story of the short-lived melodic rock supergroup who made a classic blues-rock album then disappeared

Some records deserve far better than the silence that swallowed them. Blues For Daze by Flesh & Blood is exactly that kind of record, and the story of how...

Steve Rothery on playing Pompeii, side projects and the future of Marillion. "At our ages, I don't see us working beyond six more years"

Six years. That is the number Steve Rothery has put on Marillion's remaining working life, and it is the kind of honest, unvarnished admission you almost...

“It’s really ironic. The spirit has been missing for some time, though we did a good job of camouflaging it”: Mike Portnoy was right, Dream Theater needed to change. No one thought they’d do it without him

Mike Portnoy said Dream Theater had lost its spark. Turned out he was absolutely right, and they proved it without him. When Portnoy walked out in 2010 and...

Oasis tease huge summer 2027 tour with drones display over Manchester

Oasis lighting up the Manchester sky with a drone display is exactly the kind of move that only works if you are Oasis. Anyone else does it and it looks...

Top new prog from Lonely Robot, Kompendium, Giant Sky and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Seven new tracks from across the prog spectrum landed this week, and honestly, the quality speaks for itself. No filler. No reunion cash-grabs. Just bands...

Watch Evanescence and Poppy play their Spiritbox crossover End Of You live for the first time ever

Leeds got something most cities won't: the first ever live performance of End Of You, and by any measure, that's worth talking about. On Tuesday, 8...

“Prog was a dirty word. But so much music of the time was inspired by Yes, Genesis and King Crimson, and no one was talking about it. So I spoke up to buck that trend”: Elbow only made it by reconnecting with their progressive roots

There is a certain satisfaction in watching a band get it right by refusing to pretend they were something they were not. Guy Garvey has never been shy...

"This comment is so unnecessary at this time in our lives, but I guess the truth hurts." Sammy Hagar responds to Alex Van Halen calling him "a complete idiot"

There is something almost poetic about two ageing rock legends taking potshots at each other through Instagram, but here we are. Alex Van Halen, speaking to...

Steve Hackett stars in brand new Kompendium video for Lilly

There are not many records that take three years to make and feature a choir that sang on Rick Wakeman albums, a full string orchestra recorded at Angel...

"Plenty of gas in the tank, but it's content to drive along the highway well within the speed limit." Stephen Stills finds catharsis and commercial success on the sprawling debut from Manassas

“Had we started a little earlier we might have survived. Yes and Genesis got through punk, but we hadn’t gotten to that point”: Gryphon, the unique band who forgot about themselves

There are bands who got swallowed by their era. Gryphon are one of them, and fifty years on, that feels like a genuine injustice. Formed in the early 1970s...

"A collection of songs befitting the pervasive doom of 2026, but earwormy enough to make you glad you exist." President's debut Blood Of Your Empire justifies the hype

When a band appears on a major festival poster with zero context and their masked singer's identity becomes a matter of genuine online detective work, one...