A rare studio recording of Yes playing The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby has surfaced online
The recording was made two months before Yes signed their deal with Atlantic Records
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A rare studio recording of Yes playing The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby has surfaced online
The recording was made two months before Yes signed their deal with Atlantic Records
Toyah and Robert Fripp return to action with spirited cover of Tina Turner's evergreen sporting anthem The Best
Better than all the rest, etc
Steven Wilson: “I’ve been touring around indie record stores, and I’ve yet to meet anyone who’s even heard of Playboi Carti”
Wilson and Carti’s new albums were engaged in a two-horse race for UK chart supremacy last week
Daevid Allen's final album with Gong to be reissued
2014's I See You, Daevid Allen's swansong with Gong has been remixed and will be released in May
"I'm not as humourless as my music!" Steven Wilson announces comedians as support acts for upcoming London Palladium shows
Stewart Lee, Al Murray, Clinton Baptiste and Frank Skinner will all support Steven Wilson on different nights
Actual space scientists and Prog Magazine discuss prog, space and the new Steven Wilson album
Alexander Milas and Mark McCaughrean from Space Rocks, Prog Editor Jerry Ewing and solar scientist Miho Janvier discuss prog, space and The Overview.
"Katatonia should have been laid to rest!" Anders Nyström hits back after Katatonia split
Katatonia announced they'd split with founding member and guitarist Anders Nyström earlier this week
Horslips five-disc BBC recordings set to be released in May
Horslips At The BBC features four CDs and a DVD containing BBC TV footage, live material and rare archival footage
Steven Wilson's The Overview at No. 1 in the midweek chart
Steven Wilson will make a series of record store signings this week in Nottingham, Bristol, Southampton, Brighton and London
Mastodon are looking for their next guitar player – and they have a very specific list of requirements
Longtime guitarist Brent Hinds left the sludge/prog metal favourites earlier this month
Katatonia and guitarist Anders Nyström go their separate ways
Katatonia have just announced a European tour for November and December
Fruupp vocalist, flautist and bassist Peter Farrelly has died, aged 76
Peter Farrelly fronted Northern Ireland proggers Fruupp throughout their six-year tenure in the 1970s
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