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"She leaned over and kissed me on me lips. My knees went." The day that black metal legend Cronos from Venom met Kate Bush
on June 19, 2026 at 10:46 am
"What's not to love about Kate Bush?” […]
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Watch Bring Me The Horizon play Sempiternal cut Antivist with Lorna Shore singer Will Ramos at Hellfest
on June 19, 2026 at 10:40 am
The Sheffield band headlined day one of the Clisson heavy metal weekender on Thursday (June 18) […]
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Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson is on the cover of the new, gift-packed issue of Prog, on sale now!
on June 19, 2026 at 8:07 am
Plus Yes, Steve Hogarth, Exploring Birdsong, The Paradox Twin, Franck Carducci. Tarja, Liminal Sky, A.A. Williams, MONO, Burning Shed and loads more... […]
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“Band members complained of a loss of feeling in their hands after only one song”: When Tesseract set a world record by playing on a stage built from ice
on June 19, 2026 at 7:30 am
Lapland show at minus 20 degrees presented unique problems – and they weren’t even sure anyone would be there to watc […]
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"The time is right for a revolution in rock'n'roll. It's yours for the taking. I believe it’s coming." Def Leppard and Extreme are currently on tour together, so we put their guitarists in a room
on June 19, 2026 at 6:00 am
Def Leppard and Extreme are currently playing a bunch of dates on what promises to be a cracking double-header […]
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"The magic of what these guys do. It's just so identifiable. It speaks. It's musical, powerful!" Deep Purple return to work – only in the new issue of Classic Rock
on June 19, 2026 at 5:39 am
Also in Classic Rock 355: Peter Frampton, Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, Sevendust, Ashley McBride, Fairport Convention, Rachel Bolan, George Thorogood, A, Eric Johnson, Def Leppard, Extreme, Cronos and mor […]
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"It has never ceased to amaze me how much use that one tune gets." The story of Sirius, the dramatic prog anthem played at every World Cup game
by [email protected] (Fraser Lewry) on June 19, 2026 at 5:39 am
The Alan Parsons Project's instrumental Sirius is one of the most famous pieces of music in sport – but its writers don't get the recognition they deserv […]
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“Band dynamics are always good when times are hard. When you achieve things the landscape shifts. There was an issue we couldn’t get past”: Richard Barbieri on why art rockers Japan split, and why their reunion imploded
on June 19, 2026 at 5:00 am
The Porcupine Tree keyboardist explains the ambition behind his earlier band’s acclaimed fifth album Tin Drum, and what he really thinks of their later reconnection as Rain Tree Crow […]
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"Bon Scott chose to hang out with us more than AC/DC. He thought they were boring": The rollercoaster story of Y&T, the greatest hard rock band never to become huge
on June 19, 2026 at 2:36 am
Headlining over Van Halen, hanging with Bon Scott, out-partying Mötley Crüe – Y&T deserve way more love than they get […]
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"Music of vaulting ambition, cinematic in scope, literate, endlessly witty and intelligent." Nine 10cc albums you should listen to and one to avoid
on June 19, 2026 at 2:21 am
Pop-rock geniuses don’t come much more pop-rock-genius than 10cc, four men who lit up the 70s with often breathtaking music […]
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“Sales is not a mark of success": 10 brilliant rock bands from the '90s who should have been absolutely massive
on June 18, 2026 at 11:08 pm
The biggest-selling alt. rock bands from the '90s weren't necessarily the best alt. rock bands from the '90s […]
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“I was jolted back to life to watch America go to hell!”: What this Norwegian prog band did after their singer’s near-fatal onstage heart attack
on June 18, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Four years after he woke from a coma (to be told he’d soon be a dad), they’ve launched a concept album that explores the rise and fall of the USA – via Elvis. “When you deal with the apocalypse you should make it fun,” they say […]
