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"All of a sudden we play at blinding speed and unbearable intensity, and everyone starts to take notice and stand up": How King Crimson got started

Recorded in just 10 days in 1969, King Crimson’s iconic In The Court Of The Crimson King has been called “the true point at which progressive rock was born”. We look at the making of a landmark album

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“Our music teacher would belt us if we didn’t know all the musical signs and notes. She used to play Mussorgsky… so I love ELP’s version of Pictures At An Exhibition”: Simple Minds’ Derek Forbes names his prog heroes

Bassist explains new wave outfit were massive Genesis fans when they started out – and he used to sing the whole of Foxtrot while working as a painter and decorator

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"Keith had so much criticism after that 3 album. He was susceptible to that kind of thing." Robert Berry on his work and relationship with Keith Emerson

Three years after the release of The Rules Have Changed, Robert Berry revisited the music he made with Keith Emerson for a brand new recording, Third Impression

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We celebrate the 80s prog revival on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Plus Greg Lake, Yes, Nektar, Francis Dunnery, Moon Safari, Cyan, Tarja, Mariusz Duda, Earthside, Matt Berry and loads more...

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Prog's ultimate Christmas Tracks Of The Week

It's your chance to choose your favourite prog Christmas song in this week's seasonal poll

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“The esteem in which his talent was held is reflected… Yet some of the most fascinating tracks here are by his pre-fame 60s bands”: Greg Lake’s Magical box set

7-disc compilation celebrates his solo endeavours in style

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“There are some good things on it… I just find it hard to believe we called a prog album Love Beach, and the three of us look like the Bee Gees. That’s a prog cover?” Carl Palmer on ELP’s most misguided moment

Drummer admits the trio had reached the end of their collective creativity and had actually split before making 1978 album that showed “America had got to us, obviously!”

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"So Jaco Pastorius and Joni Mitchell walk past and ask, ‘Hey, is there a party here?’." The story of Italian prog legends PFM

Newly signed to InsideOut Music, Italin prog legends Premiata Forneria Marconi return with new album Emotional Tattoos in both English and Italian

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“There’s a tendency for people to cherry-pick tracks or create playlists… we prefer our music to be listened to from the opening track to the final notes”: Downes Braide Association on the album as art form

Geoff Downes and Chris Braide argue the case for storytelling, collaborating, and carrying on the legacies of John Wetton, Greg Lake, Chris Squire and Keith Emerson

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“I shrugged off advice and instead went headlong into experimenting with different musical ideas. Not my best ever move”: Greg Lake’s faltering reboot after ELP split

He later described his disappointing debut solo album as “actually about who I’m not, rather than who I am”

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I got shot down many times: ‘Oh, it’s pop. Oh, it’s bubblegum… the logo is ugly and we don’t hear a single!’” How John Wetton and Asia dialled up their debut album

The fleeting moment when a prog supergroup hijacked the US pop charts, becoming 1982's band of the summer

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“Some guy who obviously didn’t recognise me said, ‘You just ruined a classic song.’ But another chap replied, ‘He’s allowed. He wrote the song!’”: Keith Emerson’s disastrous karaoke incident

The keyboard legend's jam-packed career saw interactions with a varied cast from the ‘strange’ Dario Argento to Motörhead’s Lemmy

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Carl Palmer sends fans message after heart surgery

Carl Palmer's Return of Emerson, Lake & Palmer 2023 Summer tour kicks off in the US in July

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Carl Palmer announces Return Of ELP US live dates for July

Carl Palmer resurrects prog supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer with modern technology for US live dates

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Geordie Shore: Where are the original cast now? Babies, weddings and millionaires 12 years on

As speculation regarding the show's future arises, we thought we would take a look and see what all of the former Geordie Shore members are up to at the moment

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Elton John's 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road' world tour is nearing its end, but is he really going to retire?

Is it the end of the yellow brick road for Elton John?

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Vicky Pattison has Geordie Shore reunion after 'snubbing' return to show

Vicky Pattison reunited with a former Geordie Shore cast member after not taking part in the MTV show's reunion series

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Vicky Pattison features in Geordie Shore reunion despite rejecting return to show

Vicky Pattison did appear in Geordie Shore: The Reunion on Tuesday despite rejecting the chance to return to the MTV show

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Geordie Shore star Marnie Simpson spends night in A&E as son Rox taken to hospital with infection

Marnie Simpson has updated fans on little boy Rox's condition after he was rushed to hospital with a painful infection

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Charlotte Crosby has Geordie Shore co-stars in tears with emotional baby reveal

Charlotte Cbroke news of her pregnancy to friends Holly Hagan and Sophie Kasaei as cameras rolled on the Geordie Shore reunion

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Geordie Shore reunion sees Greg Lake stun co-stars as he returns to show 11 years after quitting

Greg Lake stuns his former Geordie Shore co-stars when he arrives at the reunion party for the MTV show

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Where the Geordie Shore OGs are now - OnlyFans career, newlyweds and amazing weight loss

Geordie Shore first aired more than a decade ago and MTV has confirmed fans will soon be able to see some of their favourites get together in a special reunion series

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Morpeth's Novo restaurant is celeb central as Kieran Trippier and Vicky Pattison lead star diners

Novo restaurant in Morpeth has become a big favourite with celebrities including Kieran and his Newcastle United team mates

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Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe hopes to have more children as a single mum

Hollyoaks star shares four-year-old son Daye with Geordie Shore star Greg Lake - who she dated for eight years before the two parted ways in 2020

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