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When Tesseract played on an ice stage and set a world record
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (431+ words) Lapland show at minus 20 degrees presented unique problems " and they weren't even sure anyone would be there to watch To combat this for the duration of their 75-minute set each band member is given a special heat sack, a small…...
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson is on the cover of the new, gift-packed issue of Prog, on sale now!
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (211+ words) Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for…...
Why Japan split and their reunion flopped, according to Richard Barbieri
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (709+ words) 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 "By the time we got to Tin Drum we were very…...
Deep Purple return to work " only in the new issue of Classic Rock
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (597+ words) Also in Classic Rock 355: Peter Frampton, Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, Sevendust, Ashley Bc Bride, Fairport Convention, Rachel Bolan, George Thorogood, A, Eric Johnson, Def Leppard, Extreme, Crono and more After all, it was back in 2016 that they announced their Long…...
Def Leppard and Extreme are on tour, so we put their guitarists together
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (1065+ words) Def Leppard and Extreme are currently playing a bunch of dates on what promises to be a cracking double-header As multi-platinum-selling British headliners Def Leppard prepare to set out for six arena dates along with their special guests, Boston band…...
10cc's Best Albums: A Buyer's Guide
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (1037+ words) Pop-rock geniuses don't come much more pop-rock-genius than 10cc, four men who lit up the 70s with often breathtaking music It's strange to consider that this most 70s of bands, steeped in state-of-the-art technology, postmodern peers of David Bowie and Roxy Music, as…...
The rollercoaster story of Y&T, the greatest hard rock band never to be huge
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (872+ words) Headlining over Van Halen, hanging with Bon Scott, out-partying M'tley Cr'e " Y&T deserve way more love than they get Formed in California's Bay Area at the turn of the 70s, Yesterday & Today (as they were originally known) joined ZZ Top…...
Sales is not a mark of success": 10 brilliant rock bands from the '90s who should have been absolutely massive
11+ hour ago (284+ words) A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth…...
New charity launches in honour of former Big Big Train frontman David Longdon on what would have been his 61st birthday
2+ day, 12+ min ago (190+ words) The David Longdon Foundation will support young musicians, as well as fund music therapy for those in need A new charity, The David Longdon Foundation, has been launched on what would have been the late, much-loved former Big Big Train…...
If it wasn't us, it would've just been someone else, because there are so many great female-fronted bands: Linkin Park react to becoming first band with female singer to headline Download festival
2+ day, 20+ min ago (536+ words) The nu metal hit-makers, now co-fronted by Emily Armstrong, closed the Donington weekender on Sunday Linkin Park have reacted to becoming the first band with a female singer to headline Download festival. During an interview with BBC News recorded at…...