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"To start with, we didn’t have an idea between us. There wasn’t a song, there wasn’t a tune." Pink Floyd's Nick Mason says that making Wish You Were Here was "like hitting a brick wall"

"We weren’t four lovable mop tops anymore"

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“We got back together after 25 years and people came from all around the world, saying how important that album had been”: The Dutch quartet inspired by just five minutes of Soft Machine music

Their 1970 debut album, deliberately featuring no guitars at all, was inspired by the Canterbury band’s approach and Frank Zappa’s public persona – and it attained iconic status

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“It was my first studio job. I wiped a Robert Fripp guitar section. He wasn’t happy”: A world-class producer recalls shaky start to his career

After the baptism of fire that was King Crimson’s Lizard, he worked on Tangerine Dream’s Rubycon, Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage and dozens of Van Morrison records

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Robert Plant announces US tour with Saving Grace

Robert Plant and Suzi Dian's Roar in the Fall tour finished a US run last month - but they'll be back next year

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"These guys are simply timeless": Triumph's Rik Emmett picks five essential guitar albums

Canadian guitar legend and founding member of Triumph Rik Emmett picks five guitar classics that inspired his own path

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"Some people think that the blues is 'my baby left me' and long guitar solos but it's a whole lot deeper than that": Blues prodigy Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram may channel the ghosts of the past but he's striving for something new

Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram grew up with the blues, but on fourth album Hard Road he's branching out

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"We knew there was still a chapter left to write": Triumph announce first tour in more than three decades

The Canadian legends will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a run of shows in the US and Canada

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"It's not happening." Liam Gallagher shoots down rumours that Oasis will return for Knebworth mega-gigs next year, says the band "are not doing anything in 2026"

Liam Gallagher: The Grinch who stole 2026, possibly

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King Crimson affiliates BEAT announce one-off London show for June

Adrian Belew, Danny Carey, Tony Levin and Steve Vai will play their first UK show as BEAT in June

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Cambridge Audio Melomania A100 earbuds review

Advanced and affordable, these True Wireless earbuds are a great buy - and they come with a brilliant Easter egg…

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"Tonight is less about nostalgia than a reaffirmation of the importance of resistance, of protest, of a refusal to be silenced." Primal Scream revisit the politically-charged XTRMNTR, 25 years on

Primal Scream deliver storming run through 2000's XTRMNTR at special Roundhouse show

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“Often too leaden to float – but it has spells where the more honeyed version of the band is visible”: Nektar’s deluxe edition of A Tab In The Ocean

1972 album, which saw them edging away from psychedelia back to standard rock, returns with live treats that hint at what was to come

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"When Anthony and I were kids we were up to so much wild stuff." Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea on his "feral" teenage adventures with Anthony Kiedis, and his top tip for sneaking into shows without paying

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea shares his memories of getting "crazy" in '70s Hollywood with his best friend Anthony Kiedis

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“These musicians had a rare empathy and sense of exploration. At one point it feels like they’re going to collectively take off”: Tangerine Dream’s Rubycon box set

5-disc collection marks eighth album’s 50th anniversary, complete with two entire concert recordings and bonus Steven Wilson mixes

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“He came in with Billy Bunter trousers, frock coat, euphonium and horrible glasses. And big rubber ears. I thought, ‘Yeah, I’ll sign up to this’”: In 1962 a band decided to play as badly as possible until someone noticed. It worked.

They blended prog, art-rock, visual theatre, Dadaism and music hall – and never pretended to do any of it well

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"I wasn't allowed to listen to AC/DC or hair metal growing up - my dad thought it was misogynistic": Die Spitz hate being touted as the next big thing. They hate interviews. They love rock

“Sometimes Simon Cowell writes the music for us. Sometimes it’s AI”

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"There is a huge misconception that this song is about 1969, but it's not": The surprisingly sexual story of the Bryan Adams song fans thought was about innocence and friendship

It turns out Bryan Adams’ hit single Summer Of '69 wasn’t all about childhood, longing and loss

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"What a strange time we live in, when an imposter can write a tune, or have a toaster write it for him": People are pretending to be Alan Parsons and he's not happy about it

Alan Parsons is merely the latest victim of an artist impersonation scam

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Toto, Christopher Cross and The Romantics announce mammoth North American tour

Your opportunity to ride like the wind while blessing the rains down in Africa

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"He said, Would you shave my butt?" Oscar-winning English actress recalls her horror when one of America's most famous musicians requested intimate 'manscaping' before Saturday Night Live appearance

In 2004, there was some Shady business backstage at America's most iconic TV show

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 8, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Darkness, Tax The Heat and more

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"I just wanted to apologise for selling your guitar." How an act of kindness in the darkest of hours bonded Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante and Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro forever

How drugs, guitars, and a life-changing act of charity brought two of alternative rock's greatest musicians together

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"I wanted to make it a truly unforgettable, unmissable week, a run of shows to dream about." The Cure's Robert Smith lines up Wolf Alice, Garbage, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine and more for Teenage Cancer Trust shows

The 2026 Teenage Cancer Trust shows will take place at London's Royal Albert Hall in March

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"It's too indebted to US FM rock to find its own feet and the production is so polite it takes any edge off": Jimmy Barnes strives for solo success on For The Working Class Man

Freed from Cold Chisel, Australian national treasure Jimmy Barnes called in the big guns for his attempted US breakthrough

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“It’s me giving the finger to those who say an album shouldn’t be more than 40 minutes, just because people don’t have time to listen. It’s for an audience that’s trying to heal”: Riverside’s Mariusz Duda unchains himself from Lunatic Soul

After releasing The World Under Unsun, he’s defiantly making himself listen to more records and read more books. He ponders how much change is to come, and how much time he has left for it

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