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“By the time I swapped over the tapes I knew I was in the stinky brown stuff. Somebody said, ‘God help us’ … the budget for the cover was cut back”: How Rick Wakeman proved everyone wrong with The Six Wives of Henry VIII

His 1973 debut solo album was roundly hated by label bosses and reviewers – but it became a coffee-table classic and gave him freedom from Yes

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“It’s time to call it a day”: Rick Wakeman announces farewell tour and a parting instrumental epic, Yessonata

Prog legend Rick Wakeman prepares to exit stage left

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“To play music, you have to understand it. I didn’t understand Topographic Oceans. That’s why I hardly played on it": Rick Wakeman and Yes - firings, hirings, curry, catastrophe and chaos

Best of 2023: When Vangelis nearly joined Yes and other tales from topographic oceans…

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“Stately swathes of melodic guitar, stomping-goblin work-song chants, Rick Wakeman-riding-a-plesiosaur keyboard soloing:” Moon Safari’s Himlabacken Vol 2 is an epic complement to its predecessor

The level of care and attention to detail explains why it took the Swedish symphonic prog outfit 10 years to deliver their exploration of growing up

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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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“When I was about 14 a friend recommended Yes and ELP to me. To be completely honest I didn’t really like the music… I don’t think I’ve ever actually bought a prog album!” Derek Sherinian, keyboard warrior

He’s worked with Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather and many others – but Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson remain among his heroes

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Rick Wakeman, Trevor Horn, Focus and Big Big Train announced for 45th annual Cropredy Festival

Corpredy 2024 takes place in Cropredy, near Banbury, from August 8 -10

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Rick Wakeman announces Live At The London Palladium release

Rick Wakeman announces Live At The London Palladium four-disc set for February

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“As hard as it was, and it was hard, nobody wanted to bottle out. We just knew we had a big landscape we could explore”: How Tales From Topographic Oceans became the most arduous project in Yes’ history

Used as a byword for musical over-indulgence, 1973 album fought its creators every step of the way – right down to its master tapes nearly being crushed by a bus

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“I was completely petrified by Kate Bush singing Wuthering Heights on TV. Anyone I was scared of I was interested by”: How Matt Berry discovered prog

Toast Of London star and self-taught musician became a fan of Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd and more

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I was pretty much ordered to go and play with Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes and John Wetton. I was told that if I didn’t, I’d be dropped”: Trevor Rabin’s challenging road to Yes

From a dalliance with NWOBHM and Asia to sudden career jumps across the ocean, he’s always been far more interesting and varied than many realise

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“We didn’t want to be extras, we didn’t want to be bit men… If you haven’t got an ego, you shouldn’t be doing this”: Rick Wakeman on the Keith Emerson collaboration that never happened

The “brothers in keyboards” had plans for a show together, a tour with Jon Lord and perhaps even an album before tragedy made it all impossible

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‘He’s a control freak’: 12 bandmates who hate each other, from Oasis to Pink Floyd

Sometimes a petty disagreement can become a lifelong grudge. Louis Chilton picks 11 of the most notorious feuds between musical collaborators

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“The world of music was going through some serious changes and we were not embracing them”: how Yes’s Going For The One and Tormato almost ended things for good

Punk rock, flying fruit and rollerskating accidents – how Yes went from triumph to disaster at the end of the 1970s

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Rick Wakeman teams up with Jah Wobble and Chester Thompson for new track Io

Wakeman, Wobble and Thompson all appear on new The Fusion Syndicate album out in September

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“To play music, you have to understand it. I didn’t understand Topographic Oceans. That’s why I hardly played on it": Rick Wakeman and Yes - firings, hirings, curry, catastrophe and chaos

When Vangelis nearly joined Yes and other tales from topographic oceans…

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"David Bowie said, 'That was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard.’” Magna Carta and friends in high places

Chris Simpson of 70s folky proggers Magna Carta recalls 50 years of making music. “I look back and think: how did it all happen?” he says...

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Bill Bruford surprises fans with live performance at John Wetton Tribute show

Bruford appeared alongside Roger Chapman, Rick Wakeman, Annie Haslam, Steve Hackett and more

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“A reunion is something I'm absolutely resistant to”: how Yes weathered a decade of turmoil to return with their finest album in years

Yes men Steve Howe and Jon Davison look back at the band’s turbulent recent history – and what the future may hold

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Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman Gentle Giant, Strawbs and more on new Tony Visconti box set

The work of famed producer Tony Visconti celebrated in new 4 disc or 8 LP box set, Produced By Tony Visconti, out in October

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“We used to travel in Clark Gable’s Cadillac, refurbished by Rolls Royce. We had a TV in there, and two bars, just for the band”: Secrets of Rick Wakeman’s excess

Keyboard icon's grandiose live shows lit up the 70s, but behind the pomp and majesty lay bad reviews, heart attacks and near ruin

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Rick Wakeman announces new London date for 2024 UK tour

Rick Wakeman will perform a set of Yes classics and Journey To The Centre Of The Earth on Return Of The Caped Crusader tour

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"Ultimately, they weren’t Rick Wakeman" - Clem Burke and Glen Matlock on the outsider appeal of the original punk bands

Ahead of their gig with Iggy Pop at the Dog Day Afternoon festival in London, Blondie’s Clem Burke and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock talk punk, punk and more punk

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The Beatles' Mellotron, Stevie Wonder's Hohner clav, multiple MiniMoogs and more: The 7 most important keyboards of all time

The famous synthesizers, organs and other keyboards that changed the course of music history

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Beam me up again! William Shatner revisits his prog all-stars album Ponder The Mystery, starring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman and others

Star Trek icon releases new version of title track with Steve Vai in full flow, mixed by Jurgen Engler

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