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RIP Roye Albrighton

The curse of 2016 strikes again. Nektar axe man passes away….. The Cleopatra Records family has lost one of its closest friends and brightest stars. Nektar vocalist/guitarist Roye Albrighton passed away peacefully at the age of 67. Albrighton had just recently completed the text for a full-length book (co-written by Dave Thompson) about the group …

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Steve Hackett | Live At Liverpool Box Set in the pipeline.

STEVE HACKETT TO RELEASE “THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE LIVE IN LIVERPOOL” THE LIVE 2CD/2DVD, BLU-RAY OF HIS ACOLYTE TO WOLFLIGHT WITH GENESIS REVISITED TOUR     20th April 2016   Groundbreaking prog guitarist Steve Hackett has announced the release of his acclaimed     Acolyte To Wolflight With Genesis Revisited Tour as 2CD/2DVD deluxe package and stand-a-lone Blu-Ray …

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Steve Hackett | New vinyl box set. The Charisma years

STEVE HACKETT’S CHARISMA YEARS REMASTERED FOR NEW VINYL BOXED SET 3 ALBUMS ALSO RELEASED AS DELUXE EDITION 2CD/DVD COLLECTIONS After the success of 2015 CD Box set ‘Premonitions’ revisiting the early days of his solo career, Steve Hackett goes back to Memory Lane vintage style, with a vinyl collection of his first six albums on …

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Keith Emerson

2016 has up until now been as the queen once put it an anus horribleous. As i write i am nursing the hangover from hell caused by receiving the news that my hero since the age of eleven years old has ended his life. In the world of progressive rock music the word legend and …

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Mog And The Water Tribe album launch

North East rockers Mog And The Water Tribe launch their new album Astronaut Ghost by playing some of the song live in the North East’s top vinyl record store SOUND IT OUT. Why not head along and listen to the band and treat yourself to a live performance and even buy the album. I will …

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Yes Tour 2016

  YES are to  do a 10 date UK tour performing 2 classic albums – Fragile and Drama in their entirety plus other major YES tracks from 27th April. Full info below. Steve Howe and Geoff Downes are in the UK at the moment and are available for phoners, ISDN and in person interviews. Alan …

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Steve Hackett Box Set Looking Good

Steve Hackett to re-issue box set collection of early recordings ‘Premonitions – The Charisma Recordings 1975-1983’   Steve’s 14 disc boxed set Premonitions – The Charisma Recordings 1975-1983 is now available to preorder on the Hackettsongs webstore. July 2015 Prog rock pioneer Steve Hackett has announced the release ‘Premonitions – The Charisma Recordings 1975-1983’, a …

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PROGMEISTER 3 | fund raising appeal

  Hopefully those of you who attended both of the previous Progmeister Festivals will remember just how good they were? It’s been over three years now since Progmeister 2 headed up by The Tangent and seeds have been sewn in this small though enthusiastic cranium to stage Progmeister 3. However, to do so i need …

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