U.K. News

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and CLUTCH have been confirmed for High Voltage , the U.K.'s new rock festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-25, 2010 at Victoria Park in London, U.K. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Main Stage: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER ZZ TOP FOREIGNER Prog Stage: URIAH HEEP WISHBONE ASH PENDRAGON STEVE HACKETT ASIA ...

THE former vocalist of Mike and the Mechanics, Ace and Squeeze, Paul Carrack, will bring his new album to the stage of Worthing on Friday, December 18.

Vocalist Richard Thomson of U.K.-based experimental/progressive extreme metallers XERATH has launched a new progressive rock project called PRIMER .

Legendary British guitarist Allan Holdsworth appears tonight at the intimate confines of Dan's Silverleaf.

Eric Woolfson, a member of The Alan Parsons Project has died of cancer in London on Tuesday.

Simon Neil - vocals, guitar James Johnston - bass Ben Johnston - drums Track listing: 1. The Captain 2. That Golden Rule 3. Bubbles 4. God & Satan 5. Born On a Horse 6. Mountains 7. Shock Shock 8. Many of Horror 9. Booooom, Blast & Ruin 10.

Sex Pistols' bassist Glen Matlock, who is also responsible for writing the majority of the Pistols well known punk rock anthems, is coming to Hampton's Vintage Bistro for a guaranteed sell out show on Monday, December 7. A few weeks ago this column featured the Vintage as an exciting new venue that not only knocks out some incredible food but has ...

In the Nepal's grand finale held at the Nepal Music School garden on Saturday, E.quals beat four other bands to represent the country in the international joust that will take place on December 13.

CEMENTING his name in musical history by serving as lead guitarist in progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1976, Steve Hackett is still developing his sound.

Unfortunately, US prog rockers Dredg will no longer be touring Australia with Karnivool this November/December. After further planning and some unexpected twists Dredg management have announced the band will not be in Australia for the Sine Waves and Mirrors tour.

Hopewell Junction, NY --Francis Dunnery, founder of 1980s English progressive rock band It Bites, recently released a new album recorded entirely through a Metric Halo 2882 converter and interface.

Forty years ago this week, progressive rock started to take off with the initial releases of two of its biggest acts.

The Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita is dashing round the country on his last-ever tour with his current band.

Fans of progressive rock are in for a treat with the announcement of three Midlands concerts by giants of the genre.

Observant chart watchers may have noticed an unfamiliar - and unusual - name in the UK top 30 album chart this week.

Paramore are excited about touring the UK, lead singer Hayley Williams has said.

Legendary progressive rock veterans URIAH HEEP will celebrate their 40th anniversary by looking back to their past without melancholy or nostalgia and releasing a new album, "Celebration" , on October 2 . URIAH HEEP look to the future proud and happy about their 40 years of joyful relationship with their audience.

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

With a new album out and a UK tour planned for next year, it's a salutary experience to look through the Post's archives and discover that Stackridge, famous for the wonderfully unique Purple Spaceships over Yatton have been together, on and off, for 40 years.

Hot on the heels of their new live CD 'Fortyfied', music legends Nektar will be playing several select concerts in the UK and Germany in celebration of their 40th anniversary.