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'No Hard Feelings': Deep Purple Recall Delaying Yes' Headline Slot By Setting Fire To Amplifiers
Deep Purple and Yes have no hard feelings – 53 years after the former group's original guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, delayed the latter's headline slot by setting fire to amplifiers at a festival.The two legendary rock...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 July 2024
Rick Wakeman Announces Final Solo Tour
Rick Wakeman is bidding farewell to touring after his latest solo jaunt.The prog legend's iconic one-man piano and keyboard shows are set to conclude in 2024.Rick - the renowned classical keyboardist known for his tenures...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 January 2024
Metallica's Kirk Hammett: Prog Rock Was Instrumental In Shaping Heavy Metal
Metallica's Kirk Hammett says prog rock music paved the way for heavy metal.The axe-slayer says heavy metal would sound "different today" if it wasn't for the progressive genre of rock music's influence.Appearing on the 'Kyle...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 September 2023
Alan White To Miss Yes' 50th Anniversary Shows Due To Illness
Yes drummer Alan White has pulled out of the band's 50th anniversary 'Close To The Edge' UK and Ireland tour.The 72-year-old sticksman - who played the drums on John Lennon's 'Imagine' - has been forced...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 May 2022
Rick Wakeman Postpones Tour Dates Over Health Issues
The keyboardist was scheduled to hit the stage at the Wakemanfest in October (15) and in Scandinavia for 16 piano shows in November and December, but the 66 year old has decided to...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2015
Mike Portnoy To Lead Chris Squire Tribute On Cruise
The Dream Theater drummer has been added to the line-up for what has been billed as the "ultimate prog rock cruise" and will serve as "music director" for an all-star tribute to Yes...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 13 August 2015
Yes Drummer Reveals He Was The Inspiration For Spinal Tap Scene
In the film, Harry Shearer's character finds himself stuck in a pod while the comedy rockers attempt to make a grand entrance on a futuristic stage set - and White insists he was...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 09 August 2015
Rick Wakeman To Score Hawk The Slayer Sequel
The original movie starred Lost actor John Terry as the titular adventurer, opposite Jack Palance as his evil brother Voltan, who battle it out for the power of a magic sword, and now...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 05 July 2015
Chris Squire's Widow Urges Fans To Remember Late Rocker As She Says Goodbye
The rocker lost his cancer battle in his adopted city on Saturday (27Jun15), and he'll be buried there on America's Independence Day (04Jul15). Confirming his funeral plans in a statement released to...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 01 July 2015
Ex-yes Star Jon Anderson: 'Chris Squire Was Christopher Robin To My Winnie The Pooh'
Anderson co-founded the progressive rock supergroup with Squire in 1968 and admits the bass player was "a very special part of my life". The singer says, "He was an amazingly unique bass...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 29 June 2015
Yes Bassist Chris Squire Dies At 67
Chris Squire, the bassist and one of the founding members of prog-rock favourites Yes, has died at the age of 67. The songwriter passed away on Saturday following a short battle with leukaemia, at his...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 29 June 2015
Rockers Pay Tribute To Late Yes Star Chris Squire
The progressive rock icon lost his battle with cancer on Saturday (27Jun15) in Phoenix, Arizona, a month after announcing he had been diagnosed with leukaemia and was stepping down from Yes' summer tour...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 28 June 2015
Yes Star Chris Squire Loses Cancer Battle
The progressive rock legend passed away in his adopted Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday (27Jun15), a month after revealing he was battling cancer. The bassist was the only Yes founder who featured in...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 28 June 2015
Yes Bassist Chris Squire Diagnosed With Leukaemia
The 68-year-old rocker is suffering from a form of the disease called acute erythroid leukaemia and is preparing to receive medical treatment at a facility in Phoenix, Arizona, where he lives....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 19 May 2015
Rick Wakeman To Front New Touring Life Documentary
The progressive rock veteran's Tales From the Tour Bus: Rock 'n' Roll on the Road takes a look at the glamorous side of touring and is scheduled to debut on 24 April (15)....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 22 April 2015
Toto & Yes Plan Joint Summer Tour
Toto guitarist Steve Lukather broke the news of the five-week co-headlining trek with progressive rock legends Yes on Monday (06Apr15), telling Billboard.com the dates will begin on 7 August (15) in Connecticut....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 07 April 2015
Jon Anderson To Undergo Surgery For Severe Sinus Problem
Former Yes star Jon Anderson has suffered another setback in his recovery from a respiratory illness that forced him out of the band - he now needs surgery to correct a severe sinus issue.In a...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 February 2015
Jason Mraz To Tour New York's Five Boroughs
Singer Jason Mraz is aiming to follow in the footsteps of David Bowie and the Beastie Boys by becoming only the third musician to perform in each of New York's five boroughs on the same...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 17 July 2014
Yes' Chris Squire Unfazed By Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Snub
Yes bassist Chris Squire insists he won't ''lose any sleep'' over his band missing out on a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.The 66-year-old musician, who is touring with a new line-up,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 April 2014
Jon Anderson Forming New Band With Jean-luc Ponty
Former Yes frontman Jon Anderson has formed a new supergroup with violin virtuoso Jean-Luc Ponty.The Owner of a Lonely Heart singer announced the new band news during a recent solo show, revealing the odd couple...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 March 2014
Ashlee Simpson And Evan Ross Engaged
Pop star Ashlee Simpson is set to wed again after accepting a marriage proposal from Diana Ross' son.The 29-year-old singer and Evan Ross announced their engagement via Twitter.com on Monday (13Jan14). Actor Ross, 25,...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 14 January 2014
Rory Mcilroy Asks Tennis Ace Girlfriend To Marry Him On New Year's Eve
Top golfer Rory Mcilroy rang in the new year with a fiancee after proposing to his tennis star girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki.The couple took to its Twitter.com accounts on New Year's Eve (31Dec13) to announce the...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 January 2014
Nirvana, Kiss & Deep Purple Emerge As Early Favourites For Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction
The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame will induct it's class of 2014 in April next year and earlier this week the nominees for the coveted place among rock's elite was announced to the public....
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 17 October 2013
Yes & Marillion Team Up For Prog-rock Festival At Sea
Progressive rock bands Yes and Marillion have announced plans to set sail together for gigs at sea next spring (14).The British acts' Cruise to the Edge will depart from Miami, Florida for a five-day trip...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 26 August 2013
Prog-rock Singer Gary Pickford-hopkins Loses Cancer Battle
Singer Gary Pickford-Hopkins, who appeared on former Yes star Rick Wakeman's groundbreaking 1970s concept albums, has lost his battle with cancer, aged 65.Pickford-Hopkins was a featured vocalist on Journey to the Center of the Earth,...
By WENN on 25 June 2013
Sadness As Peter Banks Dies - Yes Vocalist John Anderson Leads The Tributes
The music world is mourning today as Yes guitarist Peter Banks dies, at the age of 65. The original guitarist for the influential prog rock band Yes, Banks had died of heart failure and was...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 13 March 2013
Founding Member Of Yes, Peter Banks Dies Aged 65
The rock world is saddened today at the new of Peter Bank’s death, aged 65. He died at his home in London, according to multiple sources. He was known as one of the key pioneers...
By Jack de Aguilar in Music / Festivals on 13 March 2013
Jimmy Page Hopes For Xyz Supergroup Release
Rocker Jimmy Page is hoping his 30-year-old collaboration with Yes stars Chris Squire and Alan White is released one day - because he's convinced the trio has a hit on its hands.The Led Zeppelin star...
By WENN on 11 December 2012
Motley Crue Bassist Nikki Sixx Engaged
Motley Crue star Nikki Sixx is engaged after proposing to his model girlfriend Courtney Bingham.The rocker popped the question while the couple was holidaying on Caribbean island St. Bart's. The bassist and radio Dj...
By WENN on 27 November 2012
Genesis Honoured With A Lifetime Achievement Award
British rock group Genesis were honoured with a Lifetime Achievement prize at the inaugural Progressive Music Awards in London on Wednesday night.Guitarist Mike Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks picked up the trophy during the ceremony...
By WENN on 06 September 2012
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