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Rick Wakeman announces The Return Of The Caped Crusader Pt 2 tour dates for October
Keyboard legend Rick Wakeman has announced a new run of live UK dates for October under the banner The Return Of The Caped ...
A Furious David Bowie Wrote 1 Hit Song as ‘Revenge’ on Frank Sinatra
David Bowie heard a Frank Sinatra on the radio that filled him with rage. Here's why he felt he needed revenge against it.
Wax keeps things together: One last plea to save the record store
Arguments surrounding the record store and why it's imperative they stay open seem to fall on deaf ears. Here is one last ...
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‘The Six Wives Of Henry VIII’: How Rick Wakeman Took The Prog Crown
After leaving Yes, Rick Wakeman’s first solo work, ‘The Six Wives Of Henry VIII,’ was an ambitious concept album that remains a jewel in his crown. We’ve become so used to thinking of Rick ...
‘He’s a control freak’: 12 bandmates who hate each other, from Pink Floyd to Oasis
Sometimes a petty disagreement can become a lifelong grudge. Louis Chilton picks 11 of the most notorious feuds between ...
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‘Journey To The Centre Of The Earth’: Rick Wakeman’s Greatest Discovery
The ambitious ‘Journey To The Centre Of The Earth’ was recorded on January 18, 1974, as Rick Wakeman recorded live with a choir, an orchestra, and a rock group. Eventually, a compromise was ...
From Singing Cannibals to Crazy Record Execs: The Strangest Movie Musicals Ever Made
In the abstract, all musicals are weird. People don’t just start singing at dramatic moments in real life, so the genre ...
Mike Ratledge, Keyboardist in Soft Machine, Dies at 81
Soft Machine’s Mike Ratledge, Gie Knaeps/. Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge died on Wednesday, February 5 after a brief illnes ...
Johnnie Walker’s wife says she is sure her husband ‘loved’ his funeral service
Tiggy was joined by her husband’s former BBC Radio 2 colleagues and Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant at the funeral service on Friday.