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This weekend sees the beginning of Steve Hackett’s North American tour, beginning with Cruise To The Edge on the 3rd February. To celebrate, Steve has rerecorded GTR’s US hit single ‘When The Heart Rules The Mind’, and you can listen to the new track below. “I always loved the track ‘When the Heart Rules the Mind’. I think it is the strongest thing Steve Howe and I wrote together and I always wanted to do a version where I would sing it myself with the use of today’s production techniques. I’m also very pleased to have my friend Steve Rothery...

Earlier today, on Facebook, Devin Townsend announced that he was stepping down from his hugely successful Devin Townsend Project to pursue other musical ventures. In the statement he mentions 4 new albums he is working on and later goes on to vouch for his band and crew, even providing their contact info so they can be reached for other proejcts. You can read the full statement below: “Hey guys, Devin here. So after 8 years of touring with DTP, I’ve decided to take a break from this band and focus on a number of other projects I’ve been...

LA progressive rock outfit Perfect Beings have just released their latest album and debut for InsideOut/Sony Music, Vier. The album finds the band at their experimental best with a diverse collection of tracks including the first two singles, “Anunnaki – Patterns of Light” and “Vibrational – Mysteries, Not Answers.” In a new video, members Ryan Hurtgen and Jesse Nason, along with Sean Reinert (Formerly of Cynic),(Johannes Luley does not appear in the video) talk about the new album, how Reinert joined the band and upcoming shows. Read our...

After creating rock operas in the studio for more than 20 years, prog mastermind Arjen Lucassen, aka Ayreon, finally took his Universe to the stage in September 2017. Three shows sold out within hours after annoucing. 9000+ Fans from all corners of the world flocked to the 013 venue in Tilburg, the Netherlands to see this long-awaited show live. The filmed shows will be released on March 30 as a 2 and a half hour concert on various formats. See the video for “Everybody Dies” here: [embedded content] ITEMS AND FEATURESHere’s a list of all the...

German instrumental rock powerhouse Long Distance Calling are set to release their sixth studio album ‘Boundless’ this Friday 2nd February 2018. To celebrate its imminent arrival, the band have launched an album player featuring snippets from all the albums tracks. [embedded content] The album will be released as a special edition digipak CD, Gatefold 2LP + CD (incl. etching on side D) & as digital download. Pre-order now here:https://longdistancecalling.lnk.to/Boundless Following the release of two albums that saw the band exploring the...

Steve Hackett has announced a brief run of 6 shows in the UK for his Genesis Revisited tour that will take place in October. The guitarist will be joined on the road by a 41-piece orchestra, led by conductor Bradley Thachuk. Hackett says: “I always hoped that the Genesis music would one day involve an orchestra and I’m proud to say I’ll now be able to make that dream a reality on my next British tour – involving my own extraordinary rock band alongside a full-sized orchestra.” The live dates will see Hackett perform some of Genesis’...