Villa Park, Birmingham Friday, 4th July 2025 Wednesday 23rd July 2025 18 days have passed since the last notes of Paranoid rang out and drifted away on the night time air over Birmingham, that final magical moment, and now, here…
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A ‘melomaniac’ is defined as having ‘an inordinate liking for music or melody’ by Merriam-Webster. As Jamie Robertson tells his life story, it is anchored in the music he was listening to at the time – the records he bought,…
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St George’s Church, Hartlepool Friday, 20th June 2025 Just a few weeks after my last visit to St George’s in Hartlepool to see the excellent Jocelyn Pettit, Ellen Gira & Miguel Girão, I found myself back at what is fast…
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TPA’s Dann Chinn covers all bases in this long chat with Michael Woodman, who gives us the lowdown on his new album Hiss of Today, and much, much more besides… Dann Chinn (DC): Let’s talk about stories, Michael, and storytelling,…
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Kino Film Theater, Rotterdam [NL] Thursday, 24th April 2025 Sony Music announced back in February of this year the newly restored version: Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, a revisiting the groundbreaking 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben would be…
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The Palladium, London Monday, 12th May 2025 Some Reflections Hell hath no fury than a woman scorned. True. But a man who has parted with 70 notes for a gig he leaves halfway through isn’t too far behind! After 46…
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It’s natural to think that prog fans wouldn’t be that interested in Eurovision, a contest centred around mainly pop music, where artists try to appeal to as large an audience as possible – quite the opposite of prog, really. But…
View More Basil’s Eurovision Roundup 2025
It is with great sadness that we have to tell you all that our TPA colleague and friend Tony Colvill sadly passed away in the early hours of Monday morning. A gentleman and a true character. Our thoughts are with…
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Hard to believe, but it is one year today that we lost our wonderful friend and colleague Jez Rowden. A truly witty and positive man who touched so many, and always with that heart-warming and infectious smile… As I attempt…
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BFI IMAX, Southbank, London Tuesday 25th February 2025 In 1999 I walked into a Swansea record store and heard Steven Wilson’s music for the first time. The album in question was Porcupine Tree’s Stupid Dream and it had an instant…
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