O2 Academy, Sheffield Saturday 2nd April 2022 After two years of waiting, as well as venue and line-up changes, HRH Prog XI finally took place over the weekend of April 2nd and 3rd at the O2 Academy, Sheffield. It was…
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Symphony Hall, Birmingham Thursday 11th April 2019 The City of Birmingham has a long history of recognising its famous sons and daughters on the Walk of Stars along Broad Street in the city centre. Carl Palmer and John Lodge are…
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How does a crucial member of one of the most renowned progressive rock bands in history remember his friend and band member, and honour the memory of the glory days of their band? Carl Palmer has chosen his own inimitable…
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I guess like many I was drawn to the music of Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer in the early 1970s when I was in my youth, and especially to the Brain Salad Surgery and Pictures At An Exhibition…
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Hafan Y Mor Haven Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Wales 17th & 18th November 2017 HRH Prog 6 put on display an impressive range of bands old and new in the now familiar yet remotely beautiful North Wales location. Following on only…
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Shire Hall, Howden Saturday, 25th November 2017 Two concerts in the same month – things must be looking up in the North-East of England. Well, although Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy were playing in Gateshead, for this concert we travelled down…
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Works, Volume 1 [2017 Remaster] By Leo Trimming “Welcome Back my Friends to the Show that Never Ends” is a phrase forever associated with Emerson, Lake and Palmer, the legendary progressive rock supergroup. Apart from being the title of their…
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2016 has been a tough year for many, but for Emerson, Lake and Palmer fans, the losses have been especially tragic. On 8th December, only two days after the following interview was conducted, legendary bassist and singer Greg Lake passed…
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Loreley starts here… Lovely Loreley – sunny and warm, as usual. And here we are! Just in time to see Lion Shepherd – mellow Prog and well received by the growing crowd… Subsignal hit the stage… Subsignal – great musicians…
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Paul Bieiatowicz isn’t a house-hold name (yet), but you may well have heard or seen him playing with Neal Morse or Carl Palmer. As it happens, he’s not too bad a guitar player and TPA caught up with him prior…
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