Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer [NL] Saturday, 14th December 2024 During the month of December the annual IQ Xmas Bash has become a regular occurrence, a true tradition, which began in the early 2010s. Halfway through tonight’s show, guitarist Mike Holmes reminds…
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IQ Weekend – The Met, Bury Friday, 19th & Saturday, 20th January 2024 For one weekend in January, the Northern town of Bury in England becomes the beating heart of IQ and their fans. They gather from across the UK,…
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The Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, London. This iconic music venue, founded in 1958 and residing in prime London real estate from 1964 to 1988, launched the careers of generations of rock acts, including progressive greats such as Genesis, Yes,…
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The Civic Hall, Stourport Saturday, 4th March, 2023 SPRIGGAN MIST (Tony Colvill) Spriggan Mist have changed a little since I first heard their debut album, many years ago. They seem to have become more ‘Rock’ – the sound is tight…
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IQ Eastmas Bash, de Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Saturday, 9th April 2022 It is one of the first ‘big’ shows in the Zoetermeer rock temple after the lockdown(s). The caption of the IQ40 tour was ’40 years of prog nonsense’.…
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At the end of May, the symphonic British neo-proggers IQ were scheduled to visit the Netherlands and France in the context of their Resistance Tour 2020. We now know what happened: both shows had to be cancelled due to the…
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Happy New Year! It’s that time again where we look ahead to the audible delights that might give us a quick peck on the cheek, a full-blown snog or have us running screaming from the singles bar in 2010. It’s…
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It seems to be traditional to start these things by saying just how difficult it was to choose 10 of the best albums, and that if you asked me to tomorrow the list would be totally different. However, to be…
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IQ, a band both loved and reviled by the prog community: loved for their part in relaunching the progressive rock movement in the early 1980s and arguably bringing some epic tunes with them; reviled for sounding like a pastiche of…
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Islington Assembly Hall, London Saturday 7th September Resistance Album Launch Event The launch of a new IQ studio album is a special event – they only happen about every 4 or 5 years, so it’s understandable that there was a…
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