Music
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Pink Floyd: Meddle San Tropez Orange LP
Pink Floyd issue a San Tropez Orange Marble Meddle on 17 October 2026 with a restored 23‑minute Echoes/Crystal Voyager film — pre-orders are live.
Anthrax: Cursum Perficio out Sept 18, 2026
Anthrax release Cursum Perficio on September 18, 2026 — a 12th studio album that packs classic thrash fury and surprising melodic breadth.
Adrian Belew: e with Metropole Orchestra
Adrian Belew performed his 43-minute piece e with the Metropole Orchestra in February 2010; he sees live performance as the last bastion of music's value.
Linda Perry: Let It Die Here
Linda Perry: Let It Die Here lands on Hulu from Friday, September 18. The film traces Perry’s rise from 4 Non Blondes to a hitmaking producer and songwriter.
Bruce Hornsby — The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby — The Way It Is, 1986. A piano ballad about Southern racism became an unexpected international hit and later fuelled hip‑hop remakes.
RØRY — Bloodletting (17 September 2026)
RØRY’s Bloodletting, out 17 September 2026, pushes her from alt‑rock into heavier metal territory — raw grief, sharp humour and bruising riffs.
Tool — 10,000 Days (2006)
Tool released 10,000 Days in 2006, a lavish fourth album that reaffirmed the band's place in prog‑metal with dense art, banned videos and patient audiences.
TesseracT — War Of Being (2026-09-17)
TesseracT released War Of Being on 2026-09-17 — an 11-minute prog-metal epic anchoring a concept album, live-studio drums and an Unreal Engine tie-in.
Warren Zevon: 9 Albums to Hear, 1 to Skip
A short listening guide to Warren Zevon’s best albums — from Warren Zevon (1976) to The Wind (2003) — plus one debut to avoid.
Phil Collins on Supper's Ready
Phil Collins, Both Sides (1993): he tells Prog how Genesis built 23‑minute epics like 'Supper's Ready' and how home demos shaped his solo work.
Queen Budapest: film release and avatar plans
Queen Budapest lands in cinemas October 7; restored 1986 concert screenings and Brian May’s avatar doubts make this a must-see for fans.
Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning
Concert film Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning opens in cinemas Oct 28 — the final show, the original lineup, and a stacked guest bill.
Nightwish on Tarja split and new album plans
Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen accepts blame for the ugly Tarja split and teases six new songs plus studio plans for 2027 and a possible 2028 return to touring.
Tomas Lindberg: The Ghost Of A Future Dead
At The Gates released The Ghost Of A Future Dead using Tomas Lindberg’s final vocal demos; he died on September 16, 2025.
Ritchie Blackmore’s Jones Beach Cameo
Ritchie Blackmore unexpectedly joined Deep Purple for an encore at Jones Beach Theater last month, delivering a short, emotional reunion fans will remember.
Def Leppard: Volume 4 – 2015-2023
Def Leppard’s new box set, Def Leppard: Volume 4 – 2015-2023, arrives 2026-09-15 with rarities, demos and a lost cover of The Beatles’ Revolution.
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours — February 1976
Ken Caillat's new book says Lindsey Buckingham attacked him while tracking 'Go Your Own Way' at Record Planet in February 1976.
Ozzy Osbourne: Prince Of Darkness
Ozzy Osbourne’s Prince Of Darkness haunted house lands at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights through Nov 1, 2026 — a loud, playful tribute to his career.
Quiet Sun: Mainstream 51st‑Anniversary
Phil Manzanera’s Quiet Sun have released a deluxe 51st‑anniversary Mainstream package and say the reunion has produced potential new recordings.
Evanescence at The O2: Sanctuary Live
Evanescence brought Sanctuary to the O2 on 15 September 2026, with Poppy and K.Flay joining an arena crowd for a night of new songs and classic anthems.
Satyricon: When K.I.N.G. Hit a Fashion Show
Satyricon played 'K.I.N.G.' (2006) on a fashion catwalk at the 2011 Nordic World Ski Championships — a booking Satyr calls 'bizarre'.
Flamin’ Groovies: Shake Some Action tour
Flamin’ Groovies, Shake Some Action, September 15 — the 50th-anniversary UK run starts Sept 15, promising rare shows and a punk-era fuzz‑pedal tale.
Roth & Alex Van Halen Reunite at TEDx
David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen reunited at TEDxFargo on July 30, 2026, and fans also got word of a Genesis‑published Van Halen anthology shipping November 2026.
Muse — The Resistance (2009)
Released September 14, 2009, The Resistance fused stadium anthems, orchestral pieces and political fury into a landmark Muse record fans still replay.
Kryst The Conqueror — Deliver Us From Evil
Kryst The Conqueror released the Deliver Us From Evil EP in January 1990 — a forgotten metal oddity featuring Jeff Scott Soto.
Pink Floyd’s 'Household Objects' sessions
Between 1970–1974 Pink Floyd recorded rhythms and pitched sounds from household items in January 1971 Abbey Road sessions; fragments resurfaced on later reissues.
Oasis Live ’27: Knebworth 4-night return, 38 dates
Oasis announce a 38-date Live ’27 world tour in Europe and US with four nights at Knebworth; registration to buy tickets closes 17 Sept, revealed 14 September 2026.
Porcupine Tree on making The Incident
Porcupine Tree's 2009 70+-minute concept The Incident prioritises the album as a continuous experience. Steven Wilson's 2009 double-length release remains essential.
Pete Koller on Sick Of It All after Lou's death
Guitarist Pete Koller says Sick Of It All intend to continue after Lou Koller’s July 24, 2026 death, thanking supporters and saying the band is "working on it".
Every Oasis album ranked, from worst to best
Opinionated guide to Oasis’ seven studio albums and The Masterplan: what works, what doesn’t, which matter. Ranked to tell fans what to revisit - 14 September 2026.
Halestorm: Everest, acoustic tour and band bond
Halestorm — Everest, out now via Atlantic; an intimate acoustic tour after major festivals shows the band’s chemistry and a possible full covers record.
John Carpenter Open to Directing Metallica Video
John Carpenter says he'd direct a Metallica music video and points to his own metal-tinged album Cathedral as proof he knows how to marry sound and image.
My Chemical Romance Knighted by King Diamond
King Diamond appeared at the Alamodome on Sept 12, 2026, knighting My Chemical Romance and singing on “Mama” — a theatrical highlight of the Black Parade tour.
Gentle Giant — Octopus
Gentle Giant’s Octopus (released December 1972) condenses polyphonic vocals, oddball instruments and literal musical puzzles into a compact prog statement.
Europe — Scandinavian Eyes Tops Vote
Europe’s Scandinavian Eyes took 50% of the vote on September 14, 2026; plus recommended new tracks from Steven Wilson, Gyasi, War On Drugs and more.
Rick Springfield on killing a Viet Cong in Vietnam
Rick Springfield told Joe Rogan (episode #2550, Sept 8, 2026) that while entertaining troops in 1968 he fired mortars and was later told one hit and killed a man.
Cheetah Chrome dies at 71
Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome has died at 71; the band confirmed his passing on 14 September 2026. His feral riffs helped shape punk.
Neo‑Prog: Five Essential 1980s Albums
Five defining neo‑prog albums — Twelfth Night (1982), Marillion (1983), Pallas (1984), IQ (1985) and Pendragon (1985) — that reshaped prog for a new generation.
Guns N' Roses — Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction (released June 1987) turned Sunset Strip sleaze into a global rock landmark, raw and wildly influential.
Opeth: Heritage (2011) — The Prog Gamble
Opeth's 2011 album Heritage traded death-metal for pure prog, reshaping their sound and lineup — a brave gamble that still matters to fans.
Rick Wakeman — The Myths and Legends (1975)
After a July 1974 heart attack, Rick Wakeman wrote The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur and released it in March 1975 — then staged epic ice shows.
Dominum: Night Is Calling — Zombie Metal Rises
Dominum's fourth album Night Is Calling (out 2026-09-13) turns zombie theatrics into a stadium-ready Euro-metal show with hooks, lore and festival heft.
Glenn Hughes on The KLF's 1992 single
Glenn Hughes joined The KLF on America: What Time Is Love? (released February 1992), a techno‑rock single that revived his career and nudged him toward rehab.
Noddy Holder's March 1996 single reviews
Noddy Holder reviewed singles in Select's March 1996 issue, praising Smashing Pumpkins, Lush and The Flaming Lips while being lukewarm on some big US acts.
Nicko McBrain: Open to Recording with Iron Maiden
Nicko McBrain says he'd rejoin Iron Maiden in the studio — but only for simpler songs. His autobiography Hello Boys And Girls is out October 22.
Slipknot: Arsenal (Sept 9, 2026)
Slipknot dropped single Arsenal on September 9, 2026; guitarist Jim Root says it's a standalone release and “not really representative” of the new record.
Steve Hogarth joins Marillion — Seasons End
Marillion replaced Fish with Steve Hogarth in late 1988; Seasons End (1989) and the 1989 UK tour showed fans the band could survive and evolve.