Ahead of their new studio album due later this year, U2 have released an EP titled Days Of Ash. A self-contained collection of five songs and a poem, the EP is an immediate response to current world e

Anglo-Welsh proggers Also Eden are deliberately ripping up the rule book. Instead of bringing out one album of new music, they’re releasing three interlinking EPs supported by live shows. It’s a bold move but it’s one the band hope fans will get behind. Prog caught up with Huw Lloyd-Jones and Simon Rogers to unearth the story behind it.

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In the wake of Peter Gabriel’s departure, GENESIS faced an existential question: carry on, or call it a day? Looking back 50 years, band members revisit the fraught months after their first frontman’s exit – and the creative surge that set the scene for one of rock’s most improbable second acts. “The band was meant to be dead and buried,” learns Peter Watts. “But we refused to lay down and die.”

Marcus Mumford hasn’t had running water at his West Country home for a couple of days when we meet. He’s considering checking into a budget hotel just to get a proper wash. “We’ve had storms. There’s

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