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What happens when a band loses a key member?: Opinion

What happens when a band loses a key member? We kick off a series by looking at two iconic Prog bands…

The irrepressible Devin Townsend brings ‘Lightwork’ to Manchester. Klone and Fixation support.

Something To Tour About celebrates 25 Years of Badly Drawn Boy; one of the UK’s finest ever songwriters.

Electronic pioneers, Orbital, roll into Manchester with a new album to plug, and a bunch of faces to make smiley.

News of the new and inevitably poptastic single from Barbara. Enduring Love is out on 7th March.

Any thoughts that the award-winning Strangers album would be difficult to surpass prove false as the Young Uns have done so with Tiny Notes.

Welsh duo Tapestri offer an enticingly different take on country, with a lovingly crafted offering. Cymrucana, no less.

Authentic slide and snaking blues as the dirty South comes to bite – in the comfort of your living room.

Potent and untampered with ensemble trad from Scotland, as modern as it is old, old as it is modern.

Empyre – a Hard Rock colossus – guaranteeing the future’s bright.

There’s something for everyone on Smilin’ At The Future – the 6th album from Colorado Springs singer-songwriter Jeremy Facknitz

A classic nostalgia trip as we head back to the Seventies with Steve Hillage. The Utopia Strong support.

Extraordinary, intimate and intriguing. Just a few words that describe the new album from indie-folkers Lambs & Wolves.

Void of Light return with an exhilarating musical statement, that creatively weaves together several genres of metal.

Haken and Between The Buried And Me headline a mighty bout of devastating Prog Metal in Manchester. The note counters rock into overdrive.