4th Annual Prog Award Winners

Prog Magazine unveiled the winners of the 4th Annual Prog Music Awards. This year the awards were presented at the Underglobe venue beneath Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London on September 3rd 2015.

And the winners are:

Limelight Award (Newcomer)

Heights (UK)

Vanguard Award (Breakthrough artist)

Purson (uk)

Anthem Award (Best song)

Gagarin, by Public Service Broadcasting

Live Event (Best show)

Marillion Weekends 2015

Best Band or Artist Award

Opeth (se)

Best Album Award

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Outer Limits Award

Roy Wood

Commercial Breakthrough

Steven Wilson (uk)

The Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award

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The Chris Squire Virtuoso Award

Danny Thompson

Visionary Award

Bill Nelson

Guiding Light Award

Roger Dean

Lifetime Achievement Award

Gentle Giant

Prog God Award

Tony Banks

Congratulations to all the winners!

King Crimson Confirm 2015 Tour

Following their acclaimed tour of America in 2014, King Crimson returns to active service in 2015 for a series of performances across the UK and in Europe.

Starting in Aylesbury at the end of August, King Crimson will be touring throughout September in the UK, France, and the Netherlands.

As with the US Tour of 2014, this will be the Drum Trio incarnation of KC and will feature a set list peppered with long standing classics of all eras and incarnations of the band. There is also talk of new material being readied for an eventual new CD.

European Tour dates:
31 Aug - Friars, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
1 Sept - Friars, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
3 Sept - St.David’s Hall, Cardiff
5 Sept - Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
7 Sept - Hackney Empire, London
8 Sept - Hackney Empire, London
11 Sept - Lowry, Manchester,
14 Sept - Symphony Hall,Birmingham
17 Sept - Usher Hall, Edinburgh
21 Sept - Olympia, Paris
22 Sept - Olympia, Paris
24 Sept - Tivoliredenburg, Utrecht
25 Sept - Tivoliredenburg, Utrecht

King Crimson is: Mel Collins, Robert Fripp, Gavin Harrison, Jakko Jakszyk, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Bill Rieflin.

Tickets go on sale this Friday February 6 and are available from Livenation, except for tickets for the Aylesbury shows that can be obtained here .