In a May 2026 interview, Fripp stated that the rumoured new album never came to fruition, that he would not play live again, and that King Crimson’s career was over for good.
In a DGM homepage and Facebook post on 11 July 2025, while suggesting the possibility of “an album the very sound of which no-one has ever heard before. A sound driven by the three drummers,” David Singleton both clarified and cautioned speculation about the album. He commented that “it is…
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Eight months later, in a July 2025 interview with Goldmine magazine, Jakszyk stated that “as we speak, we’re doing a King Crimson studio album” and confirmed that it featured the most recent band line-up. He cautioned “when that will come out and what format or how — that’s beyond my…
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On March 17, 2025, it was announced that Anders Nyström was departing the band due to “creative preferences and scheduling issues.” Within a month of Nyström’s departure announcement, the band revealed their 13th studio album, Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State , would be released on June 6 via…
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In a November 2024 interview with Louder Sound , Jakszyk was questioned about the band’s future and mentioned the possibility of new studio recordings being released, stating: “The honest answer is, you’ll have to ask Robert. It’s all in his hands. He’s retired a million times before, but he is…
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The band performed at Milwaukee Metal Fest in June 2024
The band released their twelfth studio album, Sky Void of Stars , on January 20, 2023
In March 2022, the documentary film In the Court of the Crimson King was premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. Directed by Toby Amies and filmed between 2019 and 2021, it covered live and backstage activity by the then-current band but also featured a historical overview plus contributions from…
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On 9 February 2022, founding King Crimson member Ian McDonald died of cancer.
a box set of the band’s earliest material Melancholium (2022)