The band played their final concert on 4 February 2017 in Birmingham.
On 3 February 2017, Deep Purple released a video version of “Time for Bedlam”, the first track taken from the new album and the first new Deep Purple track for almost four years.
” Where’s the Revolution “, the lead single from Spirit , was released 3 February 2017, along with its lyric video.
The final shows of The End tour took place at the Genting Arena in their home city of Birmingham , England on 2 and 4 February 2017.
In February 2017, the band revealed a teaser trailer for a documentary entitled Escape from History .
Another former King Crimson member, John Wetton, died of colon cancer on 31 January 2017.
Former bass player John Wetton died on 31 January 2017 from colorectal cancer.
On 20 January 2017, Maxïmo Park announced their sixth album Risk to Exist via their website, following the debut of the title track and first single the night before on BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq Show. The band confirmed via Twitter that bassist Archis Tiku, who had not performed with…
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On 3 January 2017, Rieflin returned to King Crimson. Since the band also wished to retain Stacey, King Crimson became an octet, which Fripp initially referred to as the “Double Quartet Formation”. Rieflin later eschewed drumming with the group and became King Crimson’s first full-time keyboardist, with Fripp rechristening the…
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The band’s seventh album Forever was released in mid-2017.