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Adrian Belew on how he persuaded famed luthier Ken Parker to create his boundary-pushing signature Parker Fly
By Janelle Borg published
Belew is using his signature Parker Fly as his go-to guitar on the 65-date Beat Tour with Steve Vai, Tool drummer Danny Carey, and King Crimson alumnus Tony Levin

Steve Vai and Adrian Belew tackle King Crimson classics as the Beat tour kicks off
By Phil Weller published
The pair have joined forces with Tony Levin and Danny Carey to perform King Crimson’s 1980s albums across a sprawling 65-date tour

For the King Crimson-channeling Beat tour, Tony Levin is a virtuoso among virtuosos
By Andrew Daly published
The bass icon on how he’s being challenged by parts he wrote, changing classic tracks – and when his Funk Fingers will make their next appearance

Andy Summers on his longstanding relationship with Robert Fripp – and their surprise new collab album
By Janelle Borg published
Summers and Fripp have known each other since childhood and decided to record three albums' worth of material back in the '80s after they both achieved success with their respective bands

Adrian Belew on Frank Zappa’s lessons, Robert Fripp’s synth guitar, and Beat with Steve Vai
By Andrew Daly published
Still amazed that he managed to gather Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey into new band Beat, Belew reflects on his light-speed journey from 1977 to 1982, and how he plans to reactivate King Crimson’s ‘80s albums on stage

Adrian Belew on how King Crimson made an underrated prog classic in “this industrial musical junkyard we created”
By Ryan Reed published
Adrian Belew reveals what went on behind the scenes during the making of the band’s dual-personality 10th album, Three of a Perfect Pair – the final studio release from the Fripp/Belew/Levin/Bruford crew

Steve Vai explains the hardest part of replicating Robert Fripp’s playing style
By Phil Weller published
Vai will be touring King Crimson’s ‘80s material with Beat in the fall, and he’s spoken about his preparations – which includes working with Roland on three purpose-built guitars

King Crimson’s Robert Fripp on a memorable meeting with Jimi Hendrix
By Janelle Borg published
Robert Fripp recalls Jimi Hendrix calling King Crimson “the best band in the world”

How Adrian Belew and Steve Vai will tackle the King Crimson catalog for a supergroup tour
By Phil Weller published
'Beat' will tour the band's ’80s material later this year, and the group's guitar duo is working on a partnership that can do the Belew/Fripp double act justice

“Robert Fripp is one of our historical geniuses… I will be putting my best foot forward to respect this great music”: Steve Vai, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Danny Carey reveal full details of new King Crimson supergroup tour
By Matt Owen published
The Fripp-approved band – which will revisit and reinterpret tracks from Crimson's Discipline, Beat, and Three of a Perfect Pair albums – will hit virtually every corner of the US and Canada this fall
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