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How Robert Fripp helped Steve Vai tailor his King Crimson playing on the BEAT tour with one piece of advice
By Phil Weller published
After watching clips of one of the early BEAT shows, the King Crimson guitarist had some words of wisdom for his stand-in regarding an especially tricky track

Tony Levin on playing for Pink Floyd in the post-Roger Waters era
By Janelle Borg published
The session icon discusses working with David Gilmour – and reveals he was asked to tour with Pink Floyd after his session work on 1987's A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Why Steve Vai dropped his anti-supergroup stance to help revive some of King Crimson’s most celebrated work
By Phil Weller published
BEAT has been celebrating King Crimson’s 1980s albums, with Adrian Belew and Steve Vai’s new guitar partnership at its core

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

Tony Levin explains his Funk Fingers appendages – and the rivalry they sparked with Peter Gabriel
By Matt Parker published
The bass icon says the Funk Fingers are at the heart of an ongoing argument about the performance of Big Time

“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

“Steve Vai is the only guitarist who could play my parts. I’m totally psyched for this”: Robert Fripp gives his blessing for a new King Crimson supergroup, featuring Steve Vai, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Danny Carey
By Phil Weller published
The star-studded lineup will perform tracks from King Crimson's ’80s albums – and it was Fripp who suggested the group's name

“I grabbed a diaper and shoved it under the strings near the bridge”: How Tony Levin came up with his muted bass tone on Peter Gabriel's Don't Give Up
By Nick Wells published
Peter Gabriel called it the “super wonder nappy sound”

John Lennon: “Willie Weeks was supposed to do it, but he was doing a George Harrison session”: In August 1980 John Lennon could have called just about any bass player on Earth. He went with Tony Levin
By Nick Wells published
The King Crimson bassist recalls the making of Double Fantasy and why he laughed at The Beatle’s first ever words to him
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