Today, 40 years ago, King Crimson was born.  Marking 40 years since their initial rehearsal as King Crimson, with Robert Fripp, Greg Lake, Michael Giles and Ian McDonald as personnel.
Why not celebrate by listening to your favorite KC album… and feel free to post your selection by making a comment below.  Long live the King!

It’s been a bit of back and forth on the interweb regarding the future possibility of a King Crimson tour in 2009, which has been repeatedly defined as a “West Coast US Tour”, slated for the latter portion of the year.  Unfortunately, at this point, it appears that the 2009 KC tour is a no [...]

The June issue of Guitar Player magazine has an interview with Adrian Belew in which he talks about the power trio and upcoming shows with King Crimson. You can access Barry Cleveland’s interview here and also read some web only content not in the print edition.
The July issue of Guitar Player also features Adrian in [...]

The King is back, and they’ve released the photos to prove it!
Over at DGMLive.com we find several photos from the recent rehearsals that took place in Nashville in preparation for touring this August.
Check out DGM’s website for all of the photos!
(Thanks to commenter Ela, who gives us the news regarding an audio sample from the [...]

Today we find some very cool info from our friends at DGM…
As has become almost a sort of tradition, Nashville will be the public warmup location of choice for this August’s Crim tour.  You’ll find a pair of dates, August 2nd, and 3rd at the Belcourt where the mighty Crim will once again awaken from [...]

The word via The Seaweed Farm brings news that Gavin Harrison is currently working in King Crimson for rehearsals in preparation for the August shows.  Vibrations on the net are indicating that the rehearsals are going well and that Crim is very much a rocking beast in this lineup.
After Gavin wraps up the KC rehearsals he’s [...]

The February 2008 issue of Guitar Player magazine has a cover story picking the 50 essential guitar DVDs. King Crimson made the cut to this unraked list with Neal and Jack and Me. The DVD features two classic Crimson concerts: Three of a Perfect Pair-Live in Japan 1984 and The Noise-Live in Frejus 1982. In [...]

Over at Robert Fripp’s diary at DGMLive comes the official word that Gavin Harrison, (of Porcupine Tree fame), is the mystery drummer who will be joining Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, and Pat Mastelotto in the next formation of King Crimson.  In addition we also see word that this new formation of King Crimson has been set [...]

I’ve been a bit off of the grid so to speak the last few months, acclimating to my new job, but I was quite happy to see a relatively official update related to line up number eight for King Crimson.
Pat Mastelotto, who has been drumming in King Crimson for over 10 years now gave a recent [...]

News that some of you may have heard, some not:
Adrian Belew’s Power Trio (Featuring Eric and Julie Slick!)
Aug 19: Stella Blue Asheville, NC
Aug 21: Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC
Aug 22: Smith’s Olde Bar Atlanta, GA
Aug 23: Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, FL
Aug 24: State Theatre St. Petersburg, FL
Aug 25: The Theatre West Palm Beach, FL
Sept 08: Teatro Diana Guadalajara, [...]