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    Posted: Yesterday at 03:10
A Keith Emerson fan group has started a petition to have a Keith Emerson and ELP Prom at the UK Proms 2025. A good idea, though whether the BBC/Proms will be on board with it is another matter. You can sign via this link, though I think it may only be for those in the UK:
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I have signed it (i think). Not sure I'm that bothered. It would make more sense to celebrate progressive rock in a broader sense and have an evening of prog classics such as Tarkus, Suppers Ready and A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers. The BBC could do this but there is a certain snobbery in the UK from the classical world towards this genre that persists. Keith Emerson's and Tony Banks issues with trying to record with the London Philly are well documented, Both had much more joy with foreign orchestras in the end and decided not to bother 'going English'. I'm not holding my breath on the petition...
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I am a member of the facebook site that started the petition, and I signed it.....though I am a big classical music fan/collector/listener, I do concur with Richard that they can be snobby when it comes to accepting progressive rock as a legit form of music....will it make it to the Proms, it is a difficult row to hoe.....
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I had to look up 'UK Proms'.   In the U.S., proms are parties thrown at the end of the school year.
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