Newly formed bands

• King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
• stOrk^[1]

Albums

Disbandments

Events

• Genesis were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[4]
• Mike Portnoy unexpectedly left Dream Theater due to a disagreement between the band members, resulting in Mike Mangini taking his place as the new drummer for Dream Theater.^[5]
• Emerson, Lake and Palmer reunited for a single show on their 40th anniversary, to headline the new born High Voltage Festival.^[6]
• Todd La Torre replaced Wade Black as the lead singer of Crimson Glory.^[7]
• In late 2010, Supertramp performed on a series of concerts through Europe.

Newly formed bands

• Flying Colors
• Hällas

Reformed bands

• Igra Staklenih Perli

Albums

Disbandments

• Oceansize^[8]
• Pure Reason Revolution^[9]

Events

• Pink Floyd signed a new deal with EMI records and began massive Why Pink Floyd...? reissue campaign.
• Mike Mangini joined Dream Theater as new drummer.
• Thirty Seconds to Mars set a Guinness World Record for the most shows played during a single album cycle.
• Nick D'Virgilio left his duties as the lead vocalist and drummer for Spock's Beard and was replaced by Ted Leonard (Vocals) and Jimmy Keegan (Drums)... Keegan had played with the band previously as a touring drummer.

Newly formed bands

• Soen
• Storm Corrosion

Albums

Disbandments

• The Mars Volta

Events

• The Flower Kings returned from a 5-year hiatus to release their 12th studio album.
• Yes lead singer Benoît David left Yes due to respiratory illness and was replaced by Glass Hammer lead vocalist Jon Davison.
• Queensrÿche fired lead singer Geoff Tate after threats and physical altercations provoked by Tate. He was replaced by Crimson Glory vocalist Todd La Torre.

Albums

Events

• Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• Todd La Torre left Crimson Glory citing long periods of inactivity as his reason.
• Lindsay Cooper (Henry Cow, Comus, Feminist Improvising Group) died 18 September.^[10][11]
• Richard Coughlan (The Wilde Flowers, Caravan) died 1 December.^[12][13]

Albums

Newly formed bands

• Earthside
• Glass Beach
• Native Construct
• Lonely Robot

Albums

Disbandments

Events

• In mid 2015, Supertramp announced they would be performing a 25-date tour throughout Europe, from November to December, this being their first tour in more than 4 years. Soon afterwards, however, the tour was cancelled due to the band's leader Rick Davies health problems. Ever since, there hasn't been news on a new Supertramp tour, much less a reunion with former co-frontman Roger Hodgson.

Newly formed bands

• Mantra Vega
• The John Hackett Band
• The Mute Gods
• Anderson/Stolt

Albums

Disbandments

• Beardfish

Events

• David Bowie died due to liver cancer on 10 January; only 2 days after his 69th birthday and the release of his final studio album Blackstar.
• On 21 February 2016, Riverside guitarist Piotr Grudziński died of a sudden heart-attack in Warsaw. His bandmates announced later in September that they would carry on with the band as a three-piece and play their first show on the one-year anniversary of Grudziński's death as a tribute to the guitarist in 2017.
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer keyboardist Keith Emerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on 11 March 2016. A tribute show was held in his honor/legacy by his peers among the progressive rock community on 28 May 2016 in Los Angeles.
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer vocalist and guitar player Greg Lake died in London on 7 December 2016, at the age of 69, after suffering from cancer.^[14]

Newly formed bands

• The Nova Collective
• Others By No One
• The Sea Within
• Sons of Apollo
• Vuur

Albums

Disbandments

Events

• 7–11 Feb.: Yes once again hosted their festival at sea, Cruise to the Edge. At the event ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy performed his Twelve-step Suite for the first time in its entirety.^[15]

Newly formed bands

• Pattern-Seeking Animals

Albums

Events

• The Moody Blues were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[16]

Newly formed bands

• In Continuum
• Overworld Dreams

Albums