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Dandies in the Aspic

Uncut magazine had a short mention about Deep Purple and fashion in the late sixties in their December 2010 issue with quote from Jon Lord:

That leather coat cost more than I’d earned in my entire life. It was all

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Here we go again

On May 23 Whitesnake show in Manchester Bernie Marsden joined the “new new” band on stage for performances of Fool for Your Loving and Here I Go Again:

Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info and to mick parry for …

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Roger In The Studio

The latest episode of In The Studio with Redbeard is completely dedicated to Now what?! A good chunk of the album was played during the one hour show, interspersed with what sounds like a prerecorded elsewhere interview with Roger Glover. …

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Just what the doctor ordered

Putting BBC to shame both in depth and breadth, Andi Fox from the Welsh community radio GTFM interviewed David Coverdale for his weekly Rockshow last Thursday. David talked about the UK tour, live album releases, nice memories of Jon Lord, …

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Paicey in Paderborn

On May 17, Ian Paice and Pete York openend the Drums ‘n’ Percussion in Paderborn, Germany, the biggest festival of its kind in Europe. So far only one clip is available, short but stunning (watch Paicey’s luminous sticks):

A brief …

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Vote for Classic Rock track of the week

Classic Rock Magazine has an online poll for the Track of the Week and Vincent Price is in the running. Vote here.

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Deep Purple Reissues Part 2: “Copenhagen 1972″ to be released this month

While Deep Purple are still in the charts with their latest studio album “Now What?!”, earMUSIC prepare the second release of their reissues series. This time it’s “Copenhagen 1972″

 

Besides the show from Copenhagen recorded on March 1, 1972, …

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Vincent Price video premiere

And here it is, in all its glory, the first Deep Purple promo video since… whatever:

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Rock’n'roll at 1 o’clock in the afternoon

Anastasia Kuvaldina and Andrey Gusenkov sat down to talk with both Ians when the band was in Moscow earlier this month. The interview was done for the Russian radio station Rock FM, and now they have kindly offered us …

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Coverdale on BBC Breakfast show

David Coverdale has appeared on BBC Breakfast show yesterday, May 15, to promote Whitesnake’s UK tour (which starts in Belfast today):

Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info and to Ania Rock for uploading the video.

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Steve Morse on Something Else!

Steve Morse spoke to Something Else! Reviews about the new album and the late Jon Lord:

NICK DERISO: Over the years, you became very close with (late co-founding keyboardist) Jon Lord. It must have meant a lot to you to

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What do you think of Now what?!

The new album has been out for a while now, the dust seems to be settling down, and it’s time for another poll here at The Highway Star.

We tried to put together a variety of the most often expressed …

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Paicey on Linea Rock

A longish (and thus interesting) interview with Ian Paice was done by Italian Radio Lombardia’s show Linea Rock some time in April and is now available for viewing:

Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info.

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The Moon Is Shining

Frontiers Records has announced digital release of the first single from the new Blackmore’s Night album Dancer And The Moon. The track is called The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere Over the Sea):

[It is] based on an old

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