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History, Hits And Highlights DVD

The double DVD package of archive material Deep Purple — History, Hits And Highlights 1968-75 is coming out. We have previously covered contents of the DVD here and here. The DVD is being released worldwide by Eagle Rock Entertainment and is available in UK and Germany on June 1, and USA, Canada, France and Japan on June 2. Order it from your nearest Amazon store:

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Deep Purple fined in Russia

A Russian court has fined Deep Purple for “illegally” performing their own songs.

The concert in question took place on October 19, 2008 in Russia’s southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
According to the court’s ruling, the musicians – Ian Gillan, Ian […]

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Steve Morse interviewed by Rocknation TV

Blabbermouth reports that Steve Morse has been interviewed on Rocknation TV. The interview is featured in episode 46 and can be viewed online at www.rocknation.us/tv.

Rocknation TV is a weekly 30-minute metal program featuring metal videos and interviews. It is available […]

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Over the Rainbow announces new keyboard player

Keyboard player Tony Carey has left Over The Rainbow and has been replaced by Paul Morris.

Here is Over The Rainbow’s own press release:

After he received a great reception from over 12,000 fans at the Sweden Rock Festival, Over […]

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One Eye on KNAC.com

Another interview with Ian Gillan, this time at KNAC.com (Big Ian is certainly getting his money’s worth from the PR agents). Amid the familiar by now story behind One Eye To Morocco, he made some interesting remarks, particularly about his […]

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The many facets of Purple family

Gary Moore, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Neil Murray, Cozy Powell, Jack Bruce, Max Middleton, Clem Clempson, Graham Bonnet, Micky Moody, Cozy Powell and Jon Lord — see them all here.

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SPV declares bancruptcy

German record company SPV has filed for bankruptcy protection on May 25 in the District Court of Hanover. On May 27 the court has appointed a provisional insolvency administrator. This does not mean that the company will cease operations immediately, but […]

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Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll Story

Jerry Bloom of More Black Than Purple fame has written a new book — Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll Story — which covers history of the Rainbow album.

This book, the first in a planned series on ‘landmark’ rock albums focuses on […]

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Jon Lord and Glenn Hughes on ChildLine live CD

Monday night’s ChildLine Rocks charity show in London (June 1) is to be released on a socalled Instant Live CD.

The 3CD set will feature Jon Lord, Glenn Hughes, Uriah Heep, Thunder and more on a limited edition release with […]

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Coverdale inteviewed in Norway

As the Whitesnake’s 2009 tour kicked off in Norway, the local public broadcaster NRK has published an interview they did with David Coverdale:

OSE: On our weekly radio show «Radio Rock», the one song by Deep Purple people want to […]

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Dream Theater covers Purple family

Dream Theater are releasing their new studio album called Black Clouds & Silver Linings on June 23. The special edition of the album will include a bonus CD of covers, with Rainbow’s Stargazer and Dixie Dregs’ Odyssey among them.

Drummer Mike Portnoy talks […]

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