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Thinking outside the box

Ritchie Blackmore’s official channel has recently posted a couple of videos of interest. Ritchie Blackmore & Candice Night discussing their 2013 album Dancer and the Moon in what appears to be a contemporary electronic press kit for the release. Caveat: it is incomplete and ends rather abruptly. Same, being interviewed a very picturesque setting circa […]

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Where Buffalo roam

Longtime Ian Gillan’s collaborator Michael Lee Jackson (Gillan’s Inn, Live in Anaheim, WhoCares) is being inducted into The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, class of 2026. The induction ceremony will be held tonight, October 7, with a gala concert to follow on October 8. There’s even deeper trainspotting going on here: Michael will share the […]

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Biff Baby’s Allstars

Steve Morse is featured on the self-titled debut album of a project that has been going back since the 1980s. The album and project in question is Biff Baby’s Allstars, and is a brainchild of Ernie Ball’s son Sterling ‘Biff’ Ball. There are moments in music when the stars align and something truly special happens. […]

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Just like the Jersey Boys

Ian Gillan has appeared on British TV again, and this time around it went way better, thanks to great rapport with the host with a clue. In between tours, after the US tour and right before the European leg, Deep Purple’s icon Ian Gillan, made a stop to chat with Angela Rippon at the London’s […]

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A skirling whiff of danger

Deep Purple opened their European leg of the Splat! tour on September 29, 2026, in Sofia, Bulgaria. And there were surprises in the set. Spoilers ahead.

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Somebody stole his guitar

Steve Morse sat down to chat with Guitar World at the last NAMM, which was held in January 2026. They teased the interview in May, promising to publish it in full “in the near future”. After the appropriate period of gestation, the future is apparently now. Here Steve shows not only that he can play […]

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King Arthur, followed by Motörhead

Gillan has also recently appeared on The Strange Brew Podcast. In the fairly short (for these days) interview, a lot of ground has been covered — from his upcoming Talking Gib’rish tour to the Javelins, and many things in between.

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These are not the same guys

Yesterday, September 25, 2026, Ian Gillan has his ‘Mr. Grover, Mr. Gillian’ moment on the national TV in UK. He appeared for a brief interview on the prime time news program. We’ll try to forgive them, for they obviously don’t know what they are doing (and, as per bloody usual, sound like strapped for time). […]

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Blame it on the cat

Ritchie Blackmore was interviewed by Phil Aston for the Now Spinning Magazine podcast. In this the first episode of what is promised to be a 13-part series, no less, Ritchie talks about his recent guest appearance on stage with Deep Purple.

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Self-described as underrated

Greek blog Rock Overdose publishes an interview with Joe Lynn Turner done on the occasion of him apparently playing some dates in the country (his own website is conspicuously mum about it). Rock Overdose: Speaking of Ritchie Blackmore, you know him better than most people. What do you think would have to happen for Ritchie […]

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