“Around the world in 20 concerts” is the title of the latest interview with Jon Lord published on his website.

Here, he talks about a busy 2009 that took him to concert stages around the world - incl. places he’d […]

February 1st has seen the launch of one of the most comprehensive Deep Purple online stores to date. In a partnership that sees for the first time all associate labels working together to promote the band, this new (and official) […]

Due to “organizational reasons”, the Ian Paice & Tolo Marton February dates have been rescheduled to April.

Ian Paice & Tolo Marton Band new dates:

8th April - Gran Teatro - Padova - Italy
9th April - Muddy Waters Live Music […]

A bunch of tourdates that we had listed for a while, as well as a couple of new ones, have just appeared on the official Deep Purple site and as so are now confirmed. That includes

• all the Australian dates
• Singapore and Hong […]

In a brand new interview for his website, Jon Lord talks about the background to his new album, “To Notice Such Things.”

The album is dedicated to the memory of Jon Lord’s dear friend Sir John Mortimer, and Jon explains […]

You can help vote Jon Lord into Classic FM’s Hall Of Fame 2010.

Last year, Jon Lord’s “Durham Concerto” was the highest new entry in Classic FM’s Hall of Fame as it jumped in at no. 75. Jon Lord’s previous […]

French promoter Gerard Drouot Production has just announced a new Deep Purple tour in Belgium and France. The dates are:

• Nov 3, Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium
• Nov 5, Lyon, France
• Nov 6, Montpelier, France
• Nov 7, Bordeaux, France
• Nov 9, Rennes, France
• Nov 10, Paris, France

Further details in […]

Good news for all you vinyl junkies out there. Apparently both Montreux 1996 and 2006 shows have been released on vinyl at the end of last year. They quietly came out on a UK label Rock Classics, each as a […]

First four Blackmore’s Night albums are apparently being deleted by SPV and will be reissued by the in-house label Minstrel Hall Music. Differences from the previous pressings are summarized below.

Shadow of the Moon
(MHM001)

Tracklist as per the 1998 UK […]

In Kevin Shirley’s online diary, he confirms what Jason Bonham said about Black Country and also confirms the rumour that there is a keyboard player in the group. Maybe no one told Bonham that.

Kevin Shirley writes:

So there it […]