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	<title>The Highway Star</title>
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	<description>The original Deep Purple web pages</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ian Paice at Pearl Day 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/05/10/ian-paice-at-pearl-day-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/05/10/ian-paice-at-pearl-day-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 16:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/paicey.jpg' title='Ian Paice. Photo © 2005 Nick Soveiko'></a>

Ian Paice will appear at the Pearl Day which will be held on Sunday, June 1 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, UK. Apart from Paicey, guests will include Jerry Brown (Girls Aloud, Will Young), Mark Brzezecki (Big&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Deep Purple convention setlists</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/05/10/deep-purple-convention-setlists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/05/10/deep-purple-convention-setlists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 16:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Esquires Club, Bedford, May 3, 2008.

<strong>Nick Simper and the Good Old Boys</strong>:
I'm Ready, Fool, My Way, Shaky Ground, Sleepwalk, 25 Rock, Somebody to Love, Los Lobos, Come On Everybody, Shaking All Over (encores: Hush, The Good old Boys).&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Secret Voyage</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/05/10/secret-voyage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/05/10/secret-voyage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 12:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/bn_secret_voyage.jpg' title='Blackmore’s Night Secret Voyage cover'></a>

The new Blackmore's Night album is around the corner. It's called Secret Voyage and will be released via SPV in Germany on June 27, the rest of Europe on June 30, and USA/Canada on July 15. The album will include&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke inna reggae style</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/05/10/smoke-inna-reggae-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/05/10/smoke-inna-reggae-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 12:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Yet Another Smoke On The Water Cover department, we present you Smoke On The Water done by funky Elvis and a band called <a href="http://www.dreadzeppelin.com/">Dread Zeppelin</a>. Their specialty is Zep (and other classic rock covers) <em>inna reggae style</em>.]]></description>
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		<title>Good To Be Bad in the charts (update)</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/05/10/good-to-be-bad-in-the-charts-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/05/10/good-to-be-bad-in-the-charts-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 12:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/whitesnakelojo.jpg' title='whitesnakelojo.jpg'></a>

<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/good_to_be_bad_cover.jpg' title='good_to_be_bad_cover.jpg'></a>Here's an update of the Good To Be Bad charts position:

<h5>UK</h5>
#1 in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/rockalbums.shtml">Top Rock Albums</a> (week ending April 27, the chart wasn't updated on May 4)
#7 in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums.shtml">Top Albums</a> (week ending April 27)
#22 in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums.shtml">Top Albums</a> (week ending May 4)&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Glenn Hughes: Liverpool is the place for me</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/05/07/glenn-hughes-liverpool-is-the-place-for-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/05/07/glenn-hughes-liverpool-is-the-place-for-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 11:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lonewolf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In advance of his upcoming concert in Liverpool, Glenn Hughes is featured in an online article where he details, among other things, his memories of that fateful concert in 1976 when it all seemed to be over.

Read it at&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Monsters of Rock 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/monsters-of-rock-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/monsters-of-rock-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/monsters_of_rock_2008.jpg' title='Monsters Of Rock 2008 poster'></a>

Deep Purple will headline the <a href="http://www.monstersofrock.es/">Monsters of Rock festival</a> on July 11, 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain. Other bands on the bill include Twisted Sister, Ted Nugent, Saxon, Thin Lizzy, Pretty Maids, Candlemass and Rage.

<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/big_twin_2008.jpg' title='big_twin_2008.jpg'></a>The band is announced to return to&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Blackmore fanzine</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/online-blackmore-fanzine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/online-blackmore-fanzine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cartouche01p01.jpg' title='Cover of Cartouche Issue #1'></a>Mike Garrett and Kevin Dixon have started a new fanzine dedicated to all things Blackmore. No dead trees, no subscription fees, no long waits (as we all hope). Read Cartouche online or download it for printing on their <a href="http://www.myspace.com/cartouche_blackmore_fanz">Myspace page</a>.&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>MkII reunion rumour denied</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/mkii-reunion-rumour-denied/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/mkii-reunion-rumour-denied/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/b14sized.jpg' title='b14sized.jpg'></a>

Radio London claimed last week that the "original Deep Purple lineup" would reunite later this year for three shows at London's O2 Arena. The news were made public on Danny Baker's show and the were widely understood as a MkII&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Good To Be Bad in the charts</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/good-to-be-bad-in-the-charts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/good-to-be-bad-in-the-charts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/whitesnakelojo.jpg' title='whitesnakelojo.jpg'></a>

<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/good_to_be_bad_cover.jpg' title='good_to_be_bad_cover.jpg'></a>Never underestimate the commercial appeal of a well promoted rock'n'roll with cocky lyrics!

On April 18 DPAS <a href="http://www.deep-purple.net/related-news/david-coverdale.htm">reported</a> that the new Whitesnake album <em>Good To Be Bad</em> went to number 6 in the charts even before the UK release date of April&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Coverdale on Loose Women</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/coverdale-on-loose-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/coverdale-on-loose-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["It's 35 years since I joined Deep Purple and I look 18..." -- announced David Coverdale while appearing on April 16th on a British talk show aptly named <a href="http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/LooseWomen/">Loose Women</a>:
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		<title>&#8220;Art exists everywhere one cares to look&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/art-exists-everywhere-one-cares-to-look/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/art-exists-everywhere-one-cares-to-look/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/dsc_0521.JPG' title='Roger Glover. Photo © Nick Soveiko 2005.'></a>

In his <a href="http://www.rogerglover.com/writings/messages/20080411.html">recent update</a>, Roger Glover shares with us that he took opportunity of the touring break to spend time with his family and presents a new installment of his pictures from the road, this time featuring torn posters, unexpected&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Morse in Led Zeppelin tribute</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/steve-morse-in-led-zeppelin-tribute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/steve-morse-in-led-zeppelin-tribute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/sm-awakening.jpg' title='Steve Morse. Photo © Nick Soveiko 2007.'></a>

<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/sm_led_box_cover.jpg' title='Led Box cover'></a>Steve Morse appears on the new Led Zeppelin tribute album called <em>Led Box - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute</em>. He contributed guitar to the instrumental rendition of Heartbreaker that appears on CD2. Heartbreaker played by Steve had previously appeared on&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Paicey at the Rock Legends Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/paicey-at-the-rock-legends-adventure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/22/paicey-at-the-rock-legends-adventure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/paicey.jpg' title='Ian Paice. Photo © 2005 Nick Soveiko'></a>

Ian Paice will be a special guest at the 2008 <a href="http://rocklegendsadventure.com/">Rock Legends Adventure</a> to be held in Cologne, Germany, on May 21-25. Other announced participants in the extended family are Pete York and Miller Anderson.

The Rock Legends Adventure is the&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Montreux&#8217;2006 on big screen</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/11/montreux2006-on-big-screen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://beta.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/montreux-2006.jpg' title='View of downtown Montreux'></a>

Deep Purple's performance headlining the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival is coming to a big screen near you. That is, if you live in certain states. On April 28th a company called The Bigger Picture will be showing two concerts in&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Don Airey&#8217;s &#8220;A Light In The Sky&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/11/don-aireys-a-light-in-the-sky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lonewolf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you probably know by now, Don Airey's latest non-DP project, <strong><em>A Light In The Sky</em></strong> was released a short while ago. What you may not be aware of is that The Highway Star has <a href="http://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/DonAirey_ALightInTheSky/">a feature</a> on it, which&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Gillan to join tribute to Jeff Healey</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/10/gillan-to-join-tribute-to-jeff-healey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/jeff_healey-igtoronto2006-08-17.jpg' title='Jeff Healey with IG. Toronto, Aug 17, 2006. Photo: Nick Soveiko.'></a>

Ian Gillan will be among the artists paying tribute to the late Jeff Healey at the first of the two memorial concerts in Toronto on May 3. This first show, on May 3, will focus on Healey's contribution to blues&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lord Ambassador</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/10/lord-ambassador/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Interview with Jon Lord appeared on Zermatt.ch to coincide with his performance at the Zermatt Unplugged Festival on April 9. He's now not only the Ambassador for Hell, but also for Zermatt ;)

<blockquote>
<strong>What were your main reasons for leaving&#160;[&#8230;]</strong></blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Another #1 for Smoke on the Water</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/10/another-1-for-smoke-on-the-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the students of the London Tech Music School, Smoke on the Water riff is still the greatest of all times:

1. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (1973)
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (1991)
3.&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Just another day at the office&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/10/just-another-day-at-the-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/04/10/just-another-day-at-the-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In his recent interview to Vintage Rock, Glenn Hughes commented on the California Jam (among many other curious things past and present):

<blockquote>
<em>I know the California Jam was one of your first gigs with Purple in the States. What else&#160;[&#8230;]</em></blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Somebody stole my guitar</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/03/20/somebody-stole-my-guitar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/03/20/somebody-stole-my-guitar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's a very decent quality video of this rarely performed track from early in the Purpendicular tour. March 23, 1996, Brussels, Belgium.]]></description>
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		<title>JLT, Whitesnake at Magic Circle Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/20/jlt-whitesnake-at-magic-circle-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Lynn Turner with Brazen Abbot and Whitesnake are to appear at the <a href="http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/">Magic Circle Festival</a> in Germany this summer. It's a heavy metal festival that will take place on July 9-12 in Bad Arolsen. The exact schedule is not announced&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>California Jam special on WPMD.org</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/20/california-jam-special-on-wpmdorg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Don Branker, the co-producer and stage announcer for 1974 California Jam and 1978 California Jam II, was a guest on the March 15, 2008 edition of WPMD.org's "Rock 50" radio show with Mike Stark. According to Mike, Don told "some&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Going crazy with a Purple night</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/03/18/going-crazy-with-a-purple-night/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/03/18/going-crazy-with-a-purple-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pedro Abib Cristales (El)</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This was my fifth DP show and by far the greatest. The set list was fantastic, the whole band was fantastic, and the crowd got crazy. 

I will never forget the moment that Ian asked Steve to keep playing Sometimes&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Rock and roll full throttle</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/18/rock-and-roll-full-throttle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Steven Rosen who was a music reporter back in the 70s writes about his encounter with Ritchie Blackmore in November 1974:

<blockquote>Amidst all of the commotion, Ritchie was standing with one leg propped up on a small practice amp. He&#160;[&#8230;]</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Paice and Hughes reunite in London</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/15/paice-and-hughes-reunite-in-london/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/15/paice-and-hughes-reunite-in-london/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian Paice and Glenn Hughes took part in the ChildLine Rocks charity mini-fest at the indigO<sub>2</sub> in London. This was the first time since March 15th, 1976 that they have appeared together on the same stage. More Black Than Purple reports:&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Caracas&#8217; Purple night</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008-south-america/2008/03/09/caracas-purple-night/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008-south-america/2008/03/09/caracas-purple-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/3698/Purple.htm" rel="nofollow">Williams León</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What night! A legend closing the South America 2008 Tour. 

9.30 p.m.: Gillan, Glover, Paice, Morse &#038; Airey. Sold Out, Sound good (7.5/10) and Purple 10/10! 

First time in my country, I travelled 400 miles but, this night was something&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitesnake anniversary releases</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/09/whitesnake-anniversary-releases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/whitesnakelojo.jpg' title='whitesnakelojo.jpg'></a>

In a recent <a href="http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003722110">interview</a> to the Billboard magazine David Coverdale unveiled plans for retrospective anniversary releases:

<blockquote>Also upcoming for Coverdale will be a remastered three-disc set to mark Whitesnake's 30th anniversary, which he says will "embrace the beginning right up until&#160;[&#8230;]</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador: Another big night</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008-south-america/2008/03/08/another-big-night/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008-south-america/2008/03/08/another-big-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Davila Toro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Deep Purple's concert in Quito started at 21:10 local hour. The first 20 minutes of the concert were plagued with sound problems, fortunately they were remedied. 

The set was full of all time classics: Space Truckin', Mary Long, Into the&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The way to go</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/03/08/the-way-to-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/03/08/the-way-to-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of the last year we have started discussion about the <a href="/thsblog/2008/01/05/the-end-of-the-music-business-as-we-know-it/">state of the music business</a> where a lot of people lamented demise of the physical medium as a primary way of distributing the music.

<a href="http://www.nin.com/">Nine Inch Nails</a> have recently&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New album in 2009?</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/07/new-album-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/gillan_paice_2005.jpg' title='Gillan on stage in 2005'></a>

While being in Lima, Peru Ian Gillan gave an interview pieces of which appeared today on <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg's newswire</a>. The interesting bit is about the band's plans:

<blockquote>This is a three-year tour and finishes in Russia and then Germany in November.&#160;[&#8230;]</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Doogie White saves the day &#038; Buy a lesson from Paicey</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/07/doogie-white-saves-the-day-buy-a-lesson-from-paicey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/07/doogie-white-saves-the-day-buy-a-lesson-from-paicey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Doogie White, who has recently parted ways with Yngwie Malmsteen, came to the rescue of a Purple tribute band at a charity gig in UK:

<blockquote>Disaster was turned to triumph for another local act on the night after Deep Purple&#160;[&#8230;]</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from the road</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/07/notes-from-the-road-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/sao-paulo_carlos-coca_image.jpg' title='sao-paulo_carlos-coca_image.jpg'></a>

In the new installment of his <em>Notes from the road</em> Steve Morse talks about Mexican food, Hammond tuning, justifiable homicides, bureaucracy on the home front, the same abroad, and politics (or not).

Read all about it <a href="http://www.stevemorse.com/smsays/march5_2008.html">here</a>.

Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer tour of Europe confirmed!</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/03/07/summer-tour-of-europe-confirmed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://beta.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/montreux-2006.jpg' title='View of downtown Montreux'></a>

All European tourdates that we had posted for the summer are now officially confirmed. In addition to that, Montreux is confirmed for the closing day of the festival -- July 19, plus a couple of French festivals and one in&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Better than in the seventies</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008-south-america/2008/03/04/better-than-seventies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>miquel gubianas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm from Barcelona and I was on holiday in Argentina when I discovered a DP show in the classic Luna Park Stadium and, of course, I decided to go.

It was the best DP show I've ever seen! Perfect in&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sold out at Luna Park</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008-south-america/2008/03/04/sould-out-luna-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://todopurple.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">LEONARDO</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SOLD OUT! 

SUPORT GROUP : La Carga

SET LIST
O1-Picture Of Home (with a bit of Child in Time)
02-Thing I Never Said
03-Into The Fire
04-Strange Kind of Woman
05-Rapture of The Deep
06-Mary Long
07-Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
08-Steve&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday night in Rio de Janeiro&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008-south-america/2008/03/04/friday-night-in-rio-de-janeiro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.justaboutmusic.com" rel="nofollow">Rodrigo Werneck</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As perhaps the international rock act that has visited us most times in the recent years, Deep Purple once again arrived in Brazil for the third visit in the rather long Rapture of the Deep tour.

A Deep Purple gig&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Buenos Aires: Simply perfect!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hernán</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As always before, when I had the chance to see Deep Purple in my country, it was magical, wonderful, engergetic, fantastic, simply perfect! 

As a rarity for me I have the privilege of hearing Mary Long live for first time.&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff Healey R.I.P.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/jeff_healeytoronto2006-08-17.jpg' title='Jeff Healey in Toronto, Aug 17, 2006. Photo: Nick Soveiko.'></a>

Bad news in the family.

<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/jeff_healey-igtoronto2006-08-17.jpg' title='Jeff Healey with IG. Toronto, Aug 17, 2006. Photo: Nick Soveiko.'></a>Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey has <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/03/03/healey-tributes.html">lost his lifelong battle with cancer</a>. He was 41. Jeff's uniquely emotional playing  earned him respect and admiration from fans and musicians around the globe. For the last few&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>From Atlantic to Pacific and back</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/27/from-atlantic-to-pacific-and-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent Deep Purple's <a href="/news/2008/02/17/loosen-up-your-ties/">visit to Moscow</a> was not all glitz, glamour and rubbing shoulders with rich and powerful. Russian promoters SAV Entertainment and Russkij Show Center have announced that during the band's visit they have "reached an agreement" for another&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Around The World Live</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/27/around-the-world-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/deep-purple-around-the-world-live-4dvd.jpg' title='Around The World Live 4DVD box cover'></a>

A new box set titled <em>Around The World Live</em> is being prepared for release by Edel. The "Deluxe Edition" 4DVD box set is slated for release in UK on Edel's subsidiary Eagle Vision on May 19, 2008. As of now, we&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackmore&#8217;s Night on Kerrang! radio</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/27/blackmores-night-on-kerrang-radio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/bn_promo_2003.jpg' title='Blackmore’s Night promo picture (circa 2003)'></a>

Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night will be interviewed live on <a href="http://www.kerrangradio.co.uk/">Kerrang! Radio</a>. They will be guests of the "paranormal radio presenter" <a href="http://www.myspace.com/yvettesfrightnight">Yvette Fielding</a> on her Fright Night show on Friday March 14th 2008 at 10:30pm UK time (5:30pm EST). You can&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Goose bumps in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008-south-america/2008/02/26/dp-simply-the-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor Cruz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I were simply thrilled to have attended our first DP concert. It was a long wait and when we were finally face to face with one of our all time favourite bands it was just an outburst&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sao Paulo: I cried a little bit &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008-south-america/2008/02/25/sometimes-they-feel-like-they-should-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcel Vinicius</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rapture of the Deep's third passage in my city. We all thought that would be nothing really new besides Mary Long and The Battle Rages On, but... here it is (read the comments after the set list):

<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/sao-paulo_carlos-coca_image.jpg' title='sao-paulo_carlos-coca_image.jpg'></a>

Pictures of Home&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Another charity auction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lonewolf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard on the heels of the successful auction of Jon Lord's <em>Durham Concerto</em> CD the Linda McCartney Cancer Centre will again be the beneficiary of the sale of a Deep Purple-related item, this time a poster from the Gillan's Inn tour&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall tour of Germany</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/22/fall-tour-of-germany/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/014_11.jpg' title='Deep Purple perfoming at the Frankfurt Messehalle in 2003. Photo: Jim Corrigan.'></a>

Talk about hard touring band...

We've just received <a href="/tourdates/">tour dates</a> for the October/November Deep Purple tour of Germany. These are preliminary dates, they come from the <a href="http://www.kb-k.com/HTML/Deep_Purple_2008_Herbst.htm">site of promoter Klaus Bönisch</a>, and at this point are <strong>very unconfirmed</strong> and subject to change.&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Deep Purple convention</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/22/deep-purple-convention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More Black Than Purple will be hosting a Purple convention on May 3rd in Bedford, UK:

<blockquote>
Wymer UK is pleased to announce a Deep Purple convention celebrating the momentous occasion of forty years since the inception of this classic hard&#160;[&#8230;]</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Loosen up your ties!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/gillan_paice_2005.jpg' title='Gillan on stage in 2005'></a>

Ian Gillan's article about his experiences in Moscow Kremlin appeared today in online edition of The Sunday Times:

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The Kremlin gig wasn’t as straight as all that. The younger guys and more junior staff were all up on their feet,&#160;[&#8230;]</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Did you change your hair colour?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rasmus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed The Highway Star has a somewhat different look now. True. We have incorporated more <a href="/about-us/spirit-of-freedom/">content management software</a> into the website, which should allow for smoother interaction between you, our readers, and back to us, the editors. A&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Montreux 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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The 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival will be held on July 4-19 this year. Deep Puple are included in the preliminary festival program <a href="http://www.montreuxjazz.com/news/index_en.aspx">announced</a> a couple of weeks ago. The program should be finalized by April 17th.

Our boys established a good&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke on the Kremlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kremlin gig from February 11 was broadcasted today, February 15th on Russian ORT Channel 1. Smoke on the Water from Purple's set was included in the broadcast.]]></description>
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		<title>New Coverdale interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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A new interview with David Coverdale appeared this morning on several sites. He talks mostly about the new album, Good To Be Bad:

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<em>Would you say that GOOD TO BE BAD is a mixture between your blues roots and a&#160;[&#8230;]</em></blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody&#8217;s gonna take my car</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/15/nobodys-gonna-take-my-car/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/band_2004.jpg' title='Deep Purple'></a>

Deep Purple are confirmed to play in London, UK on July 30 at the <a href="http://www.excel-london.co.uk/">ExCeL</a>. This is the venue for the <a href="http://www.britishmotorshow.co.uk/">British International Motor Show</a>. Tickets can be ordered at <a href="http://www.seetickets.com/">www.seetickets.com</a> and concert tickets include admission to the motor show during&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>JLT in Classic Rock Revisited</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/15/jlt-in-classic-rock-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/p0000012.jpg' title='Joe Lynn Turner'></a>

New interview with Joe Lynn Turner on <a href="http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/Interviews/08/JoeLynn08.htm">Classic Rock Revisited</a>. Quite interesting even if you don't agree with everything he has to say. He talks about his latest album Second Hand Life, his days in Deep Purple and the prospects&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Been to a concert?</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/02/11/been-to-a-concert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been to a concert? Want to share your experiences with other fans? Write a review right here.]]></description>
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		<title>Good To Be Bad artwork</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/09/good-to-be-bad-artwork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.whitesnake.com">Whitesnake.com</a> reveals cover art for the new Whitesnake album Good To Be Bad:

<a href="http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/whitesnakegood_to_be_bad.jpg" title="Good To Be Bad cover"></a>

Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.]]></description>
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		<title>To thine own self be true</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/08/to-thine-own-self-be-true/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/da-2002.jpg" title="Don Airey, 2002. Photo: Nick Soveiko."></a>

DeepPurple.org has an exclusive interview with Don Airey. He talks about his new album A Light in the Sky, Stanley Kubrick, Aurora Borealis, ways to cope with musicians' stress, and jamming in 7/4.

Read the interview <a href="http://www.deeppurple.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/404289/pid/400088">here</a>.

Thanks to Mike&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Now we going to the palace&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/02/06/now-we-going-to-the-palace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/ruspol_dp.jpg" title="The Oil Connection"></a>

Since our favourite <a href="/gossip/">rumour mistress</a> is on extended vacations on a private exotic island, I'll have to do the honours of spreading the gossip myself.

As we've <a href="/thsblog/2007/02/10/deep-purple-in-russian-politics/">mentioned previously</a>, Deep Purple plays an important role in the bizarre world of Russian&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Pisco Sour under Peruvian skies</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/02/06/pisco-sour-under-peruvian-skies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/02/06/pisco-sour-under-peruvian-skies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/rgrussia_2004.jpg" title="Photo: Alexei Yurchenko for www.deep-purple.ru"></a>Deep Purple are a hard touring band. They stay on the road sometimes for months non-stop. Sometimes they manage to play concerts across <a href="http://www.deep-purple.ru/photos/dp_mk_airey/russia_2004/map2004_bg.jpg" target="_blank">7 timezones in that many days</a>. As Roger Glover once said: "I will play for free, but&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hush in Jaguar commercial</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/02/06/hush-in-jaguar-commercial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Jaguar XF TV commercial in the UK has the '68 version of Hush as its sound track:
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		<title>First Underground Nuclear Kitchen</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/02/first-underground-nuclear-kitchen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

In a message posted on <a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&#038;friendID=73830270&#038;blogID=354061326">Myspace</a> Glenn Hughes reveals title of his new album:



<blockquote>Hi Everyone,

I am very happy to announce the world release of my new Album:

 "First Underground Nuclear Kitchen"......

It will be available the first week of&#160;[&#8230;]</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Gillan interview from RTI</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/02/02/gillan-interview-from-rti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ericwiltsher.blogspot.com/">Eric Wiltshire</a>'s interview with Ian Gillan that was conducted earlier during the Rapture of the Deep tour was posted on Youtube. Eric works for <a href="http://www.rti.fm/">Radio Tatras International</a>, which broadcasts out of Slovakia.

Listen to the interview and watch the slideshow:&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Jon Lord autographed CD being auctioned for charity</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/30/jon-lord-autographed-cd-being-auctioned-for-charity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lonewolf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Lord signed a copy of his Durham Concerto CD, and then donated it to the Linda McCartney Cancer Centre so they could auction it off. If you are interested in bidding, then head to <a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SIGNED-JON-LORD-DURHAM-CONCERTO-CD_W0QQitemZ160202588541QQihZ006QQcategoryZ1049QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">eBay UK</a>.

Thanks to Lesley&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Tommy Bolin tribute guitar</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/29/tommy-bolin-tribute-guitar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.deanguitars.com/">Dean Guitars</a> unveiled their <a href="http://www.deanguitars.com/dean_winter_08/USATommyBolinTribute.htm">Tommy Bolin Tribute "Teaser" model</a> at the NAMM 2008 convetion held in Los Angeles on January 17-20 this year. The guitar is based on measurements and specs taken from one of Tommy's surviving axes.

There was a Tommy&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Win ticket to Classic Rocknacht</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/28/win-ticket-to-classic-rocknacht/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[German Internet radio station <a href="http://www.sqrr.de/">Statusquorokt</a> will have a Deep Purple special on the show on February 23. They are running <a href="http://www.sqrr.de/gewinnspiel.htm">a contest</a> online with 3 questions that should not be <em>very</em> difficult for majority of our readers:
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	<li>which Status Quo song was produced&#160;[&#8230;]</li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Latin American tour confirmed!</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/24/latin-american-tour-confirmed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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More Latin American dates were announced recently on <a href="http://www.deeppurple.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/400337">deeppurple.com</a>. All the dates we have posted previously from other sources are now officially confirmed. Mexico, Ecuador and Chile are on the list as well.

Meanwhile, European dates for the summer keep&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry goes Space Truckin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/23/ministry-goes-space-truckin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svante Axbacke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[American band Ministry will release a cover album on April 1st. Among the tracks on the album is a take of Deep Purple's "Space Truckin'". Prong vocalist Thomas Victor is handling lead vocals for the DP cover.]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke on the Leningrad Cowboys</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/01/23/smoke-on-the-leningrad-cowboys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/01/23/smoke-on-the-leningrad-cowboys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The depths of Youtube never cease to amaze me... Smoke on the Water soviet hillbilly kitsch style. This one is performed by a band from Finland called <a href="http://www.leningradcowboys.fi/">Leningrad Cowboys</a>:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veOz9CjTedU[/youtube]

Thanks to Doug MacBeath for bringing this up for your&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>大江戸の火消し &#8212; Firemen of Edo</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/01/21/%e5%a4%a7%e6%b1%9f%e6%88%b8%e3%81%ae%e7%81%ab%e6%b6%88%e3%81%97-firemen-of-edo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From the <a href="/thsblog/2006/02/06/deep-purple-covers/">bizzare covers department</a> The Highway Star is proud to present you this gem:
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		<title>&#8220;Good to be Bad&#8221; release details</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/21/good-to-be-bad-release-details/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

Whitesnake's new album will be called <strong>Good to be Bad</strong> and it is scheduled for release in Europe on March 30th via <a href="http://www.spv.de/eng/steamhammer/">SPV/Steamhammer</a>. It will include 11 new songs written by Coverdale and Doug Aldrich, who both co-produced the album together&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Moon is #1 in New Age charts</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/20/paris-moon-is-1-in-new-age-charts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/bn-paris_moon_dvd.jpg" title="Blackmore’s Night: Paris Moon DVD cover"></a>Latest Blackmore's Night DVD <a href="/shop/cdrb.html">Paris Moon</a> has been enjoying chart success, albeit in a niche market. The DVD (with accompanying CD) was released in early November. It has been at the top of the <a href="http://www.newagereporter.com/">New Age Reporter</a> radio charts ever since: <a href="http://www.newagereporter.com/charts/top100.asp?m=11&#038;y=2007">November</a> and&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitesnake UK tickets presale</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/15/whitesnake-uk-tickets-presale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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Tickets for the June Whitesnake shows in UK go on presale from January 16 9:00 am to January 18 8:00 am through <a href="http://www.livenation.co.uk/search/intermediateSearch/searchstring/whitesnake/">Live Nation</a> and <a href="http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/artist/961062">Ticketmaster</a>. Presale password is <strong>snakebite</strong>. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on January&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Purple Night in Helsinki</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/14/purple-night-in-helsinki/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://psof.fi/">Perfect Strangers of Finland</a> are celebrating their 10th anniversary with a Purple Night party on January 18th at 8pm at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki:

<blockquote>On Friday, 18th of January, 2008, we are celebrating our 10-year old club, and we are&#160;[&#8230;]</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Durham Concerto on Myspace</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/14/durham-concerto-on-myspace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/cd-av2145.gif" title="cd-av2145.gif"></a>Jon Lord's Durham Concerto promotion seems to be in full swing in anticipation of the January 28th release date. His PR company has set up a <a href="http://www.myspace.com/durhamconcerto">Myspace page</a> for the album, so that all you myspacers can add it to your&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Paicey on Little Hard Blues</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/14/paicey-on-little-hard-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

Ian Paice appears as a special guest of the first album by Italian singer from Florence <a href="http://www.andrea-ranfa.com/">Andrea 'Ranfa' Ranfagni</a>. The album is called Little Hard Blues and was released on December 24, 2007. Other guests appearing on the album are&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Burn documentary on rockexpress.com</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/01/12/burn-documentary-on-rockexpresscom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The slew of musical documentaries from Classic Rock Productions started flooding the market a few years ago. After buying a couple of them on DVD, I decided that it's a waste of money. If you decided the same, there's another&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Silhouette lit by candle light</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/01/11/silhouette-lit-by-candle-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In September 1995 the last incarnation of Rainbow started tour in support of the new album. The show on October 10 in Düsseldorf, Germany, was filmed for the <a href="http://www.rockpalastarchiv.de/welcomee.html">Rockpalast</a>. Sadly, it still awaits to see the light of the day&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Glenn Hughes&#8217; studio report #2</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/08/glenn-hughes-studio-report-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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Glenn Hughes has published a studio report #2 on his official site:

<blockquote>I have just completed my new album... we are mixing @ the moment, and will be mastering in January... I'm always excited about recording new albums, the songs&#160;[&#8230;]</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Morse at the NAMM</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/08/steve-morse-at-the-namm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Steve Morse will appear at the <a href="http://www.thenammshow.com/">NAMM show</a> to do a signing session at the Engl booth on Saturday, January 19th at 1 pm. 2008 NAMM show will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in California and Engl will be&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>South American tour</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/07/south-american-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22xgAIesVfg[/youtube]

Rumours were circulating for a while that a South American Deep Purple tour is in the works. Recently DPAS <a href="http://deep-purple.net/related-news/ian-paice.htm">reported</a> that Paicey had to cancel an appearance on February 28 in UK citing that he will be touring with Deep&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of the music business as we know it</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/01/05/the-end-of-the-music-business-as-we-know-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2008/01/05/the-end-of-the-music-business-as-we-know-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not really directly related to anything Purple, but we never said that this blog would be. ;)

A must-read article on wired.com: David Byrne talks about the state of music business. Personally, I don't care much for his&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Metal at 40</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/03/metal-at-40/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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This morning, January 3, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/">BBC Radio 4</a> broadcasted a programme celebrating 40 years of Heavy Metal, focusing on founding fathers: Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. Some short interview clips from the 80s with Robert Plant and David Lee Roth,&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Film extravaganza on CarambaTV</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2008/01/01/film-extravaganza-on-carambatv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nsoveiko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=UYiNERsY3Uk[/youtube]

Intrigued by the daft packaging, priceless misletoe, silly chateaus and stupid seagulls? See more at <a href="http://www.gillan.com/caramba-tv.html">CarambaTV</a>.

Thanks to Steve Campbell for the info.]]></description>
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		<title>Purple secrets in Zürich</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/purple-secrets-in-zurich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas came early this year …



What would you think, if you get an sms telling you Deep Purple is doing a private gig tomorrow night and you’re kindly invited to it? April Fool’s Joke?

For me being a Purple&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Highway Star drives Le Man</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/highway-star-drives-le-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rasmus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Carrying on the Rapture of the deep world tour Deep Purple's 34th show in France (in less than two years) took place in Le Mans, world-famous place of the 24 hrs car and motorcycle races: actually there couldn't be anywhere&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Feels like making love</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/feels-like-making-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rasmus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to Besancon for Deep Purple's concert with my 14 year old boy who plays guitar. It was a fantastic moment I will remember all my life. I first saw Deep Purple a long time ago and they are&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic ecstacy in Paris</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/olympic-ecstatcy-in-paris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[11 years after recording their famous live album "At the Olympia" Deep Purple came back to the most famous Parisian club for a brilliant sold-out show, without Jon Lord this time but introducing Don Airey to a mythic place of&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Darth invades final French date</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/darth-invades-final-french-date/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Very good, rather funny performance in Besançon. It was the final show of the French Tour. The show began half an hour before the previous time, and the set list was a little shorter than for the other French dates.&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The time of our lives in Liége</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/the-time-of-our-lives-in-liege/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johan and I arrived at 7 pm after a 3 hours drive (we got a ¾ hour traffic jam around Brussel). There were quite a lot of people; although when ordering a drink at the bar we did not have&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Purple reunite with the French</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing Purple in 2007, after losing track for almost 15 years, is a unique experience.

Last time I saw them was February 1991 -- was that Deep Purple? -- all I can recall was the opening number, Burn -- the&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Setlist surprise Angers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another great two hours show in front of a sold out crowd.

I've had the pleasure to see the band for the third time in one year and the last show was the best show.

If the setlist is nearly&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy times in Angers</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/happy-times-in-angers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'd already seen Purple in Rennes last year, but a colleague of mine missed the show - he was at a conference on the other side of the Atlantic. But this year Purple came to France *after* the conference, and&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Le Havre: Slap happy thrice</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/le-havre-slap-happy-thrice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Third date in Normandy for the band after Caen and Rouen and I was there again! In front of a cold audience, the band made a real 'tour de force'. Ian Gillan screamed like a possessed man on Into the&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Liege: magic, amazing, energetic</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/liege-magic-amazing-energetic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm a fan of DP since the early 70's. I saw them a lot of times, nearly all the 'mk's'.

I went to the concert in Liege, at a place called Country Hall, with my son (19 years old). I&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Varese: Same same and fantastic</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/varese-same-same-and-fantastic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 'same' great show.

The audience was hot, the music was loud and powerful, the band was OK. They can play everything.

Very good the four-tracks-four beginning. Mary Long, Perfect Strangers and Smoke (after 1.223 times) are always a pleasure.&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarajevo eventually</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/sarajevo-eventually/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1975 I wanted to see this best band in rock. On november 3 2007, my dream came true.

Thanks guys for unbelieveable and superb moments for me and other huge fans from Bosnia.

Excuse me for my English and&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Emphatic in Sofia</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/emphatic-in-sofia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
All photos are (c) Bulphoto 2007.

The concert in Sofia was held in the Festival Hall (Zala Festivalna) in front of a crowd of 7.500  enthusiastic fans representatives of three generations. It was nice to see a father and a&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiddling in Graz</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/fiddling-in-graz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only DP concert in Austria this year, so my wife and I went to Graz (for me it was the 14th time to see DP).

Sound was good and it was not as loud as they played in former&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Varese loose my strings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a show! Highest point over all: Loosen my strings! Finally the band follow the fan request: we want more Morse-era Purple  songs!

The lowest point: The battles rages on: could be erased without problem.

The show was not very&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Loose in Varese</title>
		<link>http://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2008/01/01/loose-in-varese/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Setlist:
Pictures of home
Things I've never said
Into the fire
Strange Kind of woman
Rapture of the Deep
Mary Long
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Contact Lost
guitar solo - Guitar Parade
Well Dressed Guitar
The Battle Rages On
Lazy
Loosen&#160;[&#8230;]]]></description>
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