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Best laid plans come apart at the seams — April Fools

As our live calendar keeps filling up with strikeout, the anxiety levels keep rising in certain quarters about the fate of the upcoming Deep Purple tour which is scheduled to begin on May 31 — will it happen or will it not? Well, we have learned today that it’s both a ‘yes’ and a ‘no’, […]

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A Castle Full of Rascals — April Fools

With the UK Government seemingly in deadlock regarding Brexit after decades of Lazy reporting by British newspapers about the validity of curvy Bananas we at THS face a bit of a problem. As an international team with only a couple of folks in the UK and our servers safely residing in Germany the service levels […]

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Important update regarding the US tour — April Fools

Ian Gillan has announced that he is unavailable for the upcoming US tour with Deep Purple due to other commitments. The “Rock Meets Classic” tour in Europe was so successful that he decided to skip the DP tour to be able to squeeze in more dates with his new friends. When David Coverdale (pictured) heard […]

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Reverend at last — April fools

Roger Glover has been ordained as a Minister in the Eucumenical Church of Pragmatic Absolute, writes our long time contributor who happens to be a member of the church. When we reached for a comment from Roger himself, he said: I’m most definitely not quitting music. I’ve been thinking about a second career on the […]

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Now What Now?! — April Fools!

It’s come as a big surprise, but today Edel Records offer a select few of you a chance to hear then new Deep Purple album, Now What?! in an exclusive world wide web streaming event. Marking a new first in internet activity for the band, one lucky person in each time zone will get a […]

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Rockin’ in the free world — April Fools

While the band seem to be taking a rest from active touring and recording, allowing the singer to put his feet up and work on some lyrics, news reaches us of some extra curricula activity on the horizon. Having just completed two new albums with Crazy horse, it seems that Neil Young is in a […]

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Riding on the moonpath – April Fools

This was kept under a tight lid for a while, but with the official announcement now imminent, we were given the green light. Remember, you’ve read it here first. Iron Maiden did a bold move with their Flight 666 project, but let’s face it — Sydney, Tokyo, Los Angeles and Rio are hardly unique places […]

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