Here are two short video clips from Ian Paice’s birthday party. It happened after the show last Friday (June 29) in Montodine (Italy).

Ian Paice will be doing several gigs in June:

• June 9 - Agriturismo Amicizia, Cassano Murge (Bari), Italy, with Deeper
• June 16 - Festa d’Estate, Vascon (Treviso), Italy, with Tolo Marton
• June 22 - Open Air Montecarasso, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, with Matt […]

“All my favourite drummers are dead.”

Paicey makes no secret that he grew up on the music of classic Big Band drummers such as Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, who had a tremendous influence on his style.

Buddy Rich would have […]

Ian Paice, dubbed by Sir Paul McCartney as the worlds best (welcome to the club, Sir Paul!), will be appearing on the John Holmes afternoon show tomorrow (April 24) on BBC Radio Nottingham from 2pm. The interview will be approximately […]

British newspaper The Sun features Deep Purple on their “Something For The Weekend” page today, February 16. Ian Gillan and Ian Paice were both interviewed for the article.

Read the full article in The Sun’s online edition and some outtakes posted […]

Ian Paice is doing a rare one off UK drum clinic on Friday March 2, 2007 at Tom’s Music Venue, Treforest, Wales, UK, in support of the University of Glamorgan’s new Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries – dubbed […]

In 2005 Ian Paice did a drum clinic at the Bass’n Drum festival in Stockholm, Sweden. You can watch video clips of the clinic online (unfortunately in Win Media format only) at http://www.nilamedia.com/Ian_Paice.asp.

Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.

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