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A collection of pictures taken by Torben Skøtt at the Vejlby Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark, on February 3, 1973 has been posted online. A very relaxed crowd at a rather intimate setting with Mark II in full flight. You can see it at torbenskott.dk.
Read more »Deep Purple’s record company Edel/earMUSIC has unveiled release date for the new album — April 26th. A new site and a Facebook page have been launched to promote it.
Read more »Tommy Bolin Memorial Fund has opened a new official website dedicated to Tommy: tommybolin-official.com. It has much of what one would expect from it (an RSS feed for updates would be nice though) and is well worth a visit. The Tommy Bolin Memorial Fund is a charitable foundation in memory of Tommy run with active […]
Read more »Black Country Communion has launched an official YouTube channel. It is promised to be updated on a weekly basis. The latest track posted is the Song of Yesterday (audio only) off the upcoming DVD Live Over Europe. You can also download MP3 of the track from their website. Thanks to Guillermo Gonzalez for the info.
Read more »Martin Ashberry has started a project of enormous proportions, which goal is to catalogue not only all Purple concerts, but include descriptions of all corresponding audio and video live recordings (including bootlegs), document setlists and support acts. Anyone who has specific recollections of setlists for the shows they’ve been to are cordially invited (nay, begged) […]
Read more »In the new installment of his Notes from the road 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 here. Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.
Read more »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 Myspace page for the album, so that all you myspacers can add it to your friends list. Thanks to Sylvia Ho from Albion Media for the info.
Read more »Glenn Hughes has published a studio report #2 on his official site: 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 are personal to me, as they are constantly being shaped thru out the year… Well […]
Read more »Roger Glover has posted this year’s round-up on his website: Of all the tours we completed this year, the reception we received in France was exceptional. In Paris, Gérard, our promoter, presented each of us with a “Gold Ticket” – a great looking plaque commemorating our box office achievement – we sold more tickets than […]
Read more »Italian photographer Vincent Lagana has published a book of his Deep Purple photos called All Things Deep. You can preview the book and purchase it at blurb.com. Vincent also has a bunch of individual pictures and poster size collages for sale on his web site.
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