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That’s the route she chose

Apparently a new single Diablo from the upcoming new album Splat! was released on June 5, 2026, without much fanfare. But probably because of the general enshittification of the web, it’s not available everywhere. So we’re posting two different copies in the hope that you can access at least one of them.

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Billy couldn’t read or write

The first single from the upcoming new album Splat! is supposed to be landing on May 12, 2026, at 6:00pm BST, and little birdie tells us that it may or may not be Arrogant Boy.

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A very personal piece

Steve Morse, his band, and his son Kevin have recorded a composition Taken By An Angel, dedicated to his late wife Janine. After losing my wife and Kevin losing his stepmother, this is the piece we put together as a tribute. The part at the end was actually something I had written as a chapter […]

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Chop it down with the edge of his hand

Steve Morse made a guest appearance on the single by a band called Dead Groove. They recorded a cover of a Jimi Hendrix classic Voodoo Child (Slight Return). LA’s heavy blues powerhouse return with a stunning cover of Hendrix’s classic for this highly collectible 7″ vinyl! Features guest appearances from Deep Purple/Dixie Dregs guitar legend […]

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Get yourself tangled up

Ian Gillan contributed vocals to a track on a new album from Italian band UROCK. The band is led by singer Umberto Urock, and the track in question is called The Line, which is the title track of the band’s second album. Umberto lives just down the road from me in Portugal. He did a […]

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In the year nine-ninety-two

Classic Rock has a feature on Glenn Hughes’ appearance on a KLF track America: What Time Is Love?, although there is little that we didn’t know from before. All they needed was someone with a screaming voice to match the song’s beefed up sound. Enter Glenn Hughes. “We were originally supposed to be doing the […]

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Still alive, still got a show

Purpendicular featuring Ian Paice have released a couple of singles from their upcoming album Banned.

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Into the Fade

Another track from the upcoming Glenn Hughes album Chosen has been posted. Here’s Into the Fade

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With a bang

Simon Mcbride’s other band Sweet Savage is releasing a new album — the first in 14 years — called BANG, due out on September 12, 2025, via Edel/earMUSIC. A couple of tracks have already been released as singles. The title track: The Chosen One: BANG track listing: Bang Bad F Robot Leave Me Alone I […]

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Things we never heard

Another track from the upcoming remixed version of Rapture of the Deep has been released. Things I Never Said

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