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Back in November 2016 Ian Gillan did a short tour of Eastern and Central Europe backed by the Don Airey Band and various local orchestras conducted by Stephen Bentley-Klein, all supported by Grace Gillan’s band Papa Le Gal. The last three shows of the tour were recorded and are now being released as a series […]
Read more »And this, boys and girls, is how you promote a Deep Purple gig (choice of track on the second video notwithstanding). (watch inside)
Read more »St.Petersburg based Sobaka.ru took a slightly unorthodox approach to the photo report of a Deep Purple concert. In its dead tree incarnation Sobaka.ru is a glossy ‘lifestyle’ magazine, so they concentrated on people in the audience instead of exclusivity of what’s happening on stage. And you know what — the result kinda sorta lends some […]
Read more »In this interview which he gave during the recent visit to St.Petersburg, Ian Gillan opines on many topics but music. Immigration and overpopulation, democracy, capitalism and communism, money and greed — answers are scarce, but questions are aplenty.
Read more »On his official website, JonLord.org, the maestro has confirmed three concerts for October. The dates and cities are: Oct 9 – Yekaterinburg, Russia – tickets Oct 12 – St. Petersburg, Russia – tickets Oct 15 – Moscow, Russia – tickets At the concerts Jon Lord will perform his Concerto for Group and Orchestra along with […]
Read more »Nevsky Express TV has published a live video of Street of Dreams from the recent Over The Rainbow gig in St.Petersburg, Russia. The video is rather high quality and appears to be shot with two professional cameras. You can watch it on their web site. Further instructions same as the last time. Thanks to Tatiana […]
Read more »Over The Rainbow management has issued a press release concerning ticket sales for the first 3 OTR shows in Belarus and Russia. It appears that out of the three shows one was oversold and the other two very nearly sold out. Minsk, Sports Palace: 4,000+ (capacity: 4,500) St.Petersburg, BKZ: 3,500+ (capacity: 3,727, all seated) Moscow, […]
Read more »Russian Internet TV company Nevsky Express filmed interview with all five members of the band and bits of the live show from the February 16th Over The Rainbow gig in St.Petersburg. You can watch the video on their web site. Click on ‘высокое качество’ to switch to higher quality stream (you need a rather fast […]
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