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“Last tour” rumours denied

A couple of days ago both Deep Purple official sites have posted denial of unspecified rumours “from an unknown source” that the current European tour will be the band’s last:

This is not the end.

We frequently receive emails from fans saying that […]

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“Glut of foreign stars” forces cancellation of Finnish shows

After the Deep Purple’s Joensuu show has been cancelled a few days ago, we now have received news that Turku show is cancelled as well. YLE.fi speculates that both shows have been cancelled due to poor ticket sales caused by competition:

The Deep […]

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Roman Holiday

It looks like the Deep Purple tour of Italy last December was so successful that the band has been booked to the country again this July. The set of eight dates, all taking place in rather picturesque settings, often by […]

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Touring update

Here is a summary of the recent developments on the touring fronts of Purple family.

Deep Purple’s appearance at a Russian festival on June 12 has now been confirmed. They have also a new Italian open air tour pencilled in for […]

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Gillan on Armenian TV

During his visit to Armenia Ian Gillan will appear on local TV on March 28. He was invited to take part in the Hay Superstar show (which is a local equivalent of Pop Idol) and he “gladly accepted”. Three of […]

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Rock nad Volgoi

Russian promoters have announced that Deep Purple will headline this year the biggest rock festival in Russia Rock nad Volgoi, which will be held on June 12 in an open field in the outskirts of Samara. The inaugural festival in […]

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Parlez-vous Purple 2010

French fans will receive a massive dose of Purple this year. First, the band will make a stop in the summer to play Festival les Deferlantes in a seaside town of Argelès-sur-Mer. They will head back to France in the […]

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Whitesnake working on a new album

David Coverdale has issued the following update:

It is unlikely that Whitesnake will tour in 2010, as we have committed to writing & recording a new studio album & delighted to report we are working with an enthusiastic, highly respected […]

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Paice dates in Italy rescheduled

Due to “organizational reasons”, the Ian Paice & Tolo Marton February dates have been rescheduled to April.

Ian Paice & Tolo Marton Band new dates:

8th April - Gran Teatro - Padova - Italy
9th April - Muddy Waters Live Music […]

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New tour dates and old ones confirmed

A bunch of tourdates that we had listed for a while, as well as a couple of new ones, have just appeared on the official Deep Purple site and as so are now confirmed. That includes

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