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Jon Lord: Mark 3 reunion is ‘hot air and wild speculation’

Jon Lord has posted a comment on his website to recent press rumours of an impending Deep Purple Mark 3 reunion with Lars Ulrich offering himself for the drum stool:

‘It all seems like a lot of hot air and […]

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Holiday issue of Cartouche

The wedding & Christmas special issue of the Blackmore online fanzine Cartouche is out.

In this issue:

  • news from the marriage of Ritchie and Candice
  • retrospective reviews of Christmas Carols and Beyond The Sunset
  • interviews with Candice, Carole, members and entourage of […]
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JLT on American radio

Joe Lynn Turner will be the featured guest on Eddie Trunk’s “Friday Night Rocks” radio show on New York’s Q104.3 FM on Friday, January 9. We have no idea what they will be talking about, but an educated guess would be […]

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Purple and Black in the press

Classic Rock Magazine has made good on their promise to (finally!) put Deep Purple on the cover — they appear on the February 2009 issue. Inside the issue there is a 20-page Purple feature with interviews from Gillan, Glover, Paicey and […]

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Glenn Hughes NOT to support Whitesnake

Regarding the possibility of Glenn Hughes supporting Whitesnake in Norway in May, Glenn’s webmaster says:

No, that isn’t happening. The media have got it wrong again, Glenn will NOT be on the bill for this particular festival. There will be some appearances with […]

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Tommy Bolin on the radio

Wednesday morning December 24th at 8:15 am (US Central Time), Greg Prato will be a special call in guest on KKMA KOOL 99.5 FM in Sioux City, Iowa with Big Daddy in The Morning. Greg will be joined in the studio […]

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Roger’s tumulous and rapid year

Roger Glover has posted an end-of-the-year message on his website, plus some photographic moments from 2008 and a new batch of fan pictures from meet&greets around the world.

Of particular note, he has been digging his tape archives in search of bonus material for […]

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Stormbringer remaster

EMI has pushed back to February release date for the Stormbringer remaster. The release was already announced for January 19 and is advertised so at online retailers. The new date that we have is February 23.

There will be 3 […]

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Merry Xmas from Caramba TV

A slightly squeezed Big Ian gives update on his solo album and wishes everybody Merry Christmas.

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Glenn Hughes to support Whitesnake

Local media in Norway reports that Whitesnake is announced to play the Rock Fæst in Halden on May 22. What’s more interesting, they will be supported by Glenn Hughes and the Come Taste The Band tribute band.

A couple of weeks ago […]

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