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October 26
Ioannis about Machine Head
Ioannis, who was involved in doing the cover for the new Deep Purple album, Rapture Of The Deep, does a monthly online column for Classic Rock Revisited, where he tells the stories behind some of the most classic rock covers. This time he writes about Machine Head and he has also done an interview with Roger Glover. Here are a few bits of what Ioannis had to say:

"Deep Purple is the greatest hard rock band of all time period!"

"Highway Star was and is the greatest Deep Purple song of all time and top five of all time hard rock songs."

"Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine that many years later I would be creating sleeve designs for a living and Deep Purple would be my clients."

Read the full column and the interview with Roger Glover here
Thanks to Dangerous Age for the information.

October 22
Gillan & Glover hijack Kerrang Radio
Ian Gillan and Roger Glover are due to hijack Kerrang Radio (105.2FM) (U.K.) tomorrow at 21.00
Thanks to Paul Carpenter for the information.

October 22
Deep Purple on German TV
Deep Purple will appear on German TV in November.

On November 13
Sat. 1 - Hit Giganten (starting at 20:15)
The theme of the show is "the best rock songs". Deep Purple will play "Black
Night" and "Rapture Of The Deep", both as 3:30 minute full playback versions.

On November 23 or 24
Pro7 - TV Total
Deep Purple will play "Rapture Of The Deep" live and be interviewed by Stefan Raab.

On November 26
Pro 7 - TV Total Turmspringen
Deep Purple will play "Smoke On The Water" on a 10x10 meter stage on the water (as full playback).

Thanks to The Aviator and Peter Saueressig for the information.

October 22
Video with Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan appeared on German breakfast TV "Frühstücksfernsehen" (Sat. 1) yesterday. They have now a videocut from the show on web. See the videocut here, fast connection, medium connection and slow connection.

October 20
Deutsche Mailing-Liste wieder da
Wir haben es endlich geschafft, die deutsche Mailing-Liste wieder zum Laufen zu kriegen. Leider ist uns das Archiv verloren gegangen, so dass im Moment nur die Leute "automatisch" wieder aufgenommen wurden, die sich in den letzten 18 Monaten auch zu Wort gemeldet haben. An alle anderen, sowie an neue Interessenten, ergeht hiermit der Aufruf sich *hier* (wieder) einzutragen.

October 20
Ian Gillan at Five Live
Ian Gillan appeared yesterday on Simon Mayo’s afternoon show on BBC Radio Five Live. The interview was around 15 minutes long, including cuts from "Rapture Of The Deep" and "Girls Like That". You can listen here.
Thanks to Julian Rudd for the information.

October 20
Ian Gillan at Breakfast
Ian Gillan will appear on German breakfast TV "Frühstücksfernsehen" (Sat. 1) tomorrow, to promote the new Deep Purple album, "Rapture Of The Deep", sometime between 05.30 - 09.00 CET.
Thanks to Michael Huck for the information.

October 16
The Secret Gig
The secret gig Deep Purple played at Hard Rock Café in London October 10, which we reported about a few days ago, had this setlist.
Fireball
I've Got Your Number
Strange Kind Of Woman
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Rapture Of The Deep
Wrong Man
Lazy
Perfect Strangers
Highway Star
Smoke On The Water
Thanks to DPFF for the information.

October 15
Live 8 Toronto DVD
The Live 8 Toronto DVD will include two (of three) tracks with Deep Purple, "Smoke On The Water" and "Hush". The release date is November 4. You can preorder the DVD in our shop.
Thanks to DVD4Music and Cinefacts for the information.

October 13
Ian Gillan on Radio
Tonight Ian Gillan will feature in BBC Radio 2's "Master Of Rock", which is presented by Iron Maiden's singer Bruce Dickinson. The show is between 21.00 - 22.00. They will talk about and playing cuts from "Rapture Of The Deep" and exclusive extracts from Ian's forthcoming solo album, "Gillan's Inn". The show will be broadcast live on 88 - 91 FM and on the internet here. You can also listen on the show here for a week.
Thanks to BBC and Blabbermouth for the information.

October 12
Secret Gig
Deep Purple played a secret gig at Hard Rock Café in London October 10. The gig was to launch the new album and to celebrate the reopening of the venue. Deep Purple did a 65 minute set in front of a couple of hundred people, invite only. They performed three new tracks, "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye", "Rapture Of The Deep", and "Wrong Man".
Thanks to DPAS for the information.

October 11
Rapture Of The Deep - Video
Here you can view a 30 seconds video cut from the title track of the upcoming album "Rapture Of The Deep". See the video here.

October 11
Rapture on Vinyl
Deep Purple's upcoming album "Rapture Of The Deep" will be released on Vinyl, October 24. You can pre-order it in our shop.

October 11
Award for Deep Purple
The Classic Rock Awards were held in London at the Cafe De Paris on October 4. Deep Purple got an award for Classic Album - "In Rock" (see photo 1 and photo 2)
Thanks to BBC for the information.

October 5
Ian Paice Session
Ian Paice were in Italy on September 21, to record two new songs for the Moonstone Project (see picture). The two songs, "One Dollar Baby" and "Halfway To Heaven" will be used for Moonstone 2nd album. The first album, "Time To Take A Stand", which also feature Ian Paice (and Glenn Hughes among others), will be released in the first month of 2006.
Thanks to Moonstone for the information.

October 1
Promo Single
A promo single will go out to radio stations next week. It will be the title track from the upcoming album, Rapture Of The Deep.

October 1
Gillan on DualDisc
Ian Gillan's upcoming album, "Gillan's Inn", will be on the new DualDisc format. On one side it will be the regular stereo CD and on the other side DVD. Gillan has used this format so the listeners can choose from four different guitar solos on the remake of "Smoke On The Water".
Thanks to DPAS for the information.

September 29
Tour Plans
Deep Purple will continue touring in South America, India and Thailand through December of this year. Deep Purple plans to follow up with a two-year world tour in January 2006, hitting the U.S. in March. For confirmed tourdates, please check here.
Thanks to Deep-Purple.com for the information.

September 23
Steve Morse Letter
Steve Morse found some time off and wrote a letter. Here is a few bits:

"The gig I just did was wonderful. It was the Blues Festival in Hell, Norway." "Knut made it happen for myself, Van Romaine, and Dave LaRue to come over to play our set one night, then organize a variety of guest performers the next night. We were sort of like Dave Letterman's band, backing up each guest, and throwing in a few solos along the way."

"Now, it seems like an eternity, but only a week back, with Purple, I was jamming with Warren, the guitarist from Government Mule, Allman Bros, Phil Lesh... "

"Also, in Germany, we had a visit by Deep Purple's producer, Michael Bradford. He is a very talented guy, and didn't hesitate when I suggested joining us for a couple of tunes on guitar, although his principal instrument is bass."

Read the full letter here.
Thanks to Steve Morse for the information.

September 11
G3 Smokes
The upcoming double CD and DVD from G3 (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci) will include a cover of Deep Purple’s "Smoke On The Water". The CD/DVD is called "Live in Tokyo". The CD will be released October 25 and you can buy it in our shop.
Thanks to James Mitchell for the information.

September 11
In Rock Feature
The September issue of the spanish magazine "This Is Rock" has a feature about the album "In Rock".
Thanks to DPAS for the information.

September 8
Steve Morse and Jon Lord
Tomorrow Steve Morse Band will play at Hell Blues Festival in Norway and the band will be joined by Jon Lord on keyboard.
Thanks to Hell Blues for the information.

September 5
THS Mailing Lists
If anyone wonder what happen to The Highway Star's mailing lists. Well, they are still not working since we moved to the new server, but we are working on the problem.

September 5
Tour in Jan/Feb 2006
During Deep Purple's concert in Düsseldorf, Germany last Saturday, Ian Gillan said "we will tour your region January/February". Please check here for confirmed Tour Dates.
Thanks to Gilbert Beringer for the information.

September 5
Ian Paice Drum Clinic
Ian Paice will do a drum clinic in Stockholm, Sweden September 30. It will take place at Bass´n Drum Days 2005, which is held at Club New Life, Fridhemsgatan 17. For more info, check Bass´n Drum.
Thanks to Bass´n Drum for the information.

September 5
Deep Purple and Haynes
Last Friday when Deep Purple played at Azkena Rock Festival in Vitoria, Spain, Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule) joined them on stage during "Smoke On The Water". New songs were played there as well, like in Düsseldorf, Germany.

September 4
Deep Purple and Bradford
Yesterday evening Deep Purple played in Düsseldorf, Germany. Michael Braford joined them on stage (see photo) with his guitar and together they did "Smoke On The Water", "Hush" and "Black Night". Deep Purple also played two new songs, "Wrong Man" and "Rapture Of The Deep".

September 2
Woman From Tokyo
The August issue of "Guitarist" magazine has a feature on "Woman From Tokyo", with a music transcipt. The magazine comes with a free CD, which include a vocal free version and a guitar free version of "Woman From Tokyo".
Thanks to DPAS for the information.

September 2
Steve Morse Letter
Steve Morse got some time off and wrote a letter about his NASA experience. Read the letter here.
Thanks to Steve Morse for the information.

September 1
California Jam DVD
The California Jam DVD is now planned for a release in December 2005. It will be released on EMI world wide except for USA and Japan (Spitfire/Eagle). The DVD will have some bonus material, Lay Down Stay Down, alternate versions of two tracks with different camera angles, interview with Ian Paice (and Jon Lord), historical commentary, picture and image gallery, number of audio options, unseen Super 8mm clips from backstage and the control tower, on screen histories, etc.
Thanks to DPAS for the information.