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Archive for March, 2008



The way to go

At the end of the last year we have started discussion about the state of the music business where a lot of people lamented demise of the physical medium as a primary way of distributing the music. Nine Inch Nails have recently released their new album Ghosts I-IV which success may indicate the way of […]

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New album in 2009?

While being in Lima, Peru Ian Gillan gave an interview pieces of which appeared today on Bloomberg’s newswire. The interesting bit is about the band’s plans: This is a three-year tour and finishes in Russia and then Germany in November. I guess we’ll have Christmas off and then I hope we shall then go into […]

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Doogie White saves the day & Buy a lesson from Paicey

Doogie White, who has recently parted ways with Yngwie Malmsteen, came to the rescue of a Purple tribute band at a charity gig in UK: Disaster was turned to triumph for another local act on the night after Deep Purple tribute band the Purple Project from Newbury lost their lead singer after developing laryngitis. At […]

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Notes from the road

In the new installment of his Notes from the road Steve Morse talks about Mexican food, Hammond tuning, justifiable homicides, bureaucracy on the home front, the same abroad, and politics (or not). Read all about it here. Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.

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Summer tour of Europe confirmed!

All European tourdates that we had posted for the summer are now officially confirmed. In addition to that, Montreux is confirmed for the closing day of the festival — July 19, plus a couple of French festivals and one in Belgium. See them all in your tour dates list (and to all of you who […]

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Better than in the seventies

I’m from Barcelona and I was on holiday in Argentina when I discovered a DP show in the classic Luna Park Stadium and, of course, I decided to go. It was the best DP show I’ve ever seen! Perfect in the beginning, with Pictures of home, including the final musical passage of Child in Time, […]

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Sold out at Luna Park

SOLD OUT! SUPORT GROUP : La Carga SET LIST O1-Picture Of Home (with a bit of Child in Time) 02-Thing I Never Said 03-Into The Fire 04-Strange Kind of Woman 05-Rapture of The Deep 06-Mary Long 07-Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 08-Steve Morse Section / Contact Lost / “The Riff Parade” (paranoid/Crazy Train/Can`t Explain/Whole Lotta Love/You Really […]

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Friday night in Rio de Janeiro…

As perhaps the international rock act that has visited us most times in the recent years, Deep Purple once again arrived in Brazil for the third visit in the rather long Rapture of the Deep tour. A Deep Purple gig is always something very rewarding. The band clearly love what they do, with 40 years […]

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Buenos Aires: Simply perfect!

As always before, when I had the chance to see Deep Purple in my country, it was magical, wonderful, engergetic, fantastic, simply perfect! As a rarity for me I have the privilege of hearing Mary Long live for first time. I got a ticket for next Sunday also. I’m very happy and expect to see […]

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Jeff Healey R.I.P.

Bad news in the family. Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey has lost his lifelong battle with cancer. He was 41. Jeff’s uniquely emotional playing earned him respect and admiration from fans and musicians around the globe. For the last few years he had been in ailing health and was a resident player at his blues […]

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