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Archive for July, 2011



Chaos At A Concert

Urban Outfitters (shock! horror!) has a Deep Purple t-shirt for sale in Europe. The Chaos At A Concert male tee sports the infamous picture of the concert hall ravaged by fans after a gig on the Mark 2’s last Japanese tour in 1973. And at €12.00/£10.00 it’s a steal. We have reports of this piece […]

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DJ Glenn

Apparently Glenn Hughes has got himself his own show on Planet Rock. It airs on Sundays between 6 and 7pm. I would like to thank Planet Rock for giving me the opportunity to share with listeners of my show the songs that have shaped my life. Every song is chosen by me, and there will […]

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If Life Was Easy release dates

The has been a bit of confusion as to the exact release dates of the new Roger Glover’s solo album If Life Was Easy in different countries. Here’s a complete breakdown: Germany and Austria: released on July 8th Russia: July 11 France: July 18 (although Amazon.fr is already shipping it) Italy: July 26 Spain and […]

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Turmoil in the fourth estate

New installments of Dear Friends and Q&A are up on Caramba! Newtonian consequences, dignity and respect, Caesarean black tent confusion solution, metric Missourian strategy, groupies liggers, and Rudyard Kipling — it’s all there. Read it.

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Get up there and play

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited has conducted an interview with Steve Morse. They spoke about his work in and out of Deep Purple: Jeb: Deep Purple is your main band but I wonder if you are still allowed to create freely for your other projects as a member of the group? Steve: We have […]

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Blackmore’s Night on German TV

Blackmore’s Night will appear on the German TV show Fersehengarten this Sunday, July 17. They will perform the Journeyman off their Autumn Sky album.

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The Sunflower Jam

On July 8th, 2011, Deep Purple played host to the latest Sunflower Jam at the Royal Albert Hall. This isn’t a standard DP show, rather a collection of musicians assembled basically to have a bit of a jam that they wouldn’t normally get to do during their ‘day job’. The evening began with a champagne […]

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Live tweeting from BCC CPH show

Black Country Communion hits classic DP ground KB Hallen in Copenhagen on July 12 and THS will be there. As from the Whitesnake show at Sweden Rock and Sunflower Jam last weekend, we will offer you the chance to keep track of the show through our twitter feed. Søren Andersen, guitarist in Glenn Hughes solo […]

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Sunflower Jam through the ‘tubes

For all of us who could not be at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, Youtube to the rescue.

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Phoenix Rising Australian release

The Australian release date for Phoenix Rising has been set for July 29th through Shock Records. This will be a standalone DVD with Rising Over Japan, the Gettin’ Tighter documentary, and bonus features of Jakarta 1975 and Come Taste The Band remaster electronic press kit. The booklet will be a basic 4-page inlay. The DVD […]

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