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Archive for February, 2012



Purple in Canadian press pt. 2

The Hamilton Spectator has Steve Morse’s profile and interview mostly revolving around the story behind Contact Lost: I’m a big fan of what NASA has done. People don’t realize the research and development strides that have been made, all that technology. We’re recipients of all of that eventually. Read more in The Hamilton Spectator. Saskatoon’s […]

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Purple Week-End

Date: 2012-02-11: John Labatt Center/Massey Hall, London, Toronto, Canada Well, where do I start? What a week-end indeed. First of all my brother (Scott) flew in from Scotland on the Thursday to be part of the Purple experience with my son (Craig) and I. We set off on a snowy Saturday morning from Oshawa bound […]

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No Strings (or Horns) Attached

Date: 2012-02-12 : Massey Hall : Toronto,ON : Canada On this wintry Sunday night, Deep Purple showed the sold-out crowd that, while last tour’s orchestral backdrop was a pleasant enough venture, the innate power of the band is more than enough to shake off February’s chill. The setlist was largely the same as last summer, […]

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Lucky In London (Ontario, that is)

Date: 2012-02-11 : John Labatt Centre : London, Ontario : Canada Where to start? I live near Toronto and had hoped to see DP at Massey Hall. But all the decent tickets were gone in no time at all, so I was left accepting I\’d not see my favourite band. I had wanted to take […]

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RG on RnR HoF: “No, thanks”

The Chronicle Herald from Halifax, Canada, did an interview with Roger Glover. He spoke about the way things are done in the band, the “new” guys, and, for some reason or another, the question of Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame popped up again: I don’t think we ever will because if they ever ask us, we’ll […]

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Roger Glover in Halifax Metro

Halifax Metro has published a short interview with Roger in anticipation of the February 4 Deep Purple show: When asked by fans if he thought 40 years ago he’d still be performing today, Roger Glover doesn’t hesitate in his reply. “Yes, it’s all going according to plan.” Though the Deep Purple bassist makes light of […]

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BCC Live Over Europe CD details

Black Country Communion will release its live concert CD, Live Over Europe, on February 28 on the Joe Bonamassa’s J&R Adventures label. This two-disc CD follows up the October 2011 release of the two-disc DVD by the same name. No further details on the source, mix, etc, of these recordings are available at this time. […]

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Glenn Hughess at The Nervous Breakdown

In a new interview with The Nervous Breakdown Glenn Hughes tals about his book, how come he ended up wearing goat pants, does a bit of name dropping, and answers an either/or quiz: Blackfoot or Molly Hatchet? Ah, Blackfoot, yeah! No knock on Hatchet, they’re great, but Blackfoot. Kool & the Gang or The Bar-Kays? […]

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