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A stone thrown into the pond

Goldmine magazine has interviewed Roger Glover on the occasion of Wacken/Budokan release. A lot has been covered — from differences between German metalheads and Japanese audiences, to getting not tired playing Smoke every night, to producing Judas Priest, to being snubbed by a certain Hall of Fame. Roger also confirmed his view on bootlegs, which […]

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Reverse engineering the Universe

From the new songs that are not for the people who are staying at home, to reverse engineering the Universe — when Big Ian digs, he certainly digs deep. An interview he gave before the concert in Łódź on October 25 (watch inside)

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Hip Boots

The new track premiered live this Sunday in Łódź is called Hip Boots. And judging from the setlist, the new guitar instrumental was an impromptu thing thrown in at the last moment in lieu of Contact Lost.

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Hughes: Mk3 reunion will never materialise

Glenn Hughes recently spoke to Metal Express Radio on the occasion of his upcoming UK tour. Among other thins, he revealed how the much touted Mark 3 reunion never came to life: There was talk by David of working with Ritchie Blackmore again but it didn`t quite work out. If it had, would you have […]

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Something old, something new

Yesterday, October, 25, the band opened their European tour with the first show at the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland. Quite a few surprises in the revamped setlist. (spoilers inside)

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Get your passports ready

The first two more or less credible dates for Blackmore’s foray into rock have surfaced. German company Shooter Promotions have announced that he will headline the two Monsters of Rock events in the country: June 17 at the Lorelei Freilichtbühne (open air amphitheater in picturesque settings on the Rhine) and June 18 in Bietigheim-Bissingen near […]

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Another Second Flight preview

Another preview track — Kayla — from the upcoming second Flying Colors live DVD, once again in 4k video. (watch inside)

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It’s later than you think

Roger Glover checks in with an update on his website: Those were the words on a famous poster at a time when posters seemed to matter, in the late 60s. Here in 2015, posters are old hat, summer’s gone and winter’s coming on. And that’s that. Life has been packing and unpacking itself over the […]

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No laughing in the heaven

It’s that time of the year again — time for Deep Purple to get snubbed by a certain Hall of Fame. The band’s name has appeared on the nomination ballot once again, and Classic Rock reached out to Ian Gillan for a comment. His response came in most unambiguous terms: I have no respect for […]

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Roger’s back room career

On October 24 at the Soundedit’15 festival in Poland Roger Glover will receive The Man with a Golden Ear award for his work as a producer. On this occasion the festival published an interview with the man: Why at some point in your career did you decide to take music production? You wanted to have […]

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