Roger Glover posted some very heartwarming words on the late great B.B.King: I well remember a time in the early ’70s when Ian Paice and I shared a flat in Parsons Green. Despite, or maybe because of, the intense hard rock that we were performing on the road, we had a surprisingly eclectic listening taste […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2015-05-21
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Joe Lynn Turner recently spoke to Metal Express Radio. The conversation was inevitably steered to the Rainbow reunion, for which JLT outlined his vision: There`s been so much chatter on the internet about a Rainbow reunion. Is that all it is chatter or is there something of great substance there? There`s been a lot of […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2015-05-20
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When looking at my “In Rock” anniversary edition today, I noticed the same symptoms of self-destruction that appeared on some copies of “Live In Japan” years ago: Starting from the center, the disc shows several scratches that look like frost patterns while the majority of the disc seems to get covered with little dots and oily looking […]
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Posted in News by Andreas Thul on 2015-05-17
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The three 1979 Rainbow shows, first of which — Denver — was released on vinyl on May 12, will be released on CD on August 21 this year. Meanwhile, the Denver show is already also available as a digital download. The 3CD red velvet lined box will include Denver, Chicago, and Long Island shows, each […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2015-05-15
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Another show has been added to the Deep Purple summer calendar: they will perform at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ, on July 29. Tickets are on sale (albeit ticketing agency site appears to be down for the moment).
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Posted in News by Nick on 2015-05-15
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…And not just the album. Jeb Wright did an interview with David Coverdale for Classic Rock Revisited. It is one of those longish, in depth interviews that you’ll never see in the mainstream media. David talks at length about his Purple days and tells many revealing stories. One of them is that a major motivation […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2015-05-13
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Glenn Hughes will tour Europe in September and October this year as a solo artist. We have 22 dates so far, starting on September 15 in Milan and finishing October 16 in Leffrinckoucke, France. Tickets for a handful of dates are already on sale. There are no UK dates, but here’s a hint: the last […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2015-05-13
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To celebrate Ritchie’s 70th, The Guardian has reprinted a 1978 interview from Trouser Press magazine with the man in black. And it’s one of those rare gems where he is being thoughtful, open, self reflecting and, for the most part, quite serious. To the bemusement of the interviewer: Ritchie Blackmore turned out to be a […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2015-05-05
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Jacky Paice writes that the Sunflower Superjam 2015, scheduled for September 24th and 25th this year, had to be postponed until some time in April 2016. The reasons are numerous, but can be summed up as “a crazy culmination of circumstances”. Not least of which is the expected arrival of grandchildren twins at the beginning […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2015-05-05
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We have received more information from Cleo Records regarding upcoming Rainbow live releases from the 1979 tour. As we’ve reported previously, the Denver show will come out on vinyl on May 12. This will be the first of the three releases, followed by the show from Long Island, November 30, 1979, and Chicago, October 12. […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2015-04-30
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