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California Breed update

There have been quite a few venue changes since the California Breed European tour was first announced back in August. Munich show has been moved to Theaterfabrik, Nuremberg show will now take place in Wiesbaden, Berlin — at the Postbahnhof, and Cologne — at the Gloria Theater. Another show has been added to the UK […]

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Gillan on Wikimetal

Ian Gillan was featured on this week’s edition of a Brazilian podcast Wikimetal. His interview starts at around 11 minute mark into the show and lasts for about 10 minutes. (listen inside)

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Mexico press conference

A complete press conference in Mexico City was posted on YouTube. With the questions varying from very interesting, to mundane, to borderline insulting, with much lost in translation, it is interesting to see the band summoning their collective wits to turn the proceedings into something entertaining.

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Magazine cover for Paicey

Ian Paice’s homage to Jon Lord became the subject of a cover feature for the French magazine Batteur. The feature appears in November 2014 issue (No. 285). If you have your subscription lapsed, the magazine can be ordered via journaux.fr (€5.90 + shipping).

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Way into the future

As the band is preparing to start their Latin American tour, bookings are already being finalized 13 months into the future. It has been announced that London O2 show on December 3, 2015, will be going on sale this Friday, October 31, 2014. Read what you want from the promoter’s blurb, but so far we […]

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Bernie Marsden’s track-by-track

Bernie Marsden provides track by track comments for his solo album Shine, released in August this year. (watch inside)

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Rated X EPK and promo clips

The record company obviously sees that Joe Lynn Turner’s new project Rated X is worth promoting, and produced an electronic press kit and a couple of promo videos in anticipation of their self titled debut album. EPK: This is Who I Am: Stranger In Us All (where did we hear that title before?): Album track […]

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Sound advice from Steve

Music Radar has tips to budding guitarists from Steve Morse. Some of which are very much applicable to life in general. Nothing irritates me more than a lack of professionalism. For example, when somebody says, ‘I’ll be there at 2 pm.’ Does that mean 2:30? Does that person think they can just roll in whenever […]

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It’s no big deal

Ian Gillan gave an interview to Chilean Radio Futuro that apparently went down the newswire and created a small stir worldwide. Despite the fact that he has not said there what he had not said before. Whatever I say about that is gonna sound wrong. But who the hell wants to be in an institution? […]

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The little bits that are really important

Jeb Wright from Classic Rock Revisited recently spoke to Ian Paice about Jon Lord, the celebration concert this April, and the recording of it that came out last month. Jeb: I have always separated classical Jon from rock Jon, but I have to ask did he bring that influence into Deep Purple? Not so much […]

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