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Celebrating Jon Lord hits #1

The newly released dvd of the Celebrating Jon Lord concert at the Albert Hall, London from April 2014 has hit the #1 slot on the dvd music charts in its first week of release in the UK, Germany, Sweden and Austria. Recorded on 4th April the dvd and blu-ray feature the two halves of the […]

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New Show at Luna Park

A new show at Luna Park goes on sale tonight (Thursday 2nd October) for a show on 18th November. Again not confirmed by management, but on sale here Thanks to Juan for the info

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Celebrating Jon Lord release party

On Monday night in London there was a release party for the DVD and CD from the Royal Albert Hall Jon Lord tribute show. Many of the people who was part of the show was at the event. What Brian Johnson did there is still a mystery. More details are avaialble at metaltalk.net. Thanks to […]

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European Tour late 2015 expanding

According to some online ticket agencies it now looks like it’s the turn of Italy to spend this year for enjoyment next year. Tour dates posted on therockblog.net show the following dates: 30/10/2015, Palafabris di Padova 31/10/2015, Mediolanum Forum di Assago (Milano) 05/11/2015, Mandela Forum di Firenze 06/11/2015, Palalottomatica di Roma these dates, along with […]

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DeepPurpleCommunity interviews Don Airey

The Deep Purple Community on Facebook conducted an interview with Don Airey in August 2014…. “The success of NOW What?! was overwhelming, the album is still in the TOP50 of Amazon Germany’s music charts, sitting at #2 in the Hard Rock charts right today. [the questions to the Don were sent in August 2014]. Did […]

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Ian Paice remembers Jon Lord, previews “Burn” from Celebrating Jon Lord

AllMusic recently conducted an interview with Ian Paice in which he recalls his first meeting with Jon and talks about the Celebrating Jon Lord event which has just been released on many formats. AllMusic: Can you remember meeting Jon Lord for the first time? Ian Paice: The first time I actually met Jon, I remembered […]

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Ian Paice Drum Clinic in Angera, Italy

Ian Paice gave a drum clinic and concert on September 13th in Angera/Lago Maggiore, and you can see some footage from the event below. thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info

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France And Germany Tour in November 2015?

Some online ticketing agencies are reporting that they have tickets on sale for a tour of France and Germany in November. 2015. We all of course know what we’re doing in (over) a years time…. for those more organised you can purchase tickets via links below. These dates have not been confirmed by management, so […]

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South America – Fall Tour 2014 – Updated

We’re receiving reports of dates on sale for a South American Tour this fall, with shows in Brazil on sale now. Please check with local promoters/press for more details and do not make non-refundable travel arrangements on this say-so, these dates *Have Not* been confirmed my management! Looks to be starting in Mexico on 4th […]

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Interviews Roundup

Steve Morse features in an interview with Sweetwater’s Guitars and Gears: And Ian Paice features in this months Modern Drummer thanks to Yvonne Osthausen

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