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Deep Purple have won in the Comeback of the Year category at the Golden Gods 2014, an awards show organized by the Revolver magazine. The awards are based on the results of online fan voting, and the comeback in question apparently refers to the excellent last year album Now what?! The band came on top […]
Read more »For his efforts in rebuilding the musical school in Armenia, Ian Gillan has been named Friend of the Armenians 2014 by the Eastern Diocese of Armenian Church in America. He will be presented with the award at the 112th Diocesan Assembly in New York City. The presentation will be made during the assembly’s gala banquet […]
Read more »We have a whole bunch of tour dates for The Good Old Boys, the band that features Nick Simper on bass and Pete Parks (of Fandango and Warhorse fame) on guitar. The lineup also includes Alan Barratt singing, Simon Bishop on guitar, and Richard Hudson on drums. They continue to gig quite extensively in local […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes spoke to Metal Talk recently. (watch inside)
Read more »Roger Glover posted this on the band’s official Facebook page. As Facebook does not seem to provide permalinks, we take the liberty to reproduce it in full here: A whirlwind two weeks; from great gigs in Luxembourg to Antwerp to the emotion, tears of joy and sadness at London’s Royal Albert Hall and the next […]
Read more »Lars Ulrich commented to the Rolling Stone magazine on this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thingy. And he was nailing his point down quite hard: I’m not gonna get into the politics or all that stuff, but I got two words to say: ‘Deep Purple’. That’s all I have to say: Deep Purple. Seriously, […]
Read more »Another track from the upcoming inaugural California Breed album — Midnight Oil: Glenn Hughes comments: It’s a refreshing animated video that really captures the lyrical concert and message of the Midnight Oil single. We didn’t want to make a run-of-the-mill lyric video. The animation perfectly captures the raw energy, lyrical content and the message of […]
Read more »Direct from Paul Mann, here’s complete setlist of the evening of April 4, 2014: Jimmy Smith playback as audience arrives Introductory remarks by Vicky Lord Introduction by Bob Harris Fantasia from Sarabande House Band/Orch. Durham Awakes from Durham Concerto Orchestra Jacqueline Martens (Violin) Matthew Barley (Cello) Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian Pipes) Nigel Hopkins (Hammond Organ) All […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes is continuing the promo blitz for California Breed, and this time he spoke to Led Zeppelin fansite Tight But Loose (the connection being, obviously, Bonham Jr.): Jason’s got stuff going on this summer and I’m doing some things with Kings Of Chaos and maybe some acoustic shows. Andrew is also finishing off a […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham and Andrew Watt were on the Sixx Sense radio show (hosted, naturally, by Nikki Sixx). They spoke about the debut self-titled album of their new band California Breed. Listen to it here: California Breed on Sixx Sense (MP3, 52 min, 95 MB). Thanks to GlennHughes.com for the info.
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