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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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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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