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Hughes unplugged

Some time in April Glenn Hughes performed a couple of tracks from the California Breed album at the Planet Rock Live Session. Breathe: The Grey: In other news, he revealed in an interview to Billboard that last year he underwent a heart surgery to replace an aortic valve. This happened “less than four months” before […]

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Made in Japan 2014 unboxing pictures

The new edition of Made in Japan is just around the corner, and SuperDeluxeEdition.com already has a photo gallery of the 4CD+DVD box set.

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On women’s clothing

In anticipation of the short 3 date Blackmore’s Night stint on US East coast, ProgSheet published an interview with m’lord and m’lady: PS: When you look for musicians to play in Blackmore’s Night, what are you looking for beyond a certain level of musical ability? RB: With most bands, with my history being with Purple […]

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Purpendicular and Concerto to be reissued

The seminal Purple album of the past 20 years — Purpendicular — will be reissued on CD on June 16th in the UK on an independent label Cherry Red Records. We have not been able to obtain from the label any clarification regarding whether it will be remastered or not, but my money is on […]

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Big rock vs. proper rock

Glenn Hughes gave an interview to UK radio station Harborough FM, appearing on the Friday Night Rock Show. He spoke about California Breed, set the record straight about his experience in a trio environment, shared which drummer he played with never made a mistake, and explained the difference between big rock and proper rock. Thanks […]

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Which one is the 60 year old guy?

In a new interview with One On One Glenn Hughes explains why after the BCC fiasco he and Jason Bonham didn’t want to continue with another big name guitar player.

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GH talks to Get Ready To Rock

Get Ready To Rock have posted an interview they did with Glenn Hughes on April 1. There, amongst other things, Glenn vehemently denies that California Breed is a continuation of Black Country Communion. (watch inside)

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Sharp dressed man

See the photo gallery of Ian Gillan receiving Friend of Armenians award at St. Vartan Cathedral in New York on May 2.

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Hollywood Monsters

Back in 2006, when Deep Purple undertook a massive tour of France, their support was a French band called Café Bertrand. Their guitar player Stéphane “Steph” Honde moved to California a couple of years ago and there he befriended Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge fame and convinced him to play on his debut album. The […]

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California Breed live debut

California Breed will play two gigs on both US coasts, which appear to be one-offs: May 28 at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles and May 31 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City. Tickets for LA are already on sale, with NYC starting on May 7. Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for […]

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