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Roger Glover sends a message recalling (what once seemed to be) the ill-fated gig in Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic, on August 4: On a tour full of remarkable events, the festival gig outside Brno in the Czech Republic stands out. As we arrived at the venue, we were told that there would be a […]
Read more »[Updated #2: even more video] On August 1 Deep Purple headlined probably the largest heavy metal festival in the world — Wacken Open Air. Uli Jon Roth came on stage to join them for Smoke on the Water, and the whole performance was filmed in 3D for a future DVD/Blu-ray release. BraveWords has a report: […]
Read more »We have reported last month that Argentinian fan club Amigos de Joe Lynn Turner was running a contest with several recent CDs as prizes, Gustavo Solinas now informs us that the winners of the contest have been chosen: Anderson Guimaraes — The Jan Holberg Project At Your Service signed by Jan Holberg Jimmy Carlos — […]
Read more »J.J. Cale has passed away on July 26. Roger Glover posts a personal eulogy: One evening in the early 70s, I was at my friend Kent’s place, down by the canal in Uxbridge, with Roger Brewer and Ron Quinten. We were relaxing, smoking some weed and listening to music, when I heard something that blew […]
Read more »A message from Roger Glover was published on BraveWords: The Montreux Jazz Festival is always a special occasion but this time tainted by the lack of Claude Nobs, whose personality dominated the event. What a legacy he’s left us. Even so, the concert was most enjoyable for us and the atmosphere was electric. Whenever we […]
Read more »As has been already strongly hinted by DP(o), a complete show from the Perfect Strangers tour will be released on DVD. Release is due on October 14 via Edel’s imprint Eagle Vision. The show was recorded in Sydney, Australia, on December 12, 1984. Track list Highway Star Nobody’s Home Strange Kind Of Woman A Gypsy’s […]
Read more »More Black Than Purple has announced that […] a RAINBOW box set provisionally entitled A LIGHT IN THE DARK is being released. It contains many previously unreleased tracks, and spans the band’s years from 1975 – 1984. More news soon, but it could be out before the end of the year. Thanks to Andrey Gusenkov […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night have appeared today, July 16 in Bayerischer Fernsehen programme Abendschau. Warning: these are high resolution videos, you can select lower resolution by viewing directly from BR.de here and here. Interview with Ritchie and Candice (complete with a facepalm moment of showing footage of Tommy Bolin while introducing the “legendary songwriter and guitar player”): […]
Read more »Updated with message from RG. Deep Purple were headlining the Classic Rocknacht in Bonn, Germany this Sunday, July 14, and found themselves without a bass player. Roger Glover had to sit this one out due to shoulder pain (express.de report in German). Nick Fyffe was hastily recruited to do the duties. Nick has already deputized […]
Read more »On the first anniversary of Jon Lord’s passing BBC has aired a documentary Jon Lord: It’s All Music narrated by Rick Wakeman. Those in the UK can watch it on BBC iPlayer. For the rest of us, the usual suspects to the rescue: Thanks to Andrey Gusenkov for the link.
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