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Coverdale and his exes

David Coverdale spoke to Rock Guitar Daily and revealed that he’s still in touch with Glenn Hughes and Bernie Marsden: Glenn….Oh bless his heart. And it’s mutual – we are the original unrighteous brothers! We speak most every day. It reminds me of the transition we made from Saints & Sinners into Slide It In […]

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Whitesnake Made in Japan trailer

David Coverdale & Co. have posted a video trailer for their upcoming live album Made in Japan. (watch inside)

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The Nashville diaries

Part 1 of Roger Glover’s diaries covering recording of the new album have been published online. The published portion covers June 24 to July 25, 2012, with hints of more to come. 24 June Sunday Nashville. Our first day in the Soundcheck rehearsal studio. The setup is similar to Werne, so it’s fairly comfortable and […]

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BCC (as we know it) is over

In a recent interview to PremierGuitar Joe Bonamassa says that his involvement with the Black Country Communion is over: As far as I’m concerned, my involvement is pretty much done, and I’ll tell you why: Originally, I did it for the same reasons I did the stuff with Beth Hart and Rock Candy Funk Party—it […]

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All The Time in The World

For all those who have missed the song on the radio, Deep Purple’s record labe has posted All The Time in The World. Bear in mind that this is the radio edit, i.e. version of the song intentionally made to sound as much commercial as possible by shortening the solos, instrumental breaks, and/or altering the mix.

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Snippets of new single

In case you can’t wait until Monday, audio snippets of the new Deep Purple single have been posted of a French site qobuz.com (click on ‘ecouter’ to listen). Thanks to Martin and everybody else who reported this.

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World premiere of the new material

Update (Mar 10): the band’s PR people tweeted this update about radio play of the new single elsewhere: Listen out for “All the time in the world” hits radio Monday BBC2 at 7pm uk time and Virgin Radio (rocket song, every 2 hrs for a week) Deep-Purple.ru reports that Moscow radio Rock FM will be […]

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UK Tourdates Announced

An autumn tour has been arranged for the UK, just announced this morning. The dates in October are as follows: SATURDAY 12 – 02 APOLLO MANCHESTER SUNDAY 13 – GLASGOW CLYDE AUDITORIUM TUESDAY 15 – BIRMINGHAM NIA WEDNESDAY 16 – LONDON ROUNDHOUSE Tickets (subject to booking fees) are priced £35.00/ £47.50 advance in London and […]

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Chisel, scrape, and stone

Steve Morse spoke to bass player and producer Brian Hardgroove (of Public Enemy fame) at the NAMM 2013. Their conversation touched upon Steve’s involvement with Flying Colors, means of artistic expression in this day and age, and the new Purple album, among many other things. And truly yours website got a name check (thanks, Steve, […]

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Undulations of happiness and misery

Dubai’s The National has a short but sweet interview with Ian Gillan. He talks about the benefits of being older, the new album, holding up cigarette lighters, the leapfrogging equipment, being snubbed, and factual accuracy of Spinal Tap. On not showing any respect on the album We’ve made a conscious effort to not show any […]

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