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Bourée in Palermo

On September 7 Ian Paice hosted a tribute to his brother in law and in arms, the late great Jon Lord. The concert took place in Palermo, Italy, where he performed with the student orchestra of Conservatorio Vincenzo Bellini conducted by Alberto Maniaci. This could very well be the first time he have performed Jon’s […]

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Shades of Nick Simper

A very interesting interview with Nick Simper from Canadian blog Music Legends published back in August, which unfortunately have received very little attention. Nick talks about the current live music scene in Britain, the story of Hush and why it turned out so different from the Billy Joe Royal’s version, the importance of Vanilla Fudge […]

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Paice and JLT in The Who tribute

Ian Paice and Joe Lynn Turner have contributed to Who Are You: An All Star Tribute To The Who due out on October 2 via Cleopatra Records.

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Hughes on BBC Breakfast

Glenn Hughes will appear on the BBC Breakfast show in the morning of Wednesday, September 19. He will be talking about his appearance at the Marshall Amplification 50 Years Of Loud LIVE event, Black Country Communion, and more. The show runs between 6am and 9am on BBC One and from within the UK can also […]

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Glenn Hughes on Get Ready To Rock

Glenn Hughes is doing promotions for the upcoming BCC album Afterglow. On September 7 he gave an interview to Pete Feenstra for Get Ready To Rock. (watch inside)

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A wonderful blend of slight madness

A rather interesting interview with Jon Lord (which needs some proofreading, badly). This one was conducted in 2009 and published now after Jon’s death: Hush was the first single wasn’t it? Yeah. And just an instant hit. Well again Nick Simper had said when we started rehearsing and said what should we do? You know […]

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Hughes on Planet Rock

Glenn Hughes will appear on Planet Rock radio during Darren Redick’s show on Wednesday September 12th at 2:00PM (UK time). A new song Confessor from the upcoming album Afterglow will see the world premiere during the show. Planet Rock broadcasts online, worldwide withous restrictions. Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.

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Don Airey & Friends on tour

Don Airey & Friends hit the road the week of 13th September playing 14 shows in Europe promoting Don’s latest solo album All Out (full details in our calendar). There have been some lineup changes in the touring band. The band now consists of Don on Hammond and keyboards, Rob Harris (Jamiroquai) on guitar, bass […]

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WhoCares album US sales

WhoCares charity compilation was released stateside on August 28. After selling just 700 copies in the first week of release, it nevertheless managed to land on the Top New Artist (a.k.a. Heartseekers) Albums chart at No. 52. The chart lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared […]

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Coverdale at Vegas Rocks! awards

On August 26 David Coverdale received “The Voice of Rock” award from the Vegas Rocks! magazine. Here’s a red carpet video report of the event. Sammy Hagar, who also got an award, was playing with Chickenfoot in Lake Tahoe on September 1 and DC, who lives in the area, dropped by to share the stage and sing a cover of Zeppelin’s Rock’n’Roll. (watch inside)

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