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Funeral for the late Tony Edwards was held in London on November 18th with Jon Lord and other luminaries in attendance. DPAS has a full report. The reaction across Purple family has been overwhelmingly appreciative of Tony’s role in the life of the band. Jon Lord: A few days ago – fittingly, on Remembrance Day […]
Read more »There is more Purple content in the latest issue of Polish Teraz Rock magazine, November 2010: Page 38: a 2 page interview with Joe Satriani, dealing with his new album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards as well as Chickenfoot and Deep Purple. Page 46: a 2 page interview with Glenn Hughes, dealing with his project […]
Read more »Welsh radio station GTFM has featured Come Taste The Band reissue on it’s recent The Rock Show. The show was based around an interview with Glenn Hughes which he gave during the recent UK tour. Jon Lord also chimed in with his memories, which sound strangely similar to what he recently said to Planet Rock. […]
Read more »DPAS reports that Tony Edwards, the former manager of Deep Purple, has died on November 11 at a London hospital at the age of 78. Ritchie Blackmore has this to say in Tony’s memory: WITHOUT TONY EDWARDS THERE WOULD BE NO DEEP PURPLE. With deepest respect — and with great sorrow — we honor Tony […]
Read more »Black Country Communion has announced two shows in the UK at the end of this year. Fittingly, the first concert will take place right in the heart of the Black Country at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Wednesday 29th December, followed by a concert at London’s o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Thursday 30th December. Planet […]
Read more »Roger Glover contemplates in his usually eloquent manner in his next installment of Road Life: Immediately my brain goes into overdrive, the scene of the crime is replayed many times over and analyzed down to the nanosecond. How could this have happened to me, a seasoned traveler with countless airport miles to his credit? Scrambling […]
Read more »Warning: spoilers ahead. If you are going to see the band on this tour and would like to be surprised, do not read any further. Everybody else, dig in!
Read more »There are several Purple items published in Polish press recently: A long interview with Roger Glover has appeared in the October 10th issue of the Przeglad weekly. Teraz Rock, a Polish monthly rock music magazine, has a lengthy special called “Deep Purple po calosci” (Deep Purple in total) in October 2010 issue. And last, but […]
Read more »David Coverdale spoke to the Wine Spectator about the origins of the new Whitesnake Zinfandel: Wine Spectator: How long have you been interested in wine? David Coverdale: Being a child of the ’50s in England, it was only the aristocracy who could afford to indulge in European pleasantries. I didn’t really get to taste wine […]
Read more »Heaven and hell (no, not that one), John Varvatos, Radio Luxembourg, Laney amplifiers and a vintage Strat — all that and more in the continental addendum to the Glenn Hughes 2010 UK tour diary.
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