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Glenn Hughes special on Rock City Berlin

On Saturday, September 25th, Rock City Berlin will air a one hour long Glenn Hughes special. Glenn will talk extensively about Black Country Communion. Some other topics will include: Glenn’s voice, his difficult times in the 80’s and the late great Ronnie James Dio. Note: The presentation of the show is in German, but Glenn […]

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Follow BCC’s release gig on the THS Twitter Feed

At 9 pm UK time tonight, Black Country Communion hits a stage in Europe for the first time. And just as you thought nothing would ever happen again on The Highway Star’s Twitter feed, we have armed a fearless reporter with the login details and put him on a train to the secret venue in […]

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BCC on Planet Rock

On Sunday, September 19, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Nicky Horne will be joined in the Planet Rock‘s studio by three members of Black Country Communion — Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, and Jason Bonham. The band will be coming straight from the rehearsal studios for this two hour exclusive in studio chat. Nicky will […]

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Into his own secret life

Ah, the power of observation: Stresa, Italy, 21st July 2010 The occasion; lunch in a secluded restaurant under a roof of vine leaves, slivers of sunlight dappling bright patches on the dozen or so customers – a random cast of characters, tourists, locals, mostly couples. It is a family-run business, waiters quick and efficient, sure-footedly […]

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Mk1 Songbook on Austrian radio

On September 17th Peter Brkusic from the Nasty Habits will present their new CD with Nick Simper The Deep Purple Mark 1 Songbook on Radiofabrik Salzburg in Austria. The show will run between 15:00 and 17:00. Radiofabrik Salzburg is on the air at 107.5 MHz & 97.3 MHz, on cable at 98.6 MHz, and online […]

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Come Taste The Band due in October

Planet Rock reports that the (now) 35th anniversary reissue of Come Taste The Band is due out on October 25th. The album will be a double CD package, with first disc containing remastered version of the album along with the single edit of You Keep On Moving. The second CD will contain the album completely […]

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Autumn Sky album teaser

New Blackmore’s Night album Autumn Sky is due to be released in a few days and what appears to be an electronic press kit has found it’s way to Youtube. Featuring (shock! horror!) smiling and happy Blackmore, here it is.

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DP special on Get Ready To Rock

There will be a Deep Purple special tonight, Sunday, August 29th, on Get Ready To Rock radio at 9:00 p.m. GMT. You can listen to Get Ready To Rock online through their player or directly from http://freedom.wavestreamer.com:6424/ (MP3 stream, you might need to copy and paste the link to your favourite player). We apologise for […]

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Nick Simper on Rockpages

Nick Simper has spoken to Rockpages.gr, which resulted in a quite interesting interview covering a lot of ground between his days in Purple, Warhorse, Fandango, Flying Fox and Quatermass, current projects with The Good Old Boys, and the recent release of The Deep Purple Mk1 Songbook with the Austrian band Nasty Habits. Rockpages.gr: So, music […]

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Film about Gillan’s Armenia project aired Aug 20, 2010

Mediamax presented its “Pictures of Home” documentary on “Shant” TV Channel. From the promotional information: The film is based on the footage, made in October, 2009, during the rock stars’ visit to Armenia within the framework of “Armenia Grateful 2 Rock” project, and the interview with Ian Gillan, recorded in March, 2010, after Deep Purple […]

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