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Russian promoters have announced that Deep Purple will headline this year the biggest rock festival in Russia Rock nad Volgoi, which will be held on June 12 in an open field in the outskirts of Samara. The inaugural festival in 2009 featured Ken Hensley, Apocalyptica and a variety of local bands. It attracted 167,000 visitors […]
Read more »The brand new official Deep Purple video channel has opened: Encompassing the band’s ongoing 42 year career, and backed by multi label collaboration, Deep Purple is proud to release DPTV as part of the growing MUZU phenomena: http://www.muzu.tv/deeppurple MUZU.TV is a video streaming site dedicated to music. MUZU.TV serves high quality video and provides a […]
Read more »The 2010 Tommy Bolin Music Festival will be held Friday and Saturday July 30th & 31st in Bolin’s hometown of Sioux City, Iowa. This years show will feature Johnnie Bolin, Stan Sheldon, The Stella Blue Band, Bobby Berge, Roger Rothwell, and numerous other acts yet to be announced. Friday nights show will be free, with […]
Read more »JonLord.org has launched an exclusive preview of To Notice Such Things, Jon Lord’s new album, to be released on March 29. Find out more about To Notice Such Things on JonLord.org/tnst
Read more »Last weekend BBC Channel 4 have aired a documentary called Heavy Metal Britannia that covers the earlier history of development of the hard and heavy music on the island, from You Really Got Me to The Number Of The Beast. A number of key figures of the era recall their first hand memories, including our […]
Read more »Fame Games‘ Radio Show dedicated to the memory of John Coletta was aired in two parts back on July 19 and 26th, 2006. The show obviously covered a good chunk of Purple history with Derek Lawrence, among many other people, on the phone.
Read more »French fans will receive a massive dose of Purple this year. First, the band will make a stop in the summer to play Festival les Deferlantes in a seaside town of Argelès-sur-Mer. They will head back to France in the Fall to tour every nook and cranny of the country in two legs: one from […]
Read more »Black Country, the new band featuring Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian, need to think up anew name. “There is a band already called Black Country and their legal representatives have already reminded us of that fact,” Joe Bonamassa told Undercover.com.au. Bonamassa told Undercover that the name was never have meant to […]
Read more »Billboard reports that Carlos Santana is going to record a cover of Smoke on the Water for his next album: Santana hopes to keep the love going on his next album, another project overseen by [Sony executive] Davis that continues the guest-laden path of “Supernatural,” “Shaman” (2002) and “All That I Am” (2005) — only […]
Read more »This Sunday February 28, Classic FM will air a brand new interview with Jon Lord along with an exclusive preview of his forthcoming album, To Notice Such Things. The show goes out on Sunday, February 28 at 9pm GMT. Listen online via http://www.classicfm.co.uk/ or find your local UK frequency: http://www.classicfm.co.uk/on-air/ways-of-listening/. Jon Lord’s new album, To […]
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