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Live chat with Glenn Hughes

This coming Sunday, February 28th, Glenn Hughes will appear in a live chat with fans on his website. The chat will run between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. PST. In order to participate you will need to register at his Fan Forum and post at least 1 message. Transcript of the chat will be made […]

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More about Black Country from Hughes and Bonamassa

Glenn Hughes did an interview about his new band, Black Country, with the blog Rock Guitar Daily. We’re as bombastic as The Who, and as bluesy as Free, but we are doing some different kinds of things in terms of structure, and tempo: 7/8, 6/8, even 5/8 time, so it’s not just a few chords […]

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Gillan and Iommi donate musical instruments

Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi have donated 4 Takamine acoustic guitars and a Gretsch drum kit with Paiste cymbals to a musical school in Gyumri, Armenia. The town of Gyumri was devastated during the 1988 earthquake. Last October Gillan and Iommi have visited the school, which is still housed in temporary shelters. Gillan’s solo concerts […]

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Whitesnake working on a new album

David Coverdale has issued the following update: It is unlikely that Whitesnake will tour in 2010, as we have committed to writing & recording a new studio album & delighted to report we are working with an enthusiastic, highly respected record company, whom at this time I am reluctant to name, until they wish to […]

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Machine Head to be reissued by Audio Fidelity

This time Machine Head will get audiofile treatment by the Audio Fidelity label. The album in it’s original form (no bonus tracks) will be reissued on 24 karat gold CD some time in March, remastered by Steve Hoffman. Track listing: Highway Star 6:05 Maybe I’m A Leo 4:51 Pictures Of Home 5:03 Never Before 3:56 […]

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JLT to guest on That Metal Show

Joe Lynn Turner will join Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson on February 27 at 11pm (Eastern Time) for That Metal Show on a US cable channel VH1 Classic. Trunk says, “Joe was great to have as a guest. We are all friends and fans of his and have wanted him since we started […]

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Jon Lord: Around the world in 20 concerts

“Around the world in 20 concerts” is the title of the latest interview with Jon Lord published on his website. Here, he talks about a busy 2009 that took him to concert stages around the world – incl. places he’d never before visited as a solo artist – as well as into the recording studio […]

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New official online store launched

February 1st has seen the launch of one of the most comprehensive Deep Purple online stores to date. In a partnership that sees for the first time all associate labels working together to promote the band, this new (and official) online store based in the UK is of interest not only for their extremely wide […]

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Paice dates in Italy rescheduled

Due to “organizational reasons”, the Ian Paice & Tolo Marton February dates have been rescheduled to April. Ian Paice & Tolo Marton Band new dates: 8th April – Gran Teatro – Padova – Italy 9th April – Muddy Waters Live Music Club – Calvari (Genova) – Italy Thanks to Francesco from Deep Purple Italia for […]

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New tour dates and old ones confirmed

A bunch of tourdates that we had listed for a while, as well as a couple of new ones, have just appeared on the official Deep Purple site and as so are now confirmed. That includes all the Australian dates Singapore and Hong Kong (but not Taiwan) Armenia two of the South African dates (but […]

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