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BBC has announced that Don Airey will appear on the Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show on October 9. The show broadcasts between 21:00 and midnight on BBC Radio 6 and online, and will be available for online listening for 7 days after that. Update [Oct 6]: The interview with Don was recorded last night and, […]
Read more »British newpaper Birmingham Post has published an interview they did with Steve Morse: Any news of a new Deep Purple album? We’re always trying to get started, but these tours keep popping up. Recording is very nearly a volunteer endeavour, and touring pays most of the bills. Despite that, as a group we are committed […]
Read more »Back in 2004 a Polish label Metalmind made a deal with Purple’s management to release a 1996 performance in Katovice with limited distribution in Eastern Europe. The album, titled Live Encounters (read our review) saw the light of the day on DVD, CD and vinyl, all of which eventually found their way to Amazon and […]
Read more »Over the Rainbow is currently on tour and will hit Sweden for their first shows since Sweden Rock Festival this summer. If you can get to their Malmö show on October 13 you might be interested to know that the official Blackmore’s Night Scandinavian Fan Club is running a competition where you can win tickets […]
Read more »There are 2 tickets and backstage passes up for auction on ebay for the forthcoming uk tour. 100% of the money raised will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust. The tickets and passes have been kindly supplied by Roger Glover. For more info and to place a bid go here thanks to Lee Worrall.
Read more »Don Airey recently gave an interview to Get Ready to Rock that covers a lot of his career, from the very first gig on a cruise ship to the recent (and now infamous) Oasis story. What have been your highs and lows in the music industry? Oh God! Well, the highs, they keep coming thick […]
Read more »German newspaper Suedkurier has an article going into further details of the fascinating story of quick thinking, snap decisions and triumph of open mind that resulted in Deep Purple headlining Rock am See festival in place of Oasis. Here is the English translation: Deep Purple save the “Rock-am-See” festival Oasis: Cancellation Last Friday night, Oasis […]
Read more »It’s not often that we get new tourdates this far in advance. German promoter KBK has announced a Deep Purple tour that won’t happen for another 14 months (sic!). The tour of major arenas will start on November 13, 2010, in Trier and finish on November 30 in Stuttgart. Tickets will start going on sale […]
Read more »Looks like Deep Purple will continue their sudden Oasis tour into Italy tonight, according to Indipendente Concerti Following OASIS’ split and the cancellation of their headline appearence at the festival, DEEP PURPLE will replace them. Other bands scheduled to appear a the event are: The Hacienda, Expatriate, Twisted Wheel, Kasabian, The Kooks. thanks to Francesco […]
Read more »Deep Purple added to the bill at Rock Am See. “It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows […]
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