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This October Steve Morse Band will tour the East Coast of the United States. We have 13 confirmed dates, starting on October 15 in Maryland and through October 31 in Atlanta. Check our Purple calendar for full listings.
Read more »JLT spoke to Classic Rock Magazine’s Geoff Barton about Ritchie Blackmore’s reaction to Over The Rainbow: At first Ritchie was fine about it all. Then certain people – two of them – who are very close to him started to put ideas into his head. Then Ritchie suddenly became very antagonistic. Things got so bad […]
Read more »Rockpages.gr has published a recent interview they did with Don Airey. Quite an interesting reading it is, where Don touches upon many things past and present. On the mood in the band regarding recording a new album: Rockpages.gr: “Rapture Of The Deep” was released in 2005, Deep Purple are touring constantly, are there any news […]
Read more »Nick Simper is scheduled to be interviewed by Roger Day on BBC Radio Kent at 19.30 GMT on Tuesday, September 1. The show is also syndicated to other local BBC stations; Solent, Surrey, Sussex, Oxford and Berkshire. It can be listened to worldwide on the Internet directly from the BBC’s web site (RealPlayer required). Thanks […]
Read more »The new Steve Morse Band album called Out Standing In Their Field will get its international release on September 25 (October 12 in France) on Edel Records. Tracklist: Name Dropping Brink of the Edge Here and Now and Then Relentless Encroachment John Deere Letter More to the Point Time Junction Unnamed Sources Flight of the […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night management has announced a new United States tour. We have 4 confirmed dates in October with tickets being on sale since yesterday, August 13, and by all accounts going fast. More dates are being promised. On the other side of the pond, Over The Rainbow will start a 2-month trek in early September […]
Read more »Ex-Rainbow singer Doogie White will handle male vocal duties at Jon Lord’s concert in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on September 1. JonLord.org confirms that Doogie White is standing in for Jon Lord’s usual singer, Steve Balsamo, who is unavailable for this concert. Kasia Laska will sing the female parts. Doogie White has released this statement: I have […]
Read more »Coverdale’s management has issued the following statement to the media: Unfortunately, last night at the Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver, Whitesnake had to cut their performance short due to Mr Coverdale experiencing considerable pain in his vocal chords. He was immediately taken to a specialist for examination. The specialist discovered that David was suffering from severe […]
Read more »To celebrate the Sunflower Jam 2009, British radio station Planet Rock will be auctioning off an Epiphone Les Paul Special II guitar signed by the crème de la crème of rock royalty. The eBay auction begins on 10th August and ends 20th August – make sure that you head there on Monday 10 August to […]
Read more »The Good Old Boys’ live set performed at the Deep Purple convention in May 2008 is now out on CD, released on July 13 by Wymer Records. Axel Dauer shares his thoughts: The long time overdue release Dear Purple bunch, may I point your attention to this: finally, the Good Old Boys have released an […]
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