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There will be a couple of Tommy Bolin specials on the US college radio in the coming months. Saturday May 2nd, KUNM 89.1 FM in Santa Fe / Albuquerque, New Mexico, along with Dr. Rock & The Psychedelic Radio Head~Shoppe will be hosting a three hour Tommy Bolin radio special from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 […]
Read more »This was kept under a tight lid for a while, but with the official announcement now imminent, we were given the green light. Remember, you’ve read it here first. Iron Maiden did a bold move with their Flight 666 project, but let’s face it — Sydney, Tokyo, Los Angeles and Rio are hardly unique places […]
Read more »The North American tour of corporate sheds on both coasts and open air festivals in the Midwest will start on June 26 and work it’s way around the continent until August 11. Please note that the North American dates (nor the new Danish show) have not been confirmed on Whitesnake.com.
Read more »A classic Purple interview with Ritchie Blackmore, conducted by Chris Welch and originally published in Melody Maker on September 26, 1970: When Deep Purple smashed up their equipment on a TV show recently, there were howls of protest throughout the land. A flood of complaints hit MM’s Mailbag, and there were rumbles of discontent from […]
Read more »Gillan did another radio appearance on the weekend, this time on Planet Rock in the UK. We apologise that we have not been able to give you an advance notice. The show will be repeated on Tuesday, March 31, at 6 p.m. We’ve got a couple of great features this weekend, starting on Saturday when […]
Read more »Ian Gillan did an interview with UltimateGuitar.com and by all accounts he was as baffled as we are that a guitar site wants to interview him. Besides the obligatory talk of his new album, some insights into Big Ian’s reading habits, early music influences, and mildly amusing anecdotage have floated: Two to three weeks ago, […]
Read more »Wolfgang’s Vault has posted an entire recording of the much bootlegged radio broadcast of the 1981 Rainbow show at the Orpheum Theater in Boston, Mass. We are not sure how long it will stay there as previously Wolfgang’s Vault had to pull off some material because of licensing issues, but enjoy while it lasts.
Read more »One of the biggest and most prestigious rock festivals in Europe — Sweden Rock Festival — has booked Over The Rainbow to play at the festival this year. The exact date has not been released yet. Sweden Rock 2009 will run June 3rd to 6th at their usual location near Solvesborg in Sweden. Thanks to […]
Read more »BraveWords report that Blackmore’s Night are currently in the studio with producer Pat Regan. No further details are available at this point.
Read more »No, they are not jamming together. Unfortunately. Rick has been pre-recording a new music talk show called Rick Wakeman – Face To Face. One of the episodes features an interview with Jon Lord.
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