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Roger Glover has contributed one of his paintings to Status Quo’s ‘Pictures’ Auction, which is taking place on November 5th at Bonhams in London. Proceeds of the sale will go to British charity Prince’s Trust. Entrance to the auction will be strictly by invitation only, but from 1 October all of the paintings are viewable […]
Read more »Richard Hugh and Candice Lauren were pronounced husband and wife at 4:48 pm on October 5, 2008, at a small gathering of friends and family. Update [Oct 15]: pictures from the wedding are available on Candice Night’s website. More pictures here. Thanks to Mike Garrett for the info.
Read more »Peter Brkusic (drummer from Nasty Habits) writes: I’m very sorry that I must inform you that the 3 shows from Nick Simper & Nasty Habits in November in Austria and Germany are cancelled. We are very sorry for all the fans who are waiting to see us but Nick has very serious private reasons for […]
Read more »Deep Purple were joined by Jon Lord for five songs at this year’s Sunflower Jam on Thursday evening in London. Photo copyright: Rasmus Heide Long versions of Hush and Wring That Neck made sure fans of Jon Lord’s Hammond style were sent home happy. Ian Gillan had the flu and as a consequence the band […]
Read more »A quiet family dinner next to a charity event at a Portuguese resort Santa Barbara De Nexe turned into an impromptu performance for Gillan. The Portugal News Online reports (complete with mistakes and misspelling): As diners dug deep in their pockets for an Albufeira based children’s charity, former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillham, who had […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night enjoys coverage not only in fanzines: Castles and Dreams DVD sold enough copies in Germany to achieve gold status. An award to that effect was presented to the band on September 3rd at the Aegi Theater in Hannover. Secret Voyage stayed atop of the Billboard New Age charts in the US for 8 […]
Read more »Second issue of Cartouche — an online Blackmore fanzine — is out, and it’s a big one. 112 pages, no less, with everything from Blackmore’s Night cover bands to the latest Deep Purple DVD. In this issue: “The paranormal interview” with the man himself News, reviews, setlists and photos Secret Voyage album and tour Under […]
Read more »A very amusing and offbeat interview with Roger taken probably in the summer of 2007 when the band was touring North America and stopped in Chicago. Roger handles the reporter (who had one too many) with his usual class and eloquence. Their website also has transcripts of two lengthy and rather interesting interviews with Roger […]
Read more »Fin Costello did a lot of photograpy for the Purple family back in the 70s. He is now taking his work on the road for exhibition around Norway. Roy Hilmar Svendsen from NRK spoke to him and published an interesting interview. ‘Cos Fin has a heck of war stories to tell: At the time I […]
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