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Deep Purple’s performance headlining the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival is coming to a big screen near you. That is, if you live in certain states. On April 28th a company called The Bigger Picture will be showing two concerts in select movie theaters across the United States. Alongside with Montreux’2006 (which was shot in high […]
Read more »As many of you probably know by now, Don Airey’s latest non-DP project, A Light In The Sky was released a short while ago. What you may not be aware of is that The Highway Star has a feature on it, which we hope to add material to in the near future. One of those […]
Read more »Ian Gillan will be among the artists paying tribute to the late Jeff Healey at the first of the two memorial concerts in Toronto on May 3. This first show, on May 3, will focus on Healey’s contribution to blues and rock and will feature Jack Bruce, Randy Bachman, Colin James, Alannah Myles and Healey’s […]
Read more »Interview with Jon Lord appeared on Zermatt.ch to coincide with his performance at the Zermatt Unplugged Festival on April 9. He’s now not only the Ambassador for Hell, but also for Zermatt 😉 What were your main reasons for leaving Deep Purple? We had a great time, but after 30 years I wanted to see […]
Read more »According to the students of the London Tech Music School, Smoke on the Water riff is still the greatest of all times: 1. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple (1973) 2. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana (1991) 3. Walk This Way – Aerosmith (1975) 4. Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix (1967) 5. Sweet […]
Read more »In his recent interview to Vintage Rock, Glenn Hughes commented on the California Jam (among many other curious things past and present): I know the California Jam was one of your first gigs with Purple in the States. What else do you remember about that day? Just another day at the office to me, I […]
Read more »Joe Lynn Turner with Brazen Abbot and Whitesnake are to appear at the Magic Circle Festival in Germany this summer. It’s a heavy metal festival that will take place on July 9-12 in Bad Arolsen. The exact schedule is not announced yet, so we will post these appearance in our tour dates as soon as […]
Read more »Don Branker, the co-producer and stage announcer for 1974 California Jam and 1978 California Jam II, was a guest on the March 15, 2008 edition of WPMD.org’s “Rock 50” radio show with Mike Stark. According to Mike, Don told “some great stories about both events including Deep Purple’s trashing of a television camera and a […]
Read more »Steven Rosen who was a music reporter back in the 70s writes about his encounter with Ritchie Blackmore in November 1974: Amidst all of the commotion, Ritchie was standing with one leg propped up on a small practice amp. He was running through what must have been his pre-show routine, oblivious to the commotion around […]
Read more »Ian Paice and Glenn Hughes took part in the ChildLine Rocks charity mini-fest at the indigO2 in London. This was the first time since March 15th, 1976 that they have appeared together on the same stage. More Black Than Purple reports: With Thunder’s Luke Morley doing a solid job on guitar they cranked out ‘Mistreated’ […]
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