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Jon Lord gives details about his summer concerts

Jon Lord felt he need to make some clarifications regarding his upcoming Summer Proms concerts, so he asked us to post this information: Hi All I [would like to] clear up what appears to be a bit of confusion about what I am gonna play at these three UK “Summer Proms” gigs I’m doing, on […]

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Surprises in Montreux

Reports are coming in about an amazing gig at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival. The band switched some stuff around and brought in some surprises into the set. The full setlist: Fireball Into the Fire Strange Kind of Woman Rapture of the Deep Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Contact Lost Steve Morse Solo Sometimes I Feel Like […]

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Don Airey tour postponed

from Don’s record company, Mascot Records: 07/16/08 M- Don Airey Tour Cancelled The recently announced tour of Don Airey has been cancelled due to his busy touring schedule with Deep Purple. Off course the tour will be rescheduled, we’ll keep you updated on any news regarding Mr. Airey.

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Nick Simper and the Nasty Habits

Nick Simper will perform in Austria in November this year with the local band called Nasty Habits. They will play a special set of Deep Purple Mk1 numbers. Shows booked so far: November 14 — Orpheum, Graz November 16 — Viper Room, Vienna We’ve been informed that more dates in Germany are in the works. […]

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Deep Purple on VH1 Classic

VH1 Classic in North America is airing a show called Seven Ages of Rock (which was co-produced together with the BBC). The fourth episode Never Say Die is about hasrd rock and heavy metal and features Deep Purple along with Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica. The Purple part […]

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Notes from the road

The wonders of high speed rail, joys of private jets and fury of nature — read all about it in the latest installment of Steve Morse’s Notes from the road.

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Purple Blown away in Zaragoza

it seems the weather had other plans when Deep Purple were about to hit the stage in Zaragoza on the first night of the European tour this summer, here’s what Ian Gillan had to say about it: Deep Purple – 11/07/08 Zaragoza As we were about to hit the stage the gig here was blown […]

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Live in Caesarea

We have received an unconfirmed report that both Israeli gigs on September 7th and 8th at the Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv have been cancelled. Instead, Deep Purple will play a gig on September 7th at a rather unusual venue — Caesarea Amphitheatre. This venue is located on the ruins on an ancient Roman amphitheatre […]

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Guitar clinic in Köln

Steve Morse will hold a guitar workshop at the Underground club in Köln on July 26th. The event is sponsored by Engl, who will be presenting their new E656 Steve Morse Signature amp. Entrance is free, but interested parties are advised to make reservations by contacting info@beyers-music.de or calling +49-(0)2327-3939 or +49-(0)221-2827540. Underground: Vogelsanger Str. […]

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Whitesnake on Rockline

Whitesnake will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show “Rockline”, hosted by Bob Coburn, on Wednesday, September 3 at 11:30 p.m. EST/8:30 p.m. PST. Fans can talk live with Whitesnake by calling 800-344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you or to listen to the show live via the Internet, go to http://www.rocklineradio.com/. Thanks to […]

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