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Nobody’s gonna take my car

Deep Purple are confirmed to play in London, UK on July 30 at the ExCeL. This is the venue for the British International Motor Show. Tickets can be ordered at www.seetickets.com and concert tickets include admission to the motor show during the day.

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JLT in Classic Rock Revisited

New interview with Joe Lynn Turner on Classic Rock Revisited. Quite interesting even if you don’t agree with everything he has to say. He talks about his latest album Second Hand Life, his days in Deep Purple and the prospects of a Rainbow reunion and other things. Here are some tidbits: Jeb: Do you think […]

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Good To Be Bad artwork

Whitesnake.com reveals cover art for the new Whitesnake album Good To Be Bad: Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.

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To thine own self be true

DeepPurple.org has an exclusive interview with Don Airey. He talks about his new album A Light in the Sky, Stanley Kubrick, Aurora Borealis, ways to cope with musicians’ stress, and jamming in 7/4. Read the interview here. Thanks to Mike Garrett and Gordon Dale for the info.

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First Underground Nuclear Kitchen

In a message posted on Myspace Glenn Hughes reveals title of his new album: Hi Everyone, I am very happy to announce the world release of my new Album: “First Underground Nuclear Kitchen”…… It will be available the first week of May. I am extremely proud of these songs. When I record songs, I never […]

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Gillan interview from RTI

Eric Wiltshire‘s interview with Ian Gillan that was conducted earlier during the Rapture of the Deep tour was posted on Youtube. Eric works for Radio Tatras International, which broadcasts out of Slovakia. Listen to the interview and watch the slideshow:

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Jon Lord autographed CD being auctioned for charity

Jon Lord signed a copy of his Durham Concerto CD, and then donated it to the Linda McCartney Cancer Centre so they could auction it off. If you are interested in bidding, then head to eBay UK. Thanks to Lesley Worrall for the info.

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Tommy Bolin tribute guitar

Dean Guitars unveiled their Tommy Bolin Tribute “Teaser” model at the NAMM 2008 convetion held in Los Angeles on January 17-20 this year. The guitar is based on measurements and specs taken from one of Tommy’s surviving axes. There was a Tommy Bolin memorabilia display at the Dean Guitars NAMM booth, featuring some of Tommy’s […]

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Win ticket to Classic Rocknacht

German Internet radio station Statusquorokt will have a Deep Purple special on the show on February 23. They are running a contest online with 3 questions that should not be very difficult for majority of our readers: which Status Quo song was produced by a DP member? what’s the name of that DP member? which […]

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Latin American tour confirmed!

More Latin American dates were announced recently on deeppurple.com. All the dates we have posted previously from other sources are now officially confirmed. Mexico, Ecuador and Chile are on the list as well. Meanwhile, European dates for the summer keep appearing here and there. For many of them tickets are on sale or going on […]

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