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Ian Gillan has donated a sketch drawing to the Dorset Wildlife Trust and it is now being auctioned on eBay to raise funds for the charity. Thanks to Steve Campbell of Caramba, Brent of DP Hub and everyone else who sent this info.
Read more »Durham Concerto, which was performed on October 20, was recorded for the British radio station Classic FM and will be on the air tomorrow, November 4, between 5 and 7pm as a part of The Hall of Fame Concerts program. You can listen to Classic FM over the Internet here (Windows Media format). Thanks to […]
Read more »This year Deep Purple have spend the All Hallows Eve in the Land of Dracula, trick-or-treating in front of 15,000 people. Metalhead.ro has pictures from the event. Merry Oidhche Shamhna! Thanks to Emil Ionescu for the info.
Read more »Ian Paice will play a gig in Italy in December with a band called Made. The particulars we have received from the promoters are as following: Date: December 6, 2007 Venue: Discoteca “Le Blanc”, Lungomare Adriatico, Sottomarina (Venezia) Tickets: 15 Euro, with dinner (pizza): 30 Euro For more information and to book tickets call +39 […]
Read more »In anticipation of the first concert of European tour, Romanian magazine Metalhead published an interview with Don Airey in it’s online edition: Thanks to Metalhead.ro for permission to reproduce the interview.
Read more »On Saturday Jon Lord and the Liverpool Philharmonics premiered his Durham Concerto at Durham Cathedral. In a TV interview the day before the show, Lord called his latest venue ‘One heck of a cathedral’ and went on to expand on how he wrote the new Durham Concerto – and how Deep Purple became the loudest […]
Read more »Steve Morse will perform a guitar clinic in Italy on November 10 at the Discoteca Corallo, Viale della Rocca, 10, Scandiano (RE). The clinic will start at 3pm and tickets cost 20 Euros. This event is sponsored by the Modern Music Institute. Call +39 340-6645131 for more information. Thanks to Ivano Bosello for the info.
Read more »In a recent interview published in Houston Press blogs, Paul Rodgers confirmed the story of getting an offer to join Purple back in 1973: HR: Any truth to the story that you were asked to be the lead singer of Deep Purple after Ian Gillan left? PR: Yes. Free had played with Deep Purple in […]
Read more »SPV records confirms that for the new Blackmore’s Night release Paris Moon, the DVD and CD will only be sold together as a boxed set. Despite prior speculation, they have no plans to sell the DVD and CD as separate items. Promotional video (Village Lanterne) for the new DVD/CD box set: Electronic Press Kit documentary […]
Read more »Jon Lord finally has a new official website – JonLord.org. In its early stages the website will host news on Jon Lord’s concert and recording activities. Gradually it will develop to also include personal messages from Jon Lord, discography, tour dates, etc. JonLord.org encourages comments, suggestions and discussions related to Jon Lord, so don’t hold […]
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