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Don Airey: “we’re Mark 8″

There is a short interview with Don Airey in the August 3 issue of New Jersey newspaper The Express-Times. You can read it online (nj.com requires cookies enabled in the browser). Thanks to Mike Garrett for the info.

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Three DP albums re-released on Friday Music

   Three Deep Purple albums — Stormbringer, Come Taste The Band and Made In Europe — have been recently re-released in USA on the Friday Music label. They are being marketed as remasters, but reportedly have little (if any) difference in sound with the earlier CD releases. Both studio albums are being remastered and remixed […]

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Blues album featuring Jon Lord and Ian Gillan

Titled ‘ Danger White Men Dancing’, a 13-track studio album is the second collaboration between Jon Lord and Bob Daisley’s Australian combo The Hoochie Coochie Men. The album should be out within the next two months. Ian Gillan sings on two tracks. Track list: (click over for large version) 1 – The Blues Just Got […]

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Jon Lord in Hagen, Germany

Jon Lord will make a one-off appearance in Hagen, Germany on February 15, 2008. He will perform at the Hagen Stadthalle with a band called DCRS and the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Steffen Müller-Gabriel. This concert will take place as a part of a year-long series of “crossover” performances celebrating 100th anniversary of the […]

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Steve Morse: Notes from the road

In the new issue of the Notes from the road: sound volumes, mowing grass, fatherhood pride, musicianship, and new ways of collecting guitar picks. Read all about it on stevemorse.com. Steve’s guitar tech Mike Berger took some pics on the current US tour, including closeup intricacies of the Musicman Y2D. See them here. Thanks to […]

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JLT to perform on Rockline

Joe Lynn Turner will perform live on the syndicated US radio show Rockline with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, September 5. Guitarist Howie Simon (Jeff Scott Soto, Graham Bonnet, etc.) has been confirmed as Turner’s guest musician. The show airs at 8:30 p.m. PT/ 11:30 p.m. ET and fans are encouraged to call in at […]

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Blackmore’s Night update

While the Highway Star news crew was travelling around Quebec, several items of interest regarding Blackmore’s Night came in. At the moment they are touring Germany. Deutsche Welle TV Euromax will air a Blackmore’s Night special on August 3, including live footage from the performance in Berlin and a new interview. 7:30 PM in German […]

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Glenn Hughes Live In Australia DVD

A new Glenn Hughes DVD titled Live in Australia has a provisional release date of September 1 in most territories except Europe, where it is expected in early October. Included on the DVD are: live performances from last year acoustic gigs in both Sydney and Melbourne live footage featuring Chad Smith at the Rome show […]

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Glenn Hughes anthology

Sanctuary will release a Glenn Hughes anthology compilation titled “Voice of Rock – This Time Around: An Anthology 1970-2007”. The two-CD set will have the following release details: Glenn Hughes This Time Around: An Anthology 1970-2007 Castle Music Release Date 27/8/2007 CMEDD1528 5050749 415288 CD Disc 1 – Trapeze – Medusa Trapeze – You Are […]

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Deep Purple sign for new official site

Deep Purple’s managements has contracted Paid Inc. to run an official fan club at a new website, as well as handle online merchandising, sell ‘VIP experience ticket packages’ and ‘develop and direct its official fan community.’ Paid Inc. is currently running Aerosmith’s official fan club among a few other things. A few days ago Rockit […]

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