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getreadytoROCK is running a competition to win a couple of tickets for any show (except Bornemouth and Glasgow) of the upcoming Deep Purple UK tour. The competition includes one unbelievably difficult question, for which I’m sure none of our readers know the answer. It runs until April 15. Enter here. UPDATE (March 30): Once you’re […]
Read more »Australian singer Jimmy Barnes is recovering from an open heart surgery. Jimmy is a member of the Purple Family most widely know for his participation in the Living Loud project. Last year Drew Thompson also introduced him to Glenn Hughes and they’ve been writing songs for Barnes’ next album together. Returning the favour, Barnes sang […]
Read more »Deep Purple were featured on British radio Planet Rock yesterday. The DJ Nicky Horne mentiond that: April will be Deep Purple month on Planet Rock. He saw DP in Strasbourg the other day. Did a 90-minute “tell-me-some-anecdotes” session with Ian Paice, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. Also did an interview with Ian Gillan. These will […]
Read more »EMI has set a May 31 North American release date for Whitesnake 1987: 20 Anniversary Collector’s Edition. The edition includes CD and DVD and will be packaged in a fold out digipack with PVC slipcase with sleeve notes written by Geoff Barton of Classic Rock magazine. Originally released in 1987, the album hit No. 8 […]
Read more »Photo: S. Belyakov, www.sbelyakov.ru. There is a new DVD out featuring Joe Lynn Turner touring in Turkey with Cem Köksal. More information on www.cemkoksal.com. Thanks to Tarik Burcoglu for the info.
Read more »There is Ian Gillan competition running at the Jukebox. First prize will be a copy of the new DVD “Highway Star — A Journey in Rock” and a complete set of the re-released Gillan albums. Two runners-up will receive the DVD. The competition closes on March 30, 2006 at 23:59 GMT. Thanks to the Jukebox […]
Read more »Ian Gillan gave an interview in the biggest Israeli internet site YNET. The inteview can be found here (in hebrew), but the audio part is in English. If you don’t get audio on the above page, try here or here. Thanks to Eyal Ortal for the info.
Read more »Update from David Coverdale on the new Whitesnake album: I am thrilled, erect nipples an’ all, with the new songs [for the upcoming Whitesnake album, tentatively titled ‘Good to be Bad’] and very excited to be presenting them to [the fans] later this year. SPV’s wishlist is for an October release, so we’re not having […]
Read more »Deep Purple’s song “Smoke On The Water” is being used at the end of a commercial in the USA for the automobile “Dodge Avenger“: Thanks to Tracy Heyder and Gary Poronovich for the information.
Read more »Photo: S. Belyakov, www.sbelyakov.ru. Joe Lynn Turner gave an extensive interview to The Right To Rock guys and they’ve posted online as an MP3 podcast. Listen to the podcast. Thanks to Blabbermouth.net for the info.
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