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Montreux 2006 DVD & CD

According to the webshop CDON, Deep Purple will release a DVD and a CD from last year show in Montreux. The release date is June 4, 2007.

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John “Dawk” Stillwell

John “Dawk” Stillwell has been working with Deep Purple and Rainbow in 1970-80s as a technician. Check out his company’s Dawk Sound Limited website and also the forum where he answers fan’s questions about Purple and Rainbow gear at the time. Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.

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Blackmore’s Night tour dates

Blackmore Productions has announced preliminary tour dates for June 2007: Wednesday, June 6, Reykjavik, Iceland Sunday, June 10, Glenrothes, (Fife) Scotland Tuesday, June 12, York, England Thursday, June 14, Reading, England Sunday, June 17, Birmingham, England Tuesday, June 19, Yeovil, England Wednesday, June 20, Cardiff, Wales Saturday, June 23, Brighton, England And then, off to […]

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Gillan’s Inn tour edition

Immergent Records will release the “tour edition” version of DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan’s “Gillan’s Inn” CD in early February. Gillan last year completed a five-week North American run to promote “Gillan’s Inn”, which he released to celebrate 40 years in the music business. The CD, which came out in April 2006, spans the four […]

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Ian Gillan & Uli Jon Roth

Uli Jon Roth were gusting on Ian Gillan’s solo album Gillan’s Inn. It seems like Ian Gillan will guesting Uli Jon Roth next album. Here is what Uli said recently in a interview: Recently one of my guys talked to Ian’s manager, Michael Lee Jackson, who said it would be nice if Ian would sing […]

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Ian Gillan & Michael Lee Jackson

Michael Lee Jackson who worked with Ian Gillan on his solo album, Gillan’s Inn, as well toured with Ian Gillan last year, has done a solo album. It’s called “In A Heartbeat” (2006). Ian sings back up on a few tracks, and lead on “Have Love, Will Travel”. You can find the album in our […]

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Smoke This!

Win a copy of Ian Gillan’s new book “Smoke This”. Check out our Gillan’s Inn Special.

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TV Documentary

There is a TV documentary the 4th of January 2007 about the 70’s in Montreux with the backround of “Smoke on the Water”. It will be broadcast on the German TV channel 3Sat. Thanks to Volker Sarnes for the information.

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Fan Forum

Santa Claus has been visiting and he’s brought presents! First off, we now have a shiny new Fan Forum, all ready for you to play around in. There’s a couple of groundrules you need to read first, and then you are off and running. Go check it out.

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Roger Glover Solo Album

Roger Glover will start to record his next solo album in February. Roger also took some time off and wrote a X-mas letter to his fans. Here is a cut: We have traveled a year’s worth of gigs to get here (Bangalore, India – Ed.) and what a diverse and wonderful twelve months. It seems […]

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