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KNAC.com has a rather lengthy interview with Ian Gillan about Gillan’s Inn album and tour and about DP. Nothing really groundbreaking and a usual sprinkle of Gillan’s exaggerations (somebody please tell him that the average age at Purple concerts is far from 18, even outside of America). But here it is anyway. Thanks to Mike […]
Read more »Indian newspaper The Economic Times has a rather interesting (for a mainstream publication) article about pitfalls of Deep Purple being labelled as a “classic rock” band: And yet, the classic tag is not something Ian Gillan, the band’s frontman for the largest part of its existence, is comfortable with. “We’ve been an underground band since […]
Read more »Winter Carols has just entered the radio charts at number 4 for the month of November 2006 for Public Radio Stations and College Stations throughout the USA. New Age Reporter Top 100 New Age/Ambient/World Radio/Internet Airwaves Chart. Thanks to Mike Garrett and Blackmore Productions for the info.
Read more »Bangalore Times has an amusing report about our boys stay in India, including name check on an old time AMDP regular Mahesh Srinivas. Here’s a few excerpts: Mahesh is part of a team that’s working to ensure the band doesn’t forget their two-day stay here. The hotel where they will be staying is pulling out […]
Read more »Ian Gillan’s tour of Australia has been cancelled. On his website Gillan published this message from himself and his management: We regret to announce that the Australian Ian Gillan tour dates have been cancelled. The main reason for this cancellation is the bullet which remains in Rodney Appleby’s neck from his recent shooting by a […]
Read more »Ian Gillan will sing a song or two on Jon Lord’s new record. Thanks to Ian Gillan for the information.
Read more »Rodney Appleby who was playing bass on Ian Gillan’s album “Gillan’s Inn” and also was on tour with Ian a few month ago, was shot in the jaw recently, as we reported about a couple a weeks ago. He is currently recovering in his home in Buffalo, USA and he would like to let fans […]
Read more »Last night in Odense, Denmark, Jon Lord witnessed an impressive performance of his piano concerto ‘Boom of the Tingling Strings’ performed by the Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Mann and featuring Nelson Goerner on piano. The near-sold out concert was a resounding success with a prolonged standing ovation, for which Jon Lord joined Mann, […]
Read more »The new Whitesnake album “Live…in the Shadow of the Blues” (Released November 24) has 4 new studio tracks. One of them is called “Ready To Rock”. Here you can watch the video. The new studio album from Whitesnake has set “Good to be Bad” as the title. It’s planned to be released next summer. Thanks […]
Read more »Jon Lord will take part in an all-star celebration of the late Jim Capaldi, solo musician and member of Traffic. The show will take place Jan. 21, close to the second anniversary of his death, at London`s Roundhouse. Tickets go on sale Dec. 18. The Dear Mr. Fantasy concert, named for one of Traffic`s best-known […]
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