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On saturday 26th august Don Airey will be appearring on the U.K. digital radio station Planet Rock on the show “my planet rocks” with Nicky Horne. The show airs at 7.00pm U.K. time (6.00pm GMT). Thanks to Paul Bush for the information
Read more »Ian Gillan spoked to Reuters yesterday. He told them that he had already lined up a publisher for his upcoming novel, which is a political thriller titled “Wessex“. Gillan said, “This is my one and only novel. This really is a labour of love. It’s the only idea I have ever had for a book […]
Read more »Here you can watch Ian Gillan live from the current tour. Smoke On The Water Bluesy Blue Sea The footage is taken from the Buffalo (USA) show August 16. Thanks to Immergent for the information.
Read more »Big thanks to Philippe Warda who sent us this review that his friend published on his website: 08/16/2006 – Ian Gillan Town Ballroom Notes: Went with Philippe Warda, Rocky & Sex Machine. They had some cute bikini hag with a small rack and a big crack come out holding signs with the songs on it […]
Read more »There will be a rock and roll charity (in aid of complementary cancer services at University College London Hospital (UCLH)) evening of dinner and musical entertainment at the Porchester Halls, London, U.K. on 14th September. There will be performances from Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Robert Plant, Paul Weller, Phil Manzanera, Linda Lewis, and Sam Brown […]
Read more »In a message on Ian Gillan’s official website, the Deep Purple singer has announced the line-up for the backup band on his “Gillan’s Inn” solo tour of North America that starts in August. The band members are: Randy Cooke – drums Rodney Appleby – bass Michael Lee Jackson & Dean Howard – guitars Joe Mennonna […]
Read more »Pollstar reports: “Deep Purple hung on to the last minute before canceling its appearance at Baalbeck, Lebanon, only pulling out when the Israeli bomb and missile barrage spread to that city. ‘The band and the festival have agreed it’s best not to go,’ The band’s booking agent, Agency Group chief Neil Warnock, told Pollstar after […]
Read more »At the Gillan’s Inn site, you can download versions of “Smoke on the Water” without lead vocals and lead guitar. You can then add your own talent and upload your version to the site. If you have a band, you can record the song from scratch and upload that. The visitors to the site vote […]
Read more »On Thursday July 20, the first annual Jeff-fest will take place in Newcastle, UK. The event is a celebration of legendary British DJ Little Jeff who passed away earlier this year. Then night will feature a charity auction with proceeds going to Radio Lollipop, the British Diabetes Association and FreemanHospital. Ian Paice has contributed with […]
Read more »In a recent interview with webzine Antenna, Deicide drummer Steve Asheim, talked about how Deep Purple blocked the band’s cover version of “Black Night”. How did the Deep Purple cover “Black Night” come about? Asheim: “It came about because Glen had been toying around with the idea for three years about doing a cover song, […]
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