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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, […]
Read more »In a statement released to media on Monday, Deep Purple says they intend to honor their commitment to perform at the Baalbeck Music Festival outside Beirut on July 28. “The band has never cancelled a show and has no intention of doing so,” the statement said. “If the festival promoter decides to cancel the show […]
Read more »This just in from gillan.com: “We are looking for a couple street team members in each of the cities the tour is in to put up posters to help promote the shows. In exchange for your help, we will give you a free ticket to the show and a backstage pass. In order to get […]
Read more »Bob Daisley has posted an update about his upcoming studio album with his blues band Hoochie Koochie Men. Jon Lord will be on the album and Ian Gillan has agreed to guest on two tracks. Daisley says the album is a blues album but with a rock edge and some good arrangements.
Read more »Deep Purple’s scheduled performance at the Baalbeck International Festival in Lebanon on July 27 has been postponed after the Israeli attacks on Beirut. The festival was celebrating it’s 50th anniversary this year. Festival organizers issued a statement Thursday to announce that Thursday’s performance was postponed until further notice.
Read more »From deep-purple.net: “John Coletta, former manager of Deep Purple and Whitesnake, died on July 9th 2006. Tony Edwards approached 35 year old John, managing director of an advertising agency (in an office above his own), to help him launch Deep Purple in late 1967. Coletta remained an integral part of the management of the band […]
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