On November 16, Deep Purple have played their first gig in 5 months, and that happened in Tbilisi, Georgia. Several pieces of video evidence have already surfaced on them intertubes. Here is what appears to be a complete show. The quality is not bad for an audience recording; starts a little shaky, but get better […]
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Posted in News, Tour Reviews by Nick on 2025-11-18
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[Updated Nov 19] All remaining Blackmore’s Night shows have been postponed until further notice due to unspecified “medical reasons”.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-17
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BraveWords reports, citing Brazilian journalist Igor Miranda, that Glenn Hughes’ show in Belo Horizonte on November 13 was cut short after Glenn falling ill onstage. Hughes reportedly began feeling unwell due to dehydration. Fans in attendance reported that Hughes left the stage during the fifth song of the night, “Can’t Stop The Flood”. After a […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-16
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Music News publish some quotes from an interview that Ian Gillan gave to the UNCUT magazine. It’s one of those things. I’ve only got 30 per cent vision. That won’t get better. It makes life mysterious. The hardest thing is working on my laptop. I can’t see anything on the screen unless I use my […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-16
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Steve Morse Band (or, rather, their label) has posted another video to promote the new album Triangulation. It is for the title track, featuring John Petrucci (who is not in the video).
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-16
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Candice Night was a guest on the Rock of Nations podcast. It was announced some time ago as a Ritchie Blackmore interview. In reality, it was Candice who sat down first, talking about many things, their children among them — they are very musical, with Autumn singing opera and playing some guitar, and Rory playing […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-16
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David Coverdale embraces his natural hair colour and announces his retirement. No more, no less.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-13
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A boutique Dutch label Music On Vinyl has announced a 4LP Deep Purple Greatest Hits compilation with a rather curious track list that is light on the hits and heavy on deeper cuts. Side A 1. Highway Star (Live at Schleyer-Halle) 2. The Cut Runs Deep 3. Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic 4. Ramshackle Man 5. […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-13
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Wendy Dio was a guest on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan podcast (and Billy is a huge fan of Deep Purple, Rainbow, and Dio himself). Here is their long and interesting conversation. In this powerful and emotional conversation, Wendy Dio joins Billy Corgan to share the brilliance of her late husband, Ronnie James Dio […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-13
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Blackmore’s Night show in Alexandria, Virginia, on November 9, 2025, morphed into an impromptu “request hour” shortly after it started.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-11-11
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