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In September Joe Lynn Turner performed an acoustic set at one of the more unusual venues — Perama Cave near Ioannina, Greece. His backing band for this gig were George Gakis & the Troublemakers, and they have posted a professionally filmed video of the performance.
Read more »Purpendicular, a Purple tribute band which released an album of original material back in March, has some news for you. The good news is that the band has secured a three album deal with Borila Records and said album — This is the thing#1, previously only available directly from the band — will be re-released […]
Read more »A silent auction raising money for Help Calais & Help Refugees adding to their fantastic support in the refugee crisis. This auction is running alongside ‘Jungle Aid London 4 Calais’, a variety night taking place at The Philbeach Hall, Earl’s Court on October 23rd 2015, with some items that may be of interest to Deep […]
Read more »Darker Than Blue has an article with recollections of one Rob Munton. In the 60s he was a guitar player in a semi-pro English band called Force Five, and in 1966 they happened to open for Neil Christian and the Crusaders. At the time, Ritchie Blackmore was the Crusaders’ guitar player: The guitarist sounded pretty […]
Read more »Billy Joe Royal, the original performer of Deep Purple’s first hit single — Hush — has passed away. He unexpectedly died in his sleep yesterday, October 6, at his home in North Carolina. He was 73 years old.
Read more »Demon’s Eye have posted a making of promo video for their new album Under the Neon. (watch inside)
Read more »Last year, while the band was in Israel, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover made a cameo appearance on the local TV show Atlantica. Video clip of the scene has been posted online. Watch it here, or if it does not work for you, head over to Facebook.
Read more »Child in Time (all 30 seconds of it) is featured in the new Kenzo commercial. (watch inside)
Read more »Demon’s Eye started as a Purple cover band back in 1998, and progressively graduated into playing their own music. They are releasing a second album of original material — called Under the Neon — in September. This is again a collaboration with Doogie White, who did vocals on the album. Their previous effort The Stranger […]
Read more »A guitar signed by Deep Purple (at the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow), Whitesnake, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai amongst others is being auctioned in aid of British charity Rockin for Tots help to raise funds for Simpsons Special Care Babies, which is a registered charity (SC002013). These funds will help with the purchase of a travel […]
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