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First day, first chart success

Now what?! has been released in a number of countries today, April 26, and is charting very well on Amazon.de. At the time of this writing (23:43 CEST) the limited edition is at #2 in overall album chart (with only a Bravo magazine compilation sneaking ahead) and #1 in ‘Hard Rock’, ‘Rock’, and ‘Limited Edition’ […]

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Purple aiming for #1 – with your help

Made In Japan is currently #2 in a new Greatest Live Albums Of All Time poll at British music magazine NME. Why don’t we all pull together to make it #1 – and bump Muse off that spot? Worth a try while we wait for the new one… Cast your vote now.

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Given the age…

…Most of us will need one. Some sooner than later.

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A new start

Mathieu posted this as a comment to Stathis’ review and we thought it deserves to be promoted to a separate post. I was able to hear NOW What?! before the press conference the two Ians gave in Paris two days ago. Let me share my thougts. The first thing that strikes me is I’m unable […]

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Adrenaline Mob — Kill the King

Adrenaline Mob is a project of ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy with Symphony X vocalist Russell Allen. Guitar player Mike Orlando and bassist John Moyer (Disturbed) round up the band. They have released an album of original material last year, followed this March by an EP of covers, with Rainbow’s Kill the King among them:

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Discoverdale

Irish rock band / comedy troupe Dead Cat Bounce has put together a mocumentary project called Discoverdale, which is now doing rounds in the independent movie festival circuit. The lead singer of Irish comedy rock superstars, Dead Cat Bounce, is at a crossroads. His band is about to be history, and he has never known […]

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Purple Night 2013

Perfect Strangers of Finland is celebrating their 15th anniversary by organizing a traditional Purple Night concert. Who Do We Think We Are will be the theme for this Purple Night, which is being held for the fifth year in a row now. What: Solid Faces (Pietarsaari): the band that toured with Doogie White in 2009. […]

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Hell to Pay choir

Nimbus School of Recording Arts is a music production, audio engineering and recording facility in Vancouver, Canada, of which Bob Ezrin is one of the co-founders. In October 2012 students of the school got an opportunity to be on the new Deep Purple album: Bob Ezrin was recording with Deep Purple at his studio in […]

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All The Time In The World is Classic Rock’s Track Of The Week

Well, it’s not really a chart success, but what exactly are sales charts in this day and age? The single from upcoming album Now what?! — All the Time in the World got to #1 place on Classic Rock Magazine’s Track Of The Week poll, which is voted by regular punters. Well done, boys! Thanks […]

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Here come the Gillans

Back in 1990 Gillan toured in Georgia, then a part of the USSR. While in Tbilisi, Big Ian and his wife Bron kept up with their custom of renewing their vows in every country they visited. And let me tell you, back in the day Georgians had a reputation of the people who know how […]

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