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Who Killed John Henry?! Arriving rather early to scope the venue we were rather alarmed to find some vans outside a building that can only be described as an industrial unit, near the door to Pentonville prison. Hardly the nicest area around, we took our chances and left! However coming back at the advertised time […]
Read more »Bob Daisley has posted on Youtube three promo videos for the Long Live Rock’n’Roll album. They all appear to be excellent quality, albeit the band is obviously not playing live (look for Blackmore in his typical fashion barely even pretending to play his parts). Long Live Rock’n’Roll: L.A. Connection: Gates of Babylon: Once you’re at […]
Read more »Opeth’s lead singer and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt tells The Highway Star how the band came to dress their new live album and DVD in a sleeve that pays tribute to Deep Purple’s original Concerto for Group and Orchestra from 1969. Both albums were recorded at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Opeth’s show took place in […]
Read more »Guitar effects company TC Electronic has posted a couple of videos providing inside look into the effect setup for both Steve Morse and Don Airey.
Read more »While the next DEEP PURPLE album still seems to be far, far away, a new Purple-related side-project faces the light of day: Steve Morse joined forces with 22 year old Sarah Spencer to release a vocal album under the “Angelfire”-banner. Accompanied by STEVE MORSE BAND musicians Dave LaRue on bass guitar and Van Romaine on […]
Read more »A complete video of the 1974 Windows performance has appeared on Youtube. It was perhaps the most experimental of Jon’s work and people tend to either love it or hate it (myself falling firmly into the former category). This is rather long, including several parts that were omitted from the album. If that’s your cup […]
Read more »We’ve got further details on the bonus DVD that will be included with the Deepest Purple anniversary reissue. It is still work in progress, so things may and probably will change. Tracklist: Hush (Playboy After Dark, 1968) Speed King (Vicky Leandros show, German TV, 1970) Child In Time (new clip) Black Night (classic 1970 video […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes has decided he wants to spend the last third of his career playing rock music. The kind of music that earned him his fame in the early 70s, first with Trapeze and later Deep Purple. The vehicle that is intended to start this new phase of his career is Black Country Communion, the […]
Read more »This is a concert report from Heaven And Hell’s tribute to Ronnie James Dio this weekend at London’s High Voltage Festival. A big cheer goes up from the crowd. We’re at London’s High Voltage Festival waiting for Heaven And Hell to do their tribute show to Ronnie James Dio, and we’re kinda ready to get […]
Read more »There is a new previously unreleased video of Deep Purple performing Black Night in Hamburg circa December 1970. The footage have been partially available on YouTube for some time now, but the release features complete song and in much better quality video (perhaps as good as could be expected from that period), albeit the sound […]
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