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Read more »In case you’ve been wondering what that after gig moment was all about, here is the explanation — Battle Rages On at the Cosquin Rock Festival as shown on Argeninian TV. Brings back painful memories of Hammersmith’2002.
Read more »Gillan/Glover album Accidentally On Purpose remains one of the most unique works in the Purple family. Here are some video clips from that period.
Read more »This deserves promotion to a separate post. Some historical TV footage have appeared on YouTube. Montreux, April 1971, live and interview…
Read more »Over The Rainbow have finished their trek across the Eastern Europe and I must admit that although the band still has a long way to go in terms of mutual understanding on stage, the progress from the first shows is nothing short of staggering.
Read more »Back in early February, Ian Paice flew to Moscow to do a drum clinic. A TV crew was present at the event and the footage have appeared on Russian national TV. Recording of this was recently uploaded to YouTube.
Read more »Recently we at The Highway Star were contacted by a person who was concerned that one of the comments on our site contains an untrue statement and asked if the comment in question could be removed. We refused to remove it, for a variety of good reasons, and offered our help in getting in touch […]
Read more »Finally the remastered Stormbringer arrives. A few Day One observations… The 2LP is of course gorgeous with the colours brought out much better on the lavish gatefold sleeve which feels terribly luxurious. A really nice move. Thank you! Sadly the fascinating rehearsal photos from Clearwell Castle are actually smaller on the vinyl bags than in […]
Read more »Nevsky Express TV has published a live video of Street of Dreams from the recent Over The Rainbow gig in St.Petersburg, Russia. The video is rather high quality and appears to be shot with two professional cameras. You can watch it on their web site. Further instructions same as the last time. Thanks to Tatiana […]
Read more »My prediction: sooner rather than later, the band will be playing South America more often than Germany (not speaking of US or UK). Why? See for yourself. Rapture of the Deep (a little heavy on the bass, but prime position for the cameraman): Keyboard solo ~ Perfect Strangers: Nice job is that you have up […]
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