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Keyed Up on the radio

Get Ready To Rock radio has an early review of Don Airey’s solo album Keyed Up. Don himself will appear on the air on Sunday, February 2, at 18:00 BST to talk to the host David Randall, while later on, at 20:00 Stuart Hamilton will profile him in his Purple People series. Get Ready to […]

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Armenian music school now open

[Updated Sep 26] Earlier today, September 20, Ian and Bron Gillan were the guests of honour at the grand opening of the music school in Gyumri, Armenia. This is the very school rebuilding which was the main focus of Big Ian’s recent WhoCares project with Toni Iommi. Well done, gentlemen! At the press conference the […]

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Blackmore’s Night on German TV

Blackmore’s Night have appeared today, July 16 in Bayerischer Fernsehen programme Abendschau. Warning: these are high resolution videos, you can select lower resolution by viewing directly from BR.de here and here. Interview with Ritchie and Candice (complete with a facepalm moment of showing footage of Tommy Bolin while introducing the “legendary songwriter and guitar player”): […]

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Paicey in Paderborn

On May 17, Ian Paice and Pete York openend the Drums ‘n’ Percussion in Paderborn, Germany, the biggest festival of its kind in Europe. So far only one clip is available, short but stunning (watch Paicey’s luminous sticks): A brief report of the performance (in German) with photographs appears on the festival website. Thanks to […]

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Ian & Ian on BBC

Ian Gillan and Ian Paice are scheduled to be the studio interview guests on Later… With Jools Holland next week. The show goes out live on Tuesday, May 14th on BBC2, is repeated in a slightly longer version the Friday after, and also available to view online on the BBC iPlayer. Thanks to BraveWords for […]

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Hell to Pay on TV Total

Today, April 24, the band also appeared on the German TV show TV Total. They performed Hell to Pay live (and not All the Time in the World as was announced earlier). Watch it on ProSieben.de Thanks to Milan Fahrnholz and Ralle for the info.

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Morgenmagazin performance

Deep Purple performed All the Time in the World this morning, April 24, live on Geman TV show Morgenmagazin. You can view the perfomance at DasErste.de Thanks to all who reported it.

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Live on German TV

(Updated Apr 23) Deep Purple are scheduled to appear on German late night comedy show TV Total this Wednesday, April 24. We don´t have any details about the taping and if there are any tickets left but the broadcast will start at around 11 pm CET on German private TV channel Pro Sieben. This time […]

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Gillan and Paice on BBC Radio 2

Both Ians will be on the BBC Radio 2 show Simon Mayo’s Drivetime on Tuesday, April 23. The show is on the air between 17:00 and 19:00. As a matter of rule, BBC programming is available online from their site for a week after the air date. Thanks to Peter Cross for the info.

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All that jazz

Deep Purple have appeared on November 14 on French TV show Culturebox. Ian Gillan was interviewed and they did a wonderfully light, airy (pun intended) jazz rendition of Smoke on the Water live. (watch inside)

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