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Vote for Classic Rock track of the week
Classic Rock Magazine has an online poll for the Track of the Week and Vincent Price is in the running. Vote here.
Read more »Win a signed copy of Classic Rock hardback
Classic Rock magazine is running a competition in which they are offering 5 Deep Purple hardback special edition magazines signed by both Ians. The competition is apparently open worldwide. Head over there and fill in the form to enter.
Read more »Classic Rock Deep Purple hardback
To commemorate release of the new album, Classic Rock Magazine will publish a limited edition special issue (number 184): A limited edition with a foil cover, it includes 12 pages of additional Deep Purple content including Q&A’s with all members of the band and an extended buyers guide by long-term fan and Purple expert Geoff […]
Read more »Loose lips sink ships
Glenn Hughes spoke to the Classic Rock magazine and revealed that it was his Twitter tirade that caused cancellation of Black Country Communion one-off gig in Wolverhampton, originally scheduled for January 5: I was getting killed by a lot of my friends and fans in the Black Country for the ticket prices. I went on […]
Read more »The story of Babyface
Classic Rock Magazine has the story of the short lived supergroup Babyface comprised of Blackmore, Paice and Phil Lynott. It is based on Colin Hart’s memoirs with additional input from Paicey. Colin Hart: Ritchie used to love his singing. Kind of like a young rod Stewart or Paul Rodgers. They did a couple of covers. […]
Read more »Gillan talks IGB
Classic Rock Magazine has a new interview with Ian Gillan focusing on his Ian Gillan Band years: Why the jazz-rock-fusion direction? I don’t know exactly, it was all a bit chaotic. To start off with we didn’t really have any direction at all, because nobody knew what they were doing. Of course, my hero Johnny […]
Read more »Jon’s last interview
A week before his death, Jon Lord gave an interview to Classic Rock Magazine’s Lee Marlow. The interview will appear in the next issue of the magazine. Meanwhile he gives a personal tribute to Jon online: They say that you should never meet your heroes; that they’ll only disappoint you with their egos and their […]
Read more »Classic Rock Awards on British TV
The Classic Rock Roll of Honour ceremony that was held early November in London will be shown on Sky Arts TV channel in the UK. The broadcast is scheduled on Boxing Day, December 26 at 1:00 pm with repeat on January 28 at 11:30 pm. Deep Purple have won the Innovator Award with Gillan, Glover […]
Read more »2011 Classic Rock Awards
The nominations are in for the 2011 Classic Rock Magazine Awards. The awards are chosen both by the magazine team and by polling the readers. There are several Purple related entries in the running. The categories you can vote in (and relevant entries) are: Best New Band Album Of The Year — BCC2 Reissue Of […]
Read more »Forevermore fan pack
The Classic Rock fan pack for the upcoming new Whitesnake album Forevermore will be released in UK on March 25. The fan pack will include the album on CD, a 132-page magazine, a pin badge and a “giant-size” poster. Classic Rock has been given exclusive UK distribution of the album for the first 3 weeks […]
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