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The fingers write them…
An excerpt from the promotional interview with the band recorded in December 2012. (watch inside)
Read more »Now What?! – The First Review
First of all, let’s dispense with the hype : the record label claim that the new Purple album is a cross between Made in Japan and Machine Head (or words to that effect) is just that, hype, and a bit unfair to both incarnations of the band, the current and the one responsible for those […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »The Portuguese diaries
The official Now what?! web site has published the second installment of Roger Glover’s diaries: AUGUST 2012 21 Tuesday I fly to Lisbon and connect to Faro, where IG meets me. Twenty minutes to his house. He gives me warm welcome. Like me, is raring to go. We have some great sounding tracks and both […]
Read more »Even more Now what?! snippets
The album has appeared on iTunes with about a minute and a half previews of all the songs. Amazon UK has 30 seconds previews, albeit in piss poor quality (you have been warned). Thanks to Randy Engman and Daniel Bengtsson for the info.
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 »Kathmandu is history
It appears that the ill-fated appearance in Nepal, first scheduled for March 15, then postponed until April 26, now has been scrapped alltogether. Metal Hammer quotes a statement from the band’s management: The agreed fee was not paid as per the contract they had with the promoter of the show, Richard Coram, of Talent Brokers […]
Read more »Now What Now?! — April Fools!
It’s come as a big surprise, but today Edel Records offer a select few of you a chance to hear then new Deep Purple album, Now What?! in an exclusive world wide web streaming event. Marking a new first in internet activity for the band, one lucky person in each time zone will get a […]
Read more »Location, location
If you’re in Berlin and want to have your own ‘Abbey Road moment’, location of the very atmospheric ‘antique lamppost’ shot from the Now what?! promo shoot has been identified as the corner of Schlesische Straße and Skalitzer Straße. The shot in question appears to have been taken from the upper level of the Schlesisches […]
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