Update (Mar 10): the band’s PR people tweeted this update about radio play of the new single elsewhere: Listen out for “All the time in the world” hits radio Monday BBC2 at 7pm uk time and Virgin Radio (rocket song, every 2 hrs for a week) Deep-Purple.ru reports that Moscow radio Rock FM will be […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-03-07
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When Abandon was released, the American record company at the time, CMC International, had some idea of radio promotion for the disc. A couple of singles were released and they also produced a bunch of interview clips. The interviews were made like short sound bites you could edit together with appropriate questions from your own […]
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Posted in Blog by Svante Axbacke on 2013-03-05
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An autumn tour has been arranged for the UK, just announced this morning. The dates in October are as follows: SATURDAY 12 – 02 APOLLO MANCHESTER SUNDAY 13 – GLASGOW CLYDE AUDITORIUM TUESDAY 15 – BIRMINGHAM NIA WEDNESDAY 16 – LONDON ROUNDHOUSE Tickets (subject to booking fees) are priced £35.00/ £47.50 advance in London and […]
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Posted in News by The Spanish Archer on 2013-03-05
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German promoter KBK has announced the first tour dates of what is billed as Deep ?urp!e Now What?! tour. The German leg will start in Dresden on October 22 and finish in Mannheim on November 2, covering 8 major cities (announced so far). Peter Frampton will be opening on all nights. Full details in our […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-02-27
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EarMUSIC has circulated a press release confirming the title of the new Deep ?urp!e (sic!) album: Deep Purple announce the first studio album since 2005 and reveal details for the first double A-Side single to be released on March 29th. NOW What ?! has been produced by Bob Ezrin, one of the most important rock […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-02-26
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The official Deep Purple Facebook page has got a new logo reading Now What?! In what we’re sure, is a total coincidence, the mysterious site deeppurple2013.com is also accessible as deeppurple-nowwhat.com. Both domains were registered on the same day late last year by a German-based media company. Just sayin’…
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2013-02-25
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Roger Glover gave an interview to MyDubai MyCity. He spoke about Swiss women, honesty in music, the value of those rare private moments on tour, crazy as they come fans, and why he doesn’t use social networks. Oh, yeah, and the seemingly inevitable question of that song also came up. And a bonus snippet from […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-02-24
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Deep Purple gave a press conference in Dubai ahead of the first show of the tour. Looks like everybody had a lot of fun, however only Ian Gillan’s answers were published. On the favourite song to perform: No. The show is an entity and it goes from one thing to another. They all have dynamics, […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-02-22
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EarMusic has posted another teaser for the upcoming new Deep Purple album (watch inside).
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-02-21
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It looks like “smoke and mirrors” is the theme of the record company promotion campaign for the new Deep Purple album. After unveiling the new mysterious web site about a month ago, we were left with (literally) a big question mark for the album title. In what might possibly be the biggest prank in Purple […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2013-02-15
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