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There’s a full-page interview with Don Airey in the September issue of BBC Sky at Night magazine. In the interview, Don talks about his passion for astronomy and how it inspired his solo album Light in the Sky. Interestingly, he also mentions how he takes inspiration from Rob Hodgkinson, Deep Purple’s sound engineer. Rob recently […]
Read more »Bernie Marsden’s Party in the Paddock is back for a third time! After a two year rest the event is back with a bang and a great lineup featuring: Roger Daltrey (The Who) Zak Starkey (The Who) Don Airey (Deep Purple) Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) plus members of Marillion, The Earth Band and a host […]
Read more »As many of you probably know by now, Don Airey’s latest non-DP project, A Light In The Sky was released a short while ago. What you may not be aware of is that The Highway Star has a feature on it, which we hope to add material to in the near future. One of those […]
Read more »DeepPurple.org has an exclusive interview with Don Airey. He talks about his new album A Light in the Sky, Stanley Kubrick, Aurora Borealis, ways to cope with musicians’ stress, and jamming in 7/4. Read the interview here. Thanks to Mike Garrett and Gordon Dale for the info.
Read more »Don Airey’s new solo album is finished. It is called A Light In The Sky and will be released on February 25 via Mascot Records. More details coming soon.
Read more »We reported yesterday that according to Michael Schenker’s web site, Don Airey is to join his band for the UK tour. We have received a message from Don himself that this is not true. He is NOT touring with Schenker. End of story. We sincerely apologize to everybody for spreading disinformation, albeit unintentionally. Thanks to […]
Read more »UPDATE (Dec 13, 2007): See our retraction on this story. Don Airey will be taking keyboard duties on the upcoming UK tour of Michael Schenker Group. He will be joined by Gary Barden on vocals, Simon Philips on drums and Neil Murray on bass. The tour is said to start January 10 and “stretch as […]
Read more »In anticipation of the first concert of European tour, Romanian magazine Metalhead published an interview with Don Airey in it’s online edition: Thanks to Metalhead.ro for permission to reproduce the interview.
Read more »There is a short interview with Don Airey in the August 3 issue of New Jersey newspaper The Express-Times. You can read it online (nj.com requires cookies enabled in the browser). Thanks to Mike Garrett for the info.
Read more »The nine classic Rainbow albums from 1975-86 will be repackaged into a “deluxe” box set due for release on May 23 in Japan via Universal International. Each disc comes with a paper sleeve replicating original vinyl packaging. The box includes: Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow (1975) Rainbow Rising (1976) On Stage (1977) Long Live Rock N Roll […]
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