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Postponed until further notice

The following message from Ian Gillan was posted today, November 2, 2026: Dear Friends, Thank you for all the good wishes and support over the last few days, it means the world. I had a medical problem whilst in Leipzig which required urgent attention at the hospital. I was hoping that I would get the […]

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Benz on the highway

Europe teamed up with fellow Swede Erik Grönwall to play a song we all know on Swedish TV: The performance is from a long running Swedish quiz show where Europe acts as the house band for the first three episodes of the season. The question for this musical segment was of course which artists made […]

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Not just mad

Deep Purple 2026 tour dates started filtering through some time ago, as you may have surmised from our front page graphics. The summer European tour is whimsically dubbed as Mad in Europe, and there’s a corresponding Mad in Japan tour earlier in the year. Today another massive European tour has been announced. It starts on […]

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All that glitters

A boutique Dutch label Music On Vinyl has announced a 4LP Deep Purple Greatest Hits compilation with a rather curious track list that is light on the hits and heavy on deeper cuts. Side A 1. Highway Star (Live at Schleyer-Halle) 2. The Cut Runs Deep 3. Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic 4. Ramshackle Man 5. […]

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The cat in the hat

A new batch of European tour dates has been announced today. Billed as =1 More Time Tour, it will start on October 17, 2024, in Katowice, and finish on November 10 in Glasgow. Jefferson Starship will provide the support on the continent, while Reef will be supporting in the UK. Tickets go on sale within […]

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Is never too much

More Concerto performances have been announced for March/April 2023, this time in the southeast of Europe. These slot nicely just before the Brazilian performances later in April. 15 March – Sala Palatului, Bucharest, ROMANIA 18 March – National Palace Of Culture, Sofia, BULGARIA 22 March – Sports Hall Mirza Delibasic, Sarajevo, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 24 March – […]

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Glenn’s out for the count

Glenn Hughes has tested positive for COVID and will be sitting out the rest of The Dead Daisies’ European tour starting with July 26 gig in Vienne, France. The recent Whitesnake recruit Dino Jelusick will stand in for the vocal duties, and Yogi Lonich will play bass on the remaining dates. In other Daisies news, […]

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Twice postponed, once cancelled

[Updated July 2] Tonight’s (June 25) Whitesnake show at the Rock Imperium Festival in Cartagena, Spain has been cancelled due to reasons, ahem, not quite adequately explained.

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The Daisies rebook Europe

The Dead Daisies have just announced a massive European tour this summer. It will start in early June and wrap up 2 months later. The dates are a mix of The Daisies supporting the likes of Foreigner, Judas Priest, and Whitesnake in bigger venues and headlining the smaller ones. Most of the shows have been […]

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Pandemic strikes The Daisies again.

The Dead Daisies have announced that the ill fated European tour, already postponed several times, have now been postponed again due to the new round of pandemic restrictions. With the latest state of play concerning Covid 19 and how it is escalating travel, border and venue restrictions, we have had to look again at the […]

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