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Nic Simper has published the next chapter of his memoir, dealing with the immediate aftermath of his dismissal from Deep Purple and consequent stint with Marsha Hunt. I had a visit from the Deep Purple road crew, Ian Hansford and Mick Angus, who had come to collect the Jaguar. It was good to see them […]
Read more »The packaged Rock Legends Tour, featuring Joe Lynn Turner, among others, was supposed to take place in Germany and Austria throughout this October. The tour website now informs that for one reason or another it is not taking place. Some dates have been rebooked for late 2026 (some of those into smaller venues), others cancelled […]
Read more »Blabbermouth reports that Joe Lynn Turner will be a member of the jury for the Russian song contest Intervision that will take place in Moscow on September 20, 2025. Intervision 2025 is a Russian state-sponsored music competition, decreed by Russian president Vladimir Putin in February as an alternative to the popular Eurovision Song Contest, which […]
Read more »Music Radar has a short interview with Glenn Hughes, focusing mainly on his bass gear. How has your bass rig evolved since your days with Trapeze in the early ’70s? Well, Trapeze was all Hiwatt amps. And I wasn’t using pedals back then. I started using pedals in Deep Purple. But for me, it was […]
Read more »John McCoy has appeared on the Now Spinning Magazine podcast, talking about the Gillan band. It was an in-depth conversation, at 1 hour and 16 minutes, so we haven’t listened all the way through it yet. But we’re being assured that here John does not sound as bitter as in his other recent interviews.
Read more »In other Steve Morse news, he was recently featured in the American Musical Supply series Punch In with the Pros. Steve Morse, legendary guitar virtuoso, came through our studio and played a little game that we like to call “Punch In with the Pros”! We had Steve listen to the track “Fix You” by Coldplay, […]
Read more »Steve Morse Band’s new album Triangulation will be released on November 14, 2025, via Mascot Records. The album will feature Steve’s long time collaborators Dave LaRue on bass and Van Romaine on drums, plus guest musicians. Eric Johnson contributed his guitar to TexUS, and John Petrucci did the honours for the title track. Steve’s son […]
Read more »Metal Planet Music reviews in the most glowing terms the freshly released Glenn Hughes’ album Chosen. The Voice of Rock is back and taking no prisoners. ‘Chosen’ comes nine years after last solo album ‘Resonate’ gained huge critical and public acclaim and shows that there’s still fire in his belly and a larynx that’s the […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night will play a handful of dates within the driving distance of their Long Island abode in November 2025. Tickets are already on sale, and full details are in our calendar. Fun fact: a couple of shows are booked into the same venues where Steve Morse will play just a few weeks earlier. It’s […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes was a guest on the Metal Mayhem ROC podcast talking about, for the most part, the usual things he talks about in the interviews these days. One thing that is newish here is the anecdote of him almost joining the nascent Ozzy’s band in 1979. And Glenn’s genuine reaction to learning (while being […]
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