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Problems with Gillan’s Inn Tour Edition

This has been posted on Caramba!: It has come to our attention that some of the copies of the Tour Edition of “Gillan’s Inn” have been manufactured with the wrong CD in the package. Ian’s record label has looked into the situation and discovered that there was a problem in the production process – basically […]

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Japanese Rainbow reissues

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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Paice interview on BBC Radio Nottingham

Ian Paice, dubbed by Sir Paul McCartney as the worlds best (welcome to the club, Sir Paul!), will be appearing on the John Holmes afternoon show tomorrow (April 24) on BBC Radio Nottingham from 2pm. The interview will be approximately half an hour long and will feature informal conversation with the legendary drummer along with […]

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JLT on the Classic Metal Show

Joe Lynn Turner will appear on the Classic Metal Show on Saturday, April 28th promoting his latest solo album “Second Hand Life”. Visit their page to listen to the show and for (re)broadcast times and locations. Thanks to Mike Garrett for the info.

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And another thing I won’t discuss is religion…

New issue of “Dear Friends” on Caramba! Extra credit to everybody who manages to get through this one: Darwin, Dawkins, Delusions & for good measure, Infinity. Thanks to Steve Campbell for the info.

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New Blackmore interviews

Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night interviewed on Bulgarian radio: listen from candicenight.ru (MP3, 21 min). The new issue (#28) of the Fireworks magazine is out in May. It features interviews with Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Joe Lynn Turner all in one issue. Fireworks magazine: http://www.rathole.com/fireworks/ Fireworks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/fireworks_magazine Thanks to Mike Garrett for […]

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Steve Morse interview

Hot on the heels of the Roger’s interview, ICWales.co.uk comes up with one with Steve Morse: THE pre-tour checklist for Deep Purple’s lead guitarist sounds pretty strange to many people. Practise guitar technique. Pack clothes and toothbrush. Get someone in to cut the hay. Read the complete interview.

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Blackmore’s Night Sofia setlist

Blackmore’s Night, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 17, 2007 Setlist: Ritchie’s Intro Past Time With Good Company Rainbow Blues Play Minstrel Play Under A Violet Moon Soldier Of Fortune Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus Bard David piano solo World Of Stone Diamonds And Rust Mond Tanz / Child In Time Bard David piano solo Ariel Loreley […]

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North American version of “Journey In Rock”

Here is the situation with the North American version of the Ian Gillan’s DVD “Highway Star – A Journey In Rock”, straight from it’s producer. Exactly what does “cut a different version” mean? Does this mean the NTSC might not be 2 discs or will contain substantially different material than the European release? Any idea […]

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Roger Glover: “You start off with an hour of silence”

In anticipation of the UK tour, a Welsh website published an interview with Roger Glover. The usual Roger’s eloquence didn’t fail him this time either: Putting it mildly, as a band we’ve had a few ups and downs. But over 40 years you show me a life that hasn’t. Whatever people think of us, right […]

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