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An updated version of Gillan’s Inn with additional material from Ian Gillan’s tour last year, previously only available in the UK, has finally been released in North America; read more about it in our Gillan’s Inn feature (http://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/GillansInn/)
Read more »Another installment of Q&A with Steve Morse has appeared on deeppurple.org. Phrygian dominant scale, tips on changing your point of view, and the reality of keeping your bags packed — read all about it here.
Read more »Durham Concerto by Jon Lord will be performed by the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mischa Darmev at the Durham Cathedral in England on October 20. Jon will take part in the performance as a soloist playing Hammond. Durham Concerto is a piece of music that Jon had been working on since he left Deep […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night will release a new live DVD called Paris Moon. Release date has been set November 2 for Germany, November 5 for the rest of Europe and November 6 for USA (the latter presumably in NTSC format). The DVD package will also include an audio CD. Track listing as follows. DVD Format: DUAL LAYER […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes is in Bulgaria and is doing a television blitz. Tonight, September 25, he will be a special guest on the TV show Komicite which will air on September 28 at 21:00. On September 27 he will appear on Slavishow and will perform Mistreated with the in-house band. The show starts at 22:30 on […]
Read more »According to the freshly redesigned deep-purple.com, Roger Glover’s appearance for the Concerto performance at the Malcolm Arnold festival has been confirmed. He will join Jon Lord and an “all star band” on October 7 at the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton, UK.
Read more »The charity concert happened last weekend, and we’ve gotten some pictures from the event thanks to Fabian Gastellier; we’d like to hear your impressions if you were there.
Read more »Caramba reports that eleven Gillan singles will be reissued on Demon / Edsel. This follows the earlier reissue of his solo albums on the same label. The singles will be issued in CD-sized replicas of their original sleeves. The box will also include bonus DVD with seven promo videos. Ian himself contributed to the liner […]
Read more »Joe Lynn Turner will perform at the Crazy Donkey in Long Island on Thursday, September 20 as a warm-up gig for his European dates. His band will include a cohort of fellow “previously played with Blackmore” musicians: Greg Smith on bass (ex-Rainbow) Carmine Gigglio on keyboards (ex-Blackmore’s Night) Mike Sorrentino on drums (ex-Blackmore’s Night) Karl […]
Read more »Roger Glover in a new message on his website tells us that his new solo album is nearing completion: My hope is to finish it over the winter and have it ready by early next year. The title (of course, always subject to a second look) is CLOSE-UP. Read the rest here. And congratulations to […]
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