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Joe Lynn Turner and Graham Bonnet are scheduled to appear on a double bill in late May and early June in Japan. Bonnet will front Alcatrazz and JLT’s band will feature guitarist Akira Kajiyama. Kajiyama and Turner recently released their first dually-billed album “Fire without Flame”. Tourdates: May 30 – Tokyo – O-East May 31 […]
Read more »The upcoming Issue 53 of the Renaissance Magazine will have the feature article of Blackmores Night. Look on the news stands in February, or check their web site for availability. Thanks to Mike Garrett for the info.
Read more »This landed today on the editorial floor. PRESS RELEASE Edsel Records (through Demon) will be releasing a selection of seven Gillan and Ian Gillan Band albums in March and April. These will comprise of five chart albums, which were originally released between 1979 and 1982, including Glory Road which charted at 3 and Future Shock […]
Read more »UPDATE: This event has been cancelled. On Sunday, February 18, as part of the Harrods Rock event in London, an attempt will be made to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the most guitarists playing together at the same time. Harrods is trying to recruit 2000 guitar players to perform nothing else, but […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes will be interviewed on KNAC.com today, Monday, January 29 at 4:00 p.m. PST. There will be a live chat room set up where fans can log in and ask questions directly. More info: http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=5253 He will also appear at a private event at the Hollywood based Musicians Institute. Glenn will play a couple […]
Read more »This is Purple Family news in more ways than one. Roger Glover and Don Airey have been involved with production of Roger’s daughter Gillian solo album. The album is called Red Handed and is planned for release in April. Roger was involved in mixing and commissioned string arrangements, in which Don Airey also took part. […]
Read more »In the early 1960s Ritchie Blackmore started out as a session player for Joe Meek’s music productions and performed in several bands. He was member of instrumental combo The Outlaws and backed Heinz (playing on his top ten hit JUST LIKE EDDIE), Screaming Lord Sutch, Glenda Collins and BOZ among others. It is almost 40 […]
Read more »The Bulgarian city of Kavarna is apparently a stronghold for fans of good old 70’s hardrock. Glenn Hughes will be announced honorary citizen of the town when he is doing a concert there in May. In the same ceremony, a big painting of Hughes on a building downtown will be opened. The city center of […]
Read more »Craig Hooper from Coolhead productions has an update on the “Ian Gillan – 40 Years in Rock” DVD. Here are the most interesting bits. on the release dates: The DVD should be out in either March or April (prob. March in Europe and April in the UK, due to promo commitments). TV sales are being […]
Read more »In 2005 Ian Paice did a drum clinic at the Bass’n Drum festival in Stockholm, Sweden. You can watch video clips of the clinic online (unfortunately in Win Media format only) at http://www.nilamedia.com/Ian_Paice.asp. Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.
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