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Mark III reunion: episode MMIX

Rumours of a Mk3 reunion have been flying around for a while now, always turning to sum up to about exactly nothing. In the most recent resurrection of the idea, Peter Makowski of Classic Rock talks about it like of a definite possibility: In separate interviews David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Jon Lord have all […]

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Top 40 Singers in Rock

UK digital radio station Planet Rock has complied another indispensable top list that we can get upset over and correct to our own liking. Because we always know best, don’t we? The Greatest Voice in Rock Top 40 was compiled by the station’s DJs, presenters and listeners with the help of musicians, rock critics and […]

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Glenn Hughes NOT to support Whitesnake

Regarding the possibility of Glenn Hughes supporting Whitesnake in Norway in May, Glenn’s webmaster says: No, that isn’t happening. The media have got it wrong again, Glenn will NOT be on the bill for this particular festival. There will be some appearances with Come Taste The Band in 2009, as there were earlier this year, […]

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Glenn Hughes to support Whitesnake

Local media in Norway reports that Whitesnake is announced to play the Rock Fæst in Halden on May 22. What’s more interesting, they will be supported by Glenn Hughes and the Come Taste The Band tribute band. A couple of weeks ago Glenn offered this caustic comment in his Twitter blog on the possibility of […]

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Glenn Hughes Q&A

A video of Glenn Hughes’ Q&A session from May 11 in Oslo was posted on his official website. Go and check it out. Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.

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Deep Purple convention setlists

Esquires Club, Bedford, May 3, 2008. Nick Simper and the Good Old Boys: I’m Ready, Fool, My Way, Shaky Ground, Sleepwalk, 25 Rock, Somebody to Love, Los Lobos, Come On Everybody, Shaking All Over (encores: Hush, The Good old Boys). Glenn Hughes (with keyboardist Anders Olinder): Coast to Coast, I Found A Woman, Mistreated, Seafull, […]

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Glenn Hughes: Liverpool is the place for me

In advance of his upcoming concert in Liverpool, Glenn Hughes is featured in an online article where he details, among other things, his memories of that fateful concert in 1976 when it all seemed to be over. Read it at http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/04/25/glenn-hughes-liverpool-is-the-place-for-me-64375-20817724/ Thanks to Keith Thompson for the info

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“Just another day at the office…”

In his recent interview to Vintage Rock, Glenn Hughes commented on the California Jam (among many other curious things past and present): I know the California Jam was one of your first gigs with Purple in the States. What else do you remember about that day? Just another day at the office to me, I […]

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Paice and Hughes reunite in London

Ian Paice and Glenn Hughes took part in the ChildLine Rocks charity mini-fest at the indigO2 in London. This was the first time since March 15th, 1976 that they have appeared together on the same stage. More Black Than Purple reports: With Thunder’s Luke Morley doing a solid job on guitar they cranked out ‘Mistreated’ […]

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Deep Purple convention

More Black Than Purple will be hosting a Purple convention on May 3rd in Bedford, UK: Wymer UK is pleased to announce a Deep Purple convention celebrating the momentous occasion of forty years since the inception of this classic hard rock band with a 12-hour marathon of all things Purple. The event will be held […]

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