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The Naked Truth

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited has done an interview with Gillan: Jeb: Are you comfortable that your music makes up some of those deep roots? Ian: I have constantly said, with the greatest respect to everyone, that you only have a very short time where you have any contemporary value. The rest of it […]

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Gillan and the human nature

On arrival for the brief visit to Moscow, an extremely tired and jetlagged Big Ian gave an interview on April 17 to Nevsky Express TV. Here are the excerpts from his stream of consciousness on his solo album, quantum theory, religion and human nature: Further instructions on operating nevex.tv’s player are just like before. Thanks […]

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Gillan off the record

Ian Gillan will appear on Off The Record with Joe Benson radio show tonight, April 12, at 11 p.m. Eastern Time. The show is syndicated and is carried by many radio stations across USA and Canada, some of which also broadcast online. We apologise for such short notice. Thanks to Sean Willoughby for the info.

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Member of the family and other stories

There’s been a number of updates on Caramba!.

  • A new Caramba TV special, in which Gillan introduces a member of his family
  • A new wordography: Better Days from One Eye to Morocco
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No lotion for that

Gillan’s March 18 appearance on the Belgian TV show also included a live performance of No lotion for that with the house band.

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Doing his thing

Ian Gillan appeared on Dutch Radio 2 to promote One Eye To Morocco. You can listen to the podcast at schiffers.fm (scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the audio player). The interview is about 16 minutes long and is actually quite interesting once it gets past the familiar bits about […]

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One Eye in Gloucestershire

Ian Gillan did an interview with BBC Radio Gloucestershire where he talks about self-discipline in the studio, the bad old days in swinging London and the role of accountants in Deep Purple’s history, among other things. The interview is 12 minutes long. You can listen to it online from the BBC (or if it doesn’t […]

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One Eye on Dutch Belgian TV

Ian Gillan stopped in The Netherlands Belgium on his way to Dubai to appear on TV talk show. Watch his appearance to learn about adrenaline problems, who is Dan, and what do Japanese firemen have in common with Brazilian strippers.

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One Eye in Houston Press

Bob Ruggiero of The Houston Press did an interview with Ian Gillan. There is some typically Gillan anecdotage besides the usual story behind his latest album: The funniest thing was when we did the tour for House of Blue Light in the late ’80s and somebody, without telling me or the rest of the band, […]

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One Eye on Planet Rock

Gillan did another radio appearance on the weekend, this time on Planet Rock in the UK. We apologise that we have not been able to give you an advance notice. The show will be repeated on Tuesday, March 31, at 6 p.m. We’ve got a couple of great features this weekend, starting on Saturday when […]

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