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Ian Gillan did an interview with UltimateGuitar.com and by all accounts he was as baffled as we are that a guitar site wants to interview him. Besides the obligatory talk of his new album, some insights into Big Ian’s reading habits, early music influences, and mildly amusing anecdotage have floated: Two to three weeks ago, […]
Read more »Unfortunately, Wednesday Gillan’s appearance on Rockline radio show didn’t happen. Big Ian was supposed to appear on the show via a link between London and Los Angeles, but there appeared to be technical difficulties with the link. The host of the show, Bruce Coburn, first played a couple of tunes off One Eye To Morocco […]
Read more »Blackmore has issued a statement through his lawyers in reply to Gillan’s interview to Rockpages.gr which was published in October: In an interview he gave to a music website recently, Ian Gillan made a number of comments about Ritchie Blackmore that twisted facts and which require setting the record straight. Read the whole thing at […]
Read more »Promotion for the Ian Gillan’s album One Eye To Morocco goes into full swing. Tonight, Saturday, March 21, starting at 6pm he will appear in a 2 hour special on Rock Radio in Scotland: Ian takes over the airwaves to celebrate the release of his new solo album, One Eye to Morocco, next week. During […]
Read more »Belgian radio station Classic 21 has a special for One Eye To Morocco. You can watch Gillan’s interview undubbed, and our francophone readers will certainly appreciate the text. See and read it at classic21.be (you might need to scroll down the page a bit). Thanks to Valerio Dossini for the info.
Read more »In the latest issue of the Polish Teraz Rock magazine (March 2009) there is a very interesting three page interview. Ian Gillan and Wieslaw Weiss are talking about One Eye To Morocco and some other things. Plus a few fine photos. Thanks to Joasia Ostrowiecka for the info.
Read more »Gillan/Glover album Accidentally On Purpose remains one of the most unique works in the Purple family. Here are some video clips from that period.
Read more »As previously reported exclusively by The Highway Star, seven rolls of 8mm film from Deep Purple’s 1972 concerts in Japan have come to light. We also promised you a look at the film. Click on this photo to see a series of screen grabs from the black & white film. 90 seconds of Highway Star […]
Read more »British newspaper The Telegraph interviewed Ian Gillan on an unusual topic — money: ARE YOU GOOD WITH MONEY OR IRRESPONSIBLE? I’m completely irresponsible, I’m afraid. I’m ignorant about money as a commodity – I have never really understood it. Years ago I decided to delegate running everything to my management because I’m only home three […]
Read more »Ian Gillan’s message to the fans recorded in his hotel room after the last gig in São Paulo. Kinda puts things into prospective, isn’t it?
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