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Paicey on Linea Rock

A longish (and thus interesting) interview with Ian Paice was done by Italian Radio Lombardia’s show Linea Rock some time in April and is now available for viewing: Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info.

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Forever Deep

Italian tribute band Forever Deep has put out an album of original material with Ian Paice and Don Airey guesting on several tracks: The Star of my Secret Arts The Wish (feat. Paice & Airey) Never My Loneliness (feat. Airey) Without your Love (feat. Paice) Do I Belong Marosh (feat. Paice) Purple Fury The album […]

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Ian & Ian on BBC

Ian Gillan and Ian Paice are scheduled to be the studio interview guests on Later… With Jools Holland next week. The show goes out live on Tuesday, May 14th on BBC2, is repeated in a slightly longer version the Friday after, and also available to view online on the BBC iPlayer. Thanks to BraveWords for […]

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Paicey has his own beer

Castle Rock Brewery from Nottingham has a series of one-off seasonal beers dubbed Nottinghamian Celebration Ale named after famous people born in town and beyond. This spring offering on tap: Ian Paice Celebration Ale. The beer is described as a “dark bitter with a slight ‘smoke on the water’ character”. We’re still waiting for our […]

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The Welsh want their vowels!

Here are two more interviews from the Now what?! promotional blitz. Virgin radio Italy (in English with Italian subtitles): GTFM Rockshow on BBC Welsh community radio used prerecorded interviews from the EPK: listen here (MP3, 22 min). Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info and to Andy Fox for correction.

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Will it happen again?

Ian Paice has appeared on the Metal XS show and talked about the past, present and future of Deep Purple. He went to considerable length explaining, among other things, his point of view on whether the band will appear on the same stage with Blackmore again. Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info.

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Ian & Ian in Moscow

Gillan and Paice continue their promotional tour. On Friday, May 3, they were in Moscow, where they have appeared on the radio. Here is TV coverage of the visit from news channel Moskva 24: Interview to TV channel Rossija 24 (unfortunately, also with Russian voiceover), in which Gillan reveals that Vincent Price was also the […]

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Paicey in Metal Hammer

The issue of Metal Hammer that went on sale in late March has a two page spread featuring Ian Paice interviewed by Matt Oliver of Jettback. If you have any further details, please leave a comment. Back issues can be ordered from the publisher, we just need to figure out which one it is 😉 […]

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Paicey on French TV

Ian Paice will be inteviewed on French Metal XS show on May 2 during a Deep Purple special (presumably timed to promote Now what!?). Metal XS is part of L’Enorme TV network. If you know the details, e.g. what time it’s on the air, please leave a comment below. The show should be available for […]

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An insecure singer talking Klingon

(Updated Apr 24) Ian Paice and Ian Gillan made a very entertaining appearance today on BBC Radio 2. The show will be available for listening online until April 30 from the BBC. Chat with Ians starts approximately 65 minutes into the recording. Both Ians were also on BBC Radio 4 Front Row last week recalling […]

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