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Ian Paice will hold a drum clinic in Toronto on Monday, February 13 at 2:00 pm. The clinic will take place at Just Drums located at 137 Willowdale Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M2N 4Y3. Admission is free. There will be raffle tickets on sale at $5 each, $10 for 3, with no limit, for the Ian […]
Read more »The pan-European tribute band Purpendicular later this month will embark on a tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of Machine Head album. In March Ian Paice will be joining the for two dates: Patteln, Switzerland, on March 21 and Aschaffenburg, Germany, on the 23rd.
Read more »Classic Rock reports that a new Whitesnake box set is in the works, scheduled to be released (presumably, in the UK) on November 7. Titled Box O’Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978-1982, this has every studio and live album from the period, two BBC concerts, a limited edition 7” EP, a DVD, and a 90-page book […]
Read more »Ian Paice recently was on the phone with a radio station down under and “singlehandedly busted about 7,000 stereotypes of a drummer”. Writing process both then and now, pros and cons of new technology, walking down the street, how long will Deep Purple continue, and why all his favorite drummers are dead — it’s all […]
Read more »Ian Paice will be making guest appearance on a new space theme concept album called Seeking Major Tom. Comprised of 18 interpretations of “classic intergalactic rock anthems” (you can start making guesses), the release will also feature guest appearances by Brian May, Steve Howe, Peter Frampton and Zakk Wylde. William Shatner (of Star Trek fame) […]
Read more »“Stay Tuned” is the title of Austrian drummer Bernhard Welz’ first solo album released on December 18 2010. It features a slew of prominent guest musicians, including Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Don Airey, Ian Paice (live drum solo 2002) and Jon Lord – along with Neil Murray, Steve Lukather, Mike Stern, Mark King, Katrina (Ex-Katrina […]
Read more »Ian Paice and DP tribute band Hush in La Coruña – January 30, 2010 Deep Purple are quite simply five of the best musicians playing today. This was confirmed on Saturday – I saw Ian Paice playing with Italian tribute group Hush. A small venue (a discotheque by the beach) holding no more than 500 […]
Read more »Due to “organizational reasons”, the Ian Paice & Tolo Marton February dates have been rescheduled to April. Ian Paice & Tolo Marton Band new dates: 8th April – Gran Teatro – Padova – Italy 9th April – Muddy Waters Live Music Club – Calvari (Genova) – Italy Thanks to Francesco from Deep Purple Italia for […]
Read more »Planet Rock will be running a contest between October 12th and 26th: How do you fancy seeing Deep Purple live? OK, how do you fancy watching the gig from the stage? Now, how do you fancy sitting next to Ian Paice’s drumkit for the duration of the show? We thought so. From Monday 12 October […]
Read more »On September 4 Ian Paice played another gig in Italy that for some reason went completely under our radar. He performed at a Roman club called Stazione Birra with a tribute band Hush. Keyboard player Gianluca Stabbi (from the Ranfa Blues Band) and guitar player Marco Carpita (from Blackmore’s Night tribute band Morning Star) were […]
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