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In an interview to the Russian newspaper Kultura Ritchie Blackmore mentioned that he would be open to the idea of staging one-off shows shows playing his old material (in reverse translation from Russian, so take it with liberal serving of grains of salt): Yes, indeed, I’m proud of what I have written in the past, […]
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night were interviewed by the Russian English language broadcaster Russia Today: Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info.
Read more »Watch Ian Gillan and Roger Glover being treated like royalty on a Georgian TV show. Their segment starts at around 21 minutes into the episode and runs for a good half an hour:
Read more »David Coverdale gave an interview to TeamRock Radio’s Classic Rock Magazine Show (to be broadcast next Wednesday, June 19) and said he wants to put his feud with Robert Plant to an end. The two exchanged bitter comments back in 1993, at the time of Coverdale/Page album, and have never spoken to each other since […]
Read more »What makes a great rhythm section? MusicRadar has a preview of the Greatest Ever Rhythm section feature to appear in July issue of the Rhythm magazine. Roger Glover: A great drummer. When I first played with Paicey my first impression was that he was just fluid and effortless. Most drummers back then were metronomic, they […]
Read more »On this tour Deep Purple have played two more countries they’ve never played before — Morocco and Georgia. Here are a few tidbits from the visit to Tbilisi. DFWatch has reports of band’s arrival and the gig: Next was the Subways, an indie rock band from England, followed by long-awaited Deep Purple, which played more […]
Read more »NJ.com has an interview with Candice Night and Ritchie Blackmore, full of family anecdotage and the story behind Carry on… Jon. Candice: We were in CVS and I said, ‘Autumn, what Easter card should we get for Daddy?’ And all of a sudden, she became Belle from ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ She said, ‘Don’t talk […]
Read more »Bob Ezrin was interviewed by Los Angeles radio KLOS, with a good half of the conversation revolving around Deep Purple and Now what?!. Ah, and he also tells an anecdote how way back then he turned down an offer to produce none other but Made in Japan:
Read more »In a recent interview to Russian newspaper Kommersant Ian Gillan mentioned, among the usual, that the band is contemplating a special tribute to Claude Nobs during their visit to Montreux (they perform at the Jazz Festival on July 19). One idea being touted is to skip Smoke on the Water from the setlist on the […]
Read more »The latest episode of In The Studio with Redbeard is completely dedicated to Now what?! A good chunk of the album was played during the one hour show, interspersed with what sounds like a prerecorded elsewhere interview with Roger Glover. This episode appears only online despite the fact that the show is syndicated on many, […]
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