While Glenn is in the UK for his book launch and just prior to his UK solo tour, he will be a featured guest on BBC Radio 2 broadcast with Steve Wright In The Afternoon, between 2pm – 5pm (GMT) on Thursday, May 12th. BBC makes its programs available online for 7 days after the […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-05-10
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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 […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-05-10
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Guitar International has an interview that David Coverdale recently gave them. He talks (mostly) about the new album and about-to-be-started world tour, delving into history from time to time. Rob: What songs from the new CD are you going to do live? David Coverdale: I’m not telling you! Not telling you! I actually gave you […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-05-04
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Here is a new installment of the “hot air and wild speculation” saga of the Mk.3 reunion. A couple of days ago Blabbermouth posted a story in which they referred to two interviews given to VH1 Radio Networks by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes respectively. WHITESNAKE/ex-DEEP PURPLE frontman David Coverdale recently told VH1 Radio Networks’ […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2011-05-03
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While on tour in Krasnodar in Southern Russia earlier this month, Jon Lord gave a wonderful interview where he does not shy away from discussing that other band he was in. Part 1 What do you think of Russian audiences? What’s the difference between playing rock and playing classical music? Would you do a reunion […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2011-04-26
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Deep Purple have finally broken silence about the upcoming tour with an orchestra when Steve Morse spoke to Examiner about it: So Deep Purple is touring with a symphony orchestra? Yeah. It’s not exactly like the symphonic tour that we did where we’re actually playing symphonic music that Don [Airey, Deep Purple keyboardist] had written […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-18
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In anticipation of the May 6 release of the WhoCares single, Ian Gillan spoke to Armenia’s Mediamax: – You wrote the song “Out of My Mind” right after visiting Armenia in October 2009. Can you please tell – how it happen? Who was “responsible” for what when writing this song? – Well, normally…people like us […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-18
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The Jon Lord Blues Project played on April 7 at the Rother Bluestage festival in Germany. The band also includes Miller Anderson on guitar and vocals, Maggie Bell on vocals, Colin Hodgkinson on bass, and Pete York on drums. Watch Jon talk about the project:
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-12
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National Examiner has a very, ahem, entertaining interview with David Coverdale: Forevermore is one hard rocking album, even more than its predecessor, Good to Be Bad. What’s in the engine room these days? The engine room is just a fuel for life in general. I think if you put a cord in my rear end, […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-03-29
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In this interview which he gave during the recent visit to St.Petersburg, Ian Gillan opines on many topics but music. Immigration and overpopulation, democracy, capitalism and communism, money and greed — answers are scarce, but questions are aplenty.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-03-28
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