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Stormbringer is #2 in the charts

A week after it’s release, the remastered Stormbringer didn’t make it all the way into the BBC Top 40, but landed at a quite respectable #2 on Top 40 Rock Albums UK chart, displacing Chinese Democracy by Guns n’ Roses. Glenn Hughes apparently did some promo legwork for this release. His interview to the GTFM […]

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Airey: “Deep Purple are back where they belong”

Classic Rock Revisited has a recently published interview with Don Airey, done by Jeb Wright. Don talks about his solo album A Light In The Sky, his life, his illustrious career over the years, and the circumstances of replacing Jon Lord: Jeb: Was Jon an influence to you growing up? Don: I always loved Purple […]

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Randall Bramblett on Roger Glover

Randal Bramblett in a recent interview with LivingLegendsMusic.com talks about Queen of England, Roger Glover, and the connection that brought them together.

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One Eye on Rockline

Gillan will appear on the American radio show Rockline to promote his One Eye To Morocco solo album. The show will be on the air live on Wednesday, March 25 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to call in and ask Big Ian questions at 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). Rockline is carried […]

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More of Gillan on FaceCulture

Martin from FaceCulture emailed us that there’s more of the Gillan’s interview posted on their website. A lot more, actually. FaceCulture spoke to Ian Gillan about his solo album One Eye To Morocco, travelling, first memories, Edwin Abott Abott, Flatland, God, It Would Be Nice, Deep Purple, forty years, the next album, Fire Ball, joining […]

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JLT: “Ritchie gave his blessings”

JLT in a recent interview with Spanish metal website rafabasa.com went on record that they’ve got Ritchie’s approval to go on the road as Over The Rainbow: This project is very real and if you don’t see it, probably you couldn’t see it again, and it’s the reason because we would like to come all […]

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OTR in St.Petersburg

Russian Internet TV company Nevsky Express filmed interview with all five members of the band and bits of the live show from the February 16th Over The Rainbow gig in St.Petersburg. You can watch the video on their web site. Click on ‘высокое качество’ to switch to higher quality stream (you need a rather fast […]

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The right frame of mind

Dutch site FaceCulture has an interview with Ian Gillan (probably done during his media tour around Europe a couple of weeks ago). In conclusion, the subject of a new Purple album pops up: FaceCulture: Are you thinking about the new album? IG: […] We’ve got to be in the right frame of mind — where […]

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Blackmore the soccer player

Ritchie wearing a German national team jersey and being interviewed at a soccer game in Munich during The Battle Rages On tour.

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Paicey in Moscow

Here’s a video from the recent Paicey’s visit to Moscow, where he held a drum clinic on Ferbuary 8. Sadly, the interview bits are overdubbed in Russian.

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