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There is a terrific cover band out in Italy which also happens to be an all-girl band. They are fittingly called Strange Kind of Women. Ian Paice did a guest gig with them in March 2019 and now is giving them a shoutout on his DrumTribe channel: Strange Kind of Women are: Alteria – vocals […]
Read more »Edel is releasing a complete 2013 show from Rome, Italy, July 22, 2013. Titled Live In Rome 2013, and with the now familiar from the Soundboard Series re-release minimalistic artwork, it is scheduled to hit the stores on December 6. Track list: CD1 Intro Fireball Into The Fire Hard Lovin’ Man Vincent Price Strange Kind […]
Read more »Italian radio station Radio Rock 106.6 has posted a lengthy interview with Ian Gillan. Our best guess, it was recorded some time in June 2017 (several things hint to that) and now is being used (reused?) to promote the current tour. Quite entertaining nevertheless.
Read more »Cable/satellite TV channel Sky Arte Italia will celebrate the upcoming release of inFinite with an all-Purple night of programming tomorrow, April 2. Starting at 21:15 they will show From Here to inFinite documentary on the making of the new album, followed by Live in Verona, which was recorded on the band’s the orchestral tour in […]
Read more »Another screening of the From Here to inFinite documentary will be held in Torino, Italy, on April 4. This event does not appear that it will be attended by any members of the band. What: From Here to inFinite documentary When: April 4, 2017, 22:30 – 23:59 CEST Where: Cinema Massimo 18 Via Giuseppe Verdi […]
Read more »German GoodTimes magazine has Mark 2 on the cover of the latest issue (2017/02), with two extensive features inside — one on the Mark 2: Der Bruch war die größte Schande des Rock’n’Roll! (The breakup was the biggest disgrace of Rock’n’Roll!) and another one on the current band: Angst vor dem “Das war’s!” (The fear […]
Read more »There has been some changes to Glenn Hughes tour dates scheduled for November-December this year in Europe. The changes have likely been precipitated by co-headliners Living Colour pulling out “due to an unforeseen conflict”. Undoubtedly, they would have accounted for a not an insignificant portion of the sales, so some dates have to be cancelled, […]
Read more »An Italian new report on Paicey’s appearance in Santomato on December 19. Includes a bit of the press conference where he talks about challenges of playing under less than perfect conditions. (watch inside)
Read more »An audience recording of Deep Purple gig in Bologna, Italy, on May 27, 1971, has surfaced on YouTube. The sound quality is, ahem, fair, but one can not ask too too much from that era.
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