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Japanese promoter Udo Artists has announced three Deep Purple dates in the country: April 9 in Nagoya, 10th in Osaka and 12th at the historical Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Tickets for the latter two are already available with Nagoya going on sale on December 13. The 2014 touring schedule for the band is shaping up […]
Read more »This list is being continuously updated. Progress of the album in charts around the world is neatly summarized here. The first week of Now what?! out in the wild is over and the first official chart positions accounting for both online and offline sales are in. Germany: #1 first week, #5 second, #12 third, #22 […]
Read more »Whitesnake will be releasing a new live album on April 3 titled — wait for it — Made in Japan. It is a recording of Coverdale & Co. at the Loud Park Festival in Tokyo on October 15, 2011. The usual these days selection of formats (2CD, DVD, Blu-ray, 2CD+DVD, and 2CD+Blu-ray) will be available. […]
Read more »Japanese promoters are doing something right. The managed to book a package tour (dubbed the Voices of Rainbow) of the three surviving Rainbow vocalists — Graham Bonnett, Joe Lynn Turner, and Doogie White. Bonnett will apparently headline the show performing with Alcatrazz, while JLT and White will be performing with a very Blackmoresque guitar player […]
Read more »Don Airey took part in the recording of a classic Beatles song Help, which will be released on March 11 at the first anniversary of earthquake in Japan. The earthquake was one of the strongest in recorded history and Japanese people are still experiencing it’s impact. Population of the affected area has not been able […]
Read more »Urban Outfitters (shock! horror!) has a Deep Purple t-shirt for sale in Europe. The Chaos At A Concert male tee sports the infamous picture of the concert hall ravaged by fans after a gig on the Mark 2’s last Japanese tour in 1973. And at €12.00/£10.00 it’s a steal. We have reports of this piece […]
Read more »The long awaited Deep Purple Mark IV DVD which we detailed previously has now been completed. It will be called Phoenix Rising: The untold story of the 1975/76 MkIV world tour and release date is set for May 20th.
Read more »The Deep Purple Mark 4 documentary has been completed for release in December 2010. The exciting news are that the footage of the infamous visit to Indonesia in December 1975 has been located and will be included in the documentary. Titled Gettin’ Tighter, the 70 minute video will be a part of Mark 4 package […]
Read more »In 1972 whilst in Japan for the ‘Made In Japan’ concert series , Purple also spent time at the local TV station NHK in Tokyo filming a 2 hour spot for the “Young Music Show”. Unfortunately it appears that the tapes have been lost, but we are being promised that the search will continue.
Read more »Sadly, the Burn cover went up in smoke to the Youtube heavens (my personal wish to Warner Music and their lawyers is to go bust ASAP), but here is another one that you might enjoy.
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