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Elinor Bostock has started an online petition to get Jon Lord and his music featured at the BBC Proms: While the programme is probably set already for 2012 there is always a chance for future years. It was partly the Financial Times’ idea actually. Their review of Deep Purple’s O2 concert ended with “Go on […]
Read more »The highly anticipated DVD of Jon Lord’s Bucharest 2009 concert is finally out. Check out the taster clip below. The DVD was filmed in Bucharest, Romania on November 5, 2009 and features the full second half of Jon’s concert that night. It includes tracks from Sarabande, Pictured Within, Beyond The Notes – as well as […]
Read more »Last week Jon Lord was working at the Abbey Road in London on the studio recording of the Concerto for group and orchestra with Paul Mann, Joe Bonamassa, Kasia Laska and Steve Balsamo. Kasia Laska tweeted on October 14: Just bought a ticket to London. Going to record Concerto For Group and Orchestra part next […]
Read more »Classic Rock reports that a new Whitesnake box set is in the works, scheduled to be released (presumably, in the UK) on November 7. Titled Box O’Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978-1982, this has every studio and live album from the period, two BBC concerts, a limited edition 7” EP, a DVD, and a 90-page book […]
Read more »In view of the recent news, Jon Lord’s live appearances have been cancelled for the remainder of this year. Attempts are being made (with Jon’s blessings) to salvage the situation and proceed with the shows whenever possible. Concerto for Group and Orchestra performance in Wiesbaden on November 6 will go ahead with a local keyboard […]
Read more »After some months of preparation, Jon Lord has released a new live album titled simply LIVE. Listen to the exclusive teaser below. Recorded in Bucharest, Romania in 2009 with a full symphony orchestra, the album includes a selection of orchestral pieces that represent Jon Lord’s touring repetoire since leaving Deep Purple in 2002. The album […]
Read more »Jon Lord has released this message today on JonLord.org: I would like all my friends, followers, fans and fellow travelers to know that I am fighting cancer and will therefore be taking a break from performing while getting the treatment and cure. I shall of course be continuing to write music – in my world […]
Read more »As we’ve reported previously, this past Friday, July 15, Jon Lord was awarded a honorary Doctor of Music degree by his home town’s University of Leicester. Local press covers the event; Leicester Mercury writes: Archbishop Desmond Tutu was in Leicester on Friday. You may have heard about it, seeing as news of his honorary degree […]
Read more »On July 8th, 2011, Deep Purple played host to the latest Sunflower Jam at the Royal Albert Hall. This isn’t a standard DP show, rather a collection of musicians assembled basically to have a bit of a jam that they wouldn’t normally get to do during their ‘day job’. The evening began with a champagne […]
Read more »For all of us who could not be at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, Youtube to the rescue.
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Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing