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Continuing with the tidal wave of Gillan news, the 2011 documentary about Frédéric Chopin narrated by Big Ian has been recently posted on ’em intertubes. Due to the scarcity of archival footage of Mr. Chopin, we get to see a lot of the narrator, riding horse carriages and tractors, and even partaking in a village […]
Read more »Deep Purple opened the final leg of the 2024 tour with a show at the Spodek in Katowice, Poland, on October 17. The setlist got a bit of a shakeup, with 6 songs off the last album being played live. Spoilers inside.
Read more »First date for the 2018 leg(s) of the Long Goodbye Tour has surfaced — Deep Purple are slated to play in Kraków, Poland, on July 1. Tickets are going on sale November 3 trough a variety of outlets: www.ebilet.pl, www.eventim.pl, www.ticketpro.pl, www.biletin.pl (hooray to the competition). Keep your eye peeled for the other dates that […]
Read more »There will be a couple of loosely associated Purple events held next week in Warsaw, Poland. The Jon Lord Memorial Concert will happen on Thursday, October 13, at Proxima Club. Seeing as this is the fifth such occasion happening annually since 2012, it can safely be chalked as a good tradition (this tradition is the […]
Read more »The new track premiered live this Sunday in Łódź is called Hip Boots. And judging from the setlist, the new guitar instrumental was an impromptu thing thrown in at the last moment in lieu of Contact Lost.
Read more »Yesterday, October, 25, the band opened their European tour with the first show at the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland. Quite a few surprises in the revamped setlist. (spoilers inside)
Read more »Polish AntyRadio has posted a new an interview with Don Airey. Some of his answers are available as the original audio, while the transcribed bits are in reverse translation and as so are only meant to convey the gist of what he said.
Read more »Roger Glover’s production work will be honoured during Soundedit’15 — the 7th International Festival of Music Producers and Sound Designers, to be held in Łódź, Poland, this October. He will receive The Man with a Golden Ear award for “entirety of achievements in a domain of music production”. He will share the honours with Sir […]
Read more »On October 10 last year Polish fans held a third Jon Lord memorial concert in Warsaw, which is now threatening to become an annual event. We had announced the first and second events, and apologize for missing it last year due to a miscommunication. In the spirit of better-late-then-never, we present you with excerpts from […]
Read more »Obligatory disclaimers: 1. The quote below is in reverse translation from Polish. No translation is 100% accurate. Double translation… 2. The interviewee has a quite a track record of trolling performing practical jokes. Given both points, take the following with a generous pinch of salt and don’t get too too excited just yet. Ritchie Blackmore […]
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