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I’m so glad my larger half Zenek could go to this “DP show marathon” with me. He happily managed to recover. He likes Deep Purple, too. Our pal Marcin asked us if we knew the setlist. We didn’t, but we asked him not to tell us. He assured we would be completely surprised. And in […]
Read more »There are several Purple items published in Polish press recently: A long interview with Roger Glover has appeared in the October 10th issue of the Przeglad weekly. Teraz Rock, a Polish monthly rock music magazine, has a lengthy special called “Deep Purple po calosci” (Deep Purple in total) in October 2010 issue. And last, but […]
Read more »A bunch of tourdates that we had listed for a while, as well as a couple of new ones, have just appeared on the official Deep Purple site and as so are now confirmed. That includes all the Australian dates Singapore and Hong Kong (but not Taiwan) Armenia two of the South African dates (but […]
Read more »Polish label Metal Mind is releasing remastered versions of the selected albums from Ian Gillan’s discography: Naked Thunder, Toolbox, Cherkazoo & Other Stories, Clear Air Turbulence, Scarabus and Accidentally on Purpose (Gillan/Glover). All albums will be released in a new digipak edition each limited to 1000 copies. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process, released on a […]
Read more »Back in 2004 a Polish label Metalmind made a deal with Purple’s management to release a 1996 performance in Katovice with limited distribution in Eastern Europe. The album, titled Live Encounters (read our review) saw the light of the day on DVD, CD and vinyl, all of which eventually found their way to Amazon and […]
Read more »Ian Gillan with a symphony orchestra in Poland? Wow! I thought he would perform in Germany only. So nice to hear he was invited by the promoters of the Solidarity of Arts Festival. I had to see it! Apart from Ian Gillan, many other artists performed there: Tosh Meets Marley (I like reggae, so I […]
Read more »Steve Morse seemed a bit frightened when he looked at the Wroclaw Square full of guitarists. It was a shock to both him and to me: more than 6.000 guitars in the town square! I expected 3.000 only. They had all come to break the Guinness World Record of guitarists pæaying simulateneously. Many thanks, Steve! […]
Read more »Before the Purple gig on May 1 in Wroclaw, Steve Morse joined the croud of six thousand other guitar players to set the new world record at the Thanks Jimi Festival. The official tally was 6,346 people playing together Hey Joe, more than tripling the standing record for the “Largest Guitar Ensemble” of 2,052 set […]
Read more »Live at the Mars’ Fields, Wroclaw, May 1st, 2009. I must admit that although I do not support Mk VIII in their approach to the live shows, I certainly enjoyed going to their gig in my hometown. I went with no expectations to be surprised or thrilled at all, which is in a way typical […]
Read more »In the latest issue of the Polish Teraz Rock magazine (March 2009) there is a very interesting three page interview. Ian Gillan and Wieslaw Weiss are talking about One Eye To Morocco and some other things. Plus a few fine photos. Thanks to Joasia Ostrowiecka for the info.
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