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First preview track for the upcoming live Rainbow release Memories in Rock has been published by the record company. It is a slightly anticlimactic Black Night from encore performance in Bietigheim-Bissingen on June 18. (watch inside)
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 »Track listings for the different formats of the new Rainbow live release Memories in Rock — Live in Germany started surfacing. Here’s what we know so far.
Read more »Yesterday it was only a rumor, today we got confirmation from Edel that Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – “Memories In Rock – Live In Germany” will be released on November 18, 2016 as: Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow Memories In Rock – Live In Germany DVD 5034504126572 Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow Memories In Rock – Live In Germany Blu-ray 5051300531478 […]
Read more »There has been no official announcement yet (as far as we know), but some online retailers started listing release of a new Rainbow live recording. Presumably the one recorded the tree dates in June this year. Titled Memories in Rock — Live in Germany, it is apparently scheduled for release on November 18 via Edel […]
Read more »Dutch Radio Veronica has a brief interview with Blackmore following up to the three Rainbow shows he played last month. What is interesting is that he talks about future shows with quite a certainty and even discusses the future setlist.
Read more »All three ‘Rainbow’ shows have now taken place, so here is a little round up of what we found out…. from HardrockHaven: Christopher Willow: When you play a bass solo, you like to play it just alone or to the other instrument? For example, Cozy Powell played sometimes his solo to the organ. Bob Nouveau: […]
Read more »A report appeared on BraveWords today titled “Iranian Rockers Stopped From Paying Tribute To Rainbow Rising Anniversary” (it is 40th anniversary, by the way). So what, I thought — people living under a theocratic regime are having a hard time with their hard rock. Move along, nothing to see there. But the story was with […]
Read more »Another interview with Blackmore in German. This time he professes his love for Schlager music, talks about his arthritis and the recent finger surgery he had. He didn’t call any of the old Rainbow members for the fear of the band becoming an “old men’s club”. JLT in particular was not tapped to sing because […]
Read more »Rockpages.gr has an interview with JLT, in which he talks about his current projects (he just finished an acoustic tour of Greece), recalls what happened to Over The Rainbow, and gives his opinion on the current incarnation of Rainbow. Ah, and we think he called us “a bunch of idiots”. For we shall heap coals […]
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