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Charity album for Linda McCartney Centre

Stay Tuned 1.5 is an all-star charity album to be released on August 5 for the benefit of Linda McCartney Centre cancer treatment facility at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The project is a brainchild of Austrian drummer Bernhard Welz and features an impressive list of contributors, which include Don Airey, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, […]

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Blackmore is sued for botched album promotion

Blabbermouth reports that Blackmore’s record company Frontiers is suing him for failing to adequately promote the latest Blackmore’s Night album All Our Yesterdays. According to the complaint, filed on March 16 in Manhattan federal court, Blackmore received a $220,000 advance for the album and signed a contract guaranteeing his “full support to the promotion surrounding […]

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Live at Donington 1980

Edel will release Rainbow Monsters of Rock – Live at Donington 1980 on April 22. It will come as a CD+DVD set in a jewel box and as a digital download. The CD will cover complete performance, while DVD will include 30 minutes of the conclusion of the show as this is all the footage […]

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The Vinyl Collection

Kinda sorta news from the yet-another-re-release department: Universal Music is putting out a box set containing 7 studio albums on vinyl. And a bizarre selection it is — starting with Machine Head, and through to The House of Blue Light. The albums are claimed to be remastered, and the box is priced for preorder at […]

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Another Second Flight preview

Another preview track — Kayla — from the upcoming second Flying Colors live DVD, once again in 4k video. (watch inside)

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tHis is the tHing#1 gets worldwide release

Purpendicular, a Purple tribute band which released an album of original material back in March, has some news for you. The good news is that the band has secured a three album deal with Borila Records and said album — This is the thing#1, previously only available directly from the band — will be re-released […]

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Four Germans and a Scotsman

Demon’s Eye have posted a making of promo video for their new album Under the Neon. (watch inside)

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Moar pixels!

A new promo clip from the upcoming Flying Colors’ Second Flight: Live At The Z7 DVD. This one is in fabulous 2160p resolution (a.k.a. 4K). You’ll have to toggle it fullscreen to see the difference (if you have the equipment to see the difference, that is). (watch inside)

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Flying Colors’ Second Flight

Flying Colors will be releasing their second live video album Second Flight: Live At The Z7 on November 13 via Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group. Recorded at the Konzertfabrik Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland, on October 12, 2014, the set will come out (as is usual these days) in multiple of formats: 4K UltraHD, Blu-ray, DVD, […]

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The self-conscious one

Blackmore’s Night are featured in a short article Billboard. The article premieres new video for the upcoming album and has a few quotes from the titular couple.

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