[hand] [face]
The Original Deep Purple Web Pages
The Highway Star


A Light in the Dark

More Black Than Purple has announced that […] a RAINBOW box set provisionally entitled A LIGHT IN THE DARK is being released. It contains many previously unreleased tracks, and spans the band’s years from 1975 – 1984. More news soon, but it could be out before the end of the year. Thanks to Andrey Gusenkov […]

Read more »

Tommy Bolin’s Whirlwind

The Tommy Bolin Archives are releasing a 2CD set of previously unreleased material called Whirlwind. The set includes demos and outtakes from his solo album Teaser, his jazz-rock band Energy and material he was working on for his next album before his death in 1976. Track list Disc 1 Cucumber Jam Heartlight Hoka-Hay! Don’t Worry […]

Read more »

Design the new ?! single artwork

Edel/earMUSIC has announced that the third single from Now what?! will be Above and Beyond. They are holding a competition for the graphic design of the new single: earMUSIC and Deep Purple will pick one of your works, as an inspiration for the final cover for the new single, or possibly as “the” cover. Details […]

Read more »

Dancer and the Moon video

Blackmore’s Night have released a second promo video for the recent album’s Dancer and the Moon title track (watch inside).

Read more »

Dancer and the Moon chart positions

The new Blackmore’s Night album Dancer and the Moon has entered the charts in several countries: Germany: #13 Sweden: #22 Norway: #24 Czech Republic: #29 Hungary: #30 Finland: #31 Austria: #39 Switzerland: #40 UK: #89 Top 100 / #16 Top 50 Indie chart Netherlands: #102 US: #189 on Billboard 200 / #40 Indie chart / […]

Read more »

Black Masquerade

The much bootlegged Rainbow show from Philipshalle Düsseldorf on October 9, 1995, is now going to be released officially through Edel in Europe on August 23 and Eagle Rock in North America on August 27, on CD, DVD and digital download. That was the only performance of the last incarnation of Rainbow to be recorded […]

Read more »

The coolness of first take

Guitar World magazine has an interview with Steve Morse: GUITAR WORLD: Now What?! is Deep Purple’s first studio effort in eight years. Why did you decide to make the album now? Actually, I was one of the guys asking the same thing! My vision was every tour we’d do another song and just release it […]

Read more »

Sunflower Jam news

Sunflower Jam has announced that the date for their special event to celebrate late Jon Lord has been set at April 4, 2014. It will take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Artists confirmed so far include Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Don Airey and Steve Morse. Iron Maiden frontman and long-time supporter of […]

Read more »

The Moon Is Shining video

A new promo video of Blackmore’s Night track The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere Over The Sea) from the new album Dancer And The Moon.

Read more »

Vincent Price single artwork

Edel/earMUSIC has revealed artwork for the new Vincent Price single which will be released on June 7.

Read more »

||||Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
© 1993-2025 The Highway Star and contributors
Posts, Calendar and Comments RSS feeds for The Highway Star