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Don Airey plays with Gary Moore

Don Airey plays keyboard on Gary Moore‘s new album, “Old, New Ballads Blues” He also did brass arrangements with Gary. You can buy the CD in our shop. Thanks to Gary Moore for the information.

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Gillan’s Inn – Promovideo

Watch the promovideo for Ian Gillan’s new solo album (Gillan’s Inn) here (wmv, 12,7 MB). You can read our special feature here. You can buy the album in THS shop. Thanks to Nathan Lassiter and Immergent for the information.

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Ian Gillan DVD – Update

The upcoming DVD with Ian Gillan is a two-and-a-half hour documentary, full of music, lost archive footage, tales from Ian Gillan and interviews from members of Deep Purple (both past and present). It features Tony Iommi, Joe Satriani, Joe Elliot, Ronnie James Dio, Luciano Pavarotti, Jon Lord, Colin Towns, Sir Tim Rice, the late, George […]

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Win Gillan’s Inn

If you haven’t notice it already, you can win a copy of Ian Gillan’s new solo album, “Gillan’s Inn“. Just visit our special feature for more details. You can also visit Jukebox, which run a competition (closing date is April 28, 23.59 GMT). Thanks to Jukebox and Andy Lye for the information.

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Ian Gillan DVD

Regarding Ian Gillan’s 40th anniversary (40 years as a professional musician), Coolheadproductions are currently finishing a 3 DVD set to be sold through Ian Gillan’s web site (although, plans may change). The DVD will include a very lengthy interview and tour documentary, clips, stills and much more. There will also be a shorter 2 DVD […]

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Live At Montreux 1996

Deep Purple’s concert from Montreux, Switzerland 1996 will be released on CD and DVD next month. Here you can read reviews from those who saw the show, Makoto Ikeda, Nigel Young and GillansInn. You can buy the CD here and the DVD here.

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New CD with Ian Paice

A new CD called “Moonstone Project – Time To Take A Stand” will be released on May 1. The CD feature 3 tracks with Ian Paice. One is called “Rose In Hell”, which former Deep Purple member Glenn Hughes sings on. You can buy the CD in our shop. Thanks to Moonstone for the information.

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Gillan’s Inn Release Party

There will be a prerelease party for Ian Gillan’s new album, "Gillan’s Inn" in Helsinki, Finland on April 8, from 20.00 to 22.00. It will take place at the club Hevimesta. Thanks to PSOF for the information.

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Roger about Butterfly Ball

Roger Glover has written a few toughts about the new release of the movie, “The Butterfly Ball”, which he was involved in, back in 1974. Here is a few bits. When it was released in 1974 it was, to my relief, very well received in various countries around Europe. However, it failed to ignite a […]

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Didi Zill’s Deep Purple Book

There will be a new version of the Didi Zill’s Deep Purple book. Didi says that the Deep Purple book was the first and some mistakes were made. The new version will have the texts in German and English and a new chapter will be added. Didi met Deep Purple recently and the new chapter […]

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