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It looks like the long dry spell for the South African fans is coming to an end. Three concerts were announced in that country for 2010: Johannesburg, Friday May 28, Coca-Cola Dome Durban, Sunday May 30, ICC Arena Cape Town, Tuesday June 1, Grand Arena at GrandWest Casino The shows are being billed as the […]
Read more »Deep Purple threw in a setlist surprise last night in Manchester on the first date of the 65,535th leg of their European tour: 1 Intro/Highway Star 2 Things I Never Said 3 Wrong Man 4 Strange Kind Of Woman 5 Wasted Sunsets 6 Rapture Of The Deep 7 Fireball 8 Contact Lost/Steve Morse solo 9 […]
Read more »Over the Rainbow is currently on tour and will hit Sweden for their first shows since Sweden Rock Festival this summer. If you can get to their Malmö show on October 13 you might be interested to know that the official Blackmore’s Night Scandinavian Fan Club is running a competition where you can win tickets […]
Read more »It’s not often that we get new tourdates this far in advance. German promoter KBK has announced a Deep Purple tour that won’t happen for another 14 months (sic!). The tour of major arenas will start on November 13, 2010, in Trier and finish on November 30 in Stuttgart. Tickets will start going on sale […]
Read more »This October Steve Morse Band will tour the East Coast of the United States. We have 13 confirmed dates, starting on October 15 in Maryland and through October 31 in Atlanta. Check our Purple calendar for full listings.
Read more »Blackmore’s Night management has announced a new United States tour. We have 4 confirmed dates in October with tickets being on sale since yesterday, August 13, and by all accounts going fast. More dates are being promised. On the other side of the pond, Over The Rainbow will start a 2-month trek in early September […]
Read more »Coverdale’s management has issued the following statement to the media: Unfortunately, last night at the Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver, Whitesnake had to cut their performance short due to Mr Coverdale experiencing considerable pain in his vocal chords. He was immediately taken to a specialist for examination. The specialist discovered that David was suffering from severe […]
Read more »The concert on September 15 in Madrid, Spain, has been moved from La Cubierta to Palacio Vistalegre. Both are big modern arenas of similar capacity (10-15,000), so it is likely it has something to do with e.g. hall availability, rather than ticket sales.
Read more »Steve Morse is doing a series of guitar clinics at the Gutar Center stores in the US. The clinics are sponsored by Ernie Ball / Music Man and are dedicated to their 25th anniversary. The first clinic is on May 25 in Orlando, where Steve will be joined by Dave LaRue. The rest of the […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes has been confirmed as one of the guest artists on this summer’s Rhapsody in Rock tour of Sweden. The tour will do seven shows in Sweden this summer. Other guest artist at the shows will be Albert Lee and LaGaylia Frazier. “Now this really lives up to the name Rhapsody in rock. This […]
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