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Italian tickets go on sale

TicketOne.it has announced five December dates in Italy: Dec 10: Palaonda, Bolzano Dec 12: PalaLottomatica, Rome Dec 14: PalaEvangelisti, Perugia Dec 15: Paladozza, Bologna Dec 16: Mediolanum Forum, Milan As far as we can understand the original announcement, tickets go on sale tomorrow, April 8. Please note that these dates have not yet been confirmed […]

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Riding on the moonpath – April Fools

This was kept under a tight lid for a while, but with the official announcement now imminent, we were given the green light. Remember, you’ve read it here first. Iron Maiden did a bold move with their Flight 666 project, but let’s face it — Sydney, Tokyo, Los Angeles and Rio are hardly unique places […]

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Snakes and sheds

The North American tour of corporate sheds on both coasts and open air festivals in the Midwest will start on June 26 and work it’s way around the continent until August 11. Please note that the North American dates (nor the new Danish show) have not been confirmed on Whitesnake.com.

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OTR at Sweden Rock

One of the biggest and most prestigious rock festivals in Europe — Sweden Rock Festival — has booked Over The Rainbow to play at the festival this year. The exact date has not been released yet. Sweden Rock 2009 will run June 3rd to 6th at their usual location near Solvesborg in Sweden. Thanks to […]

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More European dates confirmed

We have a whole lot of new and confirmed European tour dates. Deep Purple’s itinerary now looks like this: end of August / Early September they play a couple of open air festivals in Switzerland, then Fête de l’Humanité near Paris, followed by arenas in Barcelona and Madrid. Then off until the British dates in […]

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Second night at Hammersmith

It appears that Ticketmaster is selling tickets for the second night at Hammersmith on November 15. The tickets quietly went on sale on Wednesday and are all seated this time.

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Whitesnake on the highway

Judas Priest have announced on their official website some North American tour dates, starting July 1st and going into the early August. They have also stated that they will be touring with Whitesnake for most of the dates, but not all of them. So far, there is nothing on Whitesnake.com. Thanks to Blabbermouth.net for the […]

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Moscow girls sing and shout

This April Deep Purple are going to make a stop in Moscow on the way from Japan to Poland. Today Russian promoters SAV Entertainment have confirmed that the band will play two gigs at the Club B1 Maximum on April 18th and 19th. Tickets are on sale. Please note, however, that both these dates are […]

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OTR ticket sales

Over The Rainbow management has issued a press release concerning ticket sales for the first 3 OTR shows in Belarus and Russia. It appears that out of the three shows one was oversold and the other two very nearly sold out. Minsk, Sports Palace: 4,000+ (capacity: 4,500) St.Petersburg, BKZ: 3,500+ (capacity: 3,727, all seated) Moscow, […]

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South American tour confirmed

All South American dates that we had listed for a while now, have been officially confirmed by the Deep Purple management. The only additional date is March 5 in Florianopolis, Brazil. We still do not know anything about the venue in Antofagasta, Chile, so if anyone has more information, please get in touch or leave […]

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