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Regarding the possibility of Glenn Hughes supporting Whitesnake in Norway in May, Glenn’s webmaster says: No, that isn’t happening. The media have got it wrong again, Glenn will NOT be on the bill for this particular festival. There will be some appearances with Come Taste The Band in 2009, as there were earlier this year, […]
Read more »Local media in Norway reports that Whitesnake is announced to play the Rock Fæst in Halden on May 22. What’s more interesting, they will be supported by Glenn Hughes and the Come Taste The Band tribute band. A couple of weeks ago Glenn offered this caustic comment in his Twitter blog on the possibility of […]
Read more »Although there has been no word yet from Thames Talent, it looks like the summer Deep Purple tour is shaping up. New tour dates are being announced by the local media and are trickling in almost on a daily basis. For some of these, tickets are already on sale or going on sale shortly. So […]
Read more »Russian promoters SAV Entertainment have announced that Ian Paice will visit Moscow to perform a drum clinic on February 8, 2009. The clinic will be at the Central House of Artists and tickets will be available via www.kassir.ru. Thanks to Dmitry Zaretsky for the info.
Read more »Big Noize, featuring Joe Lynn Turner on vocals, together with bassist Phil Soussan (Ozzy Osbourne, Vince Neil), guitarist Carlos Cavazo (Quet Riot, Ratt) and drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC, Dio), have cancelled their tour of South America, literally hours before the first concert on December 4th in Lima, Peru. Band’s management and promoters are blaming each […]
Read more »French station Radio Mercure 93FM will air a 90-minute Blackmore’s Night special on December 5 at 21:25 CET. Radio Mercure also broadcasts online in a variety of stream formats. Blackmore’s Night have a string of European dates pencilled in for the late January and early February. A tour of US South and West coast is […]
Read more »The proverbial Purple touring juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down. We have received two festival appearances for 2009. Neither of them have been confirmed by the band’s management yet. Proceed at your own risk. 😉 Valentine’s Day will be spent in Argentina, where the band will be headlinining Cosquin Rock festival held annually in […]
Read more »Peter Brkusic (drummer from Nasty Habits) writes: I’m very sorry that I must inform you that the 3 shows from Nick Simper & Nasty Habits in November in Austria and Germany are cancelled. We are very sorry for all the fans who are waiting to see us but Nick has very serious private reasons for […]
Read more »Still fresh from disturbing the priest, Deep Purple gained another unusual support act for September 9 performance in Tel Aviv, Israel — a Spinal Tap-ish muppet outfit called Red Band, which is a regular on local TV: Throw into a blender the puppet mastery of The Muppets, the satirical insight of classic Christopher Guest music […]
Read more »Jon Lord’s official website is offering the chance of winning two tickets to see Deep Purple at this year’s Sunflower Jam in London on September 25. Forming just one part of a star studded charity event, Deep Purple will be joined by special guest Jon Lord for a few numbers. Other artists at the event […]
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