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Deep Purple have been confirmed to perform at the Rock Fest 2007 in Cadott, Wisconsin on Thursday, July 19. Could it be the first sign that the long overdue North American tourdates are shaping up? The festival lineup so far looks like this: Thursday, July 19 4:30 Dennis DeYoung 6:30 The Mick Fleetwood Band 8:45 […]
Read more »Joe Lynn Turner and Graham Bonnet are scheduled to appear on a double bill in late May and early June in Japan. Bonnet will front Alcatrazz and JLT’s band will feature guitarist Akira Kajiyama. Kajiyama and Turner recently released their first dually-billed album “Fire without Flame”. Tourdates: May 30 – Tokyo – O-East May 31 […]
Read more »Blackmore Productions has announced preliminary tour dates for June 2007: Wednesday, June 6, Reykjavik, Iceland Sunday, June 10, Glenrothes, (Fife) Scotland Tuesday, June 12, York, England Thursday, June 14, Reading, England Sunday, June 17, Birmingham, England Tuesday, June 19, Yeovil, England Wednesday, June 20, Cardiff, Wales Saturday, June 23, Brighton, England And then, off to […]
Read more »Ian Gillan’s tour of Australia has been cancelled. On his website Gillan published this message from himself and his management: We regret to announce that the Australian Ian Gillan tour dates have been cancelled. The main reason for this cancellation is the bullet which remains in Rodney Appleby’s neck from his recent shooting by a […]
Read more »Last night in Odense, Denmark, Jon Lord witnessed an impressive performance of his piano concerto ‘Boom of the Tingling Strings’ performed by the Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Mann and featuring Nelson Goerner on piano. The near-sold out concert was a resounding success with a prolonged standing ovation, for which Jon Lord joined Mann, […]
Read more »Message from Carole Stevens (Blackmore Productions): Blackmore’s Night will not be performing at the Faerie festival in England. We will have shows scheduled for the UK in June 2007. Faery Festival organiser (Karen Kay) said: I have literally just been informed by Carole Stevens, the manager of Blackmores Night that they will no longer be […]
Read more »Ian Gillan’s official website reports Australian tour dates for his Gillan’s Inn tour: Jan 19 Melbourne The Palace Jan 20 Sydney Salinas Jan 21 Sydney Revesby Workers Jan 23 Newcastle Panthers Jan 25 Wollongong Shelly’s Jan 26 Brisbane The Arena Jan 27 Tweed Heads Twin Towns Services Jan 28 Penrith Evan Theater
Read more »The last four dates of the current Glenn Hughes European tour appear to be cancelled: Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, the last four dates of the Glenn Hughes European tour in Zurich, Munich, Koln and Bochum have regrettably been cancelled, and all tickets will be refunded. Hopefully, the dates will be rescheduled for 2007, but […]
Read more »Steve Morse mention a possible Dixie Dregs / Steve Morse Band tour in USA in January 2007. In his latest letter he says: “I just talked to our Deep Purple manager, Bruce Payne, and also my manager, Frank Solomon. DP is doing lots of gigs this fall, and we’re looking at doing the Dregs/SMB tour […]
Read more »Pollstar reports: “Deep Purple hung on to the last minute before canceling its appearance at Baalbeck, Lebanon, only pulling out when the Israeli bomb and missile barrage spread to that city. ‘The band and the festival have agreed it’s best not to go,’ The band’s booking agent, Agency Group chief Neil Warnock, told Pollstar after […]
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