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Deep Purple were featured on British radio Planet Rock yesterday. The DJ Nicky Horne mentiond that: April will be Deep Purple month on Planet Rock. He saw DP in Strasbourg the other day. Did a 90-minute “tell-me-some-anecdotes” session with Ian Paice, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. Also did an interview with Ian Gillan. These will […]
Read more »Iceland maybe a small nation, but not without it’s passions. We’ve been informed that May 27 show in Reykjavik is already almost sold out and Deep Purple has sold the most tickets by single band in Iceland beating bands such as Metallica, Roger Waters, Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, Incubus, Bryan Adams, Iron Maiden and many […]
Read more »In the wake of JLT, Glenn Hughes started today his massive tour of Russia. The tour kicked off in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the Pacific coast and will work it’s way west. Glenn and his guitar player arrived to the city just two hours before the show after a 42 hour trip from Los Angeles via Seoul […]
Read more »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
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