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Just like the Jersey Boys
Ian Gillan has appeared on British TV again, and this time around it went way better, thanks to great rapport with the host with a clue.
In between tours, after the US tour and right before the European leg, Deep Purple’s icon Ian Gillan, made a stop to chat with Angela Rippon at the London’s channel GB News. Ian talked about moments in his rich career, and about his first ever forthcoming spoken-word tour, scheduled for April/May of next year all around the UK.
Thanks to Igor’s Rock Universe for posting this, and to steve4422 and Uwe for bringing it to your attention.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Ian sure is a good storyteller!
Also about things we have heard before. He is very good at making things sounds interesting š
Wish I lived in England next yearā¦.
October 3rd, 2026 at 05:39Hello.
Unbelieveable useless piece of “journalism”.
Why do they do these? What is the point?
She really did had to hurry up. For toilet, perhaps ?
Mr. Gillan told a bit of his musical history, but I wonder why did he bother himself in doing this minor glimpse after all? (I guess the marketing of his spoken word tour is already well known.)
The depressing (for me) Autumn has arrived, waiting for the Winter. (And the eagles and the snow.)
Have a pleasant weekend anyway !
Kippis.
October 3rd, 2026 at 10:31Not that we needed any proof here, but itās nice to see that Ianās spell over mature women has lost none of its potency. š¤
October 3rd, 2026 at 13:14Iām surprised by these brief TV appearances of Big Ian, and by the media exposure his “talking gibberish” tour is getting.
October 3rd, 2026 at 14:07Karin: Iāll ask a question for you if you like š
October 3rd, 2026 at 14:36@1 Well, it’s only a short flight away – and it will be well worth it!
October 3rd, 2026 at 16:41I have one, Chas! āļøš
When do you plan to get married again?
October 3rd, 2026 at 18:43@5
By all means Charles āŗļø
October 3rd, 2026 at 18:52@3
Uwe I am surely happy youāre not disappointed!
BTW: which mature woman are you thinking about?
October 3rd, 2026 at 18:57International fans may not know that the TV channel this is on, GB News is thr UK equivalent of Fox News – so itās funded by right wing millionaires and propagates near fascist ideals. So please donāt watch it other than this.
October 3rd, 2026 at 19:11This is all a bit of fun project while DP tour is off the boil.
October 4th, 2026 at 09:21Realistically he will get to lubricate his vocal cords while getting paid. It’s also a good way to fight dementia by keeping the brain active.
I am also a bit worried that it might be cancelled due to poor sale. That’s why they are trying the best media exposure.
Peace āļø
Remembering the Greek guy from the comedyserie on TV Perfect Strangers…
DONT BE RIDICILOUS
October 4th, 2026 at 16:24@10 Thank you for the information, I didn’t know that indeed. I wonder if Ian is aware of that. It’s unlikely that he isn’t, given his interest in such things.
October 4th, 2026 at 16:36My comment was for Partisan.
It seems drifting off into to politics etc is never far away
Gillan once said it like it is.
“Dont talk about politics nor religion, it always causes fights. VAVOOM!”
I am very broad in my interests so drifting is hard for me to avoid.
I often tried people I was at odds with to prompt them into noticing common ground not let the whole relation sour because of the bad stuff.
Of course its complex.
The devil is in the details and some matter more or not.
I ve dealbreakers as well.
October 4th, 2026 at 20:43I guess everyone has them, they only differ.
Iām still thinking of going. Never been to the UK on a motorbike. Maybe some city out in the boond0cks I have never been before. My regional knowledge of Britain is patchy, London, Cambridge, Dover, Wales, Skye, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Orkneys, but Iāve never really been to the real South for instance.
October 5th, 2026 at 02:06@7 Mein leibe Uwe, I wouldnāt dare ask such an impudent question!
October 5th, 2026 at 10:19Those two news stations are very popular in Britain and Angela Rippon is broadcasting royalty and a highly respected and loved figure in UK.
To be honest, I’m not sure whether I will go or not ? Sure, it will be great to be in the same room as the great man but the trouble is , us true fans have heard all the stories before !
I’m sure he will add a few things to keep it exciting.
It’s certainly well advertised in the British press every week !
…I expect I probably will go ..
October 5th, 2026 at 15:43@ 15, some news regarding your girlfriend UWE !…if interseted https://assets.blabbermouth.net/media/cheriecurriecleooct2026_638.jpg
October 5th, 2026 at 16:16Chas, my mom always said āNo oneās come back yet!ā and Ian is still virile!
October 5th, 2026 at 19:56No one cares for me like yo do, Timi! Danke! š
Cherie wasnāt much of a singer to begin with, but then her capabilities never deteriorated either. Nature always has a way of compensating. š¤
āLimited to 85 copiesā? That is Ms Currieās entire galactic fan base several times over! š¤£
October 6th, 2026 at 02:08Wasnt the drummer of the Runaways not thought of as possibly trans?
Lita hit it off with both Iommi and Blackmore I understood.
Never knew Joan Jett was gay.
October 6th, 2026 at 15:12Joanie was gay as a goose and in love with Suzi Quatro (who wasn’t). So was Sandy (she was the first one of the band to come out, but certainly not trans), Cherie Currie was an adventurous and inquisitive girl and liked to have it both ways (as did her idol David Bowie), I don’t know about Jackie Fox, she later on studied law so maybe she thought it was illegal to try? Only Lovely Lita Explorer Maid was aggressively hetero – mainly with older men who also played guitar (reputedly, Ritchie only gave her lessons, GUITAR LESSONS dammit!!!, but they dated for a while) before she switched to real estate moguls (she messily divorced him, he also had an unfortunate habit of filming and starring in home porn which can go awry in so many ways …).
But overwhelmingly the Runaways could have also been monikered Clitty & the Clam MĆ¼nchers or Denise & the Dƶnut BĆ¼mpers. Of course – much like the sprouting breast hair of various BCR members – that was an industry secret.
Alas!, had I only known all that while their poster was in clear view from my bed! I feel deceived and sullied to this day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk1vAJrm36M
PS: Lita hit it off with both Iommi and Blackmore I understood. And that was only because, born already1958, she was by 1976 way too old for Jimmy Page.
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Please don’t read anything into it.
October 6th, 2026 at 17:16….I never knew Joan Jett was gay either ….thought she always loved …cock and roll ! š¤£š¤£š¤£
October 6th, 2026 at 17:48@15
Uwe – Ian will be at Folkestone accessible by Eurostar/Chunnel. Ipswich is 25 mins on a train from Harwich – Hook of Holland ferry
@2 hiza – it’s a press junkett to advertise Ian’s tour and very well handled by Angela Rippon. Don’t expect documentary level journalism on a news program reporting on everything.
October 7th, 2026 at 10:44I m still in love with Suze Quatro.
Never found out if she was gay as well.
October 7th, 2026 at 14:01@ 22. Uwe those were the early years where Lita carried a little extra weight, but then filled out nicely š
October 7th, 2026 at 16:42Suzi is a mom (and grandmother) and twice married to men (1. Len Tuckey, her guitarist from the 70s, 2. her German manager), she was never gay, Catholic Italian girls from Deeeetroit donāt do stuff like that!
Lita still had a little puppy fat as a teen, I thought that was cute. Wie man sich bettet, so liegt man. Unlike today, not every young girl in music had to look like an emaciated concentration camp refugee back then. She wasnāt the prettiest Runaway though, I think Jackie Fox was.
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Danke, Rubber, for the location tips, I had no idea! Never been through the tunnel either, only ferry, Hovercraft and plane. I have to work out the logistics.
October 7th, 2026 at 23:22@ 27
Wed 29 Apr 2027 – Ipswich – 20:00 that’s what I meant
October 9th, 2026 at 11:20Some years ago I read about how Lita s a life developed.
October 9th, 2026 at 13:44Jeez, insane situations.
Thanks Rubber, that late in April, the weather might even be fine for a UK motorbike trip!
October 10th, 2026 at 15:43