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Australian tour interviews roll in

“it never started with a successful television appearance or a front page on a newspaper. It started in the clubs in the back streets of a local town somewhere, whether that was Liverpool or Manchester or Seattle or Sydney.” Australian site the Brag conducted an interview with Ian Gillan last November which has now been […]

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The Parallax Effect of Long Hair

In December 2012 Ian Gillan provided a keynote speech at the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy. Titled “The Parallax Effect of Long Hair” it covered some of Ian’s experiences and how his haircut was at the time. The full video can be viewed below:

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Thank you Claude

A message has appeared on the Montreux Jazz Festival site confirming that Claude Nobs has succumbed to his injuries sustained in a skiing accident recently. “On January 10th you left us! Only a few days after your accident in Caux-sur-Montreux, in your beloved mountains, overlooking the lake that you were so fond of.” Read the […]

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New Album Teaser ??

A new teaser video clip has appeared on the Ear Music official video channel on youtube which offers the first chance to hear a sample of the upcoming album.

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Funky Claude

“Funky” Claude Nobs has been injured in a skiing accident during the Christmas break. “The Montreux Jazz Festival communicates that during the Christmas holidays Claude Nobs fell while practicing cross-country skiing. As a direct consequence of this accident, Mr. Claude Nobs underwent surgery at the CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in Lausanne). He has remained […]

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Behind the Iron Curtain

Ian Gillan’s four concerts were not simply a major music event in 1990 in Yerevan. The concerts proved that the world was changing and “iron curtain” was about to disappear. One can hardly imagine how difficult the logistics of such concerts was in Yerevan of 1990. It would be no exaggeration to say that the […]

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Ian Paice – Odeon Theatre, Canicatti

“The courage and resourcefulness of a band of enthusiasts has made possible the success of the concert at the Odeon theater in CanicattƬ, writing an indelible page of music in the province of Agrigento and environs. The evening ‘already started’ from 19.00 to sixty lucky drummers who participated to Paicey’s drum clinic. The boys, as […]

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A new tone and a new direction

In his new interview with 100% Rock (out of Perth, Australia), Ian Gillan talks about the late Jon Lord, the upcoming Down Under tour, having his first joint at the tender age of 38, being pigeonholed, Tony Iommi’s health, and the new album: So you’ve recently finished work on a new studio album. What can […]

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Christmas Crackers from Lake Tahoe

David Coverdale’s version of Christmas greetings includes the best of Whitesnake TV for the 2012, complete with some blues unlugged and personal memories of Jon Lord recalled. (watch inside)

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The Black Country Confusion

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited interviewed Glenn Hughes in an attempt to shed the light on comings and goings of the band known as BCC: […]Now you know why I became frustrated and went into this, ā€œGod damn it, I just wish we could take this on the roadā€ rant. Jason, Derek and I […]

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