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Russ Ballard on Rockpages
Rockpages has an interview with Russ Ballard — the man who wrote Since You’ve Been Gone and I Surrender, among many other tunes: Rockpages.gr: How about Rainbow…? Their biggest hits were two of your songs…did you have the chance to meet Ritchie Blackmore? Russ Ballard: Iāve never met Ritchie. Rockpages.gr: Have you talked on the […]
Read more »Nick Simper interview
Metal Shock has an interview with a fairly rare guest in the press — Nick Simper. He talks about the good old days, Screaming Lord Sutch, Purple, his collaboration with Nasty Habits, and his plans: Even thought it was now so long ago, you incorporate Deep Purple tracks in your sets, do the songs hold […]
Read more »All Out tour
Don Airey will go on tour this September in support of his last album All Out. European promoter Six Concerts has announced dates in Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria. The gig in Vienna on September 21st will be of special interest as Don will be supported by Nick Simper, who is performing […]
Read more »Coverdale to be honoured at Vegas Rocks! awards
David Coverdale will receive Vegas Rocks! magazine “The Voice of Rock” award. He will receive the award alongside Sammy Hagar. The ceremony will take place at The Joint inside Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on August 26th. The event will focus on the local Las Vegas rock scene as well as rock legends […]
Read more »George Marino R.I.P.
Legendary mastering engineer George Marino has passed away yesterday, June 4. He has lost a year long battle with the lung cancer. George was a resident mastering engineer at New York’s Sterling Sound and over the course of his career worked with just about every recording artist out there. To put the things into prospective, […]
Read more »JLT on Geeks of Doom
Geeks of Doom has a new interview with Joe Lynn Turner. On Blackmore: The only difficulty we had once was we were going to have a punch out and we threw everybody out of the dressing room and we were staring at each other, glass of scotch in hand, yelling, āFuck you!ā All of this […]
Read more »Durham Concerto in Hagen
Jon Lord official website has announced his first public performance this year — a special presentation of Durham Concerto in Hagen, Germany on July 6. Yes, the usual (under the circumstances) disclaimers apply. This will be almost exactly a year since the date of his last public performance. Tickets are on sale. Update (Jun 28): […]
Read more »California Jam book announced
British publisher Rufus Stone Limited Editions has announced an upcoming Deep Purple at the California Jam book being prepared for publication some time autumn this year. The book will include hundreds of black and white and colour images, many of them previously unpublished, and a lengthy essay on the show, it’s build up and aftermath. […]
Read more »Slaves and Masters on vinyl
Dutch label Music On Vinyl (the same guys who have released Purpendicular vinyl) will release Slave and Masters on vinyl on May 28. Track list will be identical to the original vinyl release. Catalog # : MOVLP505 Barcode : 8718469530519 Format : LP, 180 gram Sleeve : 3mm Release date : 2012-05-28 Thanks to Peter […]
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