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A longer video from the press conference in Mexico City on November 16 (yep, the one with skulls and a gigantic guitar). The picture is potato quality, but hey, we all know what the gentlemen look like. The sound is good. In particular, check out Roger’s brilliant answer to the contentious question of would they ever play with Blackmore again (circa 16:12).
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A brief press conference in Mexico City on November 16, 2018:
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Roger is having a cup of tea and Don having a beer in at the same hotel lounge in Moterrey:
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The band gave an interview to the Mexican TV channel ETIC’S Live prior to the show in Monterrey on November 9. It’s an engaging chat that starts with Don Airey and Roger Glover, with both Ians joining later on for what appears a mini press conference.
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The latest issue (#8-2018) of the Swedish Rock’n’Roll magazine has a 12-page feature on Ian Gillan with lots of pictures.
Other juicy bits include:
The magazine can be purchased through their online shop (caveat, it’s naturally all in Swedish).
Speaking of spaghetti, issue #6 earlier this year had His Blackness on the cover with another feature inside.
Thanks to our editor emeritus Benny Holmström for the info.
Lick Library has released an educational video detailing guitar parts of every track on Machine Head, demonstrated by Danny Gill:
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The first two dates of the much maligned Deep Purple Mexican tour — Tijuana on November 3 and Chihuahua on November 7 — appear to be cancelled. No explanation has been given, but considering the apparent general lack of organisation on the part of the promoters, perhaps this is not too surprising.
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The Ritchie Blackmore Story documentary will be shown on US cable/satellite channel AXS TV on Tuesday, October 23, between 10:00 and 11:15 pm EDT. It will be repeated several times throughout the week, check the schedule for full details.
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David Coverdale has recently appeared on the Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio show recalling the first time he appeared on stage with Deep Purple. Copenhagen, December 9, 1973:
I walk onstage for the first time – where it came from, I don’t know, but I still do it – ‘Are you ready?’ I screamed into the microphone, and I’ve got a very powerful voice. So, like, everybody goes, ‘Oh my God!’ and there’s this roar from I don’t know how many thousands of people. And it was great.
Suddenly I’m singing, Ritchie’s smashing a guitar, dragging amp stacks over,” Coverdale recalled. “Paice is trashing his drums. And I’ve like become a member of the audience while I’m actually onstage. Lordy’s thrashing his organ, boys and girls, thrashing his organ every which way! And I’m going, ‘My God, I should do something, I should do something … ’ I’m going, ‘I can’t afford to smash anything!’
I had a ring on, which was like ten bucks, so I took it off with great drama, threw it on the floor and stamped on it. That was my contribution to the madness and mayhem!
Thanks to Ultimate Classic Rock for the quote and to Jim Collins for the heads up.
Music Radar has interviewed Roger Glover and, as usual with RG, it’s a pure joy to read.
Roger, Purple are about to head out alongside Judas Priest for a major US tour. Is touring more physically tough these days?
Well, you do learn to pace yourself. You can’t get hammered every night like you did in your 20s – the hangovers are far more serious! We do travel in the most comfortable way we can; we’ll charter a small plane rather than hang around in airports for cancelled flights.
I love touring on a bus, but not everyone in the band can sleep on a bus like I can. I think that as a band you’re never as together as you are on a bus tour. You spend time, and you bond, and that doesn’t happen in an airport lounge.
Will last year’s Infinite album be the last from your band?
No. All we’re doing [with the Long Goodbye tour] is putting our fans on notice that we’re in our 70s now. Ian Paice had a minor health hiccup a while back, but two weeks later we were back on tour. It was a minor thing, but it was a wake-up call. I hate to use that term, but that’s what it was. It was a warning.
Deep Purple has been such a presence in our lives for 50 years that none of us want it to end, but the realisation is there that sooner or later we are going to have to stop. I’d love to go on and make another album. Emotionally we’re not ready to stop, so we could carry on for another four or five years.
Continued on Music Radar.
Thanks to Jim Collins for the info.
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