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Here I Go Again ‘spotting
Whitesnake’s Here I Go Again, as so ever expertly crafted by Messrs Coverdale and Marsden, could be recently seen on TV on both sides of the Atlantic.
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For One Night Only EPK
Wymer has sent us a formal press release and some promo pictures for upcoming Jerry Bloom’s book For One Night Only. Since our first mention the book has obtained a more or less firm publication date — December 9.
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It won’t be much longer
Roger Glover visited Hamburg for a very much closed doors preview of the now ‘nearly there’, but still unnamed new Deep Purple album at the Chameleon Studios in Dulsberg. Bild.de carried a short report, and Roger also recorded a video message for the fans.
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IG unboxes the Vinyl Collection
Ian Gillan opens Gillan Vinyl Collection box set for the first time and proceeds to go through the relevant anecdotage:
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Glenn Hughes tour changes
There has been some changes to Glenn Hughes tour dates scheduled for November-December this year in Europe. The changes have likely been precipitated by co-headliners Living Colour pulling out “due to an unforeseen conflict”. Undoubtedly, they would have accounted for a not an insignificant portion of the sales, so some dates have to be cancelled, while others moved to different venues, while yet others decided to go ahead with different support acts, but offer a choice of full refund or free drinks as a compensation.
Summary of changes so far:
- Rome on November 28 has been cancelled;
- Milan show on November 29 has been moved to a different venue;
- Nottingham on November 14 appears to be no longer on sale at at least one vendor at the time of this writing (Oct 21);
- Haarlem on December 4 has been cancelled;
- Oberhausen show on December 1 appears to have been moved to Matrix in Bochum, albeit still mistakenly being listed as Glenn Hughes + Living Colour.
There will probably be further changes, keep checking our calendar for further details.
Thanks to Nigel Young for the info.
Dealing with success
Vintage TV has posted online the Friday Night Rock Show that aired on October 14 and featured an extended interview with Ian Gillan at his home in Lyme Regis.
The interview actually starts about 5 minutes into this section of the show. Once you’ve finished with that video, select “#8 Part 3” to continue with the interview.
Thanks to nupsi59 and Nigel Young for the heads up.
Gillan on Vintage TV
Ian Gillan will appear on the Friday Night Rock Show tomorrow, Friday, October 14. The show is being briadcasted on cable channel Vintage TV, available in the UK on Sky 369, Freeview 82, Virgin 343, Freesat 505 and BT/TalkTalk 82.
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On the green side of the grass
Glenn Hughes visited the University of North Dakota this past weekend to lecture the students on the subject that he knows all too well — drug addiction. Student newspaper reports:
Whether a recovering alcoholic or a young at-risk student, Hughes has made it his mission to do what he can to intercept those at risk before substantial issues begin to arise. The wisdom he has gained through his 65 years is something Hughes believes he did not have at a younger age and a quality many others could benefit from.
“My message to you all is that I hope you can hear what I’m saying and I hope you can understand that what I did helped nobody,” Hughes said. “I’ve watched my friends struggle with the same disease and lost too many of them along the way.”
“I don’t remember anything about the ‘80s. I remember absolutely nothing. It’s all just a blur.”
“There are two types of people on this planet: alcoholics and non-alcoholics. There is no in between … it is a terrible disease that needs to be treated.”
“Without guidance from above and without the channel that I’m given to give back to you, I don’t know where’d I’d be today. I am so supremely grateful to be on the green side of the grass to come from a loving family and one that was willing to be so supportive.”
Thanks to BraveWords and The Dakota Student for the info.
Pictures from Shizuoka
Kei Ono took some excellent pictures at the Whitesnake gig in Shizuoka on October 10.
There is more where it came from. Check out Kei’s Flikr gallery.
Fun fact: the night before, on October 9, Whitesnake headlined the second day of Loud Park 16, a two day festival in Saitama. An ex-snakeman Doug Aldrich played at the festival on October 9 with his current band The Dead Daisies. Another family tree member Ronnie Romero was also at the same festival the day before, on October 8, with his band Lords of Black.
Thanks to Akemi Ono for the info.
Bob’s your uncle
The press release circulated today by the Swedish Academy is a masterpiece of succinctness:
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan
“for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.
And that’s it.
What this has to do with The Highway Star, you may ask? Well, for starters, before him rock’n’roll lyrics rarely went above the level of “shake, baby, shake” (albeit nothing is wrong with that per se). After him, they started telling the stories of struggle between good and bad and calling to give peace a chance.
So, cheers to Uncle Bob!
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