Blackmore’s Night have announced via their Facebook page that they have finished a new album, it is called All Our Yesterdays, and will be released some time in the summer.

Thanks to Cameron Hons for the info.

Classic Rock has some Joe Lynn Turner quotes apparently from an interview done after his London solo gig on April 5th. He is still insisting that Rainbow reunion is happening. Keep in mind that he has admitted previously that he had not spoken to Ritchie directly.

[Blackmore] is itching to do some rocking, and we’re going to get together in the fall. Ritchie is really, really ready to rock. He still has the chops too.

I’m not sure if it’s going to be a Rainbow reunion, or a bunch of remakes – which I destest, because you can’t improve on perfection. But that’s what’s happening.

Regarding the negotiations that allegedly happened previously, Joe said that it fell apart because of Ritchie’s commitment to his current band:

We had multi-million dollar deals set up with Live Nation. A 60-day tour to start with, HD 3D movie, everything – and then he had to finish the album.

Thanks to Classic Rock for the info.

[Update] It was pointed out in the comments that this material had been released previously.

A live Gillan CD/DVD was released in March, which unfortunately slipped under our radar. It came out on a Demon Music imprint called Edsel (not to be confused with Edel) as a part of their Access All Areas series. Which creates even more possibilities for confusion with Deep Purple’s documentary that came out few years back under the same title.

The show was recorded in front of an audience at the Central Television’s Nottingham studio on August 26 24, 1990.

Both CD and DVD track lists are identical:

1. Gut Reaction
2. Demon’s Eye
3. Living For The City
4. Puget Sound
5. Sweet Lolita
6. No More Cane On The Brazos
7. I Thought No
8. When A Blind Man Cries
9. No Good Luck
10. Lucille
11. Smoke On The Water

Audio and video samples:

The album is quite reasonably priced at £8.99 / €10.89 and is available from a variety of online retailers, e.g. this one. Amazon also mentions a vinyl edition with release date of March 23, which is marked as ‘currently unavailable’.

Thanks to Yvonne for the info.

Ian Gillan has announced that he is unavailable for the upcoming US tour with Deep Purple due to other commitments. The “Rock Meets Classic” tour in Europe was so successful that he decided to skip the DP tour to be able to squeeze in more dates with his new friends.

When David Coverdale (pictured) heard this, he offered his services, eager to take on the Mk. II and Mk. Morse catalog after recording Mk. III and IV on his upcoming Purple Album.

“To be honest, the Purple Album didn’t turn out the way I wanted it.”, said Coverdale. “It was a big mistake to not invite Paicey to play on my album. Now we’ll get a chance to do things right and I finally get to sing Smoke On the Water again. I’ve missed that since 1976.”

“This is a big relief for me”, says Don Airey. “I was always a bigger fan of Mk. III and I was getting tired of arguing with Gillan about my idea of doing the complete Stormbringer album at some concerts.”

Glenn Hughes was also approached for the tour but he replied on twitter: “All love to my Purple Brothers but I have 9 dogs to take care of and 3 of them just ripped my John Varvatos jacket to pieces. I’m off to the vet.”

David Coverdale will be taking requests for the setlist on the forum on his site.

Tommy Bolin’s Teaser album will get a 40th anniversary vinyl treatment from a German label Urgence Disk Records. It will be released on a triple vinyl, supplemented by a double CD Best Of Live, which was compiled from three of Tommy’s archive releases: My Father’s Place, Live at The Northern Lights and Live at Ebbets Field. The whole thing will be packaged with a 12 page art booklet as a box set.

Teaser 40th Anniversary tracklist:

LP 1

1. Teaser 5:21
2. Flying Fingers 16:05
3. Wild Dogs 13:52
4. Cookoo 6:15

LP 2

1. Chameleon 7:34
2. Lotus 11:29
3. The Grind 5:39
4. Crazed Fandango 5:06

LP 3

1. People People 6:09
2. Smooth Fandango 6:15
3. Marching Powder 6:38
4. Homeward Strut 3:58
5. Dreamer 5:14
6. Savanah Woman 3:24
7. Oriental Sky 11:26

CD 1

1. Teaser (My Father’s Place) 6:02
2. People People (My Father’s Place) 8:01
3. The Grind (My Father’s Place) 3:29
4. Wild Dogs (Live at The Northern Lights) 9:20
5. You Told Me That You Loved Me (Live in Albany) 5:09
6. Stratus (Live at Ebbets Field) 5:22
7. Post Toastee (Live in Albany) 10:34
8. Hoka-Hay (Energy KBPI Broadcast) 10:32
9. Homeward Strut (Live at Ebbets Field) 4:24

CD 2

1. Shake the Devil (Live at The Northern Lights) 4:35
2. Marching Powder (My Father’s Place) 13:02
3. Lotus (My Father’s Place) 6:18
4. Homeward Strut (Live at The Northern Lights) 10:04
5. You Know, You Know (Live at Ebbets Field) 4:34
6. Crazed Fandango (Live at Ebbets Field) 7:17
7. Post Toastee (Live at The Northern Lights) 13:29
8. Walk In My Shadow (Live at Ebbets Field) 4:07

The box set will be released on May 11 in continental Europe, May 15 in the UK, and May 19 in the USA.

Thanks to Classic Rock and UDR for the info.

Whitesnake will tour UK and Ireland in December on a double bill with Def Leppard. The tour will start on December 6 in Dublin and finish on the 19th in Sheffield. Tickets go on sale April 1, with presales starting March 30th. Most venues offer a choice between general admission and reserved seating. Some also offer Whitesnake VIP packages.

Full details on our calendar.

Another track from the upcoming Whitesnake Purple Album has been released for streaming. It’s Burn:

Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.

We now have 15 confirmed dates for this summer Deep Purple US tour, plus one very unconfirmed Canadian one.

The tour will start on July 14 in Lewiston, NY, and finish on August 16 in Saratoga, CA. Ticket information is still rather sketchy at this point, but when it is available, the tickets will be going on sale within days. There are some presales here and there, but at this point we have absolutely zero info on how to get into one. Please post comments below or at the relevant date if you find out.

Update (Mar 24): for Lynn, MA, show turns out that the “Fan Club” is one for the venue, not the band. Presale code is ‘Deep’. It might be advisable to check with other venues directly for presale passwords.

There’s still a gap in the announced schedule from July 14 to July 22nd. As I was posting the dates, the news arrived that lineup for this year Ottawa Bluesfest was leaked, and the band will be headlining on Saturday, July 18th. Fingers crossed, other Canadian dates may follow.

Full details in our calendar.

Thanks to Rich Shailor and Jim Corrigan for the info.

The record company has posted an electronic press kit for the upcoming Whitesnake’s Purple Album (Purple Whitesnake? Purplesnake? never mind…)

Anyway, here it is:

Here endeth the fact and starteth the opinion.

Don’t care much for the “new” overdriven guitar sound. But acoustic Sail Away sounds promising.

Brief interview with Ian Gillan on his Rock Meets Classic tour in Germany. He said that the new album is still on the band’s platter, but no concrete plans, deadlines, or recording dates have been set.

Ian also mentioned US/Canadian dates this summer. Speaking of which, the first one, slightly unconfirmed, July 24 gig in Massachusetts is going on sale March 25. Keep an eye on our calendar.

Thanks to Yvonne for the info.