Deep Purple opened the next min-leg of tour and they have included three new songs in the setlist: Vincent Price, All the Time in the World and Body Line. These were performed in Rabat and Kavarna, with the next night in Plovdiv reportedly Above and Beyond taking the place of Body Line.
It appears that the whole show in Rabat was filmed professionally with clips starting to appear on Youtube:
Bob Ezrin was interviewed by Los Angeles radio KLOS, with a good half of the conversation revolving around Deep Purple and Now what?!. Ah, and he also tells an anecdote how way back then he turned down an offer to produce none other but Made in Japan:
In a recent interview to Russian newspaper Kommersant Ian Gillan mentioned, among the usual, that the band is contemplating a special tribute to Claude Nobs during their visit to Montreux (they perform at the Jazz Festival on July 19). One idea being touted is to skip Smoke on the Water from the setlist on the main festival stage at the Stravinsky Hall and perform it separately, on an open air stage on the Lake Geneva shoreline, with fireworks and other bells and whistles.
Thanks to CV3591 from deep-purple.ru forum for the info.
Uncut magazine had a short mention about Deep Purple and fashion in the late sixties in their December 2010 issue with quote from Jon Lord:
That leather coat cost more than I’d earned in my entire life. It was all bought one mad afternoon at Mr. Fish. Working-class lads being dressed by a top designer, we weren’t going to say no. We wanted to be a progressive band but we didn’t know how. I remember thinking it was the most wonderful time, with total freedom
On May 23 Whitesnake show in Manchester Bernie Marsden joined the “new new” band on stage for performances of Fool for Your Loving and Here I Go Again:
The latest episode of In The Studio with Redbeard is completely dedicated to Now what?! A good chunk of the album was played during the one hour show, interspersed with what sounds like a prerecorded elsewhere interview with Roger Glover. This episode appears only online despite the fact that the show is syndicated on many, ahem, classic rock radio stations across North America.
Putting BBC to shame both in depth and breadth, Andi Fox from the Welsh community radio GTFM interviewed David Coverdale for his weekly Rockshow last Thursday. David talked about the UK tour, live album releases, nice memories of Jon Lord, other former members of Whitesnake, and even tells how after Jon’s death he reached out to Ritchie Blackmore.
Listen to the interview here (MP3, 25 mins, 23MB).
Coverdale also did a “Coverday” on Planet Rock on May 17:
Thanks to Andy Fox and Yvonne Osthausen for the info.
On May 17, Ian Paice and Pete York openend the Drums ‘n’ Percussion in Paderborn, Germany, the biggest festival of its kind in Europe. So far only one clip is available, short but stunning (watch Paicey’s luminous sticks):
A brief report of the performance (in German) with photographs appears on the festival website.
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