The nominations are in for the 2011 Classic Rock Magazine Awards. The awards are chosen both by the magazine team and by polling the readers. There are several Purple related entries in the running. The categories you can vote in (and relevant entries) are:
Best New Band
Album Of The Year — BCC2
Reissue Of The Year — Come Taste The Band
Film/DVD Of The Year — Phoenix Rising
Band Of The Year — Black Country Communion
You can vote from anywhere in the world. And you don’t even have to be a subscriber.
It struck me the other day that we at THS have seen Deep Purple an awful lot of times throughout the years, but at each concert there are people there seeing the band for the very first time.
Have you just been to see Purple for the first time? We’d like to hear about your experience, so head on over to the reviews form and let us know how it was!
Posted in Blog by The Spanish Archer on 2011-07-21 7 Comments
The whole day it was raining in Eindhoven. And when we left to Germany, Gelsenkirchen at some places it was still raining and busy on the road. In Gelsenkirchen no rain the whole concert. It was awesome Steve Morse a lot of solo’s, same as Roger Glover when he communicate with his guitar to the audience. And Ian Gillan on that age and still can ROCK!! like that respect for him. The orchestra was also very good. The conductor battled on his violin with Steve Morse it was nice to listen to it. So a perfect night, a perfect group, and a perfect orchestra.
I want to thank DP for a great night and the best father (my dad) of the world who recommended me to listen to Deep Purple and thanks to that they inspired me to play guitar.
I hope everyone enjoyed it to!!
Greetz,
Robbert Zwart
And till 2 December in Gelredome, Arnhem, The Netherlands DEEP PURPLE!!
As we’ve reported previously, this past Friday, July 15, Jon Lord was awarded a honorary Doctor of Music degree by his home town’s University of Leicester. Local press covers the event; Leicester Mercury writes:
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was in Leicester on Friday. You may have heard about it, seeing as news of his honorary degree from the University of Leicester seemed to be plastered everywhere.
Slipping under the media radar, happy to play a low-key second fiddle to the man from South Africa, was Jon Lord; Leicester-born keyboard maestro in Deep Purple and Whitesnake, bona-fide rock ‘n’ roll star and, pleasingly, an allround decent, stand-up chap. Tutu may have stolen the next day’s headlines, with his smiley charm and theological bonhomie – “he was nice, but he smelled of churches,” said one onlooker – but the real story here was Lord and the homecoming of a musical hero, now the proud holder of an honorary Doctorate in Music from the University of his home town. “It means,” says Lord, old eyes lighting up with infectious enthusiasm, “that even though I am clearly not, I can call myself a doctor. Imagine that.”
A rock legend has spoken of his delight at being made an honourary doctor of music by the University of Leicester.
Former Deep Purple and Whitesnake keyboard player Jon Lord, 70, had the doctorate conferred upon him in a ceremony at De Montfort Hall yesterday.
Jon, who played Hammond organ on iconic tracks such as Smoke on the Water, said: “It’s indescribable. It was such a surprise when they offered the honour to me a couple of months back – I was genuinely and overwhelmingly thrilled.”
Houston Press has a rather favourable review of the recently released Phoenix Rising:
Phoenix Rising details the “untold story” of DP Mk IV, first with Deep Purple Rises Over Japan. The 30-minute concert film, originally shot for movie theaters but not released until 1985 – this was before MTV and YouTube, kiddies – has the band blasting through “Burn,” “Love Child,” “You Keep on Moving” as well as earlier lineup hits “Highway Star” and (of course), “Smoke on the Water.”
The performance is fully restored and remixed, and it’s fascinating to watch how commanding the pre-Whitesnake Coverdale, all of 24 at the time, is as a front man.
Urban Outfitters (shock! horror!) has a Deep Purple t-shirt for sale in Europe. The Chaos At A Concert male tee sports the infamous picture of the concert hall ravaged by fans after a gig on the Mark 2’s last Japanese tour in 1973. And at €12.00/£10.00 it’s a steal. We have reports of this piece of apparel spotted on the streets of Scotland, although it appears to be not available in North Amerca at the moment.
Apparently Glenn Hughes has got himself his own show on Planet Rock. It airs on Sundays between 6 and 7pm.
I would like to thank Planet Rock for giving me the opportunity to share with listeners of my show the songs that have shaped my life. Every song is chosen by me, and there will Rock ‘n Roll stories along the away. I am a messenger…
The has been a bit of confusion as to the exact release dates of the new Roger Glover’s solo album If Life Was Easy in different countries. Here’s a complete breakdown:
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Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing