Glenn Hughes’ former bandmates Chad Smith, Jeff Kollman and Ed Roth, rounded with bassist Kevin Chown, have formed a band called Bombastic Meatbats. They frequently play at The Baked Potato in Los Angeles. Glenn guested at their gig on March 29 and they went for an extended version of Mistreated:

Thanks to nitsuby for the video and to Daniel Bengtsson for bringing it to your attention.

Whitesnake’s Live at Donington 1990 DVD/live double CD set will now be available on June 3 in Europe and June 7 in North America via Frontiers Records.

On August 18, 1990, Whitesnake headlined the legendary Monsters Of Rock at Castle Donington festival (now known as Download). Whitesnake’s performance at the festival was one of the most memorable events on the “Liquor & Poker World Tour” that saw the band play sold-out shows to over one million people. The footage captures Whitesnake performing in front of more than 70,000 people. Whitesnake in 1990 featured guitarists Steve Vai and Adrian Vandenberg, bassist Rudy Sarzo, drummer Tommy Aldridge and, of course, David Coverdale.

The Live At Donington 1990 DVD also includes a gallery of never before seen stills of the band on the Liquor & Poker World Tour 1990, plus behind-the-scenes documentary of the making-of the Slip Of The Tongue album.

The Live At Donington 1990 will be available in 2CD set, DVD coverpack, combo 2CD + DVD in digipak and digital edition.

Live At Donington 1990 DVD track listing:

1. Slip Of The Tongue
2. Slide It In
3. Judgement Day
4. Slow An Easy
5. Kitten’s Got Claws
6. Adagio For Strato
7. Flying Dutchman Boogie
8. Is This Love
9. Cheap An’ Nasty
10. Crying In The Rain (featuring Tommy Aldridge drum solo)
11. Fool For Your Loving
12. For The Love Of God
13. The Audience Is Listening
14. Here I Go Again
15. Bad Boys
16. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
17. Still Of The Night
18. Bonus content: The Making of Slip of the Tongue; Slide Show

Live At Donington 1990 CD 1 track listing:

1. Slip Of The Tongue
2. Slide It In
3. Judgement Day
4. Slow An Easy
5. Kitten’s Got Claws
6. Adagio For Strato
7. Flying Dutchman Boogie
8. Is This Love
9. Cheap An’ Nasty
10. Crying In The Rain (featuring Tommy Aldridge drum solo)

Live At Donington 1990 CD 2 track listing:

1. Fool For Your Loving
2. For The Love Of God
3. The Audience Is Listening
4. Here I Go Again
5. Bad Boys
6. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
7. Still Of The Night

Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.

National Examiner has a very, ahem, entertaining interview with David Coverdale:

Forevermore is one hard rocking album, even more than its predecessor, Good to Be Bad. What’s in the engine room these days?
The engine room is just a fuel for life in general. I think if you put a cord in my rear end, I could light up a significant community.

You became a U.S. citizen in 2007. What new things did you rediscover about America in the process that you appreciate?
There was an awful lot of stuff. Of course, I had to learn a great deal about its history, but being a history buff, anyway, as a student of history, it was fantastic. It’s a great honor for me that I can maintain my British [citizenship] as well. So half and half, I don’t know which half—maybe Manland, the theme park between my legs, is the American side.

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In this interview which he gave during the recent visit to St.Petersburg, Ian Gillan opines on many topics but music. Immigration and overpopulation, democracy, capitalism and communism, money and greed — answers are scarce, but questions are aplenty.
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Caramba! has new installments of anecdotage and Q&A from Ian Gillan:

In some of your summer shows you are going to be accompanied by an orchestra. Could you give us any information or details on how this came up?

Not really, the idea gained ground because we all fancied it for a change and the promoters loved it, so a button was pressed somewhere, by someone. I’m looking forward to it.

Will these shows include parts of Jon Lord’s “Concerto For Group And Orchestra” or maybe some solo tracks, as in your tour back in 2000-01?

No. We’re talking about the set list now – because orchestras need to have paperwork and that means preparation, and there’s no mention of that material.

You recently recorded two new songs with Tony Iommi, Jon and Nicko McBrain. When are these songs going to be released? Are there any thoughts for a full album with this project?

These are coming out around 6th May, we have no plans (again) for anything further towards this project, but who knows what can happen in the future…

Read more, and don’t forget anecdotage too.

Thanks to Steve Campbell for the info.

On March 22 Deep Purple were guests of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at his official residence in Gorki, near Moscow. They reportedly had some tea (at least while the press was around). Medvedev Jr., aged 15, got a chance to jam with the band on his guitar. Paicey presented the prez with a pair of his drum sticks.

Thanks to RIA Novosti for the info and to Presidential Press and Information Service for the pictures.

The long awaited Deep Purple Mark IV DVD which we detailed previously has now been completed. It will be called Phoenix Rising: The untold story of the 1975/76 MkIV world tour and release date is set for May 20th.
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Steve Morse has published a brief message on his official site:

This disaster is sobering and heart breaking. Having been in Japan and admired their earthquake preparedness, who could have imagined so much tragedy from a Tsunami in Japan? Those folks who are helping others in the face of unknown risks are true heroes. Let’s hope and pray that the suffering is mitigated as much as humanly possible.

Thanks to BraveWords for the info.

Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles has an extensive interview with Glenn Hughes:

The difference between this and the last one is that there was more time to write. It’s heavier than the first one. It’s darker than the first one. It’s the same blueprint and components as the first one, but just a bigger brother.

I’m writing so much for BCC. I’m writing all the time. Obviously, we’re going to make a third record next year, so all I’m concerned about is getting the right amount of decent music… hard working rock ‘n roll songs for our band.

No, you won’t see BCC doing any ‘80s package tour or anything like that. It’s not going to happen and the reason why we’ve done album ‘2’ is because we want to have twenty-four songs to draw from when we play live. We want to have a two-hour show of nothing but BCC songs.

BraveWords.com: Is the book coming out this year?

Hughes: As you know, the luxury edition with all the bells and whistles – the music, embossed in gold and what have you is coming out in May. There will also be paperback and hardback editions coming at the end of the year…

We’re also recording a live DVD in Germany in July (which will be coming out at Christmas). That’s an exclusive for you. Nobody knows about that, so there are going to be a lot of things happening for BCC.

Read the full interview: part 1 and part 2.

David Coverdale will make an in-store record signing on Tuesday, March 29, at the Vintage Vinyl record store in New Jersey, USA. You’ll need to purchase the new Whitesnake album from the store to receive a wristband that will grant access to the event.

Vintage Vinyl is located on 51 Lafayette Rd., Fords, NJ, 08863:

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Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.