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Glenn Hughes was interviewed by Eric Blair at the NAMM, which was held January 15-18, 2009 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Glenn talks about his plans, his life, the F.U.N.K album, and the much discussed here and elsewhere Mk3 reunion, which he says is definitely not going to happen this year.
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A 12-track list for Ian Gillan’s forthcoming solo album One Eye To Morocco has been published on Amazon Germany with a release date of March 6.
No cover is shown.
1. One Eye To Morocco
2. No Lotion For That
3. Don’t Stop
4. Change My Ways
5. Girl Goes To Show
6. Better Days
7. Deal With It
8. Ultimate Groove
9. The Sky Is Falling Down
10. Texas State Of Mind
11. It Would Be Nice
12. Always The Traveller
Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson.
Don Airey is wrapping up his solo tour of Europe that was rescheduled from last September. On January 20 he and his band have performed in Munich. Here’s some video evidence from the act.
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Greg Prato continues promotion of his new book Touched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story. He will appear with an interview in the Electric Ballroom show on New Jersey radio station 95.9 WRAT FM this coming Sunday, January 25 at 10 am EST. WRAT says they broadcast over the Internet (see their website), but it doesn’t appear to be working in our heck of the woods.
Thanks to Blabbermouth.net for the info.
Gary Moore, Ian Paice, Don Airey and Neil Murray performing Hurricane in 1982 at the Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany.
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Czech media reports that Deep Purple will play at the opening ceremony for the World Championship in Nordic skiing. The championship opens on February 18 at the Tipsport Arena in Liberec, Czech Republic. Deep Purple’s appearance was announced by Kateřina Neumannová, president of the local organizing committee, and so far is not confirmed by either the Deep Purple management or the International Ski Federation.
According to the Argentinian promoters, the next scheduled Purple concert will be on February 20 in Buenos Aires.
Thanks to czech-netz.com for the info.
The promo video for Roger Glover’s single The Mask from 1984 has surfaced on Youtube.
Peter Lippman directed the video for Roger Glover and PolyGram Records. He writes:
‘Gotta say, this was a unique video to work on! Roger’s song is very interesting and he has excellent showmanship!’
The album showed yet another fascinating side to the varied musical skills within the Purple family, mixing slight hints of The Police and featuring (among others) David Rosenthal on keys and Chuck Bürgi on drums (who went on to join Rainbow).
Back in 2006 Deep Purple were booked to play at the Baalbeck International Festival in Lebanon. The show had to be cancelled due to war that broke out in that country. The band were still committed to play up until the last moment when escalating violence forced the organizers to cancel the event. This year Deep Purple will make up for the cancelled show and play at the Baalbeck on July 25. Several more July shows have been confirmed, in Switzerland, Greece and Turkey. Full details in our tour dates calendar.
The Perfect Strangers of Finland is organizing a second Purple Night, which is now becoming a good tradition. A project called 10 Perfect Women will perform music from Deep Purple, Rainbow and Whitesnake. 10 Perfect Women includes singers Maria Hänninen, Lotta Lené, Erja Lyytinen, Maya Paakkari and Marenne. The house band will be Joe Doakes, a group formed by experienced musicians related to bands like Thunderstone, Stratovarius, Kotipelto, The Milestones, and Revolution Renaissance. The whole night will be hosted by Heta Hyttinen and Mimmu.
The second Purple Night will be held on Saturday, January 17 at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki. Tickets can be purchased via www.tiketti.fi.
Thanks to Sirpa for the info.
Kansas are celebrating their 35th anniversary this year with a gala performance at the White Concert Hall in Topeka, the eponymous state of Kansas. Both founding guitar player Kerry Livgren and Steve Morse are confirmed as special guests. Steve was a lead guitarist for Kansas between 1986 and 1989 and played on two of their albums: Power (1986) and In the Spirit of Things (1988). The concert will be recorded for the live DVD and Blue-ray “There’s Know Place Like Home”. More details at www.kansasband.com.
Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.
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