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Mike Garrett and Kevin Dixon have started a new fanzine dedicated to all things Blackmore. No dead trees, no subscription fees, no long waits (as we all hope). Read Cartouche online or download it for printing on their Myspace page.
Thanks to Kevin Dixon for the info.
Radio London claimed last week that the “original Deep Purple lineup” would reunite later this year for three shows at London’s O2 Arena. The news were made public on Danny Baker’s show and the were widely understood as a MkII reunion announcement. Not surprisingly, this started the whole whirlpool of rumours on and off the ‘net. Blackmore’s management quickly responded to the rumours by saying, “It is not happening and it is not going to happen.” So there you have it.
Thanks to The Rainbow Fanclan Legacy, Blabbermouth.net, Jerry Bloom, Mike Garrett and many others for the info.
Never underestimate the commercial appeal of a well promoted rock’n’roll with cocky lyrics!
On April 18 DPAS reported that the new Whitesnake album Good To Be Bad went to number 6 in the charts even before the UK release date of April 21 and his record company SPV is hoping to achieve #1.
Yahoo UK does not have the album in it’s charts for the week ending April 21, but by all accounts the album is doing well in Amazon charts which are updated a lot more frequently.
At the time of this writing (April 22):
Amazon.co.uk (released April 21)
#15 in Music
#1 in Music > Blues
#1 in Music > Heavy Metal
Amazon.com (released April 22)
#7 in Music
#1 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal > Hard Rock
#3 in Music > Rock
#7 in Music > Pop
Amazon.de (released April 18)
#44 in Music
#4 in Music > Hard ‘n Heavy
#19 in Music > Rock
#34 in Music > Pop
Amazon.co.jp (released April 22)
#46 in Music (as far as we can understand Japanese)
Amazon.fr (released April 21)
#44 in Music
#24 in Music > Rock
Amazon.ca (released April 22)
#15 in Music
#1 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal > Hard Rock
#9 in Music > Rock
#15 in Music > Pop
Thanks to Mike McBain for the info.
“It’s 35 years since I joined Deep Purple and I look 18…” — announced David Coverdale while appearing on April 16th on a British talk show aptly named Loose Women:
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In his recent update, Roger Glover shares with us that he took opportunity of the touring break to spend time with his family and presents a new installment of his pictures from the road, this time featuring torn posters, unexpected fashion statements, views from the above and trees waiting to pounce.
Read and see it all at rogerglover.com.
Thanks to George Kikonishvili and Andrey Gusenkov for the info.
Steve Morse appears on the new Led Zeppelin tribute album called Led Box – The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute. He contributed guitar to the instrumental rendition of Heartbreaker that appears on CD2. Heartbreaker played by Steve had previously appeared on another tribute compilation — Guitar Heroes – Led Zeppelin Instrumental Renditions and is a frequent guest at his Guitar Parades during Deep Purple shows.
Thanks to stevemorse.com and George Kikonishvili for the info.
Ian Paice will be a special guest at the 2008 Rock Legends Adventure to be held in Cologne, Germany, on May 21-25. Other announced participants in the extended family are Pete York and Miller Anderson.
The Rock Legends Adventure is the kind of event where amateur musucians and fans get a chance to practice, jam, perform on stage or simply hang around professional musicians. Since Ian is announced as a “special guest” and not a full participant, we can only presume that he will appear only at the final concert on Day 4 (May 24th) at E-Werk Köln. Tickets for that show are available at €29.60 from koelnticket.de.
Deep Purple’s performance headlining the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival is coming to a big screen near you. That is, if you live in certain states. On April 28th a company called The Bigger Picture will be showing two concerts in select movie theaters across the United States. Alongside with Montreux’2006 (which was shot in high definition), Queen Live in Montreal’81 will get the red carpet treatment.
You can find a location near you at TheBiggerPicture.us.
Thanks to Blabbermouth.net and Daniel Bengtsson for the info.
As many of you probably know by now, Don Airey’s latest non-DP project, A Light In The Sky was released a short while ago. What you may not be aware of is that The Highway Star has a feature on it, which we hope to add material to in the near future.
One of those things is a Q&A with Don about it, so if you have questions you would like to have answers for, let us know what they are. We’ll include the best ones with the ones we have for him, and then publish his responses in the feature.
We’re also interested in your reviews of the recording — if they’re more than a few lines, please email them to me directly (at editorinchief@thehighwaystar.com) rather than posting them as very long comments.
Ian Gillan will be among the artists paying tribute to the late Jeff Healey at the first of the two memorial concerts in Toronto on May 3. This first show, on May 3, will focus on Healey’s contribution to blues and rock and will feature Jack Bruce, Randy Bachman, Colin James, Alannah Myles and Healey’s backup band, Jazz Wizards, alongside with Gillan. The second show on May 4 will be dedicated to the jazzier side of the multitalented musician.
Proceeds from the shows will go to the Healey Family Trust and to Daisy’s Eye Cancer Fund, a charity that assists the families of children with retinoblastoma, the rare cancer that claimed Healey’s sight when he was one year old.
Tickets for both events go on sale this Friday, April 11.
Thanks to CBC.ca, Blabbermouth.net and Daniel Bengtsson for the info.
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