German Internet radio station Statusquorokt will have a Deep Purple special on the show on February 23. They are running a contest online with 3 questions that should not be very difficult for majority of our readers:
- which Status Quo song was produced by a DP member?
- what’s the name of that DP member?
- which instrument does this member play?
Deadline for submissions is February 22. The winner will be announced on the show on February 23rd and will receive a free ticket to the Classic Rocknacht in Köln on July 26.
Thanks to The Aviator for the info.
More Latin American dates were announced recently on deeppurple.com. All the dates we have posted previously from other sources are now officially confirmed. Mexico, Ecuador and Chile are on the list as well.
Meanwhile, European dates for the summer keep appearing here and there. For many of them tickets are on sale or going on sale shortly. Keep in mind that all these dates so far have not been confirmed by Thames Talent.
See the full list in our tour central. And please email us any updates and corrections.
American band Ministry will release a cover album on April 1st. Among the tracks on the album is a take of Deep Purple’s “Space Truckin'”. Prong vocalist Thomas Victor is handling lead vocals for the DP cover.
The depths of Youtube never cease to amaze me… Smoke on the Water soviet hillbilly kitsch style. This one is performed by a band from Finland called Leningrad Cowboys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veOz9CjTedU
Thanks to Doug MacBeath for bringing this up for your viewing pleasure.
From the bizzare covers department The Highway Star is proud to present you this gem:
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Whitesnake’s new album will be called Good to be Bad and it is scheduled for release in Europe on March 30th via SPV/Steamhammer. It will include 11 new songs written by Coverdale and Doug Aldrich, who both co-produced the album together with Michael McIntyre.
Track listing:
01. Call On Me
02. Can You Hear The Wind Blow?
03. Best Years
04. All I Want All I Need
05. Good To Be Bad
06. All For Love
07. Summer Rain
08. Lay Down Your Love
09. A Fool In Love
10. Got What You Need
11. ‘Till The End Of Time
Whitesnake will take on the road on March 23, opening the tour at ROCK2WGTN Festival in new Zealand and then following with a string of European dates starting in early June. The touring band will consist of Coverdale, with Doug Aldrich and Reb Beach on guitars, Timothy Drury on keyboards, Uriah Duffy on bass, and Chris Frazier on drums.
Thanks to Blabbermouth.net for the info.
Latest Blackmore’s Night DVD Paris Moon has been enjoying chart success, albeit in a niche market. The DVD (with accompanying CD) was released in early November. It has been at the top of the New Age Reporter radio charts ever since: November and December. The chart is compiled based on the radio play reports by the New Age format radio stations from across USA.
Thanks to Mike Garrett for the info.
Tickets for the June Whitesnake shows in UK go on presale from January 16 9:00 am to January 18 8:00 am through Live Nation and Ticketmaster. Presale password is snakebite. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on January 19.
Whitesnake will be pairing with Def Leppard to co-headline their UK dates. We have no info yet as to who will play first and who second, but we imagine Def Leppard will probably be closing the show. Black Stone Cherry will be supporting them.
Perfect Strangers of Finland are celebrating their 10th anniversary with a Purple Night party on January 18th at 8pm at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki:
On Friday, 18th of January, 2008, we are celebrating our 10-year old club, and we are organizing a Purple – Rainbow – Whitesnake Marathon Night at Tavastia Club. We are very excited about the popularity of our Purple Night, there will be more than 40 Finnish top musicians on the stage.
Purple Night is party time both for the musicians, and for the audience. The aim is simply to have fun together. Deep Purple, Rainbow and Whitesnake are the favorites of many of the musicians, and they want to show their respect to these great classic bands. Tavastia Club is the biggest, the oldest, and the most famous rock club in Helsinki. Everybody wants to play there. (And Gillan and Dio have played there, too.)
Our party will go on all night long!
Here are some of the musicians on the bill (subject to change):
Hosts: Teppo Nättilä and Matti Rinne, both professional radio-DJ’s and founder members of PSOF.
DJ: Kristian Huovelin, the Father of PSOF
Tickets: 12 € / 14 € www.tiketti.fi
Further Information, Comments, Congratulations etc.:
Perfect Strangers of Finland (The Finnish Deep Purple Appreciation Society)
c/o Sirpa Hammar, president, Tel. +358-41-48 48 246
Otavantie 12 B 25, FI-00200 HELSINKI, FINLAND
info@psof.fi
We wish the Perfect Strangers of Finland a very happy birthday!
Thanks to Sirpa Hammar for the info.
Jon Lord’s Durham Concerto promotion seems to be in full swing in anticipation of the January 28th release date. His PR company has set up a Myspace page for the album, so that all you myspacers can add it to your friends list.
Thanks to Sylvia Ho from Albion Media for the info.
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