Here’s an update of the Good To Be Bad charts position:
UK
#1 in Top Rock Albums (week ending April 27, the chart wasn’t updated on May 4)
#7 in Top Albums (week ending April 27)
#22 in Top Albums (week ending May 4)
In advance of his upcoming concert in Liverpool, Glenn Hughes is featured in an online article where he details, among other things, his memories of that fateful concert in 1976 when it all seemed to be over.
Deep Purple will headline the Monsters of Rock festival on July 11, 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain. Other bands on the bill include Twisted Sister, Ted Nugent, Saxon, Thin Lizzy, Pretty Maids, Candlemass and Rage.
The band is announced to return to Spain on September 13 this year to perform at the Big Twin Espana festival, an international annual biker meeting, convention and show, which is celebrating it’s 25th anniversary.
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.
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.
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
“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: Continue Reading »
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.
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.
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Here’s an update of the Good To Be Bad charts position:
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