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Gillan interview on Montreal radio
Montreal radio station CHOM 99.7 will feature music of Deep Purple and an interview with Ian Gillan tonight, June 13 at 10pm .
Thanks to Gary Poronovich for the info.
Deep Purple on Swiss TV
Deep Purple will appear on Swiss TV tomorrow, June 9 on Musicnight at 22:45. The show will feature band’s performance at the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival, which is also being released now on DVD.
Thanks to Denis Zürcher for the info.
“Doogie, you can pass the ball very well”
This is another excerpt from the 1995 Rainbow interview for Japanese TV. Messrs Blackmore and White have their act down to a T.
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Perfect Strangers from Montreux 2006
We have reported previously that Perfect Strangers is conspicuously missing from the Montreux’2006 release. One fan actually contacted the record company and that’s what they had to say:
Unfortunately the material for Perfect Strangers was not usable so a decision was made, in conjunction with the band, not to include it on either the DVD or CD. It does, however, appear on the second disc in the Hard Rock Cafe performance.
Perfect Strangers is also missing from the otherwise almost complete Japanese TV broadcast of the gig, which suggests there was some kind of technical glitch with the recording.
Thanks to Elinor for the info.
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Paicey solo gigs
Ian Paice will be doing several gigs in June:
- June 9 – Agriturismo Amicizia, Cassano Murge (Bari), Italy, with Deeper
- June 16 – Festa d’Estate, Vascon (Treviso), Italy, with Tolo Marton
- June 22 – Open Air Montecarasso, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, with Matt Filippini Band and special guest Neil Otupacca (ex Gotthard)
- June 28 – Cortile del Maglio, Arsenale della Pace, Turin, Italy, with Matt Filippini Band
- June 29 – Muntodenfest (Beer Fest), Montodine (Cremona), Italy, with Matt Filippini Band, free entrance show
In other news, by all accounts his gig on June 3 in Belgorod, Russia, was a success. He played with a local Lee Joe Band in front a very enthusiastic audience of several hundred. The set list was:
Highway Star
Strange Brew
Fire
Badge
Soul Mover
Little Wind
Get It On
Foxy Lady
I Like Rock
Holy Man ‘ High Road
Blues Power
Born To Be Wild
Sweet Girl
Woman From Tokyo
Smoke On The Water
Hush
The gig was professionally filmed, so there’s is hope for a DVD.
Thanks to Matt Filippini, Francesco and Uncle G/Russian Forum for the info.
New world record for Smoke on the Water
June 3 is the date of a new world record for the most guitar players simultaneously playing together. Location was Kansas City and the song was Smoke on the Water. The new record was set at 1,680 people and that’s the number Stuttgart will have to beat. Local radio station KYYS 99.7 FM sponsored the event and will send sign-up lists and other paperwork to Guinness people for official recognition.
Read press coverage at KansasCity.com.
This story appeared on the newswire, so thanks to everybody who’ve sent it in.
Setlist poll
Tired of the old setlist debate? Here’s your chance to vote for a setlist you like (although there’s no guarantee that anybody will listen).
It works like this:
- We have assembled a list of 60 songs played live since Steve Morse joined the band. Why these? You have to stop somewhere. Besides, the band wouldn’t have an excuse of “we didn’t have time to rehearse a new song.” 😉
- You can select a maximum of 15 songs.
- Everybody is allowed to vote only once.
- You need javascript and cookies enabled in your browser.
- Poll closes on July 1.
North American tour confirmed
Tourdates for the North American tour have been confirmed by Deep Purple’s management. The tour will start on July 12 in Atlanta, and proceed to Midwest, via Canada to East Coast, resume on August 12 in California, work it’s way to Texas and conclude in Dallas on August 25. Check our tourdates page for complete listings and ticket info.
Deep Purple on The History Channel
The History Channel (or at least, it’s branch in India) is launching a new series “History Rocks” that will air from May 28 to June 7.
The eight-part series, “History Rocks”, will feature concerts, rare documentaries and interviews with rock stars. Some of the greatest musical rock bands and groups like Queen, Deep Purple, The Doors, The Who, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Santana will feature in this series that fuses music and history together.
The episode on Deep Purple will air on May 31 and will include “Live at Montreux” performance. We have no idea whether it will be the 1996 concert released last year on DVD, or the 2006 performance due to be released at the beginning of June. Likewise, we have no details if the series will be shown in other markets.
Thanks to The Hindu for the info.
A few points from Roger
In his latest message to the fans, Roger talks about his daughter Gillian’s new album (it’s out now), proper spelling, security at the gigs, MySpace squatters, and Finnish postal stamps, among other things.
Go get a few points.
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