![[hand]](/hs-pics/portraits/hands/glover1.jpg)
![[face]](/hs-pics/portraits/faces/gillan2.jpg)
In a recent interview with webzine Antenna, Deicide drummer Steve Asheim, talked about how Deep Purple blocked the band’s cover version of “Black Night”. How did the Deep Purple cover “Black Night” come about? Asheim: “It came about because Glen had been toying around with the idea for three years about doing a cover song, […]
Read more »In a statement released to media on Monday, Deep Purple says they intend to honor their commitment to perform at the Baalbeck Music Festival outside Beirut on July 28. “The band has never cancelled a show and has no intention of doing so,” the statement said. “If the festival promoter decides to cancel the show […]
Read more »This just in from gillan.com: “We are looking for a couple street team members in each of the cities the tour is in to put up posters to help promote the shows. In exchange for your help, we will give you a free ticket to the show and a backstage pass. In order to get […]
Read more »Bob Daisley has posted an update about his upcoming studio album with his blues band Hoochie Koochie Men. Jon Lord will be on the album and Ian Gillan has agreed to guest on two tracks. Daisley says the album is a blues album but with a rock edge and some good arrangements.
Read more »Deep Purple’s scheduled performance at the Baalbeck International Festival in Lebanon on July 27 has been postponed after the Israeli attacks on Beirut. The festival was celebrating it’s 50th anniversary this year. Festival organizers issued a statement Thursday to announce that Thursday’s performance was postponed until further notice.
Read more »Did you know there’s a bar in São Paulo called Blackmore Music Bar?
Read more »From deep-purple.net: “John Coletta, former manager of Deep Purple and Whitesnake, died on July 9th 2006. Tony Edwards approached 35 year old John, managing director of an advertising agency (in an office above his own), to help him launch Deep Purple in late 1967. Coletta remained an integral part of the management of the band […]
Read more »Jon Lord’s “Concert for Group and Orchestra” will be performed live in Italy by an Italian jazz trio and the “Arturo Toscanini Foundation” orchestra. The jazz band’s members are Vito Di Modugno (organ) , Mimmo Campanale (drums) and Massimo Sutera (bass). Special guests will be guitarist Ricky Portera and popular Italian singer Alberto Fortis. The […]
Read more »Holland’s musicians magazine “Musicmaker“, has a coverstory (6 pages) on Deep Purple in their latest issue (06/06), which is available in shops in the Netherlands and Belgium since July 5th. Musicmaker has spoken to all bandmembers (except Ian Paice, although he is featured in the article). All instrumentalists list their gear for the current tour.
Read more »Mick Box of Uriah Heep has collected a bunch of famous names in rock to sign a white Telecaster which will be sold on eBay with the proceeds going to a cancer charity. Among the people who signed the guitar is the current line-up of Deep Purple and David Coverdale. Mick has also posted some […]
Read more »
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing