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Archive for January, 2007



Deep Purple on French TV

Deep Purple recorded 2 songs (Smoke On The Water and Rapture Of The Deep) in November for a french TV music show called Taratata. The show was broadcasted last Friday on channel France 4. It will be broadcasted again on Friday the 26th of January on channel France 2, at 11.30 PM (local time). By […]

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Montreux 2006 DVD & CD

According to the webshop CDON, Deep Purple will release a DVD and a CD from last year show in Montreux. The release date is June 4, 2007.

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Elvis Gillan?

My favorite singer discusses his favorite singer. The last comment might be difficult to swallow for Frank Sinatra fans. Gillan on Elvis click here. Thanks to Svante and Roadrunner.

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John “Dawk” Stillwell

John “Dawk” Stillwell has been working with Deep Purple and Rainbow in 1970-80s as a technician. Check out his company’s Dawk Sound Limited website and also the forum where he answers fan’s questions about Purple and Rainbow gear at the time. Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.

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Blackmore’s Night tour dates

Blackmore Productions has announced preliminary tour dates for June 2007: Wednesday, June 6, Reykjavik, Iceland Sunday, June 10, Glenrothes, (Fife) Scotland Tuesday, June 12, York, England Thursday, June 14, Reading, England Sunday, June 17, Birmingham, England Tuesday, June 19, Yeovil, England Wednesday, June 20, Cardiff, Wales Saturday, June 23, Brighton, England And then, off to […]

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Gillan’s Inn tour edition

Immergent Records will release the “tour edition” version of DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan’s “Gillan’s Inn” CD in early February. Gillan last year completed a five-week North American run to promote “Gillan’s Inn”, which he released to celebrate 40 years in the music business. The CD, which came out in April 2006, spans the four […]

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Ian Gillan & Uli Jon Roth

Uli Jon Roth were gusting on Ian Gillan’s solo album Gillan’s Inn. It seems like Ian Gillan will guesting Uli Jon Roth next album. Here is what Uli said recently in a interview: Recently one of my guys talked to Ian’s manager, Michael Lee Jackson, who said it would be nice if Ian would sing […]

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Ian Gillan & Michael Lee Jackson

Michael Lee Jackson who worked with Ian Gillan on his solo album, Gillan’s Inn, as well toured with Ian Gillan last year, has done a solo album. It’s called “In A Heartbeat” (2006). Ian sings back up on a few tracks, and lead on “Have Love, Will Travel”. You can find the album in our […]

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