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There is Ian Gillan competition running at the Jukebox. First prize will be a copy of the new DVD “Highway Star — A Journey in Rock” and a complete set of the re-released Gillan albums. Two runners-up will receive the DVD. The competition closes on March 30, 2006 at 23:59 GMT. Thanks to the Jukebox […]
Read more »Ian Gillan gave an interview in the biggest Israeli internet site YNET. The inteview can be found here (in hebrew), but the audio part is in English. If you don’t get audio on the above page, try here or here. Thanks to Eyal Ortal for the info.
Read more »Update from David Coverdale on the new Whitesnake album: I am thrilled, erect nipples an’ all, with the new songs [for the upcoming Whitesnake album, tentatively titled ‘Good to be Bad’] and very excited to be presenting them to [the fans] later this year. SPV’s wishlist is for an October release, so we’re not having […]
Read more »Deep Purple’s song “Smoke On The Water” is being used at the end of a commercial in the USA for the automobile “Dodge Avenger“: Thanks to Tracy Heyder and Gary Poronovich for the information.
Read more »Photo: S. Belyakov, www.sbelyakov.ru. Joe Lynn Turner gave an extensive interview to The Right To Rock guys and they’ve posted online as an MP3 podcast. Listen to the podcast. Thanks to Blabbermouth.net for the info.
Read more »German TV channel ARD Digital will be repeating the “Vicky Leandros – Ich Bin” show from 1970 this Saturday, March 17 at 15:50. Deep Purple were guests of this show back in 1970 and here you can see a clip of them miming to Speed King: Thanks to Dirk Dommermuth for the info.
Read more »The Riddles in Rhyme is a Blackmore’s Night fanlisting project. Started on September 2nd, 2003 it now includes listings for 224 fans in many different countries. Check it out. Jim and Jena Kelly (from Unites States) are starting a new fanzine called Black Knight. It is intended as a quarterly publication that will feature news, […]
Read more »Steve has posted a very emotional issue of the regular “notes from the road” column on his web site. He talks about his father passing away, death of Brad Delp of Boston fame and his son Kevin jamming with Rod Morgenstein. Read the notes from the road. Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info. On […]
Read more »Jon Lord live at Bradford St.George’s Hall, Sep 9, 2002. Photo: Jim Corrigan Charlotte Wilson (Paul Mann’s wife) did an interview with Jon Lord and Paul Mann for the programme Upbeat on Radio New Zealand. The interview in six parts covers: Jon discusses rock and classical music Jon on why he left Deep Purple Jon […]
Read more »Joe Lynn Turner’s web site posted a studio report on his new “Second Hand Life” solo album. In the track-by-track comments there are some interesting bits giving insight into Purple connections of the album: Second Hand Life This is a song that came out of the Deep Purple sessions with Jim Peterik in Roger Glover’s […]
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