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Archive for April, 2007



Love and hapPAUness

The gods of rock’n’roll played Pau! First of all thank you very much guys for changing a little bit the setlist. Very clever idea because Toulouse and Pau are very close and only four months separate the two gigs. SO it’s good we could hear different songs. In fact Wrong man and Kiss tomorrow goodbye […]

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Sold out in Nantes

The gig was sold out in front of 6.000 people. A great rock show Set list (in this order) Picture of home Things I never said Strange kind of woman Rapture of the deep Fireball Into the fire Steve Morse solo Well dressed guitar When a blind man cries Lazy The battle rages on Don […]

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Purple fire in Rouen

On a cold pre-spring night in Normandy, Deep Purple put the fire into our hearts. Pictures of Home smashed the audience with its drum attack. Hilarious moment when Ian Gillan took the wrong tuned harmonica during the solo in Lazy. I’ve expected so long to hear The Battle Rages On in the Rapture of the […]

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Glenn Hughes interview to Rocknworld

Rocknworld published an extensive interview that Glenn Hughes has given to them. He talks about his latest album, Music for the Divine, about how he overcame his past drug addiction and many other things. Of a particular interest to our readers would be the fact that he finally went on record speaking about Mk.3 reunion: […]

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Notes from the road

Marking the end of the French leg of the tour, both Steve Morse and Roger Glover have published their regular messages for the fans. Steve’s notes from the road discuss the perils of international travel, French cuisine and being an opening act. Of particular interest is this passage about French audiences, which I’m sure to […]

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Gillan in Heaven and Hell – April Fools

As you probably have already heard, following the gig at the Radio City Music Hall on March 30th, Ronnie James Dio has announced that he is quitting Heaven and Hell tour for undisclosed reasons. Apparently Tony Iommi wants to fulfil the band’s extensive US and European touring commitments in April/May/June. He has asked Ian Gillan […]

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