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Deep Purple’s managements has contracted Paid Inc. to run an official fan club at a new website, as well as handle online merchandising, sell ‘VIP experience ticket packages’ and ‘develop and direct its official fan community.’ Paid Inc. is currently running Aerosmith’s official fan club among a few other things. A few days ago Rockit […]
Read more »Ian Paice will appear at The Drum And Bass Days 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden which is held on September 28 and 29. Ian will probably do his clinic on the 28th since he’s doing the Buddy Rich tribute the 29th. UPDATE (Aug 23): Promoters of the Drum And Bass Days 2007 regret to inform that […]
Read more »For those in the Triton College community (near River Grove, Illinois just outside of Chicago), Ian Gillan will be interviewed on “The Wizard Rock Show” on Sunday, July 22. The interview will take place before the gig at the House Of Blues that evening. The show airs from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CST on […]
Read more »The second show at the Chicago House of Blues that was scheduled on Monday July 23, is now cancelled, apparently due to low ticket sales. This being an all standing venue with general admission only, tickets will be honoured for the Sunday July 22 performance (or refund issued at the point of purchase). As a […]
Read more »A brand new interview with Ian Gillan has been posted online at The Musician’s Voice. The interview is about 12 minutes long and you can listen to it here (MP3, 6.9MB). Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.
Read more »I saw all the reviews from Atlanta 7.12.7 and House of BluesOrlando 7.13.7 and Clearwater 7.15.7 but I saw Deep Purple Saturday night at the Pompano Beach Amphitheatre 07/14/2007. It was the first time I have seen DP since 1974 when I saw them with Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Tommy Bolin, Glen Hughes and David […]
Read more »Edgar Winter started the night with a fine set, playing his big hits such as “Free Ride”, “Tobacco Road”, and “Frankenstein” to name a few. But I was there to see Deep Purple so away we go. I was lucky to find myself in the 10th row of the amphitheater and as soon as the […]
Read more »Others have covered the set list, the weather, the vibe, etc., so let me agree with those comments. I’m a huge fan of both Deep Purple and the opening band, Steppenwolf and was very excited to get a chance to see them both again. John Kay/Steppenwolf played a tight, short set that had a little […]
Read more »The Palace night club in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia has been burned down. Deep Purple played a concert there on April 27, 1999, writes George Fotis who was at the show then and saw the fire last Wednesday. ‘I happened to be in the area and saw a lot of smoke in the air. It’s […]
Read more »Friendly frill-free adrenalin A mostly graying haired sold out crowd of 40 yr old and 50 something fans gathered one night for an attempt to touch those late 70’s good time roots with the rock icons of the time. The current Deep Purple fan is more likely to be making corporate business deals on his […]
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