Two tour legs have been confirmed by Deep Purple management: 6 dates in Japan in April and 4 dates in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia in early May. Our tour dates calendar has the details. As usual, please mail us any corrections, additional venue and info, etc. Thanks to Monika Schwarz for the info.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2009-01-09
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Jon Lord has posted a comment on his website to recent press rumours of an impending Deep Purple Mark 3 reunion with Lars Ulrich offering himself for the drum stool: ‘It all seems like a lot of hot air and wild speculation to me,’ writes Jon Lord, and states that he has not been asked […]
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Posted in News by Rasmus Heide on 2009-01-06
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Rumours of a Mk3 reunion have been flying around for a while now, always turning to sum up to about exactly nothing. In the most recent resurrection of the idea, Peter Makowski of Classic Rock talks about it like of a definite possibility: In separate interviews David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Jon Lord have all […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2009-01-06
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The wedding & Christmas special issue of the Blackmore online fanzine Cartouche is out. In this issue: news from the marriage of Ritchie and Candice retrospective reviews of Christmas Carols and Beyond The Sunset interviews with Candice, Carole, members and entourage of Blackmore’s Night review of the Blackmore’s Night Christmas performance in Long Island messages […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2009-01-05
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UK digital radio station Planet Rock has complied another indispensable top list that we can get upset over and correct to our own liking. Because we always know best, don’t we? The Greatest Voice in Rock Top 40 was compiled by the station’s DJs, presenters and listeners with the help of musicians, rock critics and […]
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Posted in Blog by Svante Axbacke on 2009-01-04
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This one is for the science geeks. You’ve all heard Smoke On The Water, perhaps several times too many. But ever wondered what it looks like? Here’s your big chance. An inventor from Norway demonstrates his gas burner that visualizes sound waves (in quite ingenious way, I must say). A tank of propane gas, a […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2009-01-02
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Joe Lynn Turner will be the featured guest on Eddie Trunk’s “Friday Night Rocks” radio show on New York’s Q104.3 FM on Friday, January 9. We have no idea what they will be talking about, but an educated guess would be the Over The Rainbow project, which now has a string of confirmed live dates […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2009-01-02
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