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Snubbed
Well, it’s official: Deep Purple have been snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Again. After being nominated earlier this year, the band is conspicuously absent from the final list of inductees.
Read more »Archive for December, 2012
Le Zénith, Toulouse, 6/12/12
Just a few words about Deep Purple’s Toulouse show last Thursday. Having been to Nantes in November, I must say this was perhaps a bit weary overall, although quite nice — well, maybe it was the sunday schedule, and a lame audience — I don’t know, but some of the band members (NOT Ian Gillan) […]
Read more »April 26th, 2013
Deep Purple’s record company Edel/earMUSIC has unveiled release date for the new album — April 26th. A new site and a Facebook page have been launched to promote it.
Read more »Paris 1975
Paris 1975 show has been re-released by the old management company Deep Purple (Overseas) as the first part of their Live Series. The tapes have been newly remixed and remastered. Double CD set includes new artwork, a 12 page booklet and a bonus digital download of the Sunbury ’75 Music Festival programme. It is available […]
Read more »Loose lips sink ships
Glenn Hughes spoke to the Classic Rock magazine and revealed that it was his Twitter tirade that caused cancellation of Black Country Communion one-off gig in Wolverhampton, originally scheduled for January 5: I was getting killed by a lot of my friends and fans in the Black Country for the ticket prices. I went on […]
Read more »The question mark and the exclamation mark
Classic Rock magazine has a teaser from Ian Gillan’s interview that will appear in it’s issue due to hit the newsstands on January 3. Speaking exclusively to the magazine, Gillan revealed that the new album will include 13 tracks including Out Of Hand, Hell To Pay, Weirdistan, Uncommon Man and Above And Beyond. The latter […]
Read more »Le sourire du plaisir in Brussels
It was the fifth time I saw Deep Purple since 2006. I could compare the quality of the show compared to other concerts and it was excellent! The most fascinating thing is to see members of the group with a permanent smile, it’s a real pleasure to see. I was on the front which is […]
Read more »Back to hard rock roots
Forest National, Brussels, Belgium I had the chance to stand near the stage during the gig. Deep Purple gave a great concert last night in Brussels. After a powerful start (Fireball, Into the fire and Hard lovin’man), they gave us a wonderful “strange kind of woman”. All the members were in great shape and Gillan’s […]
Read more »Snakecharmer to release debut album
Early Whitesnake stalwarts Micky Moody and Neil Murray have teamed up with Chris Ousey (Heartland), Laurie Wisefield (ex Wishbone Ash, Tina Turner), Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osbourne) and Harry James (Thunder) to form Snakecharmer. They are releasing a self-titled album of original material via Frontier Records, due on January 22nd in North America and January 25th […]
Read more »Quantum thinking
Canadian blog Music Legends did a rather lengthy interview with Ian Gillan, which started with a couple (by now) mundane questions about WhoCares but quickly veered pretty far off the beaten track. Big Ian got to talk about things ranging from record remasters, to the state of the music business, to the future of the […]
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