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Ian Paice has guested on the new album Linked to Life from a band called Dark Blue Inc. The album is out on April 26, 2019 via El Puerto Records. It can be preordered via the label. Dark Blue Inc. are: Frank Pané (Bonfire, Sainted Sinners), Göran Edman (ex- Malmsteen), Hal Patino (ex King Diamond), […]
Read more »Don Airey has played a gig in Pratteln, Swirzerland, on March 20. Roger Glover was in the neighbourhood (again), and came up on stage to jam on Pictures of Home. Carl Sentance has a video posted on his Facebook. Because it’s bloody Facebook, we can not show it here, so you’ll have to head over […]
Read more »Japanese publisher Shinko Music Mook has a new book out. Published in December 2018, it is titled Stories and Works of Don Airey and is dedicated to all things pertaining to Deep Purple’s keyboard player. Contents Introduction Don Airey Live Tours In Japan 1980-2018 Exclusive long interview Don Airey Story ~ From Sunderland to Infinite […]
Read more »The first 2019 tour dates for Deep Purple have been announced. These are the six dates in early December in Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Hungary. Tickets go on sale this week, either on Wednesday, March 27, or Friday, March 29. Full details in our calendar.
Read more »Yngwie Malmsteen’s new album Blue Lightning, due for release on March 29 via Mascot Records, contains two Deep Purple covers — Demon’s Eye and Smoke on the Water. Plus a cover of Paint it Black, which may or may not be closer to Purple’s version than to the original. The album is said to pay […]
Read more »Another death in the Purple family. Former Gillan band guitar player Bernie Tormé has passed away on Sunday, March 17. His family issued the following statement: Bernie Tormé passed away peacefully on the 17th March 2019, one day short of his 67th birthday, surrounded by his family. He had been on life support for the […]
Read more »David Coverdale did an over-the-phone interview with Atlanta radio station Rock 100.5 WNNX. Amongst other rather entertaining things, he went on the record to admit that he had underwent a knee replacement surgery a couple of years ago. When I see people have trouble getting up out of a chair in a restaurant or in […]
Read more »Consequences of Sound has a lengthy interview with David Coverdale, done to promote his upcoming new album and tour. It starts, however, with David’s relationship to the old bandmates. I went out on the Forevermore tour, which was really successful. It was a two-year world tour. And I thought I could comfortably leave that as […]
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