The two Iommi/Hughes albums — The Dep Sessions and Fused, were reissued October 4, and both entered the UK charts. The Dep Sessions at #7, and Fused at #11 in the Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart, at #62 and #77 respectively in the Albums Sales Chart, and at #63 and #80 in the Physical […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-10-16
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Prior to his recently concluded Australian tour, Glenn Hughes appeared on the Scars and Guitars podcast. He talked about Purple marks 3 & 4, the Hughes/Thrall project, collaborations with Tony Iommi, Dead Daisies, and many other things.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-10-14
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Steve Morse recently sat down to chat with American Musical Supply about all things music, from guitar tone versatility to J.S. Bach. This is a long conversation, at an hour plus, but if you watch it directly on YouTube, there is a convenient table of contents with direct links to individual chapters. Or just sit […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-10-06
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Steve Morse collaborated on a new track with guitar player Angel Vivaldi. They have recorded a cover of New Country by Jean-Luc Ponty.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-10-06
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Ritchie Blackmore recounts George Harrison joining Deep Purple on stage on the Perfect Strangers tour in Australia
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-10-05
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An online publication called Cult Following somewhat belatedly, but eloquently reviews =1: New hard rock from the Smoke on the Water gang. Some things never change. With Deep Purple, a lacklustre album image and the promise of unwavering rock fundamentals are a guarantee. No problem for those stuck with this sound for decades but some […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-10-05
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Another Glenn Hughes Australian interview, this time with the Spotlight Report. SR. Now that you are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Burn, how does it feel to look back on such a landmark album? GH. Look, it was a moment for all of us where we were at a castle writing that album, having fun, […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-10-04
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In anticipation of his Australian tour, Glenn Hughes recently spoke to The Rockpit: Andrew : How did you find working with Blackmore? At that stage he was moving more towards a classical style that has distinctively become his over the years. Glenn : Ok Andrew, let’s talk Turkey here. The Holy Trinity, in my opinion […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-10-04
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BBC Four TV channel will be showing a Radio 2 in Concert Deep Purple appearance from November 16, 2017, playing in front of a live audience at the BBC Radio Theatre. It will air on October 4, 2024, at 22:05 local time, and will be available on the BBC iPlayer for 30 days after that. […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-10-04
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Nathan and John at the Deep Purple Podcast are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Concerto for Group and Orchestra resurrection with a couple of episodes. The cherry on top is a bonus podcast with almost an-hour-and-a-half chat with Paul Mann. We highly recommend picking up a time to listen through it.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-09-30
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