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Joe Lynn Turner will perform live on the syndicated US radio show Rockline with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, September 5. Guitarist Howie Simon (Jeff Scott Soto, Graham Bonnet, etc.) has been confirmed as Turner’s guest musician. The show airs at 8:30 p.m. PT/ 11:30 p.m. ET and fans are encouraged to call in at […]
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 »Blackmore’s Night will have their annual appearance at the ZDF Fernsehgarten show on 22nd July. The show should begin around 10.45 local time, but check www.zdf.de if in doubt. Thanks to Mike Garrett and Rainer Klos for the info.
Read more »Here are two short video clips from Ian Paice’s birthday party. It happened after the show last Friday (June 29) in Montodine (Italy).
Read more »Norwegian singer Jorn Lande will join Jon Lord onstage at the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway next Sunday July 1. A gifted vocalist with numerous projects in his own right, Jorn Lande was previously linked to the Purple family via Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden’s The Snakes. See more at jornlande.com. Jon Lord first performed […]
Read more »Photo: Jim Corrigan It looks like the organisers of the Guitar World Record Festival in Stuttgart are taking their attempt on the Guinness Book very seriously. According to Independent.ie: they have secured Jon Lord’s appearance at the event planning to broadcast the festival live across Europe are recruiting participants from as far as Ireland The […]
Read more »Back in 1989, Joe Lynn Turner and Yngwie Malmsteen played over a dozen sold out shows in Leningrad and Moscow in Russia. Seventeen years later, the two were invited back to Russia’s capital by the Prime Minister for a performance for his cabinet and staff on Russian Independence Day (June 12). It was an private […]
Read more »Deep Purple will appear on Swiss TV tomorrow, June 9 on Musicnight at 22:45. The show will feature band’s performance at the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival, which is also being released now on DVD. Thanks to Denis Zürcher for the info.
Read more »“All my favourite drummers are dead.” Paicey makes no secret that he grew up on the music of classic Big Band drummers such as Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, who had a tremendous influence on his style. Buddy Rich would have celebrated his 90th birthday on September 30th, and 2007 also marks 20 years since […]
Read more »Caramba reports that Ian Gillan has signed up to do a concert in Thessaloniki, Greece on Saturday 30th June (although the orchestra’s site says June 29th) with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra. The venue is an open-air theatre called Theatro Gis. It seats 4.500 and is at a beautiful spot in the north part of […]
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