Everett Post (which hails from Washington state) has a short piece based around an interview with Ian Paice on the occasion of the band visiting across the continent state of Florida. About the Rock Legends Cruise that departed on February 14: I’m not trying to get any pre-formed ideas about it. I’m sure it’ll be […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-02-15
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BraveWords has an illustrated review of the band’s first gig of 2022: If you are one of those who believe that there’s a certain age in which we are too old for rock n’ roll, any of the current members of Deep Purple would politely ask you to hold their beers. Despite being Steve Morse […]
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Posted in News, Tour Reviews by Nick on 2022-02-12
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An embryonic version of Fools, with ad-lib lyrics
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-02-11
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The band have played their first live show in nearly 2 years yesterday, February 10, 2022, at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. Let’s see how the gentlemen have weathered the storm.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-02-11
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Radio BOB! in Germany has a monthly show hosted by our own Ian Paice and Don Airey. The Deep Purple Rockshow is on the air every first Saturday of the month from 18:00 to 19:00. We are being told that the radio announcement also mentioned that from time to time they might be joined by […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-02-07
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Goldmine magazine has a six-page feature on Turning to Crime in their February/March 2022 issue. It is written by Dave Thompson and based around an interview with Ian Paice. Vintage Rock magazine has has a 2-page article on the Green Bullfrog project in their February/March 2022 issue. And last, but not least, Classic Rock has […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-02-02
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Ian Gillan was interviewed for the Palm Beach Post in anticipation of resuming the touring activities in Florida later this month. If there is one thing that is true about Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan, it’s that not everything he says is true. “Somebody once asked me, ‘Are you a truthful person?’ I said yes […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-02-01
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Here is a small collection of various odds and ends that accumulated in our mailbox over the past few weeks. They might be of interest, but probably each of them don’t warrant a separate post. A German band called Santiano has been spotted recycling props from the inFinite photo shoot
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2022-01-31
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25th anniversary of Whitesnake’s Restless Heart album is the cover story of issue #2022-02 of the Japanese Burrn! magazine. This issue also includes an interview with Roger Glover about the Deep Purple’s first album of covers.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-01-31
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Don Airey was interviewed for the Rolling Stone Unknown Legends series. It’s a long form interview, with a lot of ground covered — from the humble beginnings in a cruise ship house band to the next Purple gigs, once again on a cruise ship. And everything in between. So how did the Rainbow period start? […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2022-01-26
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