Here is a chance to preview Phoenix Rising for the rest of us. In exchange for an email address you will be sent a link to download and preview one audio track (Gettin’ Tighter to be precise) in high quality 320 kbps MP3. Phoenix Rising is due to be released on Blue-ray, DVD, CD and […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-05-10
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The San Francisco Bay Area show on June 25 has been moved from Mountain View to the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord. Tickets presale started today, with the sale to general public starting tomorrow, April 29. Joe Satriani is listed as a support act. And we all know how this might play.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-28
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The Mk.4 release Phoenix Rising which is due on May 20 in Europe will be released in the following package formats:
- DVD+CD in DVD-style digipak
- CD+DVD in CD-style jewel case
- Blue-ray
- 2LP+DVD
- Audio CD separately (not confirmed by the label, but listed on Amazon)
Now let’s sort out what contains what.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-28
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Tickets for the short Deep Purple tour of UK are going on sale this week. Nov 26 — Glasgow Nov 27 — Birmingham Nov 29 — Manchenster Nov 30 — London Presale for Glasgow starts April 14, register at TicketSoup.com. Presale for the other three shows starts April 13, but we do not have any […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-12
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Almost all dates on the North American tour in June have been confirmed by Deep Purple’s management. Only June 7 in Boston and the three Canadian dates still remain unconfirmed at the time of this writing, despite tickets being on sale for quite a while. Stay tuned for further developments. The tour is being billed […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-07
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We have yet to see something official on this but according to reports in our own comments and on the DP Hub, Deep Purple has been recording new material at Ian Paice’s studio in Spain. Apparently 9 complete songs were recorded in March with Ian Paice overseeing the project. The band have 7-8 other unfinished […]
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Posted in News by Svante Axbacke on 2011-04-06
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Deep Purple On a Roll set for release soon, the natural successor to Deep Purple In Rock. Says Roger Glover of the new CD: We felt that not only was this a natural progression for the band, it continues our theme of food which has become evident in our recent releases. We really are on […]
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Posted in News by The Spanish Archer on 2011-04-01
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The long awaited Deep Purple Mark IV DVD which we detailed previously has now been completed. It will be called Phoenix Rising: The untold story of the 1975/76 MkIV world tour and release date is set for May 20th.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-03-22
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Looks like it. There is no official word yet from the band’s management, but there are 4 North American dates that have surfaced so far with tickets already on sale: June 3 – Rama, Ontario (just north of Toronto) June 4 – Quebec City June 18 – Chicago June 23 24 – Los Angeles The […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-03-16
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A previously unreleased set of picture of Deep Purple performing at the Bundeseisstadion Liebenau in Graz, Austria, on April 3, 1975, is being posted online at dpac.at. There already are two installments, with more to follow on a weekly basis.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-03-16
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