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Glenn’s Chosen Years in UK

Glenn Hughes’ management has announced another leg of his Chosen Years tour — 8 dates in the UK in October 2025. Various presales seem to be already in progress, with general availability slated for March 7th. The powers that be want to steer your money towards the Ticketmaster, however we’ve also included some links to […]

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Sometimes difficult to cure

In this video, dated December 1979, Ritchie Blackmore makes some noises for a few minutes, eventually settling upon Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Supported by Messrs. Glover, Airey, and Powell.

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That’s frenetic!

A probably final (at least, for a while) instalment in the restored classic Gillan video series. Behold the infamously frenetic version of the rock’n’roll classic Lucille

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Chosen years in South America

A Glenn Hughes’ South American tour has just been announced for November 2025. The São Paulo date on November 16th has been on sale for a while, and listed in our calendar as unconfirmed. It is confirmed now, along with 10 more shows in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia, albeit the last one with an […]

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When the trees stop growing

The penultimate instalment of the freshly restored classic Gillan videos. This week, it is Long Gone

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It’s a Nightmare

It’s that time of the week — time for another freshly restored classic Gillan video

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Alive at sea

Black Country Communion has posted a video of he band’s past live performances, including one in March 2024 on board of the Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea cruise.

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Grit, edge, and balls

Louder Sound teases Gillan’s interview appearing in the current (#337) issue of the Classic Rock magazine. The interview largely deals with Gillan the band years, and the teaser is the story that most of us have heard before — of Blackmore trying to recruit Gillan to sing for Rainbow. The reason I had left Deep […]

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Then we started to get restless

Release of restored Gillan promo videos continues on what looks like a weekly schedule. This week, it is Restless

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Solo album from Simon

Simon McBride’s new album is due to be released on March 14 via Edel/earMUSIC. It is called Recordings 2020-2025, but contrary to what it may seem, does not include any of the tracks already released during these years (such as on his 2020 Trouble EP, or 2022 The Fighter album). Track listing: Uniform Of Youth […]

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