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Photo: Jim Corrigan People in Herefordshire were treated on Monday to a 5 min feature on Jon Lord during prime time local news (Midlands Today 6.30pm), repeated in the late evening. Jon was at Hereford Cathedral, working with a variety of local schools. The BBC Hereford and Worcester webpage has full details with opportunity to […]
Read more »A new Glenn Hughes interview has been posted on Metal Dreams (MP3). In it Glenn discusses Music For The Divine, his current musical direction, promotional videos and his upcoming live dates in the USA, status of the Hughes Thrall II CD, talks about Heaven and XYZ, and former Kiss guitarist Mark St. John (RIP). Thanks […]
Read more »Virgin Radio Classic Rock will broadcast an interview with Ian Gillan on Friday May 25th 6-7pm GMT and then again Sunday May 27th same time. You can listen to this radio online. Thanks to Steve Campbell from Caramba for the info.
Read more »Steve Hoare emailed us that he has started a petition to nominate Ian Gillan for the rank of the Member of the Order of British Empire. British citizens and residents can sign petition online at the Prime Minister’s web site. Deadline is March 4, 2008. MBE rank does not entail knighthood, but is nevertheless a […]
Read more »Photo: Jim Corrigan Jon has posted the following update on the Runboard’s Deep Purple Fan Forum: Hi everyone (Regarding From Darkness to Light being performed in Trondheim, Norway. Already posted on the Jon Lord section, and also just to say “Hello – yes I am still alive and actually not retired!”) From Darkness to Light […]
Read more »Today, April 26, Ian Gillan appeared on BBC Radio 5 Simon Mayo show. You can listen to the show online here (RealMedia). Ian is interviewed by a political reporter in Cardiff, Wales. The segment of interest runs approximately between 0:48:30 – 1:00:00 into the show. Thanks to Kevin Dixon for the info.
Read more »Last year Roger Glover, the man of many talents, has donated one of his paintings to the Linda McCartney Centre. The painting was sold at an auction, raising £900 for cancer patients. Taking advantage of a day’s break in the UK tour, Roger visited the Centre at the Royal Hospital in Liverpool and personally signed […]
Read more »This has been posted on Caramba!: It has come to our attention that some of the copies of the Tour Edition of “Gillan’s Inn” have been manufactured with the wrong CD in the package. Ian’s record label has looked into the situation and discovered that there was a problem in the production process – basically […]
Read more »The nine classic Rainbow albums from 1975-86 will be repackaged into a “deluxe” box set due for release on May 23 in Japan via Universal International. Each disc comes with a paper sleeve replicating original vinyl packaging. The box includes: Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow (1975) Rainbow Rising (1976) On Stage (1977) Long Live Rock N Roll […]
Read more »Ian Paice, dubbed by Sir Paul McCartney as the worlds best (welcome to the club, Sir Paul!), will be appearing on the John Holmes afternoon show tomorrow (April 24) on BBC Radio Nottingham from 2pm. The interview will be approximately half an hour long and will feature informal conversation with the legendary drummer along with […]
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