Extra! Extra! Looks like the supergroup Black Country Communion that imploded in late 2012 / early 2013 over what at the time seemed to be irreconcilable differences, might rise from the ashes some time next year. Glenn Hughes posted this on his Facebook today, April 20: The lads …to quote Joe this morning …”maybe it’s […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2016-04-21
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Glenn Hughes has announced a European tour towards the end of the year. The tour starts in Stuttgart, Germany, on November 22, also visits Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, France, and Spain, and wraps up on December 14 in Madrid. Living Colour are billed as co-headliners for the whole tour. The blurb says that tickets […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2016-04-13
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Glenn Hughes’ father William has passed away at the age of 90. Glenn announced yesterday on Twitter that he is flying with his wife to UK to be with his mother Sheila. Our sincere condolences to Glenn and his family.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2016-04-12
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Hot on the heels of their induction, Rolling Stone has an interview with David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes, which they call an interview with Deep Purple. We’ll forgive them, for they do not know what they do. On the conspicuously absent Ritchie Blackmore: Glenn Hughes: Here’s the deal: I tried to coax him into it, […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2016-04-09
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Glenn Hughes recently spoke to GuitCast podcast (even though he’s not exactly known for his guitar playing skills). On his knee surgery: I was privately in a wheelchair for a couple weeks at the end of my Asian tour last December, knowing full well when I got home that that I was going to have […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2016-04-05
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Glenn Hughes recently spoke to Mitch Lafon and the nearly 40-minute interview is the feature of the latter’s weekly podcast. They talked about Glenn’s health problems, Black Country Communion (“BCC will be the last band I play in…”, whatever exactly that means), Hall of Fame induction (“I completely understand what Ian Gillan is saying…”), and […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2016-03-23
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Latest episode of Talking Metal Digital podcast has a lengthy interview with Glenn Hughes. Never being shy of making bold statements, he said that if Burn had not been as successful as it was, Deep Purple’s RnR Hall of Fame induction would never happen. He also mentioned that he is going to the studio in […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2016-03-10
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With all this RnR Hall of Fame hoopla, looks like Deep Purple are getting more coverage by the likes of Billboard and Rolling Stone than in the previous 25 years combined. Billboard has some quotes from Glenn Hughes clarifying that he indeed will be attending the induction ceremony (in case anybody had any doubts): All […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2016-03-09
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Glenn Hughes US tour dates for march this year had to be rescheduled for August / early September due to his slow recovery from a recent double knee replacement surgery. Most of the dates have been successfully moved, with a handful that had to be cancelled. We can only presume that original tickets will be […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2016-02-13
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Billboard has an interview with Paicey (who seems to be the go-to spokesman for the band these days). He didn’t say anything he hasn’t already said to Rolling Stone, just reconfirming the talking points: somebody probably will show up at the induction ceremony; who that will be and who will be performing what (if anybody […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2015-12-18
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