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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 »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 »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 »New issue of “Dear Friends” on Caramba! Extra credit to everybody who manages to get through this one: Darwin, Dawkins, Delusions & for good measure, Infinity. Thanks to Steve Campbell for the info.
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night interviewed on Bulgarian radio: listen from candicenight.ru (MP3, 21 min). The new issue (#28) of the Fireworks magazine is out in May. It features interviews with Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Joe Lynn Turner all in one issue. Fireworks magazine: http://www.rathole.com/fireworks/ Fireworks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/fireworks_magazine Thanks to Mike Garrett for […]
Read more »Here is the situation with the North American version of the Ian Gillan’s DVD “Highway Star – A Journey In Rock”, straight from it’s producer. Exactly what does “cut a different version” mean? Does this mean the NTSC might not be 2 discs or will contain substantially different material than the European release? Any idea […]
Read more »There’s a new interview with Ian Gillan in the latest issue of Sweden Rock Magazine. On the Gillan split: Q: The Gillan split was a bitter one. In case McCoy and Underwood would be reading this article, what would you say to them? IG: Well, what can one say? They claim that I cheated them […]
Read more »Ian Gillan will be signing copies of ‘Smoke This’ at the following Borders bookstores during the UK tour: Bournemouth – Friday 27th April @ 5 pm – 6 pm Brighton – Sunday 29th April @ 2.30 pm – 3:30 pm Thanks to Caramba! for the info.
Read more »As you probably have already heard, following the gig at the Radio City Music Hall on March 30th, Ronnie James Dio has announced that he is quitting Heaven and Hell tour for undisclosed reasons. Apparently Tony Iommi wants to fulfil the band’s extensive US and European touring commitments in April/May/June. He has asked Ian Gillan […]
Read more »There is Ian Gillan competition running at the Jukebox. First prize will be a copy of the new DVD “Highway Star — A Journey in Rock” and a complete set of the re-released Gillan albums. Two runners-up will receive the DVD. The competition closes on March 30, 2006 at 23:59 GMT. Thanks to the Jukebox […]
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