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Ian Gillan interview

Ian Gillan gave an interview in the biggest Israeli internet site YNET. The inteview can be found here (in hebrew), but the audio part is in English. If you don’t get audio on the above page, try here or here. Thanks to Eyal Ortal for the info.

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NEC 1993 withdrawn by BMG

We have reported yesterday that Gillan is unhappy with BMG re-releasing the Birmingham NEC 1993 show on CD. The plot thickens. In an interview conducted by BBC he said that the album was re-released without his knowledge. BMG immediately announced that they are withdrawing the album, all the grand total of 2,000 copies that were […]

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Gillan unhappy with BMG

The Live in Europe 1993 4CD box set containing both Stuttgart and Birmingham shows from which Come Hell And High Water CD was compiled, have been recently rereleased by Sony/BMG as two individual 2CD sets. Apart from an obvious attempt of milking the cow to the last drop on behalf of BMG, the rerelease of […]

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Gillan and Paice interviewed for The Sun

British newspaper The Sun features Deep Purple on their “Something For The Weekend” page today, February 16. Ian Gillan and Ian Paice were both interviewed for the article. Read the full article in The Sun’s online edition and some outtakes posted on Caramba. Thanks to Steve Campbell (Caramba!) for the info.

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Gillan’s interview in Express & Star

British newspaper Express & Star have published an interview with Ian Gillan in it’s online edition. Among other things, Ian said that the band is heading off to the studio by the end of this year. Read the full interview here.

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Gillan albums reissue

This landed today on the editorial floor. PRESS RELEASE Edsel Records (through Demon) will be releasing a selection of seven Gillan and Ian Gillan Band albums in March and April. These will comprise of five chart albums, which were originally released between 1979 and 1982, including Glory Road which charted at 3 and Future Shock […]

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Kavarna, Bulgaria – DP capital of the world?

The Bulgarian city of Kavarna is apparently a stronghold for fans of good old 70’s hardrock. Glenn Hughes will be announced honorary citizen of the town when he is doing a concert there in May. In the same ceremony, a big painting of Hughes on a building downtown will be opened. The city center of […]

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Gillan DVD update

Craig Hooper from Coolhead productions has an update on the “Ian Gillan – 40 Years in Rock” DVD. Here are the most interesting bits. on the release dates: The DVD should be out in either March or April (prob. March in Europe and April in the UK, due to promo commitments). TV sales are being […]

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Gillan’s Inn tour edition

Immergent Records will release the “tour edition” version of DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan’s “Gillan’s Inn” CD in early February. Gillan last year completed a five-week North American run to promote “Gillan’s Inn”, which he released to celebrate 40 years in the music business. The CD, which came out in April 2006, spans the four […]

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Ian Gillan & Uli Jon Roth

Uli Jon Roth were gusting on Ian Gillan’s solo album Gillan’s Inn. It seems like Ian Gillan will guesting Uli Jon Roth next album. Here is what Uli said recently in a interview: Recently one of my guys talked to Ian’s manager, Michael Lee Jackson, who said it would be nice if Ian would sing […]

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