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German Internet radio station Statusquorokt will have a Deep Purple special on the show on February 23. They are running a contest online with 3 questions that should not be very difficult for majority of our readers: which Status Quo song was produced by a DP member? what’s the name of that DP member? which […]
Read more »More Latin American dates were announced recently on deeppurple.com. All the dates we have posted previously from other sources are now officially confirmed. Mexico, Ecuador and Chile are on the list as well. Meanwhile, European dates for the summer keep appearing here and there. For many of them tickets are on sale or going on […]
Read more »Tickets for the June Whitesnake shows in UK go on presale from January 16 9:00 am to January 18 8:00 am through Live Nation and Ticketmaster. Presale password is snakebite. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on January 19. Whitesnake will be pairing with Def Leppard to co-headline their UK dates. We […]
Read more »Rumours were circulating for a while that a South American Deep Purple tour is in the works. Recently DPAS reported that Paicey had to cancel an appearance on February 28 in UK citing that he will be touring with Deep Purple at the time. Now, the first dates started trickling in. So far they are […]
Read more »David Coverdale has posted this message somewhere on his band’s official site: It is true that tour dates for 2008 are currently being put in place. We will likely start in New Zealand (Rock2Wgtn festival in Wellington) for a one-off in March. We are exploring the possibility of nipping over to Australia for a pint […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes has posted a new voice message on his Myspace page. Glenn talks about his new solo album that is due in the spring, calling it his “greatest work” and describing it as “very, very funky” and “extremely soulful.” He also announces a live performance with Chad Smith that will take place on February […]
Read more »Deep Purple gave a closed private performance on December 18 at the Congress Centre in Zurich, Switzerland. According to Swiss websites 20min.ch and blick.ch, the gig was organized and financed by Swiss banker Stefan J. and three other individuals. About 1000 people attended the concert. Reportedly, Ian Gillan started gig with the announcement “Hello and […]
Read more »We reported yesterday that according to Michael Schenker’s web site, Don Airey is to join his band for the UK tour. We have received a message from Don himself that this is not true. He is NOT touring with Schenker. End of story. We sincerely apologize to everybody for spreading disinformation, albeit unintentionally. Thanks to […]
Read more »UPDATE (Dec 13, 2007): See our retraction on this story. Don Airey will be taking keyboard duties on the upcoming UK tour of Michael Schenker Group. He will be joined by Gary Barden on vocals, Simon Philips on drums and Neil Murray on bass. The tour is said to start January 10 and “stretch as […]
Read more »Just as 2007 tours wrap up and musicians take a well deserved break, news started trickling in about plans for the next year. It looks like Deep Purple will be undertaking another one of the annual summer tours of Germany (2007 was the first year since, well, time immemorial, when the band didn’t play in […]
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