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Last night in Odense, Denmark, Jon Lord witnessed an impressive performance of his piano concerto ‘Boom of the Tingling Strings’ performed by the Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Mann and featuring Nelson Goerner on piano. The near-sold out concert was a resounding success with a prolonged standing ovation, for which Jon Lord joined Mann, […]
Read more »Message from Carole Stevens (Blackmore Productions): Blackmore’s Night will not be performing at the Faerie festival in England. We will have shows scheduled for the UK in June 2007. Faery Festival organiser (Karen Kay) said: I have literally just been informed by Carole Stevens, the manager of Blackmores Night that they will no longer be […]
Read more »Ian Gillan’s official website reports Australian tour dates for his Gillan’s Inn tour: Jan 19 Melbourne The Palace Jan 20 Sydney Salinas Jan 21 Sydney Revesby Workers Jan 23 Newcastle Panthers Jan 25 Wollongong Shelly’s Jan 26 Brisbane The Arena Jan 27 Tweed Heads Twin Towns Services Jan 28 Penrith Evan Theater
Read more »The last four dates of the current Glenn Hughes European tour appear to be cancelled: Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, the last four dates of the Glenn Hughes European tour in Zurich, Munich, Koln and Bochum have regrettably been cancelled, and all tickets will be refunded. Hopefully, the dates will be rescheduled for 2007, but […]
Read more »Steve Morse mention a possible Dixie Dregs / Steve Morse Band tour in USA in January 2007. In his latest letter he says: “I just talked to our Deep Purple manager, Bruce Payne, and also my manager, Frank Solomon. DP is doing lots of gigs this fall, and we’re looking at doing the Dregs/SMB tour […]
Read more »Pollstar reports: “Deep Purple hung on to the last minute before canceling its appearance at Baalbeck, Lebanon, only pulling out when the Israeli bomb and missile barrage spread to that city. ‘The band and the festival have agreed it’s best not to go,’ The band’s booking agent, Agency Group chief Neil Warnock, told Pollstar after […]
Read more »In a statement released to media on Monday, Deep Purple says they intend to honor their commitment to perform at the Baalbeck Music Festival outside Beirut on July 28. “The band has never cancelled a show and has no intention of doing so,” the statement said. “If the festival promoter decides to cancel the show […]
Read more »This just in from gillan.com: “We are looking for a couple street team members in each of the cities the tour is in to put up posters to help promote the shows. In exchange for your help, we will give you a free ticket to the show and a backstage pass. In order to get […]
Read more »Deep Purple’s scheduled performance at the Baalbeck International Festival in Lebanon on July 27 has been postponed after the Israeli attacks on Beirut. The festival was celebrating it’s 50th anniversary this year. Festival organizers issued a statement Thursday to announce that Thursday’s performance was postponed until further notice.
Read more »This is the correct setlist from last night’s Deep Purple World Tour opening show at The Astoria in London: Pictures of Home Things I Never Said Wrong Man Ted the Mechanic Living Wreck Rapture of the Deep Back To Back Before Time Began Contact Lost Well-Dressed Guitar Lazy Keyboard Solo Perfect Strangers Junkyard Blues Sometimes […]
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