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Sunflower Jam through the ‘tubes
For all of us who could not be at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, Youtube to the rescue.
Read more »Follow the Sunflower Jam
The Sunflower Jam 2011 is upon us. Tonight, July 8, the Purple world will converge at the Royal Albert Hall to witness what could possibly be a historic event. The Highway Star will be there and our special correspondent will be tweeting the proceedings live from the hall.
Read more »BCC 2 in UK charts
Black Country Communion 2 was released last week in the UK and is enjoying chart success. The Official Charts Company reports that for the week ending June 25 it has topped the Rock Charts and is at #23 in general Album Charts.
Read more »More Hughes in UK press
Glenn Hughes is currently on tour in the UK and a couple more of his interviews have appeared in the press. Northhampton Chronicle & Echo has a Q&A style piece covering topics as diverse as Stevie Wonder and Glenn’s cooking habits: Does it surprise you what a strong following Deep Purple still has, decades after […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes’ book launch
There will be a launch event in London for Glenn’s book Deep Purple & Beyond: Scenes from the Life of a Rock Star on the evening of Thursday, 12th May. The publisher Foruli will be inviting everybody who has pre-ordered a copy of the book and record package, but would also like to extend an […]
Read more »UK tour goes on sale
Tickets for the short Deep Purple tour of UK are going on sale this week. Nov 26 — Glasgow Nov 27 — Birmingham Nov 29 — Manchenster Nov 30 — London Presale for Glasgow starts April 14, register at TicketSoup.com. Presale for the other three shows starts April 13, but we do not have any […]
Read more »Sunflower SuperJam 2011
This year Sunflower Jam is taking it up a couple of notches. First of all, it will be held at the Royal Albert Hall, on July 8. Second, the lineup they have so far secured for the event looks pretty spectacular: Jon Lord Rick Wakeman Keith Emerson Joe Bonamassa Newton Faulkner Deep Purple with special […]
Read more »Whitesnake and BCC announce more summer dates
Whitesnake have confirmed a number of new live dates. Two dates have been announced for the US, including headlining the M3 festival in Maryland on May 14. In June they’re off to Europe, traversing Russia, Scandinavia (including appearance at the Sweden Rock Festival), UK, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and […]
Read more »BCC: the London tapes
Black Country Communion’s setlist at the London’s Shepherd Bush Empire on December 30 by all accounts was the same as Wolverhampton. Here are a few rather good quality videos from the gig.
Read more »Burn, Wolverhampton, Burn!
On December 29 Black Country Communion played their first public gig in the heart of Black Country — English city of Wolverhampton. The setlist was: Black Country One Last Soul Beggarman Revolution In Me Down Again Too Late For The Sun Song Of Yesterday Ballad Of John Henry The Great Divide Medusa No Quarter Sista […]
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