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Coverdale on That Metal Show

David Coverdale will be co-hosting That Metal Show (episode 703) on a US cable/satellite channel VH1. The episode will air this Saturday, April 2, at 11 PM EDT/PDT and will be repeated in the following days. Check your local listings. VH1 also makes available past episodes online, but as it’s being run by an Evil […]

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Coverdale’s signing session in NJ

David Coverdale will make an in-store record signing on Tuesday, March 29, at the Vintage Vinyl record store in New Jersey, USA. You’ll need to purchase the new Whitesnake album from the store to receive a wristband that will grant access to the event. Vintage Vinyl is located on 51 Lafayette Rd., Fords, NJ, 08863: […]

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North American tour’s finally happening?

Looks like it. There is no official word yet from the band’s management, but there are 4 North American dates that have surfaced so far with tickets already on sale: June 3 – Rama, Ontario (just north of Toronto) June 4 – Quebec City June 18 – Chicago June 23 24 – Los Angeles The […]

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Sex, drugs and rock’n’roll

Perhaps no other property so distinctly epitomized the excesses of 1970s rock’n’roll lifestyle as the infamous Starship plane. Back in 2003 the New York Times has run an article about it’s history. Bruce Payne, who was band’s US booking agent at the time, and Ian Paice were interviewed for the feature: Ian Paice, of Deep […]

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Steve Morse at the NAMM

Steve Morse together with Craig Goldy, Chris Impellitteri and Victor Smolski (Rage) will be at the National Association of Music Merchants show on January 14th to do a signing session. The session is organized by Engl. The convention is held this year on January 13th to 15th at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Thanks […]

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Glenn Hughes interviews

As the Black Country Communion goes into the full promo mode, Glenn has just finished a European tour doing public appearances and interviews. Interview to the French channel France 24 (in English) can be viewed at France24.com. Acoustic performance (including Medusa and Catch The Rainbow) on Radio 3 RNE in Madrid (July 14): Interview on […]

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Double dose of Steve for California

Steve Morse has six dates lined up in California in January with his band. He will support himself with the public debut of the Angelfire project — a collaboration with young vocalist Sarah Spencer.
Update: Angelfire will appear only on January 14th, 15th and 16th dates, not on all six as we reported earlier.

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Steve Morse Band: presidential guitarist

This was simply an amazing show. I was able to get to stand directly in front of Steve and watch him master that guitar. He played several songs from his new album mixed in with older material. Everything was amazing. When Steve Morse walked onstage to start his show fans screamed “Steve!”, “We love you […]

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Misty-eyed night with Blackmore

This was one of the best shows I’ve been to in a long time. It’s been years since I’ve seen Ritchie perform live as the opportunities are few and far between. I see DP whenever they come around but in a way, this was more fun. My impression of Ritchie as dark and moody has […]

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Blackmore’s Night enchants Chicago

Last night at House of Blues, Ritchie Blackmore again showed Chicago why he is considered among the greatest guitar players on earth. Ritchie, Candice and the rest of the lords and ladies of Blackmore’s Night turned in a spectaular two and a half hour show whose duration was only limited by Chicago’s youth curfew. In […]

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