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A prisoner of circumstances
Roger Glover explains why he was absent from he latest leg of the tour:
Circumstances. You can’t smell them, touch or see them, but we all have them. We sink or swim with them. Mine have been rather chaotic of late; the recent Deep Purple Mediterranean Tour not-so-neatly coincided with family commitments and I found myself in somewhat of a quandary – should I stay or should I go?
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Our sincerest congratulations to Roger, Myriam and Melody.
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Cute baby! Congratulations!!!!
May 30th, 2011 at 06:26Hey Roger.
YOU have been later then Ritchie … !!! 🙂 🙂
Congratulations … to you and your wife
Kraatzy
May 30th, 2011 at 08:49Félicitations à la Maman et à toi aussi Roger, et un gros bisous à la petite Melody.
May 30th, 2011 at 10:20Only one thing to say. BIG time congratulation, to Roger and family.
May 30th, 2011 at 12:30We all look forward to se you on stage again.
Now you should stay with the Purples!
May 30th, 2011 at 12:54Congrats to Roger and his family! Looking forward to the front row in Atlantic City in two weeks
May 30th, 2011 at 14:57Congratulations Roger with the newly born daughter.
May she have a great life and a bright future
Cheers
May 30th, 2011 at 16:25A graceful piece of writing, and obviously the correct decision.
May 30th, 2011 at 19:28Congratulations !! God bless you and your whole family !!
May 30th, 2011 at 20:13Congratulations to you and your family.
I’m looking forward to seeing (and hearing) you and the boys from the second row in Concord, CA June 25th.
May 31st, 2011 at 02:11HAVE THE GREATEST FUN GOOD KARMA IN THE UNIVTGRF-EW-++++++++++ ~ = ~ = ~ = OUR GREY & WHITE BOOTS WHITE CHEST TABBY CAT ~ WEEBER JUST JUMP UP HERE ~ TYPE THAT 4YALL !!!!!!!!!! HES THE BIGGEST EVER ROGER PURPLE FAN HE SAYS GREATESTER CONGRADULATIONS SUPER GROOVIEST INFINITLY EVER !!!!!!!!!! GLOVER GODDESS IS THE INFINITELY BEAUTIFULLEST GREATEST GODDESS EVER !!!!!!!! ENJOY LIFE YALL HAVE GREATEST FUN EVER FANTASTICLY ROGER GLOVER & MRS GLOVER & GLOVER FAMILY & YALL SUPER GROOVIEST LEGENDARYEST !!!!!!!!!!!! WE WILL LAUNCH STS 135 SPACE SHUTTLE JUST FOR HER & YALL SUPER INCREDIBLY FANTASTICLY MARVELOUSALY MAGNIFICENTLY !!!!!!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEE ~ HAAAAAAAAW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ******************
May 31st, 2011 at 02:58Rog – stay home and enjoy your family. Nothing is more important.
May 31st, 2011 at 03:20Congratulations Mr. Glover:-) You’re the MAN!!!
May 31st, 2011 at 05:53No need to apologise Roger….correct decision, would have done the same !!! Congratulations to you and your family, take your time to enjoy the bundle of joy….we´ll see you soon enough….CHEERS !!!!
May 31st, 2011 at 06:35Congratulations to you and your girlfrind, Roger! You made the right decision. Better to miss a few gigs, than to miss the birth of your child!
May 31st, 2011 at 06:43Glad to hear that the reason for your absence was such happy news ! Looking forward to your new solo album.
May 31st, 2011 at 14:25Congratulations. A beautiful new member for the Deep Purple family tree!
May 31st, 2011 at 14:27Be proud Roger!
Congrats Roger!!!Yes.Wellcome to another purple boy!!!
May 31st, 2011 at 16:06Family is first!
Congratulations!
May 31st, 2011 at 18:30Roger
May 31st, 2011 at 20:22Congrats..and welcome to this world Melody!
Maybe she’ ll play with Autumn Blackmore.. later!!
why not announced that it would play Roger before the concerts;
May 31st, 2011 at 20:43Roger’s leaving it a bit late to get a Bass guitar into that Baby’s hands!
Is ‘Understudy’ a good middle name?
Congrats!
May 31st, 2011 at 21:55A prisoner of circumstances indeed\!Congrads Mr Glover.
June 1st, 2011 at 01:02Congratulations Mr. Glover!
June 1st, 2011 at 11:53Big Congrats to Mr. Glover and family. Absolutely the right decision to let family take front seat in this situation! Good on you Rog!
June 1st, 2011 at 21:07Well worth it seeing the picture! Congrats Roger.
June 2nd, 2011 at 08:28Maybe a live release from MKIX ?
QMI Agency: It’s been six years since your last record — your longest break between albums when you weren’t on hiatus. Is that because nobody buys albums anymore?
Glover: There’s an element of that. There’s been disagreement in the band about whether to do another album. They really don’t make money any more. My opinion is that we are an album band and should make them even if it costs us money, because that’s what we do. Maybe I’m a traditionalist, but I believe we should stay what we are. We can progress with our music, but the way we do it should be the way we’ve always done it. There’s nothing wrong with that. An album is like capturing a moment in time. And in a band with a history like ours, those moments mean a lot.
June 2nd, 2011 at 09:24Oh, sorry! That was from Blabbermouth by the way!
June 2nd, 2011 at 09:25happy for you and your family mate enjoy !.
June 3rd, 2011 at 10:34Congrats Roger! Welcome back to Boston, can’t wait to see you tomorrow night!
June 6th, 2011 at 15:55