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Rockin’ in the free world — April Fools
While the band seem to be taking a rest from active touring and recording, allowing the singer to put his feet up and work on some lyrics, news reaches us of some extra curricula activity on the horizon.
Having just completed two new albums with Crazy horse, it seems that Neil Young is in a mood to rock out once more and has enlisted the help of deep purple, minus Gillan, to be his new backing band for a tour of former Soviet Republics.
“I’d be unable to play these wonderful places by myself” Neil was quoted as saying, “ but because purple have been playing these places for many years now it opens up a whole new horizon for me.”
Once the initial dates are completed the band will return to London to play the part of the house band in a new version of Jesus Christ Superstar currently being put together by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with Lady Gaga playing the part of Christ, originally played by our very own Ian Gillan.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
I also read that while Neil Young is using the 4 musicians from Purple, Gillan is getting together with Blackmore, Jon Lord, John McCoy and Bob Rondinelli for an album…..
Cheers
April 1st, 2012 at 03:35The one with the South Pole was better… 😉
April 1st, 2012 at 06:12Will that tour start on April 1st???
April 1st, 2012 at 06:23Yes very good!
April 1st, 2012 at 06:27It would have been a better april fool if you had said Candice Night instead of Lady Gaga.
April 1st, 2012 at 06:29And I was looking for an April fools that could be half believable, good try though
April 1st, 2012 at 07:14Ha Ha!
April 1st, 2012 at 07:52nice…and Ritchie Blackmore is joining them in time in time for Gillan’s birthday in August, offering him a special cake designed by Storm Thorgeson….
April 1st, 2012 at 08:15🙂
April 1st, 2012 at 08:18Maybe ian & ritchie should get together for a night of spaghetti tasting in an authentic italian restaurant! Ig can shove a plate into rb’s face this time round..i seen the spaghetti & the damage done!
April 1st, 2012 at 09:05You ALMOST got me…….Initially I was going WHHAAAAAAAAAT???? But soon after Awwwwwwww!!!!!!! You lunatics.
April 1st, 2012 at 09:52check the date…..:-)
April 1st, 2012 at 09:58Although I had my coffee I took it almost seriously reading the first 2 lines.
I thought..Hell, why not?! Gillan sure needs some repair……
April 1st, 2012 at 11:12Fantasy is better than reality…
April 1st, 2012 at 12:11Glen Hughes joining Whitesnake would have been more believable but not a bad try.
April 1st, 2012 at 12:20and steve morse while touring with Flying Colours Blackmore is helping out with some writing to reinstill some 80s purple flavours
April 1st, 2012 at 12:59Nice try, I’ve always considered Young and DP total opposites, every time NY does anything (and I mean anything) the press is all over it while our boys in DP can’t get a headline in the US if they had to! but Lady Gaga that was toooooo much.
April 1st, 2012 at 13:32cheers
Good one guys. You had me for a moment until I realized what the date was. Would still love to see DP do something like this just the same!!!! Maybe backup someone like Paul Rodgers
April 1st, 2012 at 16:44Was Metallica’s collaboration with Lou Reed announced on April 1st as well??!??
April 1st, 2012 at 17:42Happy April fools day to you all !
April 1st, 2012 at 20:19I see I could have more time on my hands to be better poroductive, then I read 319, now I really am laughing.
April 1st, 2012 at 21:25319 that is, oops, April Fools. That was funny truth.
April 1st, 2012 at 21:26The only tinge of regret over this fantasy – is that it would be interesting to see how Mr Young would adapt to Paicey’s ‘Swing’ approach to a 4/4 beat?
I guess he’ll never know & most music fans wouldn’t care.
Still, after 5 years of waiting, I finally get to see Laura Gibson play live here in UK – Sooooooo I don’t care too much about anything else at the moment.
Good to hear Jon is responding to treatment – we can’t afford to have him stop working for long!
April 1st, 2012 at 22:47The excitement is almost overwhelming, coming on the heels of the announcement of the upcoming Black Sabbath Christmas album which will be released, naturally, July 4th.
April 1st, 2012 at 23:55Almost had me…. When I read the Lady GaGa thing, I knew we were getting boned.. Haha
April 2nd, 2012 at 18:31Gillan, John McCoy, Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night, Glenn Hughes, Rick Wakeman and Neil Peart are touring North America as a As of Yet To Be To Be Named Band. Others may join..more later! Two Bass Players is strange. We will see.
April 5th, 2012 at 10:32And 3 singers as well…..
April 7th, 2012 at 23:47Actually, Ritchie Blackmore has signed on to finish the rest of this year’s tour dates. Steve Morse is busy with FC and G3. RB said the money would help paid for studio time for sessions with his new group featuring Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale. He has a few demos done. Stay tuned.
April 11th, 2012 at 02:38I have been asked to step into Gillans shoes.
Due to my high quality screams it possible again to perform Child |In Time again.
Yes, he is leaving.
April 13th, 2012 at 21:20Did nobody tell you?