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February 29
Steve Morse Letter
Steve Morse took some time off during the Bananas
World Tour - North America and wrote a letter. Here is a few bits.
"In San Francisco, Joe Satriani sat
in with us." "It's always a treat to be around somebody as inspiring as he."
"In Galveston, some of the NASA astronauts and families of the Columbia STS107
disaster attended our concert. We shared some fine moments of greeting,
conversation, and exchanging some momentos."
Read the full
letter.
Thanks to
Steve Morse and
Scott
DuBose for the information.
February 29
Deep Purple at Mike Bullard
Deep Purple were guesting "The
Mike Bullard Show" 2 days ago (February 27). Deep Purple played "Silver
Tongue" and "Highway Star". Mike also talked to
Ian Paice.
February 25
Michael Bradford jams w/Deep Purple
As we reported earlier, Michael Bradford
and Beth Hart joined Deep Purple on stage
at Deep Purple's concert in Los Angels, USA, February 14 . Check out the
photo.
Thanks to
Kikko Okaguchi for the information.
February 25
Living Loud Single
As we reported earlier, Living Loud (Morse/Airey/Daisley/Kerslake/Barnes) will
release there first single "In The Name Of God" on March 9. Here you can watch a
sneak preview of the single,
small (WMV -
0,8 MB), medium,
(WMV - 2,26 MB) and
medium in Quicktime (MOV -
5,3MB).
Thanks to
Liberation Music for the information.
February 25
New DVD with Steve Morse
A new DVD with Dixie Dregs, featuring Steve Morse, is
now in the works. It will include a concert from
Montreux Jazz Festival 1978 and a live
performance at
Jay
Leno's Tonight Show.
Thanks to
Purple Heart for the information.
February 24
Deep Purple on Canadian TV
Deep Purple will be guesting "The Mike Bullard Show"
on Friday (February 27). For more info check
here.
Thanks to
Keith Baxter for the information.
February 20
Ian Paice Speak Out
The Chicago Sun-Times has a new interview
with Ian
Paice, done right before the North America tour
started. Check out the
interview.
February 17
Ian Paice Interview
The March issue (nr: 96) of the UK magazine, "Rhythm", has a 7-page interview
with Ian
Paice. He is also on the frontcover. The magazine come with a free CD, which
include 2 version of Fireball, both without vocals.
Thanks to
DPAS for the information.
February 16
Michael Bradford & Deep Purple
During Deep Purple's concert in Los Angels, USA, two days ago (Feb 14),
Michael Bradford and
Beth Hart joined Deep Purple on stage.
Together they did "House Of Pain". Later during the show, Michael return to the
stage and together with Deep Purple they did "Hush". Read more
about the show.
Thanks to
Phil Caine for the information.
February 13
Deep Purple on CNN
Ian Gillan
and
Roger
Glover will be interviewed by CNN on March
2.
February 13
Joe Satriani & Deep Purple
During Deep Purple's concert in San Francisco, USA, two days ago (Feb 11),
Joe Satriani joined Deep Purple on stage.
Together they did "Hit The Road Jack/Black Night". See the
photo. Read more
about the show.
Thanks to
Michael Friedman and
Scott
DuBose for the information.
February 12
Pictorial Journal
Over the years, Deep Purple's manager, Bruce Payne, have captured a lot of
photos of Deep Purple in the studio and on the road. He is planing to release a
hard cover pictorial journal later this year.
Thanks to
Purple Heart for the information.
February 10
Living Loud
"Living Loud" is the name of the project we have reported about before, but then
it went under names like "The Meek" and "The Rage". Living Loud feature
Steve Morse,
Don Airey,
Bob Daisley (bss),
Lee Kerslake (drm)
and Jimmy Barnes (vcl). The first
single from the album ("Relentless") will be released March 9 and is called "In
The Name Of God". UNICEF will use the single
as part of a fundraising event to raise awareness and monies for the kids of
Iraq. Watch a sneak preview of the single
here (you need
Quicktime) or visit Jimmy Barnes
website.
Thanks to
Jimmy Barnes for the information.
February 10
Ian Gillan speaks out
"Chicago Innerview" did an
interview with
Ian Gillan a few
days ago. Here is a few bits.
"We tend to make up a set list about five minutes before we go onstage. It gets
dangerous up there that's what keeps it fresh."
"Strangely enough, I was talking to Luciano Pavarotti - we did a show with him
earlier in the year. He was saying, 'I'm so jealous of you being able to sing 'Smoke
on the Water' every night. I have to sing these arias."
Read the full
interview
Thanks to
Chicago Innerview and Steffan for
the information.
February 9
Deep Purple touring Australia
Starting late April, Deep Purple will take in a string of medium-sized theatres
in major Australian cities. Tentative venues include Melbourne's Regent Theatre,
Adelaide's The Barton, Sydney's Lyric Theatre and Brisbane's QPAC. Check back
for further details.
February 9
Big Thanks to the Donors
A big thanks to the following people (who helped The
Highway Star with the January bill), Tom Bradbury, Jason J. Parma, Hans Peter
Jenssen, Dariusz A. Przygoda and Ole Søllingvraa. A special big thanks to Leslie
Hedger, Ralph Pondman, Rob Prior and Amit Roy for their repeated donations. Also
a special big thanks to David Montgomery for his big help in January. For those
who would like to help to keep The Highway Star online, please visit the
Donor Page or the
Shop. Thank you all, without you, The Highway Star
wouldn't exist.
February 8
Ian Gillan Interview
In an interview with "ChartAttack",
Ian Gillan
explains the feelings and motivations behind
Jon Lord's
departure from Deep Purple, while stressing
Don Airey's
importance to the band. Check the
interview.
Thanks to ChartAttack
for the information.
February 6
Deep Purple to tour China
This spring
Deep Purple will be the first
band to bring Western rock to China. A local promoter is advertising
Ritchie Blackmore as the guitarist
on Deep Purple's upcoming four-date tour of
China. Be advised that this is not correct.
Steve Morse
is still the guitar player with Deep Purple.
February 6
Bombay Calling
The Deep Purple DVD called "Bombay
Calling" will be released again in March, now with bonus tracks.
Thanks to Purple Heart
for the information.
February 3
Deep Purple in Polish Magazine
Deep Purple feature in the February issue of the
Polish magazine "Teraz Rock".
Thanks to
Joasia Ostrowiecka for the information.
January 29
Butterfly Ball Again
Yesterday,
Roger
Glover were guesting US radio show
Rockline. He revealed that there is lot of talk about redoing
Butterfly Ball in
Royal Albert Hall, probably in a
year or a year and a half. He also said he is working on an autobiography, but
it will take a few years.
Steve Morse
was also calling into Rockline and answered a few questions. Roger Glover even
got questions from former Deep Purple singer
Glenn Hughes and
Joe Lynn Turner, which were guesting
Rockline recently.
Thanks to
Rockline for the information.
January 27
Airey, Hughes & Iommi
According to
Black Sabbath Online, Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) intends on releasing what's
commonly known as the "Eighth
Star bootleg". The album feature
Don Airey
and former Deep Purple singer Glenn Hughes
and was original recorded back in 1996, for what was then to be a Tony Iommi's
first official solo album. The album is planned to be released later this year.
Thanks to
Black Sabbath Online for the
information.
January 26
Steve Morse in Guitar Player
The March issue of the American magazine "Guitar
Player", has a
Steve Morse
feature. It's about his new solo album, "Major
Impact 2".
Thanks to
David Weickel for the information.
January 24
Paice & Hughes
In October last year,
Ian Paice was in Italy for a recording session (see
photo from the session) with an Italian project called
Moonstone. Three songs were recorded with
Ian Paice. One is called "Rose in Hell", which former Deep Purple member
Glenn Hughes sings on. There is no
confirmed record deal yet, but a release is planned for summer/early fall. See a
video from the session, Mpg
(5 Mb) or Real (1 Mb).
Thanks to
Moonstone for the information.
January 23
Bananas Tour 2004
Ian
Gillan took some time off earlier this month and replied to some questions.
Ian mention "I'm hearing about Australia and New Zealand concerts being booked
for April" and "shows in the U.K. next November". Note! Nothing is confirmed yet.
Read more at Caramba. For latest
tour dates, check here.
Thanks to
Ian Gillan for the information.
January 23
Deep Purple on German TV
The German TV station
Sat1 will broadcast "Die
Harald Schmidt show" (from 1996 when
Deep Purple
were there) on January 28 at 23.20 (local time).
Thanks to
Catrin Wiegand for the information.
January 22
Don Airey in Keyboard Poll
Don Airey
has won a major keyboard poll in Japan (see
Don Airey's Japanese website
for details). When contacted about it, Don said he was appreciative of the
accolade, and added that he was about to head off to Italy for a
solo show.
Thanks to
Don Airey
for the information.
January 19
Deep Purple on Brazilian TV
The Brazilian cable TV channel
GNT, will broadcast
Machine Head Documentary on January 24 at
13.30 (local time) and January 25 at 01.00 (local time). The show is called
"Classic Albums" . For more info, check
GNT.
Thanks to
Marcos Brandi Torres for the information.
January 16
Burn DVD-A
According to
Euphoricsounds, a special 30th anniversary edition of "Burn"
will be released on DVD-A in April.
Thanks to
Euphoricsounds for the information.
January 15
Roger Glover at Rockline
Roger Glover will be on the US radio show
Rockline, on January 28. For those
in the US, find your local station
here. For all others,
you can listen over the internet at The
Bone or WRIF
Thanks to Gerard Stam
for the information.
January 12
Goldmine
The latest issue of the American magazine
Goldmine, has an article with Deep
Purple. They are also on the frontcover.
Thanks to Keith
for the information.
January 12
Polish Deep Purple Book
A new Deep Purple book appeard in Poland in December
2003. The book is titled "Deep Purple" and written by Roland Bury and Tomasz
Szmajter. The book has around 320 pages and can be found at
Merlin. For more info, check Purple
World (in Polish)
Thanks to
Joasia Ostrowiecka for the information.
January 8
New Deep Purple Book
A new book about Deep Purple is going to be released
June 1. It's written by the London based Dave Thompson (who has written
several rock books) and it will be titled "Smoke On The Water: The Deep
Purple Story". The book has around 300 pages and the story goes from 1968 to
2003. Here is one Deep Purple article by Dave Thompson, which was publish in "Goldmine
Magazine" 1998, "Life
Without Ritchie".
The book can be pre-ordered through The Highway
Star Shop.
Thanks to
Amazon for the information.
January 8
Letter from Steve Morse
In the end of Deep Purple's tour in December last year,
Steve Morse took some time of and wrote a letter. The letter can be
found here.
Thanks to Steve Morse
for the information.
January 7
Live on the BBC
A new album with Deep Purple called "Live on the BBC"
will be released on January 14. It's in fact the same album as "In
Concert" (1972 part) with two extra tracks, "Hush" (Shades
of Deep Purple) and "River Deep Mountain High" (The
Book of Taliesyn). The album is a dual-layer SACD and can be played on both
CD and SACD players. The album can be ordered throught
The Highway Star Shop.
Thanks to Richard Flynn and
Red Trumpet for
the information.
January 6
Big Thanks to the Donors
A big thanks to the following people (who helped The
Highway Star with the December bill), Richaard Antoniak, Jonas Broman, Bryan
Greene, Rob Prior and David Tedds. A special big thanks to Andrew Bennett,
Angelos Katerelos and Ralph Pondman for their repeated donations. For those who
would like to help to save The Highway Star, please visit the
Donor Page or the
Shop. Thank you all, without you, The Highway Star
wouldn't exist.
January 4
Smoking Cover
According to some news sources, the six time Formula 1
world champion Michael Schumacher was planning to sing Deep Purple's classic "Smoke
On The Water" on his birthday party January 3. We don't know how it went, but
you can read the story at e-driver.com
(in Spanish). You can translate it to English by using
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