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Best show in Milano

After many DP shows in Milan, this is been the first where group use large screens at side of the stage. Strange that they’re using them in the smallest venue available in city where everyone is able to see the show as to be on the stage.

Probably this has been the best DP show even seen here in Milan, quite good setlist and great quality of sound .

Some thoughts:

Now Don Airey seems to be part of the band and it plays with more personality the Lord’s stuff as well. His solo section sounds a little bit older but it’s efficient. Good point is the use of analog synth tone over the usual pianos and Hammonds patches.

Ian Paice is always the killer drummer. Perfect.

Roger Glover more involved in the act rather expected. Walk and move on stage as a young boy.

Steve Morse is the master of the new tracks, usually fantastic as player and extremely precise to maintain the old songs with the original soul. If DP still alive we’ve to thank the long blonde hair guy. You’re the man!

Ian Gillan try to cover his lack voice with an energized stage presence but our songs needs a rock voice. I’m worried that the future of DP will depend from his vocal strings. The different style and the too much higher tune required let impossible to hear Ian Gillan sing Burn or Mistreated so we can’t expect this now or in the future.

Audience was enthusiastic and fit the venue everywhere.

I want to thank the band to respect the hour of the show starting time.

Giuseppe

Posted in 2006 Europe 2, 2006 Tours, Tour Reviews by Rasmus Heide on 2006-05-13
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Highway Star in TV Commercial

At the moment, there is a TV commercial in the USA for the american car “Lincoln Navigator“. The song in the background is Deep Purple’s “Highway Star”.
Thanks to Tracy Heyder and Caspianrex for the information.

Posted in News by Benny on 2006-05-12
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Ian Gillan Interview

Ian Gillan is on the cover of the current issue (Issue 55) of Whisky Magazine, with the headline “Scotch on the rocks – Deep Purple and Uriah Heep talk malt.” The magazine has 1 page interview with Ian Gillan.

Posted in News by Benny on 2006-05-11
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Gillan’s Inn – Promovideo

Watch the promovideo for Ian Gillan’s new solo album (Gillan’s Inn) here (wmv, 12,7 MB). You can read our special feature here. You can buy the album in THS shop.
Thanks to Nathan Lassiter and Immergent for the information.

Posted in News by Benny on 2006-05-10
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Nick Simper concert in Austria

Nick Simper and his band The Good Old Boys make their first(?) trip outside the UK in September when they go to Austria to play the Planet Music Club in Vienna on September 9. Don’t go there expecting any Deep Purple Mk. I songs though. This band is about even older rock classics. A track list from a show in the UK in August last year looked like this:

Hound Dog
Fool For Your Stockings
Rock’n’Roll
Lucille
Everything I Learned ’bout The Blues
25 Rock
Back To Louisiana
Be Bop A Lu La
Dead End Station
I’m Ready
She’s Crazy As Me
Blues
Hideaway
Outro

Posted in Blog by Svante Axbacke on 2006-05-02
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Ian Gillan Interview

The current issue of the German magazine “Heavy” (Number 91), has a one page interview with Ian Gillan about “Gillan’s Inn”.

Posted in News by Benny on 2006-05-01
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Ian Gillan DVD – Update

The upcoming DVD with Ian Gillan is a two-and-a-half hour documentary, full of music, lost archive footage, tales from Ian Gillan and interviews from members of Deep Purple (both past and present). It features Tony Iommi, Joe Satriani, Joe Elliot, Ronnie James Dio, Luciano Pavarotti, Jon Lord, Colin Towns, Sir Tim Rice, the late, George Best and many others. It’s filmed in Russia, England, Ireland, Wales and Italy. The “Smoke On The Water” story is filmed in Montreux, Switzerland.

On top of that, there’s another documentary made by Ian himself. He spent three years travelling around the globe with Deep Purple with his own camera. Then there’s the music extras, filmed during the Bananas tour. Enhanced by more archive footage of the Gillan band in action (never released on Video or DVD) and Ian on stage with Pavarotti. The music extras run to around an hour.

And there’s more. Even with the main documentary running at two-and-a-half hours, some of the best anecdotes and stories were still falling to the cutting room floor. So the best of the rest got compiled into mini-docs, some of which relate to chapters in the main film, others of which form their own sections.

There is also another complete documentary: “Ian Gillan on Tour with Deep Purple”. It’s an up-close and personal film of Ian Gillan touring with Deep Purple. It’s filmed both on-stage and off, during Deep Purple’s tour in Russia and the UK. It’s filmed at the parties, on the tour bus, in the dressing rooms and on stage with Ian and the rest of the band. That tour documentary currently runs at around two hours.

The plan is to release a triple-disc edition only over the internet, a double-disc edition available at concerts and a single-disc available in shops.

Thanks to Craig Hooper and CoolHead Productions for the info.

Posted in News by Benny on 2006-05-01
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Steve Morse and Joe Satriani

Former Deep Purple guitarist (1993 – 94) Joe Satriani did a concert in Orlando, FL, USA last friday. During the encore (around 30 min), Eric Johnson and Steve Morse came up on stage and did “Red House” and “Going Down”.
Thanks to Joe Satriani for the information

Posted in News by Benny on 2006-04-24
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Win Gillan’s Inn

If you haven’t notice it already, you can win a copy of Ian Gillan’s new solo album, “Gillan’s Inn“. Just visit our special feature for more details. You can also visit Jukebox, which run a competition (closing date is April 28, 23.59 GMT).
Thanks to Jukebox and Andy Lye for the information.

Posted in News by Benny on 2006-04-24
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Ian Gillan DVD

Regarding Ian Gillan’s 40th anniversary (40 years as a professional musician), Coolheadproductions are currently finishing a 3 DVD set to be sold through Ian Gillan’s web site (although, plans may change). The DVD will include a very lengthy interview and tour documentary, clips, stills and much more. There will also be a shorter 2 DVD edition sold at concerts. It may be sold in stores later on.
Thanks to DPAS for the information.

Posted in News by Benny on 2006-04-23
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