Info about the Royal Albert Hall and how to get there

DPAS Convention and meeting place

What to do in London

Where to stay and how to get around in London

The Times' review of the first "Concerto..." performance

Video and audio interviews

Marco helped Jon Lord rewrite the "Concerto..." score

Frequently Asked Questions

Article about the "Concerto..." at The Malcolm Arnold Society website

A virtual look around inside an outside the RAH at the BBC website

London Symphony Orchestra website

The Royal Albert Hall Concerts 1999 - Frequently Asked Questions

Will Ritchie Blackmore perform at this concert?
Ladies and gentlemen, here's Jon Lord:
An invitation has not been extended to RB - why would it? We are not asking DC, GH, RE, NS, JLT or Uncle Tom Cobley [UTC - Ed.]. As I've posted before, we already have a guitarist who has stuck with us for 5 wonderful years of music making, whereas RB left us mid-tour 6 years ago to follow his own star, and to confuse the issue by asking Richie to take part could well be seen as an insult to Steve. Thirdly DP is happening, and with as much joie de vivre as it ever has and more, and without RB. That was then - this is NOW.

Ok, so who will the guests be then?
There has been no official announcement of the guests yet. I guess the band wants it to be a surprise. Steve Morse's website reports that the Steve Morse Band will be at the Royal Albert Hall to play a couple of songs and Dio's website says that Dio will sing a couple of songs from Roger Glover's "Butterfly Ball". The Pete York camp reports that Eddie Hardin and Miller Anderson (singing "Pictured Within" maybe?) will also perform at the RAH. Pete York himself will be present, but is not playing.

What are they going to play?
Good question. This is what we have heard so far: