Summer tour shaping up
Although there has been no word yet from Thames Talent, it looks like the summer Deep Purple tour is shaping up. New tour dates are being announced by the local media and are trickling in almost on a...
View ArticleThe other eye to Europe
Ian Gillan is doing a media blitz around Europe for his new solo album One Eye To Morocco. Tonight, January 26, he will appear on Capital Radio in Italy. You can listen to it online (if you’re lucky...
View ArticleComin’ out of nowhere
Who would have thought that a mere re-release of one of the more controversial albums in the Purple history could have chart potential? Remastered 35th anniversary version of Stormbringer went on sale...
View ArticleMore European dates confirmed
We have a whole lot of new and confirmed European tour dates. Deep Purple’s itinerary now looks like this: end of August / Early September they play a couple of open air festivals in Switzerland, then...
View ArticleOTR at Sweden Rock
One of the biggest and most prestigious rock festivals in Europe — Sweden Rock Festival — has booked Over The Rainbow to play at the festival this year. The exact date has not been released yet....
View ArticleSnakes and sheds
The North American tour of corporate sheds on both coasts and open air festivals in the Midwest will start on June 26 and work it's way around the continent until August 11. Please note that the North...
View ArticleItalian tickets go on sale
TicketOne.it has announced five December dates in Italy: Dec 10: Palaonda, Bolzano Dec 12: PalaLottomatica, Rome Dec 14: PalaEvangelisti, Perugia Dec 15: Paladozza, Bologna Dec 16: Mediolanum Forum,...
View ArticleBlackmore’s Night and OTR announce new tours
Blackmore’s Night management has announced a new United States tour. We have 4 confirmed dates in October with tickets being on sale since yesterday, August 13, and by all accounts going fast. More...
View ArticleGermany, November 2010
It’s not often that we get new tourdates this far in advance. German promoter KBK has announced a Deep Purple tour that won’t happen for another 14 months (sic!). The tour of major arenas will start...
View ArticleFrance and Belgium in November
French promoter Gerard Drouot Production has just announced a new Deep Purple tour in Belgium and France. The dates are: Nov 3, Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium Nov 5, Lyon, France Nov 6, Montpelier, France...
View ArticleWhitesnake and BCC announce more summer dates
Whitesnake have confirmed a number of new live dates. Two dates have been announced for the US, including headlining the M3 festival in Maryland on May 14. In June they’re off to Europe, traversing...
View ArticleMorse to tour with G3
This summer Steve Morse will play in Europe as a part of the G3 tour with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. Five dates in late July/early August in Germany, Hungary and Russia have surfaced so far. Full...
View ArticleAll Out tour
Don Airey will go on tour this September in support of his last album All Out. European promoter Six Concerts has announced dates in Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary and...
View ArticleNow what?! charts summary
This list is being continuously updated. Progress of the album in charts around the world is neatly summarized here. The first week of Now what?! out in the wild is over and the first official chart...
View ArticleCalifornia Breed add European dates (and a drummer)
California Breed has announced more European tour dates in November. It appears that on the continent they will be headlining the shows. Full details in our calendar. News also came out that Joey...
View ArticleCalifornia Breed update
There have been quite a few venue changes since the California Breed European tour was first announced back in August. Munich show has been moved to Theaterfabrik, Nuremberg show will now take place...
View Article2015 dates confirmed
All European dates previously announced for late 2015 (apart from two Swiss ones) have been confirmed by Deep Purple's management. Full details in our calendar.
View ArticleMore European dates for Whitesnake
Whitesnake have announced further European tour dates. The tour will start in Moscow on November 8 and conclude with the previously announced UK dates in December. Perhaps rather fittingly to...
View ArticleGlenn Hughes’ European tour
Glenn Hughes will tour Europe in September and October this year as a solo artist. We have 22 dates so far, starting on September 15 in Milan and finishing October 16 in Leffrinckoucke, France.
View ArticleHughes announces touring band
And the big news is that Doug Aldrich is about to acquire another family tree chevron on his sleeve: Glenn Hughes has tapped him as the guitar player for his European tour that starts this September.
View ArticleHughes’ European tour
Glenn Hughes has announced a European tour towards the end of the year. The tour starts in Stuttgart, Germany, on November 22, also visits Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, France, and...
View ArticleMemories in Rock track listing
Track listings for the different formats of the new Rainbow live release Memories in Rock — Live in Germany started surfacing. Here’s what we know so far. Source legend: L = Loreley, June 17, 2016 BB =...
View ArticleGlenn Hughes tour changes
There has been some changes to Glenn Hughes tour dates scheduled for November-December this year in Europe. The changes have likely been precipitated by co-headliners Living Colour pulling out “due to...
View ArticleHughes’ tour rebooked
New European tour dates have been posted to Glenn Hughes’ web site. As you might remember, he was booked on an extensive tour of the continent co-headlining with Living Colour, who pulled out at the...
View ArticleThe long goodbye tour
It is now more or less official: Deep Purple will play the UK in November 2017 and the tour is being promoted as The Long Goodbye Tour. Tickets go on sale December 9, with presales starting a day...
View ArticleMonster Truck for European tour support
Canadian band Monster Truck will be supporting Deep Purple on their European tour from the beginning through to the Stuttgart gig on June 14. This combination are no strangers to each other as Monster...
View ArticleDon Airey on tour
Just a quick public service announcement that Don Airey Band starts European tour tomorrow, March 11. If you’re in the neighbourhood — go and see them. The venues are intimate, the tickets are not that...
View ArticleFirst date for 2018
First date for the 2018 leg(s) of the Long Goodbye Tour has surfaced — Deep Purple are slated to play in Kraków, Poland, on July 1. Tickets are going on sale November 3 trough a variety of outlets:...
View ArticleTouring update
Deep Purple are in the process of finalizing the dates for a tour of Mexico this November. In an unusual twist of events, the dates are already posted on the official site, albeit some venues are still...
View ArticleThe cogs of justice turning slowly, but surely
EU General Court made a ruling yesterday, October 4, 2018, in the legal dispute between Blackmore and Paice over the ‘Deep Purple’ trademark. In April 2013 Blackmore applied to register the trademark...
View ArticleDon Airey on tour
Don Airey will embark on tour with his band in March 2019. They will be playing the usual circuit of clubs around Central Europe that they’ve been playing every year around that time for several years...
View ArticleShow must go on
The first 2019 tour dates for Deep Purple have been announced. These are the six dates in early December in Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Hungary. Tickets go on sale this week,...
View ArticleBusy summer for Paicey
Despite the prolonged lull in Deep Purple touring, Paicey is keeping himself busy by playing with various bands around Europe. Having just finished a jazz residency in London, he is heading to Italy...
View ArticleFlying Colors Third Degree and tour
Flying Colors will release their third studio album — called Third Degree — in September 2019 via Mascot Records. The release will be accompanied by a brief tour, grand total of 10 dates. Five of them...
View ArticleColors flying to Europe
Literally the day after Deep Purple finishes their European tour this December, Flying Colors start theirs. It’s just four dates in Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, and UK. Tickets are already on...
View ArticleJuly morning in January
Don Airey will be performing with Uriah Heep in place of Phil Lanzon on the two upcoming German gigs: January 14th in Würzburg and 15th in Frankfurt. Phil will not be able to perform due to family...
View ArticleDead Daisies on tour
A whole bunch of new European dates have been announced today for The Dead Daisies. In some of the bigger venues they will be opening for either Judas Priest or Foreigner, while headlining at smaller...
View ArticleDon Airey’s European tour postponed
Don Airey’s tour of continental Europe in March 2020 has been cancelled: The Colosseum II Remembered Tour is with great sadness being cancelled, to be rescheduled later in the year, due to unforeseen...
View ArticleIt’s not just the virus
David Coverdale announced today that all remaining Whitesnake tours for 2020 — the mainland Europe, the UK, and the double header with Sammy Hagar in the US — are now cancelled. All tours, Europe, UK...
View ArticleTough times ahead
As many European governments have now banned mass gatherings until at least the end of August, the whole summer tour schedule is now in jeopardy. Hellfest, Graspop, Clam Live, and Lovely Days festivals...
View ArticleGekaufte Karten bleiben gültig
Just as we’ve anticipated, the summer Deep Purple European tour is being rebooked for roughly the same dates in 2021. We have 12 dates already confirmed, with the rest still pending. The German...
View ArticleDisappointed? Yes. Unexpected? No.
The Dead Daisies have finally pulled the plug on their European tour this summer: Hey everyone, We’ve hung in there as long as we can but sadly we will need to postpone the upcoming June/July European...
View ArticleGet out of the house
The Dead Daisies have announced their 2021 headlining tour of Europe. It is billed as Get Out Of The House Tour and scheduled for February/March next year. Many of the dates are the ones that have been...
View ArticleWhen in Rome…
Just a quick update on the touring schedule. As expected, Deep Purple’s 2021 dates are being rescheduled to 2022. All dates in Italy and most of the French ones have already been rescheduled and...
View ArticleAin’t no love
On November 26 the professional Purple tribute band Purpendicular played a gig at La Traverse in Cléon, France. Paicey once again joined them on drums, and the lineup featured another Purple family...
View ArticlePandemic strikes The Daisies again.
The Dead Daisies have announced that the ill fated European tour, already postponed several times, have now been postponed again due to the new round of pandemic restrictions. With the latest state of...
View ArticleThe Daisies rebook Europe
The Dead Daisies have just announced a massive European tour this summer. It will start in early June and wrap up 2 months later. The dates are a mix of The Daisies supporting the likes of Foreigner,...
View ArticleTwice postponed, once cancelled
[Updated July 2] Tonight's (June 25) Whitesnake show at the Rock Imperium Festival in Cartagena, Spain has been cancelled due to reasons, ahem, not quite adequately explained.
View ArticleGlenn’s out for the count
Glenn Hughes has tested positive for COVID and will be sitting out the rest of The Dead Daisies’ European tour starting with July 26 gig in Vienne, France. The recent Whitesnake recruit Dino Jelusick...
View ArticleIs never too much
More Concerto performances have been announced for March/April 2023, this time in the southeast of Europe. These slot nicely just before the Brazilian performances later in April. 15 March – Sala...
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