A new book about Rainbow has been published in Spanish. Titled Bajo el Arco Iris (Under the Rainbow), it covers all Rainbow lineups, discography, 20 pages of photos, list of live performances, as...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/05/06/el-arco-iris/
Andy Wood talks about meeting Steve Morse and jamming with him at the Dixie Dregs gig in Nashville, TN, on April 18, 2024. In September, Steve will be a featured guest at the Woodshed Guitar Expe...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/05/04/and-dont-touch-anything-else/
A rare interview with Mickey Lee Soule. This was done in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, and covers most of Mickey’s career — from starting to learn the piano at the age of 6, to his cur...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/05/04/basically-a-blues-piano-player/
According to the German online retailer JPC, the next Deep Purple single from =1 will arrive on June 28, and it will be in physical form. The track to be released is Pictures of You, and the form...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/05/04/next-single-from-1/
A short, but quite substantial interview with Glenn Hughes. Now with the review of the gig in Brno on April 28.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/05/03/never-glenn-the-plumber/
Guitar.com has a very short interview with Steve Morse, where he weights in on the digital vs analogue amp debate: With any digital amp, I’m not able to get the interaction between reducing the...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/05/03/an-elusive-quality/
Black Country Communion have released an official video for the single Enlighten from their upcoming new album V. We’ve been able to witness an unofficial one back in March, when the song was p...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/05/03/enlightened-once-again/
Bristol 24/7 has a review of a new book The West’s Greatest Rock Shows 1963-1978, complete with the cover photo of Deep Purple Mark 3 on stage in all their bell-bottomed and platform-shoed glor...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/05/02/the-loudest-and-longest-encore/
Metaltalk has a brief and, frankly, rather superficial review of the Singapore gig. Of interest, might be the setlist, which can give an idea of what to expect throughout the summer. At least, un...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/05/02/singapore-setlist/
Early rock’n’roll guitar pioneer Duane Eddy has passed away: Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter G...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/05/02/duane-eddy-r-i-p/
The first single from =1 is upon us. with video. live performance.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/29/portable-door/
Steve Morse has appeared on the Stalwarts Of Music podcast. From inside his tractor in Florida, no less. The Bandland festival is mentioned as “happened last month”, so the interview must hav...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/29/live-from-the-tractor/
A gentleman going by Mr. Zero has published in his blog a pretty detailed write-up of Tommy Bolin’s collaboration with Alphonse Mouzon on the latter’s album Mind Transplant. That recording, a...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/04/27/mind-transplant/
Ian Gillan was interviewed by Singapore’s The Straights Times. He spoke about the gig Deep Purple are about to play in the country and the upcoming new album: We haven’t done a show since bef...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/26/failed-to-prove-to-a-robot/
It is official — the new Deep Purple album is called =1, and the release date has been set to July 19, 2024. But Deep Purple is more than just their members and ‘=1’ embodies the essence an...
Glenn Hughes will embark on another US tour this September. He will be performing his Purple set, the tour is billed under the ‘Celebrating 50th anniversary of Burn‘ moniker. It will start on...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/23/burning-the-states-live/
A series of cryptic messages appeared over the past few days on various social media accounts affiliated with the band. They revolve around a new handwritten logo and an elaborate math equation, ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/04/22/equals-one/
Guitar Player reprints online an excerpt from a vintage interview with Ritchie Blackmore that was first published in the July/August 1973 issue of the magazine. Did you ever have lessons? I had c...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/04/20/controlling-the-elephant/
Rufus Stone publications have announced a new photo book Portraits of Gillan, covering Big Ian’s career after his first departure from Deep Purple. ON LEAVING DEEP PURPLE IN JUNE 1973 IAN GILLA...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/19/portraits-of-gillan/
Scottish newspaper The Courier has a historic account of a Deep Purple concert at the Caird Hall in Dundee on April 18, 1974. It is accompanied by some never before published pictures from the gi...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/04/18/tickets-from-75p-to-2/
An outfit called Hypergallery has posters of Abandon artwork for sale. They are said to be limited edition (50 copies) prints “meticulously reconstructed from the original source material by ar...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/18/abandon-all-hope-ye/
A short and sweet interview with Steve Morse in Ultimate Guitar. How did the reunion with Dixie Dregs come about? We’ve always talked about doing it. We did a 40-year reunion and I thought that...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/16/a-high-school-reunion-that-never-was/
Louder Sound reprints a feature on the events that precipitated the demise of Mark II, the formation of the Mark III, and the creation of Burn. Penned by Geoff Barton, with input from Ian Paice, ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/16/striding-in-style/
An interview with Roger Glover, originally published in the issue of New Musical Express dated June 19, 1971. Roger very prophetically talks about retiring from the incessant touring in a couple ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/04/15/grateful-for-the-blind-faith/
Ian Paice spoke to an outfit called MyGlobalMind that resulted in a lengthy, interesting interview, aided and abetted by an insightful and knowledgeable, albeit anonymous interviewer. MGM: You go...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/14/biscuit-tins-sellotape-and-plasticine/
Louder Sound reprints a Classic Rock magazine interview with a card-carrying Purple fanatic Lars Ulrich. He reminisces about Jon Lord, his first time seeing Deep Purple, goes through Machine Head...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/04/13/kid-in-a-candy-store/
Ian Paice’s drum kit auction from early March was a resounding success, raising £11,600 for charity. Following up on that, Ian is putting up some memorabilia from the Turning to Crime sessions...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/13/criminal-memorabilia/
Steve Morse appeared on the Sea of Tranquility podcast talking about the upcoming Dixie Dregs / Steve Morse Band tour, history of Dixie Dregs, prospects for making new music, leaving Deep Purple,...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/11/live-music-is-a-healing-force/
The 2024 reissue of remixed Machine Head has entered German Official Top 100 Albums chart for the week of April 5 at a respectable #7. Chart history for the album indicates that the 40th annivers...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/09/machine-head2024-in-the-charts/
North American tour dates for Deep Purple have been announced. The summer tour will start on August 14, 2024, in Florida, and work its way up the East Coast, with a couple of detours into the hea...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/09/1-more-time-in-america/
The record company might insist it’s still Machine Head’s 50th anniversary, while David Coverdale reminds us that it is indeed one of the California Jam. One of the most memorable days of my ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/04/06/everything-larger-than-everything-else/
It’s official: the upcoming Deep Purple tour of Australia has been cancelled. It is with great disappointment that Deep Purple will not be performing at the Pandemonium Festival shows (or Newca...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/06/the-way-of-the-dodo/
Another single — Red Sun — from the upcoming Black Country Communion album V has been posted for your listening pleasure. The album is set to be released on June 14, 2024, and can be pre-orde...
One of the more unusual members of the extended Purple family has passed away. The ‘rocking abbot’ Notker Wolf has died on April 2, 2024, at the age of 83. In 2008, he arranged for Deep Purpl...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/04/05/rest-in-pace-rocking-abbot/
Back in 2008, Ultimate Guitar has published a 1975 vintage interview with Ian Gillan, conducted just before the release of Ian Gillan Band first album Child in Time. It is preceded by a long-wind...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/04/05/not-like-lumpy-elephants-in-the-sky/
Publicity blitz on the occasion of Machine Head remix continues with Roger Glover’s interview to Rolling Stone India. What’s coming up for Deep Purple in 2024? Well, a lot of people want to k...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/04/every-night-should-be-a-last-hurrah/
Meanwhile in the castle… US tour dates have appeared for Blackmore’s Night without much fanfare. The band of minstrels will play neighbouring states over the three weekends in late June and e...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/03/blackmores-night-stay-close-to-home/
Australian tour dates for Glenn Hughes have been announced for October 2024. These are billed as the 50th anniversary of Burn, so expect the purple set. Ticket presales start on April 5th at 10:0...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/03/burn-australia-burn/
Steve Morse spoke to Indie Power TV promoting the upcoming Dixie Dregs / Steve Morse Band tour, and speaking about the prospects of new music from Dixie Dregs.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/02/no-name-guy-named-jordan/
Machine Head remix has certainly brought a wave of publicity to the band. We have collected them here instead of a multitude of individual posts. Roger Glover spoke to the Polish radio station Es...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/04/02/mh-remix-press-compendium/
Well, the 2024 remix of Machine Head is upon us, and Louder Sound has a brief overview. The print edition of the Classic Rock magazine has announced issue 326, out on March 28, 2024, with the ver...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/29/triumph-snatched-from-the-flames-of-disaster/
Another Classic Rock reprint in Louder Sound — the awful year for Black Sabbath that was 1984. Demise of the Gillan-fronted lineup is very much included. When, during their debut UK show at the...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/03/28/legendary-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/
Louder Sound has republished a contemporary feature on the first Flying Colors album, released in 2012. It originally appeared in the Prog magazine from the Classic Rock stable, and was based on ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/27/nine-hectic-days/
Ian Gillan spoke to the Australian podcast Long Way to the Top. The new Deep Purple album was discussed, among other things, and Ian mentioned that it will be coming out in July. Thanks to Michae...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/26/tenor-profaggio/
Elizabeth the opera singer is swooning all over the excessively coiffeured and trench coated David Coverdale. And dancing Vikings. Cue the chorus of comment on how the old Whitesnake was so much ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/03/26/is-this-love/
Graham Bonnet has teamed up with Marty Friedman of Megadeath fame to record a new version of Since You’ve Been Gone. Graham Bonnet shares his thoughts on the song: When we first began recording...
BraveWords quotes a Glenn Hughes’ message posted on unspecified social media: Currently at home in Los Angeles, but the road is calling me… Very busy year ahead, touring Europe & the United S...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/25/gh-plans-to-record-a-new-album-in-june/
Here are a couple of excerpts from what appears the same Joe Lynn Turner interview, published on two different YouTube channels. JLT is reminiscing about his work with Ritchie Blackmore and Yngwi...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/25/when-in-doubt-have-a-beer/
Louder Sound reprints online a Classic Rock magazine feature on Don Airey that originally appeared in issue 249, circa 2019. Airey thinks they might have wanted him to join full-time, but his de...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/25/just-read-music-and-play-it/
Dweezil Zappa discusses his mix of Machine Head and compares it to the original: Thanks to BraveWords for the heads-up.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/20/hear-things-you-didnt-know-existed/
Louder Sound publishes a Perfect Strangers retrospective penned by Geoff Barton: Bangkok. Barcelona. Beijing. Berlin. Bedford?! Deep Purple have always been a contrary band but this is pushing co...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/03/20/neither-a-bang-nor-a-whimper/
Black Country Communion played their first gig since 2018 on March 17, 2024, at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. A couple of new songs from the upcoming BCC V album have been premiere...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/03/19/enlightened-at-the-culture-room/
A new batch of European tour dates has been announced today. Billed as =1 More Time Tour, it will start on October 17, 2024, in Katowice, and finish on November 10 in Glasgow. Jefferson Starship ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/19/the-cat-in-the-hat/
Paicey reacts to Tosh Petersen’s take on Fireball:
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/18/never-thought-of-doing-that/
Two more bootleg archives were dumped on YouTube by the band’s official channel. Both with the 1973 Mark 2 performances. The first one includes Münster, Halle Münsterland, January 23, 1973; a...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/03/15/live-archive-1973/
Roger Glover and Ian Paice appeared on the Consequences Uncut podcast talking to Greg Prato about the upcoming Machine Head remix. The interview itself starts at around 5’45” into the podcast...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/15/mesmeric-on-the-audience/
Ian Paice took part in a King Crimson tribute “celebration and reinvention” album Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King due out on April 19, 2024, via Cleopatra Records. He is featured on...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/15/cats-foot-iron-claw/
Roger Glover and Ian Paice are unboxing the super deluxe edition of the Machine Head remix: Thanks to Uwe Hornung for the heads-up.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/08/before-the-smoke-hit-the-water/
In this interview with Australia’s Noise11, Ian Paice revisits the past, sometimes criminal, often not so much.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/06/well-make-it-twenty/
Here is the (apparently) complete Roger’s interview with Indian press, parts of which were featured previously on these pages.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/06/a-lovely-circle/
An update to the charity auction that ends tomorrow, March 7: Ian throws in a seat next himself on stage at a Deep Purple gig of your choice. We’ve talked to a drummer who previously had that p...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/06/an-unexpected-bonus/
Ritchie Blackmore was in a talkative mood, allegedly, after partaking at his in-house pub. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ritchie Blackmore (@therealritchieblackmore) See it on Inst...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/03/live-from-the-badger-and-pussycat/
Classic Rock History has a feature on Machine Head based on an interview with Roger Glover: In retrospect, Deep Purple’s 1972 record, Machine Head, reads as an iconic proto-metal masterpiece. G...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/02/catastrophe-after-catastrophe/
Release date for the Black Country Communion’s fifth studio album V is set for June 14, 2024. A track from the album, called Stay Free, has been posted for your listening pleasure: Track listin...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/02/bcc-v-is-coming/
Watch a drummer from a different style and different generation listen to Fireball for the first time and play through with his own parts. The drummer in question is Tosh Peterson, who is 22, hav...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/03/02/three-out-of-four/
Last year’s December visit to India has certainly renewed the interest in the band in that country’s press. Just witness the string of interviews promoting Machine Head 2024 remix. Here is an...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/02/there-be-cobras/
The much touted video for the remix of Smoke on the Water has arrived. Thanks to Uwe Hornung and Mike Whiteley for the heads-up.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/03/01/break-a-leg-frank/
Ian Paice is auctioning for charity one of his drum kits. In this video, he explains what exactly is being auctioned, how it sounds, and where the money will go. The auction is now live on eBay, ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/02/28/its-for-the-kids/
Paicey talks about the legacy of Machine Head to promote the upcoming remix of the album.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/02/26/so-they-went-and-wrote-the-lyrics/
Here’s Pete Makowski’s feature on Rainbow December’76 tour of Japan, originally published on January 29, 1977, in the Sounds. It is a rather long read, but well worth it. “RADIES AND GENT...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/02/26/arigato-means-thank-you/
Roger continues promoting the 52nd anniversary Machine Head remix in Indian press: “It’s all going according to the plan- we sat down and said ‘let’s write an iconic song’… of course ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/02/22/made-in-dire-circumstances/
Roger Glover was interviewed by Zeenews India and he shared his retrospection and introspection: Q: Deep Purple have been the legends of rock and roll, it is the timelessness of your music and th...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/02/21/that-mix-of-naive-and-finesse/
Louder Sound reproduces another Classic Rock feature, this time on Claude Nobs. Funky Claude’s legacy includes not only being immortalized in that song about a gambling house burning down, but ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/02/18/the-rolling-what/
Roger Glover shares his thoughts and memories: Among that burgeoning collection of people, Dave Hodgkinson was pivotal in organising and running THS, not alone but one of a hardy set of diehards ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/02/17/dave-hodgkinson-r-i-p/
Put Simon Mcbride into a studio, give him a guitar he’s never played, stick him with a track he’s never heard, and put the whole thing on YouTube. Sounds like fun! improvisation noun UK: /ˌ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/02/16/some-sort-of-hip-hop-dance-thing/
Louder Sound publishes online a Classic Rock 2018 feature on the band that gave Glenn Hughes to the world — Trapeze. Fronted by the future Voice Of Rock, Trapeze were soon on board the Express ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/02/13/the-story-of-trapeze/
David Hodgkinson, who has died aged 58, was a technologist, programmer, and software engineer. Quite possibly, he will be remembered more for his huge footprint in the online fan community for ve...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/02/13/dave-hodgkinson-gone-but-not-forgotten/
A brand new video for Smoke on the Water was produced to promote the upcoming reissue of Machine Head. The video will be an animated one. Here is a preview and interview with the creators Dan G...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/02/08/swiss-time-was-running-out/
Rhino/Warner are preparing to release a yet another “super deluxe” reissue of the Machine Head. It will include the album newly remixed by Dweezil Zappa, plus two live recordings — the Marc...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/02/06/machine-head2024/
Steve Morse writes in his website: Yesterday, February 4, at 2:40pm, I said my last goodbye to my beloved wife, Janine. We had been in a period of remission which lasted not nearly long enough. B...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/02/06/in-memory-of-janine-morse/
Perfect Strangers of Finland are holding their traditional annual gathering on Saturday, February 24th, 2024 at the On the Rocks club in Helsinki. There will be fun, music (no less than 3 Purple ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/01/29/purple-night-2024/
Cherry Red Records is preparing a remasters of the two Warhorse albums — the 1970 self-titled one, and the ’72 Red Sea. Both will be packaged together on a 2CD set, with 11 bonus tracks betwe...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/01/29/warhorse-remasters/
Bob Daisley was interviewed by the Rock Daydream Nation podcast about his days in Rainbow. Thanks to the Ultimate Guitar for the heads-up.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/01/26/be-professional-be-reliable/
Here’s a documentary on the making of Who Do We Think We Are. It is a fan-made affair, but it is fairly well researched and lovingly put together. Cherry on top: it was done by a Led Zeppelin f...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/01/23/in-the-shadow-of-made-in-japan/
Louder Sound reprints a Geoff Barton feature on the pre-1987 Whitesnake originally penned for the Classic Rock magazine. It’s March 9, 1978. The ritzy stage of the Scarborough Penthouse looks l...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/01/21/before-mtv-and-hairspray/
Steve Morse made a surprise guest appearance at the Kansas gigs in Clearwater, Florida, on January 19 and 20, 2024. In other SM news, that Flying Colors appearance at the Cruise To The Edge that ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/01/21/wayward-son-carries-on/
Deep Purple are confirmed for 4 dates in Australia in April 2024. They will perform at the travelling festival/package tour called Pandemonium, along with Alice Cooper, Blondie, Placebo, Wolfmoth...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/01/20/pandemonium-down-under/
Elizabeth the opera singer is drooling all over Rainbow take on Mistreated from Munich’77.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/01/17/park-and-bark/
Dixie Dregs will play eight dates in April, supported by the Steve Morse Band. The mini-tour will start in Nashville, TN, on April 18, 2024, and proceed further south, wrapping up on April 27th i...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/01/17/steve-supported-by-himself/
We’ve written before about that great cover band from Italy called Strange Kind of Women. They continue gigging around the continent, and their upcoming tour is promoted as you see above. Now, ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2024/01/14/branding-deja-vu/
British gear manufacturer Orange Amps is releasing a Glenn Hughes signature edition of their O Bass guitar. On the cursory view, this edition does not significantly differ from the stock guitars,...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/01/13/more-purple-orange/
A new version of the track Rose in Hell featuring Glenn Hughes and Ian Paice will be released on Turkish Delight III album, a project run by UK record label Escape Music. The song was originally ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/01/11/rose-in-hell/
Steve Morse plays a bespoke piece The Pledge written for him by Jason Sidwell and proceeds to explain what, how, and why. The full video, audio, backing track, tab/notation transcription, and cho...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2024/01/11/little-melodic-pieces/
Steve Morse talks to Rick Beato and plays some music. Dig in! Thanks to Mike Whiteley, Uwe Hornung, and Tobias Janaschke for the heads-up.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/12/30/chicken-pickin-counterpoint/
Louder Sound is reposting an interview with Glenn Hughes, first published in 2020. Flying away from the site of the California Jam, Glenn Hughes only twigged that he wasn’t actually under arres...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/12/29/named-after-glenn-miller/
An in-depth and well written review of the Deep Purple gig in Bengaluru, India, on December 17, 2023. Three days after British rockers Deep Purple enchanted the crowd at the Bandland rock festiva...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2023/12/20/space-truckin-on-a-black-night/
A quick roundup of the local press coverage of Deep Purple’s appearance at the Bandland festival in Bengaluru. Rolling Stone India: With two stages at Bandland, one band started when the other ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/12/18/didnt-let-the-energy-flag/
BraveWords publishes a chapter from the 2008 Tommy Bolin biography by Greg Prato, called Touched by Magic. Quite possibly it is the same chapter that was released as a teaser at the time of publi...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/12/17/a-lime-green-arabian-knight/
Our contributor from Brazil Marcelo Soares writes: Legendary bossa nova composer Carlos Lyra has died today, December 16, 2023, at the age of 90. You may not be a bossa nova fan, but you definite...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/12/16/maria-moita-author-passes-away/
Blabbermouth reports that Don Airey will sit out the upcoming Deep Purple gig in India on December 17 “due to unforeseen illness”. Adam Wakeman will fill in on the keyboards in his stead. The...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/12/15/don-to-miss-bengaluru-gig/
India’s Deccan Herald has a short interview with Simon McBride: The Irish singer-guitarist joined Deep Purple officially last year as a replacement for Steve Morse. He is set to perform in Beng...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/12/15/like-a-normal-pub-band/
Steve Morse, together with his son Kevin, has paid tribute to his friend and aerobatics instructor Nikolay Timofeev, who recently passed away. In other Morse news, Guitar Techniques magazine issu...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/12/14/flying-in-ever-rising-circles/
What makes a good cover of a song? There are covers that strive to be as close to the original as possible. Personally, I don’t find them that interesting. It’s basically an exercise in futil...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/12/11/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
Roger Glover was profiled by the Outlook India magazine. He was only 10 when he first heard rock music and it changed his life, says Deep Purple guitarist Roger Glover who went on to explore Indi...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/12/11/a-frustrated-sitar-player/
Since the possibility of the current lineup doing Soldier of Fortune for all practical purposes is nil, here’s a take on the track from the good ol’ Cov. It’s a string ensemble version that...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/12/11/sound-of-a-windmill-going-round/
Metallica’s guitarist Kirk Hammett spoke to Metal Mayhem ROC podcast and professed his love for Deep Purple: Lars and I love Deep Purple. I’ve always loved it; Ritchie Blackmore is one of my ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/12/10/not-just-lars/
Don Airey was interviewed for Times of India: Back in the 60s, the music industry was all about the singers and the songwriters. That has come back now with Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and Madon...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/12/06/the-secret-to-keep-going/
Apparently, Deep Purple’s visit to India is making a splash in the local press. This time, Don Airey was interviewed by the Hindustan Times: Speaking to us about the current popular music, keyb...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/12/03/big-tourist-in-the-mornings/
Deep Purple have a couple of dates booked in India in December (with one of them having been already cancelled). Ian Paice was interviewed by Times Now via Zoom, and this resulted in a long form ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/12/01/stay-true-to-your-heart/
Ahead of the gig on the island on December 3, Ian Paice was interviewed by the Times of Malta. For legendary drummer Ian Paice, performing now is just as enjoyable as it has always been. “Oh, i...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/11/29/have-seen-the-world-but-havent/
Ian Paice revives his dormant YouTube channel to talk about his upcoming appearance with the Buddy Rich Big Band. He also shows the kit he will be playing on that occasion.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/11/29/swimming-in-a-different-pond/
We don’t know what exactly happened to Coverdale’s grandiose plans for the 30th anniversary of Coverdale/Page album, but it has been re-released in Japan as a limited edition 2LP on transpare...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/11/23/how-blue-can-you-get/
It was 30 years ago, on November 17, 1993, that Mark 2 played their final concert at the Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland. Ritchie Blackmore went his own way, and the rest of the band decided to c...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/11/19/finish-in-finland/
In an interview for ClassicRockHistory.com, Steve Morse lists 10 albums that changed his life. And some of those might surprise you. # 10 – Meet the Beatles – The Beatles (1964) I first heard...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/11/15/albums-that-changed-steve/
Our contributor Gert Bak Pedersen has published a book about his collection of signed records with foreword by Ian Gillan. From the author: For many years I have tried to get my most important al...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/11/15/all-the-best/
Lovely Elizabeth the opera singer is counting dead bugs on Tawny’s face while trying to figure out the difference between White Stripes and Whitesnake.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/11/14/here-she-goes-again/
Glenn Hughes played in São Paulo, on November 11, 2023, in the course of his Marks 3&4 tour. Red-hot chili pepper Chad Smith happened to be in the neighbourhood and sat behind the kit for a coup...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/11/13/nice-bell-bottoms/
Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir has included their take of Perfect Strangers on the upcoming album of covers Inspiratio Profanus, to be released on December 8 via Nuclear Blast Records. B...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/11/12/perrrfect-strrrangerrrs/
A new transcription book of Steve Morse composition for the SMB 2009 album Out Standing In Their Field is now available. The book covers the following tunes: Name Dropping Brink of the Edge Here ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/11/11/out-standing-in-their-print/
Lachy Doley, one of the most prominent Hammond players today, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finance three shows in the United States in July 2024. The campaign is three quarters towards...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/11/07/lachy-doley-to-the-us/
A few months ago, we’ve posted an interview with Tony Carey. Here is a much, much longer version of that conversation that has surfaced on YT since then. Tony digs deeper into his Rainbow story...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/11/07/fired-a-couple-of-times-then-hired-back/
Don Airey and Cozy Powell promote the Down to Earth Rainbow tour on British telly: Thanks to Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow channel for posting the video and to Hein for bringing it to our attenti...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/11/02/had-a-letter-once/
Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night were interviewed for the Q105.7 radio station broadcasting out of Albany, NY. This was done in anticipation of a couple of Blackmore’s Night upstate gigs thi...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/11/01/sunny-side-up/
Louder Sound reprints a feature from the Classic Rock magazine on Whitesnake’s 1979 Lovehunter album: Working at Clearwell Castle, the 18th-century estate in the Forest Of Dean where Purple had...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/10/30/as-subtle-as-a-flying-mallet/
You may or may not have noticed a new link on the home page: Video list. This immense piece of work was done by long-term editor Trond (I did the munging to HTML) and should keep you occupied for...
SEIJIRO UDO R.I.P Sadly, one of the greatest promoters has passed on. Mr. Udo was not only a superb businessman but a deeply passionate advocate for music in Japan. He could always be counted on ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/10/25/from-the-desk-of-mr-glover-seijiro-udo-r-i-p/
The legendary Japanese concert promoter Seijiro Udo, widely known as ‘Mr. Udo’, has passed away at the age of 92. He was responsible for bringing Deep Purple to Japan for that historic tour i...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/10/24/mr-udo-rip/
In this latest instalment of QT with DC, David Coverdale talks about his choice of underwear, his favourite drink, and answers other important questions from the fans.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/10/23/boxers-briefs-or-commando/
German magazine ROCKS is running a feature on The Battle Rages On and subsequent tour as the cover story of their latest issue (2023/6). We are being told that the article is well written and ill...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/10/23/the-last-battle/
David Coverdale appeared on The Totally 80s Podcast to talk about power ballads et cetera. No. I can’t retire from music; it’s oxygen to me. I’ve got at least three to five years of project...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/10/16/accidentally-knighted/
A vintage interview with Roger Glover, originally published in an issue of New Musical Express from February 12, 1972. He talks about Gillan’s illness that cancelled the US tour towards the end...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/10/16/regret-never-changes-anything/
Here’s a rendition of Highway Star like you’ve probably never heard before. Arranged for 4 acoustic guitars and played by the outfit known as 40 Fingers. Arrangement: Andrea Vittori The 40 Fi...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/10/14/powered-by-40-fingers/
Ian Gillan revisits his youth and picks for the Louder Sound eight songs that “set one of rock’s greatest frontmen on the path to glory”. Chuck Berry – Rock And Roll Music (1957 single) C...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/10/14/8-songs-that-changed-gillans-life/
Graham Bonnet and his bass player and life partner Beth-Ami Heavenstone recently appeared on the Disturbing The Priest podcast. Graham tells, amongst other things, a story of how his then lucrati...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/10/12/how-about-singing-into-the-microphone/
David Coverdale has appeared on the October 11 episode of the Trunk Nation show on satellite radio. The show might eventually be posted as a podcast on Eddie Trunk’s website (we just don’t kn...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/10/12/problems-piling-up-for-the-olde-snake/
Rick Beato got his hands on a multitrack of Smoke on the Water and dissects it for his Youtube series What Makes This Song Great? Thanks to Hein B for the heads-up.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/10/09/what-makes-this-song-great/
Alice Cooper released a new album called Road on August 25. Bob Ezrin produced the album (him and Alice go waaay back) and our own Roger Glover was a guest musician on the album, playing bass on ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/10/09/baby-please-dont-go/
Glenn Hughes will embark on another US tour in February 2024. He will again be preforming his Classic Deep Purple set, comprising mostly Mk3 & Mk4 numbers. Gilby Clarke of Guns N’Roses fame wil...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/10/09/the-towns-on-fire-again/
Child in Time and Flight of the Rat are featured in the new action flick The Creator, released to theatres on September 29. Both can be heard on the car stereo while the protagonist (played by Jo...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/10/03/blind-man-shooting-at-the-world/
Some time before the start of the US tour that wrapped up in late September, Glenn Hughes spoke to the Rockin’ Metal Revival podcast. He mentions at one point that he’s heading to Copenhagen ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/10/02/played-with-em-all/
Louder Sound profiles Warhorse’s self-titled debut album for their Album Of The Week series. In the summer of 1969, Deep Purple’s incoming vocalist Ian Gillan had a devastating caveat. “He ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/10/02/looking-back-at-warhorse/
On the 10th anniversary of reopening, Ian Gillan sends a message to the teachers and students of the music school in Armenia that he helped to rebuild: To the staff and students at ‘Our School ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/09/30/music-can-be-a-friend-for-life/
Bernie Marsden’s posthumous album Working Man will be released on November 24, 2023, on independent label Conquest Music. Recording of the album was finished in June. Throughout the summer, Ber...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/09/28/bernie-marsden-working-man/
Joe Lynn Turner has announced the arrival of his newborn son: On this very special day, of our 12th wedding anniversary, there is nothing more sacred and bonding between my Wife and I, as this be...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/09/26/proud-daddy-joe-lynn/
Geir Myklebust reprints in his blog a heartfelt eulogy to Tommy Bolin penned by Geoff Barton for the December 11, 1976, issue of Sounds. HEARD ABOUT Tommy’s death last Sunday morning. The news ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/09/25/endearingly-laid-back/
Some time in August, Glenn Hughes spoke to the 107.1 The Boss radio station, broadcasting out from New Jersey. Nothing groundbreaking was revealed, but he touched upon the making rounds story of ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/09/24/glenn-the-canine-aficionado/
A short interview with Jon Lord, focussing on his gear. It was originally published in Sounds issue from December 4, 1976: Synthesizers JON LORD has been playing electronic keyboards professional...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/09/24/no-need-for-a-polyphonic-synthesizer/
Simon McBride appeared on That Pedal Show, speaking about his gear and his job in Purple. It’s a long conversation, and it gets quite a bit technical at times, but generally well worth setting ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/09/20/part-of-the-furniture/
Glenn Hughes appeared on the latest episode of the Iron City Rocks podcast, dated September 15, 2023. In particular, Glenn mentioned that the new BCC album should come out in the first quarter of...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/09/18/all-about-melody-and-groove/
Glenn Hughes performed his Purple set on Friday, September 8, 2023, at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. He was joined on stage by local talent Joe Bonamassa and Chad Smith. Thanks ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/09/09/losing-his-mind-in-beverly-hills/
Cherry Red Records is releasing on November 24, 2023, a Glenn Hughes and Robin George collaboration album Overcome, originally recorded back in 1989. A chance meeting between Glenn Hughes and Rob...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/09/07/from-the-midlands-vaults/
Over the course of the pandemic, Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah Willcox were entertaining themselves and their Youtube audience by recording covers of everything from Swan Lake to Smoke on the W...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/09/05/and-now-for-something-completely-different/
Guitar Player magazine profiles the “new new guy” Simon McBride in their October 2023 issue (the one with Nita Strauss on the cover). When asked if he felt any pressure kicking off Deep Purpl...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/08/30/that-new-new-guy/
Joe Satriani was interviewed for Sonic Perspectives, and there were several purple-related questions — whether he was expecting a call from his former bandmates to replace Steve Morse, would it...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/08/30/satriani-chimes-in/
This is highly unconfirmed, borderline on rumour, but we thought it’s worth mentioning on these pages. The Good Old Boys are having their very last concert tomorrow, August 31, 2023, at the Eel...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/08/29/good-old-boys-last-hurrah/
Another sad day in the family — Bernie Marsden has passed away at the age of 72. His PR people released the following statement: On behalf of his family, it is with deep sadness we announce the...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/08/25/bernie-marsden-r-i-p/
Whitesnake’s The Purple Album will be reissued on October 13, 2023, via Rhino Records. It will be available as 2CD, 2LP on gold vinyl, Blu-ray, and digital. Of particular interest in certain qu...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/08/25/purple-album-gold-edition/
Glenn Hughes was interviewed for Sonic Perspectives. It is not overly long, but fairly informative on Glenn’s numerous past and ongoing projects. Enjoy! Thanks to Blabbermouth for the heads-up.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/08/19/a-lot-of-sleep-a-lot-of-water-a-lot-of-laughter/
A vintage review of a Rainbow gig at the New York’s Beacon Theater. It first appeared in Sounds magazine on July 24, 1976. Rainbow hit nirvana Blackmore´s Rainbow Beacon Theatre, New York Conc...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/reviews/2023/08/19/some-boys-still-havent-washed-their-hands/
Louder Sound has a short, but fairly informative interview with Glenn Hughes. What’s the first thing that comes into your mind when you think about either the Burn album or the sessions for it?...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/08/18/clearwell-ghosts-never-showed-up/
A historical interview with Ritchie Blackmore and Cozy Powell from the same issue of Sounds dated July 24, 1976. Blackmore swings the axe Peter Crescenti dodges the blows RITCHIE BLACKMORE harbou...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/08/11/were-gonna-electrocute-the-lot-of-em/
Glenn Hughes seems to be in full promotion mode, and here’s another interview. This one touches upon his current tour, where he is playing Marks 3 & 4 Purple material. MGM: It must be an exciti...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/08/11/before-going-back-to-being-glenn-again/
Blabbermouth has some quotes from Glenn Hughes’ appearance on the Trunk Nation radio show aired on SiriusXM on August 8. He spoke about the state of Black Country Communion, their new album and...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/08/11/putting-the-band-back-together/
Another historical article, announcing the dissolution of Deep Purple Mark 4. It originally appeared in the issue of Sounds from July 24, 1976. Purple: the end By Hugh Fielder DEEP PURPLE is no m...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/08/10/is-no-more-officially/
It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine has a long(ish) interview with Nick Simper, published back in June 2022. It covers pretty much all of his career, from the early 1960s to this day. Your career is...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/08/03/from-the-renegades-to-nasty-habits/
Speaking of Glenn, Metal Rules has an interview with him prepared during his recent visit to Finland. On this tour, you’re only playing classic Deep Purple stuff, but when will we see a tour wh...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/08/02/age-is-a-number/
Glenn Hughes will be a guest on THAT Rocks! podcast hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine. The show will be streamed live worldwide on YouTube on Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 22:0...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/08/02/glenn-hughes-on-that-rocks/
Metaltalk has an illustrated review of Glenn Hughes doing his Deep Purple set at the Maid of Stone Festival on July 22: Maid Of Stone – Saturday. By the time the Headliner, Glenn Hughes, arrive...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/07/30/an-exercise-in-undiluted-musical-excess/
Goldmine magazine has another one of those top-something lists (yep, we can hear the eyes rolling from all the way up in our editorial ivory towers). But it is a list on a topic rarely discussed ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/07/28/them-life-questioning-chords/
Cherry Red Records has a 6CD live box of Gillan (the band): Back In The Game – Live (1978-1982). It includes: Live at The Marquee 1978 Recorded at The Marquee Club, London, 27th December 1978; ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/07/28/unchain-your-brain-before-listening/
Geir Myklebust posts on his blog a Rainbow Rising review by Geoff Barton that first appeared in the issue of Sounds from May 22, 1976: “WITH RAINBOW’S music I intend to carry on and expand up...
Back in May, when Steve Morse was intermittently touring with his eponymous band, he spoke to WITH 90.1 radio station, broadcasting out of Ithaca, NY. They have published the transcript of the co...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/07/23/composer-who-plays-guitar/
Simon McBride gives the rundown of his stage rig, admitting in the process that he’s not terribly technically minded, and talks a bit about the whole experience of playing in Deep Purple. Thank...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/07/21/loving-every-moment-of-it/
: European channel Arte TV this year is showing performances from the Jazz Open Stuttgart festival. Deep Purple are playing at the festival on July 18, 2023, and it will be broadcast live onl...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/07/17/sweet-jazz-o-mine/
RAMzine has a preview of the updated edition of Illustrated Biography, listed by the publisher as slated for shipping in September/October 2023. The book is now called Deep Purple – The Visual ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/07/16/if-you-look-closely/
German edition of the Classic Rock magazine has “Das making-of Machine Head” as the cover story for their July/August 2023 issue (a.k.a. #121). This may or may not be somehow related to the E...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/07/10/das-making-of-machine-head/
Roger Glover posts a eulogy to an old friend Mo Foster: Deep sadness at the news that Mo Foster has died. I met him on the Butterfly Ball sessions in 1974 and we always remained friends. Not only...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/07/05/mo-foster-r-i-p/
Ronnie Romero will release his first original solo album Too Many Lies, Too Many Masters on September 15 via Frontiers. His two previous offerings — Raised On Radio and Raised On Heavy Radio �...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/07/05/romeros-masters/
Glenn Hughes appeared on the Rockonteurs podcast hosted by Gary Kemp (of Spandau Ballet fame) and session bassist extraordinaire Guy Pratt. That happened on or around June 27, 2023. Listen to thi...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/07/03/down-to-the-crypt-with-ouija-board/
Glenn Hughes was a guest on Bulgaria’s Z-Rock radio (his gig in Sofia was on June 24th, and he mentions it as being “tomorrow”). Glenn reminisces about writing and recording Burn, leaving T...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/06/29/twenty-one-and-life-is-beautiful/
There’s one member of the band that is truly irreplaceable. He has been in every lineup, on every record, and on every gig. His name is Ian Anderson Paice, and he was born on June 29, 1948. Whi...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/06/29/all-hail-to-the-chief/
David Coverdale has donated his 1974 Yamaha FG-160 acoustic guitar to the Download 20 Auction for Heavy Metal Truants to be auctioned for charity. It is claimed to be the very guitar used to writ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/06/28/coverdales-guitar-up-for-sale/
Deep Purple played a gig in the picturesque setting of the Ducal Palace of Parma, Italy, on June 27. Local press carries reviews of the proceedings. Unfortunately, none of us speak the language, ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/06/28/parco-ducale-viene-travolto-dal-rock/
David Coverdale was a guest on The SDR Show and spoke. A lot. The whole thing is almost an hour long, and (full disclosure) we didn’t have time to sit through it. But Blabbermouth has some quot...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/06/25/get-this-man-a-string-quartet/
Steve Morse shares in Guitar Player magazine his tips on how to improve one’s playing skills: You might think that master guitarist Steve Morse never gets in a rut with his playing. But guess w...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/06/24/tips-and-tricks-for-six-strings/
Tony Carey appeared on the VintageRock Podcast to talk about his experience of being in Rainbow. We explore the making of the iconic album ‘Rainbow Rising’ at Music Land Studios in Munich, wh...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/06/24/playing-hammond-through-eight-walls/
Rufus is gearing up for another photo book — this time it’s Portraits of Rainbow — The Dio Years with words by Geoff Barton. From the publisher blurb: Portraits of Rainbow – The Dio Years...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/06/23/portraits-of-rainbow/
Don Airey, the mainstay of the band for the last 20 years, is celebrating his 75th birthday on June 21, 2023. Many happy returns, sir!
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/06/21/happy-birthday-to-don/
Joe Lynn Turner appeared on The Real Music Observer podcast. It starts with talking about music (Slaves & Masters, in particular), but quickly deteriorates into JLT ranting. About stuff. And noth...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/06/19/hic-sunt-dracones/
Our contributor Tobias Janaschke writes: Hello from the Baltic ocean, I would like to take this opportunity to say a few open and appreciative words to/about Ian Gillan: This man (like the others...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/06/16/blind-man-cries-in-krakow/
In the latest installment of Question Time with DC (hat airs on Whitesnake TV), the aforementioned DC shares a story of how he traded autographs with Hollywood icon John Wayne (the Alamo, Crazy H...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/06/12/love-the-duke/
A three part documentary about the Montreux Jazz Festival, titled They All Came Out To Montreux, will air in the UK on BBC Four starting at 10:15 PM on June 16. The film was directed by British f...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/06/08/they-all-came-out-to-montreux/
Graham Bonnet appeared on the Vintage Rock Pod(cast), talking about his illustrious career, starting all the way from back in the 60s. Almost half of the conversation dealt with his days in Rainb...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/06/05/no-chain-of-events-can-shackle-him-down/
Black Country Communion has been resurrected. Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Derek Sherinian, and Jason Bonham are working on their fifth album right now , at the Sunset Studios in Los Angeles.
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/06/03/bccv-in-the-works/
While on tour in São Paulo, Brazil (the gig there was on April 22), Roger Glover spoke to Rock Hard Greece. Among other things, he was asked about the possibility of announcing a “special” f...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/06/01/leave-it-at-that/
Several bootleg quality audio tracks purported to be from the 1984 tour rehearsals have been posted on Youtube. Highway Star Hungry Daze Jam Thanks to Conneyfogle for the clips and to Tobias Jana...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/06/01/in-a-dark-and-sweaty-room/
Two branches of the massively overgrown family tree came together in Pennsylvania on May 26. Reb Beach, last seen with Whitesnake, came on stage to jam with the Steve Morse Band on a blues standa...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/05/29/when-the-branches-meet/
A local paper out of UK, The Hunts Post, reports that Don Airey is spearheading a campaign to save his local pub in Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire, as a live music venue. The pub used to host gig...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/05/27/let-there-be-pub/
David Coverdale appeared on Paltrocast promoting the Still Good to Be Bad reissue. Some of it you may have heard before, and some other probably not. I can’t not be honest about this, that and ...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2023/05/23/invoking-ghost-of-sharon-osbourne/
A Dutch TV documentary on the history of Love is All, with participation from Roger Glover, Eddie Hardin, Ronnie James Dio, Ray Fenwick, and the book author Alan Aldridge. Everything you wanted t...
https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2023/05/23/number-one-by-the-lunch-time/