Deep Purple News - July / 2009

Rockin’ the Fourth: Red, White and Boom Date: 02 Jul 2009
Douglas County News-Press - As pink clouds slowly fade to a deep purple, dusk falls over Castle Rock’s horizon.

LV MUSIC BLOG: Disney star cancels show Date: 02 Jul 2009
The Morning Call - GARY BLOCKUS He bought his first album at age 14: Bread's "Baby I'm A Want You." The next day, he bought Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" and Deep Purple's "Machine Head." He's covered everything in the metal/hard rock genre, from Motley Crue to Papa Roach to Ted Nugent and Aerosmith to the softer side like Bon Jovi.

Disney star says cancellation won't affect Allentown show Date: 03 Jul 2009
The Morning Call - GARY BLOCKUS He bought his first album at age 14: Bread's "Baby I'm A Want You." The next day, he bought Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" and Deep Purple's "Machine Head." He's covered everything in the metal/hard rock genre, from Motley Crue to Papa Roach to Ted Nugent and Aerosmith to the softer side like Bon Jovi.

Deep Purple Ordered to Pay Royalties to Themselves in Russia Date: 03 Jul 2009
KNAC.COM - A Russian court has fined DEEP PURPLE for “illegally” performing their own songs. Bloggers have already called the decision “fantastic in its idiocy”. The concert in question took place on October 19, 2008 in Russia’s southern city of Rostov-on-Don.

Deep Purple vs Themselves Date: 03 Jul 2009
p2pnet.net - p2pnet news view Music:- How’s this for richest of the rich irony? Deep Purple were performing in Rostov-on-Don in Russia a little under a year ago. Then, after the show, they heard from NGO, the Russian Authors’ Society, an organisation which looks suspiciously similar to SOCAN, the Canadian music rip-off organisation. Because, says the Russian collection agency [...]

Thou shall ‘Steel’: Judas Priest revisits heavy metal classic after three decades Date: 04 Jul 2009
New Haven Register - For more than a decade, the blues-based thunderous rock of bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple defined the genre that became heavy metal. Those acts took the blues and added massive amounts of distortion, thick percussion and searing guitar solos. Then “British Steel” came around.

Deep Purple - Deep Purple Fined For Performing Their Own Songs In Russia Date: 04 Jul 2009
ContactMusic - Rockers DEEP PURPLE have been fined for playing their own songs in Russia.A local court has handed down the fine after Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover failed to...

Deep purple fined for performing their own songs in russia Date: 04 Jul 2009
Tiscali - Rockers Deep Purple have been fined for playing their own songs in Russia. A local court has handed down the fine after Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover failed to clear rights to their tunes in Russia before a concert in Rostov-on-Don last year (Oct08).

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