Legendary bassist GLENN HUGHES (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, ex-DEEP PURPLE, ex-BLACK SABBATH) has answered 20 questions for Northhampton Chronicle & Echo. The following is an excerpt:

Q: What is your proudest achievement?

A: "Getting clean and sober for me was the turning point in the road. A lot of media in the UK were upset with me for giving away my talent. Since then I met my wife and the greatest achievement was when I put down the drugs."

Q: What is your worst habit?

A: "I have just kicked sugar again, I don’t smoke either, I’m a really health conscious guy. But I started going back on the chocolate and I’m doing the chocolate one day at a time. I would like to say it is fine Belgian chocolate, but it is Cadbury’s."

Read the full 20 questions with Hughes at this location.

GuitarGuitar in association with Laney Amplification have announced an exclusive signing with Hughes.

The signing will take place at GuitarGuitar's Birmingham, England store at 1 PM on Sunday, May 29th. Further details at this location.

Hughes released his long awaited autobiography, Deep Purple And Beyond: Scenes From The Life Of A Rock Star, on May 12th.

You can now flip through some pages from the limited edition hardback versions of Glenn's autobiography at this location.

The paperback edition of the book will be published by Jawbone and is currently scheduled for release in October 2011. An Amazon pre-order for the paperback can be found below:

On May 12th, Hughes appeared at an invite-only book launch event for Deep Purple And Beyond: Scenes From The Life Of A Rock Star, at Idea Generation Gallery in Shoreditch, London, UK.

While there, Hughes performed a brief live acoustic set, discussed his new book, and took part in a meet and greet with friends, fans and press. Glenn's set consisted of the following five songs:

'Coast To Coast'

'Holy Man'

'I Found A Woman'

'Too Late To Save The World'

'Cold'

Footage from the event can be seen below:

In Glenn's own words, "the luxury edition with all the bells and whistles – the music, embossed in gold and what have you is coming out in May. There will also be paperback and hardback editions coming at the end of the year."

In other news, Glenn and his solo band are currently on a tour of The UK. Dates are as follows:

May

20 - Picture House - Edinburgh, UK
21 - Lemon Tree - Aberdeen, UK
23 - Opera House - York, UK
24 - Water Front - Norwich, UK
26 - Komedia - Brighton, UK
27 - Mr Kyps - Poole, UK
29 - Town Hall - Birmingham, UK