DEEP PURPLE, IAN GILLAN - Dates Scheduled In Armenia
December 4, 2009, 14 years ago
DEEP PURPLE Italia report that according to Armenian promoter Vibrographus (www.vgs.am), Deep Purple will perform at the Sports & Concerts Complex in Yerevan, Armenia on May 25th, 2010.
Mediamax Media Company (mediamax.am) reports that IAN GILLAN will perform in Yerevan on March 26th and 27th.
The money raised from ticket sales will be spent on reconstruction of Gyumri N6 music school.
Further updates to follow.
According to the Deep Purple Appreciation Society, Deep Purple's 1975 album Come Taste The Band will be reissued (hopefully) along the lines of the remaster/remix package EMI put together for Machine Head's 25th Anniversary Edition.
According to Wikipedia, Come Taste The Band was recorded between August 3rd and September 1st, 1975 at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany, and released in October 1975. The album was co-produced and engineered by the band and longtime associate Martin Birch (IRON MAIDEN). It is the only Deep Purple studio record featuring Tommy Bolin, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar. When Blackmore left the band, many observers and critics assumed that Deep Purple would not continue. It was David Coverdale who asked Jon Lord to keep the band together, and Tommy Bolin was asked to take the guitar slot.
The band was rounded off by bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice.
