Deep Purple: New Album Samples!
Fans can now hear samples of all tracks from their upcoming release.
Samples of the songs from 'NOW What?!' can be streamed online at Amazon, and you can listen to them HERE.
Produced by Bob Ezrin, whose distinguished career has seen...
Stones Sell Out London’s Hyde Park
Tickets gone "in seconds"
In total, it took less than 5 minutes for all 65,000 tickets to sell out after public bookings opened at 9am. This has given rise to several rumours that a second date could follow.
"Basically we sold 65,000 tickets in the speed the system could handle it. If the system could handle it in seconds, we would have probably sold out in seconds. There are all these other artists out there this year — we’ve got Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi — but the tickets went as quickly as the system could do it" said concert promoter Rob Hallett.
Hallett also promised that anyone who had secured a basic £95 ticket would be able to get a ringside view on July 6.
"The band wanted the regular ticket-holders to be right at the front of the stage...not 200 yards away" he said. "The people who have coughed up for hospitality packages will get looked after in a way they have never known before. But when the doors open, if you can run faster than the next guy, it will be like any other general admission gig."
"Basically we sold 65,000 tickets in the speed the system could handle it. If the system could handle it in seconds, we would have probably sold out in seconds. There are all these other artists out there this year — we’ve got Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi — but the tickets went as quickly as the system could do it" said concert promoter Rob Hallett.
Hallett also promised that anyone who had secured a basic £95 ticket would be able to get a ringside view on July 6.
"The band wanted the regular ticket-holders to be right at the front of the stage...not 200 yards away" he said. "The people who have coughed up for hospitality packages will get looked after in a way they have never known before. But when the doors open, if you can run faster than the next guy, it will be like any other general admission gig."
Watch this space for updates!
(Evening Standard)
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Band withdraw from Nepal performance
Deep Purple have pulled out of a scheduled performance in Dubai, due to unpaid fees.
According to a statement released by the band, their agreed fee was not paid as per the contract they had with the promoter of the show - Richard Coram, of Talent Brokers in Dubai.
Talent Brokers did not deposit the contracted fee into the registered escrow account, despite the band given them extra time in which to do so. The band wished to make clear that they were willing to coem and perform in Nepal, but they had do option other than to withdraw,
Ian Gillan, Deep Purple's singer, said:
"I hate it when this sort of thing happens. The first time ever in Nepal and it gets cancelled.I want to assure everyone that our management and agency bent over backwards to make this work. But every promise from the promoter was broken and things dragged on to the last minute and then went past the deadline for our equipment to be delivered. As everyone knows, Deep Purple will go through hurricanes, earthquakes, riots, and all kinds of hazards – just to ‘get there and do the show’, but you do need competent connections to be able to achieve this. We are truly miserable that we couldn’t get there and would love to come over at the first opportunity."
According to a statement released by the band, their agreed fee was not paid as per the contract they had with the promoter of the show - Richard Coram, of Talent Brokers in Dubai.
Talent Brokers did not deposit the contracted fee into the registered escrow account, despite the band given them extra time in which to do so. The band wished to make clear that they were willing to coem and perform in Nepal, but they had do option other than to withdraw,
Ian Gillan, Deep Purple's singer, said:
"I hate it when this sort of thing happens. The first time ever in Nepal and it gets cancelled.I want to assure everyone that our management and agency bent over backwards to make this work. But every promise from the promoter was broken and things dragged on to the last minute and then went past the deadline for our equipment to be delivered. As everyone knows, Deep Purple will go through hurricanes, earthquakes, riots, and all kinds of hazards – just to ‘get there and do the show’, but you do need competent connections to be able to achieve this. We are truly miserable that we couldn’t get there and would love to come over at the first opportunity."
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