DEEP PURPLE To Play 'Intimate Theaters' In UK Next Year

September 17, 2008

According to a posting on the Deep Purple Appreciation Society web site, DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan reportedly told the crowd at a recent London show that PURPLE will return for a UK tour next year. However, backstage he apparently went further according to a reporter from Classic Rock magazine, who says, "After the show Gillan griped to Classic Rock about the heavy security out front and the consequent lack of connection with the audience. As a result, the singer revealed, PURPLE's British tour next year will be in intimate theatres rather than impersonal arenas."

DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse is one of the musicians featured on the "We Wish You A Metal Christmas and a Headbanging New Year" album, due in the U.S. on October 14 via Amoury Records and Black Ion Music. The CD features hard rock and heavy metal's finest giving their own unique twist to Christmas classics old and new. Also appearing on the album are Alice Cooper, Lemmy Kilmister, Ronnie James Dio, Dave Grohl, Billy Gibbons, Tony Iommi and more.

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