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ARTICLE ABOUT Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) FROM New Musical Express, December 26, 1970 A little bit of Cherkazoo and other stories from the very popular Mr. Gillan in this one. I sure think a certain guy called Rad Losev and a whole bunch of other Purple fans in the highwaystar.com will be pleased with this one. Read on! Snob groups make Ian purple with rage By Richard Green It becomes a bit strong when groups get so selective in their attitude towards work that they cut their dates down to one or two a week, thus denying fans the chance…
Mason Crosby compares his favorite football club Liverpool to Green Bay Packers during 2024 Premier League Fan Fest Before Mason Crosby became one of the best kickers in NFL history, his passion was the other “football” sport. “My first love is definitely soccer,” the former Green Bay Packers kicker said during an interview at Premier League Fan Fest in Nasville last weekend. And while Crosby isn’t officially retired from the NFL, soccer is still “something to this day I gravitate to more than anything.” That was evident during the fan fest. Crosby, who last played for the Packers in the 2022…
‘I saw two nuns frolicking in a coffin’: inside Led Zeppelin’s wildest party Led Zeppelin’s debauched party in Kent’s Chislehurst Caves was so memorable that, 50 years on, guest Simon Kirke recalls it in vivid detail “The fact that I can remember it in such detail 50 years later shows you what an impact it made on me,” chuckles Simon Kirke down the phone from his home in New York. The Free and Bad Company drummer may be 74 years old but he has just recalled – with unflinching clarity – details of the most extravagant and debauched party in rock…
Doors drummer John Densmore: ‘It took me years to forgive Jim Morrison’ When he was at the centre of the US counterculture, he lived in terror of his bandmate. Yet after the singer’s death, he fought ferociously to protect his legacy. But, he says, he still regrets not calling out Morrison on his abusive relationships with women It took the Doors’ drummer, John Densmore, three years to visit the grave of his bandmate Jim Morrison after he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971. He didn’t even go to the funeral. “Did I hate Jim?” Densmore pauses, although he…
Giants announcers Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow planning on 2024 return Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow have been the primary television announcers for the San Francisco Giants for more than 30 years. Looking ahead to the future, the longstanding pairing, best known as Kruk and Kuip, have no plans on leaving the booth. Speaking to Dave Newhouse of the Oakland Tribune in the Ultimate Sports Guide Newsletter, both men made it clear that they have no plans on leaving the booth any time soon. “That’s the plan,” Krukow said, referring to returning to the booth. “We’ll go on as long as we…
West Coast Eagles midfielder Andrew Gaff has announced his retirement from the AFL. Gaff, who turned 32 in June, has played just three matches this season. He was dropped after a disappointing outing against Port Adelaide in round one, but was recalled to the senior side for their games against St Kilda and North Melbourne in rounds 11 and 12. The club says he will play against North Melbourne in Hobart this weekend, and will be granted a farewell game against Carlton at home the following week. Gaff has played 278 senior games since he was taken with pick 4…
43 Years Ago: Led Zeppelin Drummer John Bonham Passes Away The thunderous backbone to Led Zeppelin’s sound went silent when John Bonham was found dead Sept. 25, 1980, effectively ending the band as an active unit. The drummer had consumed an estimated 40 shots of vodka the day and night prior at rehearsals for the band’s upcoming North American tour which was announced exactly two weeks earlier and scheduled to kick off less than a month later. Put to bed just after midnight at guitarist Jimmy Page’s house in the south England town of Windsor, Bonham would be found lifeless the next afternoon by sound…
Paul McCartney’s Magical “Got Back” Tour Touches Down And Takes Flight At Camden Yards For the first time since 1964, Paul McCartney played a show in Baltimore. The nearly three-hour set he and his band played on Sunday, June 12th, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, was filled with more than Beatles/McCartney/Rock and Roll fans could expect. McCartney ties together multiple generations, from very near the birth of Rock and Roll, through his most recent McCartney III, which debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Top 200 in the US and hit number 1 in the UK. More than chart-topping success brought fans…
Taylor Swift Surprise Announces ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Album: Fans React Swift made the reveal while accepting the best pop vocal album award at the Grammys. Taylor Swift opens the doors to the Tortured Poets Department on April 19, and fans are losing their minds. “TAYLOR CALLING HERSELF ‘THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT?!?!?!?’ THERE IS NO BETTER DESCRIPTION FOR THE DEVASTATING MIX OF BEAUTY, ARTISTRY, AND GRUESOME SOUL BARING THAT SHE BRINGS TO EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF MUSIC SHE PENS,” one fan exclaimed in a tweet Sunday night (Feb. 4), soon after Swift stunned Swifties with the announcement of a new albumcoming…
Breaking Bad spin-off prequel announced US network AMC has announced a Breaking Bad spin-off prequel, based around the character of lawyer Saul Goodman. Better Call Saul will see Bob Odenkirk reprise his role as the crooked criminal lawyer in the one-hour show, AMC and Sony Pictures said, external. It added the spin-off would “focus on the evolution” of the character before he came to represent crystal meth kingpin Walter White. AMC did not say when production was due to start or when the show would air. The title of the prequel is taken from a season two episode of Breaking Bad where…