DEEP PURPLE have confirmed a pair of Finnish live dates in May as follows: 23rd at Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland and 24th at Areena in Joensuu, Finland. The band's upcoming live schedule in support of their latest album, Rapture Of The Deep, is as follows:

March
9 - Palasport - Palermo, Italy
10 - Palasport - Acireale, Italy
12 - Palasport - Reggio Calabria, Italy
13 - Palasport - Andria, Italy
16 - Parc Expo - Reims, France
17 - Grand Hall De Tours - Tours, France
19 - Zenith - Nantes, France
20 - Zenith - Rouen, France
22 - Parc Expo - La Rochelle , France
23 - Zenith - Pau, France
25 - Hall Rhenus - Strasbourg, France
26 - Festival Debout Sur Le Zinc - Beauvais, France
28 - Patinoire - Bordeaux, France
29 - Palais Des Spectacle - St Etienne, France
30 - Palais Des Spectacle - Grenoble, France
31 - Zenith - Limoges, France

April
21 - Metro Radio Arena - Newcastle, England
22 - MEN Arena - Manchester, England
24 - Nottingham Arena - Nottingham, England
25 - CIA Arena - Cardiff, Wales
27 - Windsor Hall - Bournemouth, England
28 - Wembley Arena - London, England
29 - Brighton Centre - Brighton, England

May
1 - Clyde Auditorium - Glasgow, Scotland
2 - Hallam FM Arena - Sheffield, England
3 - NEC - Birmingham, England
11 - Hallenstadion - Zürich, Switzerland
12 - Arena - Genève, Switzerland
18 - Lotto Arena - Antwerp, Belgium
19 - Dauwpop - Hellendorn, Holland
20 - The Rockhal - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
23 - Jäähalli - Helsinki, Finland
24 - Areena - Joensuu, Finland
26 - Jelling Festival - Jelling, Denmark

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ALICE COOPER's website has posted the following update:

"Happy Stinkin' New Year!!!!!! 2007! Thanks to everyone that made it out to the Alice Cooper shows this past year. Alice will start working full steam ahead on a brand new album later in January and it should be out by this summer. Summer 2007 is also when Alice will hit the road yet again for another world tour that will continue through October. Stay tuned here or at the other usual suspects and sites for tour date info later in the year. Alice's new book "Golf Monster" will be coming out this year too. We'll see what other surprises pop up. Have a great new year from Alice Cooper!"

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Don Kaye from IceBergRadio reports that

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are contributing songs to two rides at California's Disneyland resort as part of an effort to spruce the attractions up, according to LiveDaily.com. The resort's Space Mountain ride, as well as its California Screamin'roller coaster, will both get makeovers that will include fresh lighting effects and new soundtracks. The 30-year-old Space Mountain will incorporate the Chili Peppers'1989 cover of Steve Wonder's "Higher Ground," while the band's 1999 hit "Around The World" will serve as the musical backdrop for California Screamin'.

The two rides will be renamed Rockin'Space Mountain and Rockin'California Screamin'for the duration of the promotion, which is expected to last for several months.

The songs were remixed by the Chili Peppers'sound engineer, Ryan Hewitt, to synchronize them properly with the rides.

The Chili Peppers will begin a winter tour with Gnarls Barkley on January 12th in Oklahoma City.

The latest Chili Peppers album, Stadium Arcadium, has sold over 1.5 million copies since its release last May. The CD's new single is "Snow (Hey Oh)."

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