DEEP PURPLE issue the following message on their website:
Deep Purple are in a number of newspapers today (Feb 26) telling people not to buy the Live 1993 CD sets from Sony BMG. The group tell the reporter they were going through a bad patch at the time and one of the albums is from their worst gig ever. Never mind that the set was actually first issued last year, as far as I know taking an album to the shop and asking for your money back on the grounds that the band say it's rubbish isn't going to get you very far! "Have you got the receipt and a verified quote from the band sir?"
And was it really their worst gig ever? Let us know if you disagree and why. Our glamourous assistants are waiting for your call and there's a free copy of the utterly awful compilation Purplexed for the best response (and two copies for the runner up).
DIMMU BORGIR, VELVET REVOLVER CONFIRMED FOR UK DOWNLOAD FEST
VELVET REVOLVER, LAMB OF GOD, DIMMU BORGIR, DRAGONFORCE and DEVILDRIVER have been confirmed for the Download festival, set to take place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
BRING ME THE HORIZION
DEVILDRIVER
DIMMU BORGIR
DRAGONFORCE
IRON MAIDEN (June 10 headliner) KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KORN
LAMB OF GOD
LINKIN PARK (June 9 headliner) MARILYN MANSON
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (June 8 headliner) SLAYER
VELVET REVOLVER
WOLFMOTHER
According to a posting on MEGADETH's official web site, the group's mainman Dave Mustaine returned to the U.S. today (February 27) after completing a ten-day radio/press tour across Europe promoting the band's much-anticipated new album, "United Abominations", now due on May 15 via Roadrunner Records.
