DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian GIllan and his management have issued the following statement:

"We regret to announce that the Australian Ian Gillan tour dates have been cancelled. The main reason for this cancellation is the bullet which remains in Rodney Appleby 's [bass] neck from his recent shooting by a crazy neighbor who was trying to kill him. While Rodney is recovering well, and is expected to recover fully, at this point the doctors are advising caution for Rodney because they don't know what will be required to extract that bullet, or whether its current location will cause other problems."

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Threshold has been booked for the ProgPower USA VIII festival, set to take place October 5-6, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia.

Commented the festival organizers in a statement: " THRESHOLD were one of the bands to really win over a lot of people with their previous performance at ProgPower USA , so they are back by popular demand."

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Veteran Chicago doom metallers TROUBLE have announced several changes (Wolverhampton, Aschaffenburg and Pratteln) to their previously announced European tour and have also added a show in London. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows:

Mar. 21 - Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters Pub
Mar. 22 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Mar. 23 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ Chance Theater
Mar. 24 - Bedford, NH @ Mark's Place
Mar. 25 – New York, NY @ B.B. King
Mar. 26 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
Mar. 28 - Toronto, ONT @ Lee's Palace
Mar. 29 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
Mar. 30 - Detroit, MI @ I Rock Nightclub
Mar. 31 - Mokena, IL @ Pearl Room
May 24 - GRE Athens Underworld Club
May 26 - NL Den Bosch W2
May 27 - NL Amsterdam Melkweg
May 28 - UK Wolverhampton Wulfrun
May 29 - UK Bradford Rio
May 30 - UK London Scala
May 31 - F Paris Le Nouveau Casino
Jun. 01 - GER Aschaffenburg Colos Saal
Jun. 02 - GER München Backstage
Jun. 03 - HUN Budapest A 38
Jun. 05 - GER Nürnberg Hirsch
Jun. 06 - CH Pratteln Z7
Jun. 07 - GER Essen Zeche Carl
Jun. 08 - GER Hamburg Markthalle
Jun. 09 - SWE Sölvesborg Swedenrock Festival
Jul. 23 - The Loft - Poughkeepsie, NY

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