DEEP PURPLE keyboardist
Don Airey's previously announced European tour in support of his recently released solo album,
"A Light In The Sky", has been cancelled "due to
Don's busy touring schedule with
DEEP PURPLE," according to
Airey's record label,
Mascot Records. The trek will be rescheduled, says the label.
For
"A Light In The Sky",
Airey gathered together a different set of collaborators (though
Laurence Cottle of
Sting/
Eric Clapton/
Brian Eno/
Bill Bruford fame once again contributes precision bass-playing), though naturally
Don provides the record's central creative thrust — an entertaining mixture of instrumental and vocal songs, from the
"Bladerunner"-style
"Ripples In The Fabric Of Time" to the hook-laden hard rock of
"Shooting Star".
