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Steve Morse took some time off and wrote a letter the day after the the premier of Rapture Of The Deep World Tour. Here is a few bits: “Last night was our first official night of the “Rapture” tour. We played about 6 tunes from the album. While some of the endings were, uh, quite […]
Read more »Another Astoria review with photos.
Read more »FaceCulture met Ian Gillan in Amsterdam. They discussed the history of Deep Purple, the new album "Rapture Of The Deep", church, religion, death, suicide, Bono, infinity, the metafysical world etc. Watch the video interview here. Thanks to FaceCulture for the information.
Read more »Check out a couple of Lyon reviews (in French).
Read more »2006-01-19 Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
Read more »4 stars [out of 5] The T-shirts are out tonight – if they don’t list previous tour dates of Deep Purple, they’re for Iron Maiden or AC/DC. Over the decades, these bands’ public standing has gone from lock-up yer-daughters shock to a fond nostalgia. But Deep Purple’s fan base is so dependable, despite the band […]
Read more »I was at the opening date of the Rapture Of The Deep world tour and things seem promising. The band were a little loose, on several occasions they had to check the sequencing on some tunes to make sure they got it right! Gillan frequently consulted a folder of lyrics placed on the drum riser. […]
Read more »Whatever you think of the album, it was really good to hear so many new songs. Put into the context of a live show (and without Michael Bradford’s production!) they sounded fine – fitted in really well. With a bit of luck, Mr G might have learned the words (to some of the old ones […]
Read more »Right from the off, you could feel that they were going to do the business. Massive smiles all round and a palpable sense of excitement…what were we going to get? Now, Pictures Of Home sold me a dummy-I thought that, after using Silver Tongue as an opener on the last tour, that we might get […]
Read more »This is the correct setlist from last night’s Deep Purple World Tour opening show at The Astoria in London: Pictures of Home Things I Never Said Wrong Man Ted the Mechanic Living Wreck Rapture of the Deep Back To Back Before Time Began Contact Lost Well-Dressed Guitar Lazy Keyboard Solo Perfect Strangers Junkyard Blues Sometimes […]
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