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Thin Lizzy… Nuff said… Styx, excellent band but misunderstood by most. I thought Purple looked a bit tired at first, but they soon found the groove. Gillan was usually entertaining, but I was dissapointed by the lack of Rapture material. It seemed like a fan’s choice of set. The Battle Rages On was good and […]
Read more »A great time was had at Brighton on Sunday night. All three bands were superb with the best being of course Deep Purple! They and the sound were so good that it (almost) didn’t matter that they played for only 90 minutes. I say almost because although having three name bands on the bill made […]
Read more »This was a show I was particularly looking forward to, not just because it was Purple, but because it was Thin Lizzy as well. It was my 7th Purple gig, the last one being in Bristol in 2002 – and that particular show has been amazing. Could they better it? THIN LIZZY – Brilliant. Played […]
Read more »Thin Lizzy were good but couldn’t seem to get the crowd going. Are they the tribute band some have suggested? With Sykes and Gorham having been in Lizzy and written many of the songs, I don’t think so. Styx grew on me. Aurally they were excellent, a real surprise. Visually they out-Darknessed the Darkness with […]
Read more »So, you finally got rid of all those bulky VHS tapes and replaced them with DVDs and thought the new format is here to stay for the next 20 years, right? Wrong. HD (High Definition) DVD is knocking at your back door. On June 26 Rhino/Eagle Vision is releasing Deep Purple, Yes and Santana performances […]
Read more »Tommy Shaw of Styx guested on Smoke on the Water at the Wembley Arena and posted his impressions on styxworld.com: Before I knew it, I was heading for the stage again to sit in with Deep Purple. It was sweet to see all our people watching from the wings. I waited for the last notes […]
Read more »As our trusty mailman have sent out today monthly reminders about your THS mailing lists membership, probably many of you have clicked on the provided link to update your settings and were startled when your browser gave you a security warning. This is because we have switched to HTTPS (secure HTTP protocol) for mailing lists […]
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