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London, Ontario: It’s been a long wait since first listening to Deep Purple on the Machine Head album but it was worth it hearing them live for the first time. At an outdoor concert venue on the Thames River surrounded by huge trees, Deep Purple exploded on to the stage playing Pictures of Home. It […]
Read more »Boston: Once again I had the pleasure of seeing Deep Purple on tour. I’ve lost count of how many shows I’ve been to but each one has been amazing. This time I brought my 17 year old daughter and four of her friends along. Setlist is the same as previous reviews so I’ll skip that. […]
Read more »Quebec: Having seen DP over 50 times from MK II onwards I like most of us reading this, never ever regret seeing one of the greatest bands of all time in concert whenever the opportunity presents itself. A 3 hour drive is not a bother when a DP concert is at hand! It has been […]
Read more »The Highway Star Shop hasn’t been updated for a while. But now we have done a massive shop update. A lot of new releases from Deep Purple and related. Check this out. Deep Purple Deep Purple – In Rock [February 12, 2007] DVD Deep Purple – Videobiography [February 26, 2007] DVD Deep Purple & Friends […]
Read more »“Telstar”, a movie about the famous 60-s music producer Joe Meek (with a Purple connection), began filming in London this month. Both Meek’s studio and Mrs. Shenton’s shop were recreated further along Holloway Road, complete with the neighbouring bank. The movie is directed by Nick Moran with Con O’Neill (who reportedly was very impressive in […]
Read more »Steve Morse has just made his “Power Lines” instructional video available on DVD via the Alfred Publishing company. The 60-minute disc’s description reads as follows: Learn Steve’s warm-up exercises, how to add chromatic ideas to your playing, 3-note-per-string scales, sequences and arpeggios. Steve also reveals his unique method for playing polyphonic scales and melody lines. […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes in a message to the fans left on his Myspace page, mentions his new album: To all of you in Bulgaria, France, Spain, Norway, Italia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Greece, I look 4ward to Funkin’ it up with you as well. It’s been an amazin’ year, full of new adventures. It has given […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night will be featured in a two part broadcast on German radio station Radio T. The show will air on September 13th and 20th at 20:00. Interview is conducted by Manja Kolb. Radio T is on the air in Chemnitz at 102.7 MHz and on cable at 98.25 MHz and 103.7 MHz. See www.peters-kramladen.de […]
Read more »A mimed playback of St. Theresa done on a morning TV show on August 16. Blackmore barely pretends he’s actually playing guitar ;). Backing singers are from the support band Gothien, as the Sisters of the Moon have been given the Spanish Archer following the last show of the German tour.
Read more »We have no means to test Gillan’s theory that there are a lot of 18-year old fans at the DP concerts, but let’s find out how old are The Highway Star readers. The poll is anonymous, absolutely no personal data will be published. To participate you’ll need cookies and JavaScript enabled in your browser. Poll […]
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