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The ones I remember: Pictures of Home (with a bit of Child In Time) Things I Never Said Into the Fire Strange Kind of Woman (with duet between Ian & Steve) Rapture of the Deep Demon\’s Eye (nice replacement) Contact Lost Steve Morse Solo The Well Dressed Guitar The Battle Rages On Don Airey Solo […]
Read more »Introduced by one of the most boring shows I’ve ever seen (by Andy Timmons), the guys hit the stage at about 22.20 P.M. Not so good in the beginning, the P.A. balancing got o.k. very quickly. Every one seemed in excellent shape, big Ian sung as good as usual, but let me tell you this: […]
Read more »Nick Simper will perform in Austria in November this year with the local band called Nasty Habits. They will play a special set of Deep Purple Mk1 numbers. Shows booked so far: November 14 — Orpheum, Graz November 16 — Viper Room, Vienna We’ve been informed that more dates in Germany are in the works. […]
Read more »VH1 Classic in North America is airing a show called Seven Ages of Rock (which was co-produced together with the BBC). The fourth episode Never Say Die is about hasrd rock and heavy metal and features Deep Purple along with Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica. The Purple part […]
Read more »The wonders of high speed rail, joys of private jets and fury of nature — read all about it in the latest installment of Steve Morse’s Notes from the road.
Read more »it seems the weather had other plans when Deep Purple were about to hit the stage in Zaragoza on the first night of the European tour this summer, here’s what Ian Gillan had to say about it: Deep Purple – 11/07/08 Zaragoza As we were about to hit the stage the gig here was blown […]
Read more »We have received an unconfirmed report that both Israeli gigs on September 7th and 8th at the Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv have been cancelled. Instead, Deep Purple will play a gig on September 7th at a rather unusual venue — Caesarea Amphitheatre. This venue is located on the ruins on an ancient Roman amphitheatre […]
Read more »Steve Morse will hold a guitar workshop at the Underground club in Köln on July 26th. The event is sponsored by Engl, who will be presenting their new E656 Steve Morse Signature amp. Entrance is free, but interested parties are advised to make reservations by contacting info@beyers-music.de or calling +49-(0)2327-3939 or +49-(0)221-2827540. Underground: Vogelsanger Str. […]
Read more »We’ve discussed previously the state of music business and where it’s going. Music is not alone in this state of transition. Every form of art is. In preface to his recent novel Little Brother, Cory Doctorow writes: If I could loan out my physical books without giving up possession of them, I would. The fact […]
Read more »Mel Galley of Whitesnake and Trapeze fame passed away on July 1, at his home in Heath Hayes, UK. He had suffered from cancer and in February had announced that doctors determined his condition as terminal.
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