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Archive for October, 2019



Smoke on the Wiltern

Deep Purple live at The Wiltern (Los Angeles, USA 2019-09-04) Finally a headlining tour for the US so no shorter co-headlining sets. Actually got 85 minutes start to finish!!! (90 if you count how long it takes Roger to toss all the guitar picks and wave goodnight. Love that guy!) No offense to “Joyous Wolf” […]

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Whitesnake in Australasia

Before heading to Japan in March 2020, Whitesnake will tour Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Singapore on a double bill with Scorpions. Tickets for Singapore are already on sale, the three Australian dates go on sale to General public on November 1, with New Zealand and Indonesia ones on November 11. Thanks to Lutz Reinert […]

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More summer dates

More dates have surfaced for the Deep Purple summer tour of 2020. In addition to two appearances in Austria, we now have six more dates in Germany: Stadtpark Freilichtbuhne, Hamburg, on June 24; Kunst!rasen, Bonn, on July 10; Sommerfestival, Rosenheim, on July 11; Peißnitzinsel, Halle, on July 14; Volkspark, Mainz, on July 15; Stimmen Festival, […]

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Bob Ezrin sells his rights

FYI Music News reports that Bob Ezrin has sold his music publishing and “other rights” to a New York headquartered company called Primary Wave Music Publishing. Being a very hands on producer, alongside with production credits he got songwriting credits on many albums he has worked on. His resume includes producing and co-writing Alice Cooper’s […]

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Japanese Whitesnake dates rescheduled

Whitesnake have new dates for their Japanese tour, rescheduled from October 2019 to March 2020. The new dates are booked from March 9 to 20th. Old tickets are still valid, except for Fukuoka (change of venue) and Toyota City (change of venue as well, and moved to Nagoya proper), both of which have to be […]

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Fantastic (farewell?)

Deep Purple live at Fox Theatre (Detroit, USA 2019-10-15) After last nights performance I can’t help wondering (perhaps hoping) if there maybe yet another leg of this long goodbye tour. The energy , the quality of the show all around was among the top performances I’ve seen from these gentleman! One moment at the end […]

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Ian Gillan: A Visual Biography

Another book from Wymer — Ian Gillan: A Visual Biography — is due out on December 6, 2019. It is a limited edition 128-page photo book in a slipcase, and comes with a set of prints. Promo blurb: Without doubt Ian Gillan has proven to be one of the greatest and most enduring rock singers […]

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4½ out of 5 stars

Connecticut paper Republican-American has a review of the Deep Purple show at the Mohegan Sun Arena on October 9: Deep Purple is on its “Long Goodbye” tour, wrapping up a career that has seen many personnel incarnations, spin-offs, and imitators over its five decades-plus career. And the Purple will be missed by the rock music […]

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Photos from the Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, FL, Sept 27, 2019.

Great show, phenomenal sound… Pura Vida~ Carlton A. Morris R.

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great show!!

Deep Purple live at Pechanga Theater (Temecula, USA 2019-09-06) I am so disappointed to be checking the website every day and not see any concert reviews! I saw them opening night in Riverside at the Fox theater, which was a fantastic venue and a great concert. My brother and I saw them up at Pechanga […]

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