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Our long time regular Marcelo Soares writes: One of my greatest moments ever as a fan was to see Jon play the Concert in São Paulo in 2009, in an open air gig in the most famous corner of Brazil. This weekend the festival will happen again, with lots of musicians playing around the clock, […]
Read more »The first single Radiance from the new yet so far nameless Dead Daisies album that is due in August 2022.
Read more »A few more clips of the ad-hoc Purple lineup performing, this time, in Istanbul on May 25, 2022.
Read more »Deep Purple live at Menora Mivtachim Arena (Tel Aviv, Israel 2014-02-22) Gillan is 77 years old and man, he Rocks ! They came hungry , after three years without playing live, Purple opened their tour with a blast. Two shows, day after day, amazing evenings. Tel Aviv Menorah Hall was fully packed with 10,000 people, […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Menora Mivtachim Arena (Tel Aviv, Israel 2022-05-22) I will try to be very short. I am still a full of emotions. What’s a SHOW. All the band sounded incredible….everybody. The new guy on the guitar – WOW, no comments. Gillan…I do not remember him singing in such confidence and power for […]
Read more »[Updated] Eager to see how does the band sound after yet another hiatus, and with a new guitar player? You’ve come to the right place. Live in Israel, May 22, 2022. (watch inside)
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore has also resumed some very light touring with two shows in Pennsylvania. Here is some amusing anecdotage as told on May 19, 2022, in Harrisburg, followed by an old Purple classic Soldier of Fortune
Read more »Guitar.com has more Blackmore quotes from his Sirius XM broadcast in April. On the nascient band that Chris Curtis was trying to form in early 1968: I was living in Hamburg and I got a telegram from Chris Curtis saying ‘Come on over, I need you. We’re making a band’. headed over to England. I […]
Read more »Deep Purple are resuming their touring in earnest today, May 22. The Jerusalem Post has a blurb ahead of the two shows in Israel welcoming the band to the country. Roger Glover was interviewed for the occasion: Maturity may have something to do with longevity, but it all depends on the personalities in the band. […]
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore was a guest host on SiriusXM’s Guitar Greats show last month (April 12) where he discussed some of his biggest guitar inspirations, and Jimi Hendrix in particular: When [Hendrix] came to England, Jeff Beck came up to me and said ‘Ritchie, we’ve got to do something about this guy’,” Blackmore said. “And I […]
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