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Deep Purple on The Today Show
Deep Purple will be performing on The Today Show this Thursday, July 23rd. The Today Show airs on the US TV network NBC daily at 8 a.m. Selected fragments of the show are also posted online, including live music performances.
Thanks to deeppurple.com for the info.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
I’ll be watching.
July 21st, 2015 at 21:53When is that in swedish time?
July 21st, 2015 at 21:55This is huge. US media has ignored DP for decades and this is the #1 morning show.
July 21st, 2015 at 21:55This is AWESOME!!!
July 21st, 2015 at 21:58You are so right about that Brad. This is very big! I will be seeing them perform tomorrow night in NJ and then seeing Whitesnake doing mostly DP mark III and IV music Saturday in Atlantic City. This is a big Deep Purple week for me!
July 21st, 2015 at 22:08I think I won’t be in thurs morning Rosezella Antunes ^^ feel a cough coming on 😉
July 21st, 2015 at 22:14Going to show on 30th seeing it live !
July 21st, 2015 at 22:16Are they playing live outside? Any more info? This is all the website says:
Weekdays 7 a.m.
July 21st, 2015 at 22:51TODAY starts inside Studio 1A. Peer through our window to see how it all comes together, and watch the live broadcast on our plaza monitors.
Blessed may they be!
July 21st, 2015 at 23:03Deep purple , I hope they continue at least thru 2020. My favorite band
July 21st, 2015 at 23:32Wow!! This is great exposure!
July 21st, 2015 at 23:34It’s great that the band will get exposure on one of the 3 major US networks.
July 22nd, 2015 at 00:068:00 AM Thursday will find most fans on the way to work,but the online post will do the trick.
Not sure if NBC limits that to the US only.
I hope they play something new like hell to pay and not smoke!
July 22nd, 2015 at 00:25I can’t wait to see them on the 14th in Laughlin Nevada. I haven’t seen them since 1985 in west Germany with 50000 of my closest friends!???
July 22nd, 2015 at 00:30Going to see them tomorrow in NJ
July 22nd, 2015 at 00:57This is really cool to see. Purple on a nationally syndicated mainstream TV show? AWWWWWESOME!!!!!! Now they can do the whole circuit… Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel, Late Night, Late Late Show, etc. Fantastic either way. DVR is set. This will be a nice little appetizer to the Ryman show in Nashville on August 2nd…
CAN’T FRIGGIN’ WAIT!
Ch-BeerZ
July 22nd, 2015 at 00:59Highway Star is one of my all time favorites. Love Hush and Space Trucking as well.
July 22nd, 2015 at 01:08Somebody record it ! It is rare for deep purple to be playing on TV nowdays
July 22nd, 2015 at 03:17Great. Smoke On The Water again
July 22nd, 2015 at 03:56HOPE THAT SOMEONE RECORD THIS
July 22nd, 2015 at 04:46interesting…not sure I can bear to watch…hah
July 22nd, 2015 at 06:48Actually the show starts at 7am EST, but I believe they won’t be on until the 8am hour. Give them time to rest after tonight’s show at the Bergen PAC. I thought I was not going to be able to see them due a mishap connected to my diabetes (I lost part of my left foot); however, my doctor has given me permission to go (as long as I don’t jump around like crazy- which will be difficult). I get to keep my streak. I have seen the guys on every tour since the initial Mark II reunion in 85 (including solo tours by Ian and Steve). Even have had the pleasure of meeting them after some shows (hope to do the same today).
July 22nd, 2015 at 17:36Of course somebody will record it. It’ll be up on YouTube in seconds. 🙂
July 22nd, 2015 at 17:49No in the so called “Rock” Roll HOF. What a joke.
July 22nd, 2015 at 17:54yeah but its not official 🙁
July 22nd, 2015 at 18:38I work half a block away from the NBC studio, and walk by there roughly 4 times a day including around 8 AM as I make my way to the office. I can even see the plaza from my office window…
Tomorrow, however, I will be coming in late after physical therapy related to surgery from a skiing accident at the end of the last season, so I will not be able to witness this incredible moment live 🙁
But I do get comfort in knowing that I will be enjoying this phenomenal band live on 7/25 at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY.
I will certainly be playing DP in the car on the scenic Merrit Parkway to warm up for the show on the way from CT to NY this Saturday evening.
Life IS good 😉
July 22nd, 2015 at 21:20That’s the second-highest rated morning TV show in the United States. This is the best piece of publicity Deep Purple has received in America since 1974.
July 22nd, 2015 at 23:20As James O’Brien stated above, the Today Show begins at 7 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
That breaks down as:
7 a.m. Eastern
July 22nd, 2015 at 23:238 a.m. Central
9 a.m. Mountain
10 a.m. Pacific
A slight correction: As James O’Brien stated above, the Today Show air live beginning at 7 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). It’s tape-delayed to the other time zones in America.
July 22nd, 2015 at 23:26LAST NIGHTS SHOW IN ENGLEWOOD, N.J. 7-22-15, WAS VERY GOOD, BAND IS STILL VERY TIGHT, PAICE & GLOVER WERE KILLIN, MORSE & AIRY AS WELL, IAN WAS STILL BELTING OUT THE HI NOTES, GOOD TO SEE THE BAND. CANT WAIT FOR SATURDAYS SHOW IN THE CAPITOL THEATER IN PORTCHESTER, NY, NICE
July 23rd, 2015 at 12:57Huh? It’s the same broadcast and as long as NBC doesn’t take it down, it’s legal to watch. Can’t be more official. As for official concert recordings, if that was what you mean, there will be not one but two concert DVDs/Blurays from the current tour released later in the year.
July 23rd, 2015 at 13:01Wait to see that and for the 2 dvd and cd
July 23rd, 2015 at 14:07https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxhlyI2Fu2o
July 23rd, 2015 at 15:24https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxhlyI2Fu2o
July 23rd, 2015 at 15:28The segment with Deep Purple of the Today Show this morning included a brief interview with I. Gillian and then they played “Smoke on the Water”. It is always a great song to hear but Deep Purple are so much more than that and since it is their signature song, some must think they still just play their early songs. It was some national exposure for the band and a little plug for their two new live releases in Sept. but they deserve better for all their years of recording and touring.
July 23rd, 2015 at 20:35@16 Tracy can’t wait either…………….where can we meet for a pre show drink or 3?!
July 24th, 2015 at 01:40Världens bästa band…still going strong, underbart
July 24th, 2015 at 05:07Hey, when you’ve got three minutes with a national audience you go with what got there, baby. That means ‘Smoke.’ Great job, guys. With all the smoke and fire you still look and sound cool!
July 24th, 2015 at 12:03couldnt be happier for the exposure but as always exposure suffers to mass appeal in this case SOTW. wouldve been awesome if they had 15′ slot and did 3/4 tunes spanning most. imagine knockin on your back door or rat bat blue or ted the mechanic…ya i know this was of another nature and purpose but still one tune from a band called DEEP PURPPLE is a blasphemy
July 28th, 2015 at 11:08I can hardly wait, wish it was sooner
March 4th, 2017 at 16:10.
The world’s greatest band of all times.
March 4th, 2017 at 16:13