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A friend and I flew up from Wellington on Thursday afternoon (after seeing Deep Purple there the night before). The venue in Auckland was a small theatre, which I think is a much better choice compared to Wellington’s Events Centre. So much more intimate and purpose built for usic so better acoustics. We arrived in […]
Read more »I managed to see both Melbourne concerts last weekend. Firstly I didn’t like the warm up act Status Quo, I believe a Australian act would have been more appropriate such as Jimmy Barns, or Inxs. [So you obviously missed Sydney’s finest, Mandrake, who played before SQ… Rasmus] They opened the set with Pictures of Home, […]
Read more »Attended the first Melbourne show on Saturday night. The opening act, Mandrake, were woeful. A total waste of half an hour that could’ve been tacked on the end of Deep Purple’s set time. Status Quo were pretty good. I think I enjoyed their set more than I thought I would, although, they had more amplifiers […]
Read more »Deep Purple’s first ever show in Wellington! The venue was the Queens Wharf Events Centre on Wellington’s waterfront. Upstairs was full and downstairs about half full. There was a good range of ages here tonight. The set list was predictable with four new tracks thrown in from Rapture of the Deep and a selection of […]
Read more »They were in good form. I really loved the opening surprise of Pictures of Home, completely unexpected – I obviously don’t visit your web site very often. I also caught their show last year in Christchurch. Most of the set seems to have been as per the last leg of the tour, though there were […]
Read more »An Australian Band called Mandrake opened the show. This three piece powerhouse should be a household name worldwide. They did songs from both their albums, as well as an amazing cover of Tommy Bolin’s “Wild Dogs” Next came the legendary Status Quo. They could now have made more of their 85 min. set. Packed with […]
Read more »An absolute storming Pacific Rim tour opener with the band in awesome form. The high energy performance got the crowd going and it was great to see so many young headbangers giving it some. Steve Morse is a god in these parts and he played brilliantly along with the rest of the band. The new […]
Read more »I’d last seen Deep Purple way back at Knebworth in 1985! I stood amid an expectant Auckland crowd. The lights went down. Huge cheers and then Purple hit the stage with Pictures Of Home …. note for note perfect with the original. Steve Morse starting the beaming smile which would last the entire evening. The […]
Read more »First time I’ve seen the boys outside of England so I wasn’t sure of what the crowd would be like. I’ve got to say that for a band that have been going for nigh on 40 years they’ve got a lot of fans in their 20’s and they absolutely loved them. Personally, I think this […]
Read more »Another excellent gig from Deep Purple, well worth the trip up from Invercargill [Oi! From one end of the world to the other: Hello! 🙂 Rasmus] (a pity that there was no gig in New Zealand’s South Island this time around). The band played a tight performance and I felt enjoyed themselves in the making, […]
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