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London, Ontario: Deep Purple took the stage at about 9:30, with the excitement building as the sun set (outdoor show) and the intro tape began. The opening rolls of Pictures Of Home came on, and the long-awaited show had finally started. Not for long though, as the front speakers completely blew, and you could hear […]
Read more »Je reviens de voir le spectacle de Deep Purple au Centre Bell. C’est la troisième fois que je les vois; 1984 – Perfect Stranger; 2004 – Bananas; 2007 – Rapture of the Deep. Nous avons beaucoup aimé ce spectacle, la foule a super bien accueilli ces grands-pères fondateurs du hard rock, cela faisait chaud au […]
Read more »We saw them in Atlanta on the 12th (see review), and then made the trip to St. Louis and saw an entirely different show. Not necessarily the set list, but performance. First let me say that the Pageant Theatre is by far, the best venue I have been to for the pure enjoyment of a […]
Read more »I’ve seen Deep Purple each time they have visited the Detroit area in the last 8 years, and I am always amazed at how great they really are! Each time I see the band, it’s obvious that they love playing…. and love playing with each other! The breath of fresh air that Steve brought with […]
Read more »The House of Blues in Chicago does not let anyone under 21 in, so my twelve year old son and I drove the 120 miles to South Bend, Indiana to see our favorite group. This was his first indoor concert ever. We saw Deep Purple outdoors two years ago in Rockford, Illinois the day they […]
Read more »St. Louis: Packed venue, with an enthusiastic crowd who sang every word to nearly every song and started one of those spine-tingling exchanges of energy with the band. Synergy at its finest. It was electric, on every conceivable level. Hard core fans may be tired of the classics, but the audience in St. Louis didn’t […]
Read more »After reading the other review of Chicago, I sat back and said to myself – what show was this guy at because it certaintly was not the same Deep Purple show I saw.. First let me say something about the openers Supagroup. These guys put on a great show.. They played rock and roll the […]
Read more »Chicago: The boys were back in town Sunday night to play to a jammed packed House of Blues (unfortunately jammed because two nights were whittled to one). Prior to main event, the crowd had to suffer through the strains of New Orleans based Supagroup. While Supagroup rocked competently, they added nothing that wasn’t derivative of […]
Read more »At Deep Purple’s Pompano Beach show Vanilla Fudge and Tommy Bolin Band keyboardist Mark Stein jammed on Smoke on the Water with Don Airey and the band. Mark kindly sent us these images – click to enlarge: For more check out Mark Stein’s website.
Read more »My wife and I saw Deep Purple at the Mountain Rock Music Festival this past weekend. This was the first of what is supposed to be an annual event. Four nights of live music with camping. The full package price was a little steep, so we got one night passes for the show and camped […]
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