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Deep Purple live at Festival Park (Elgin, USA 2014-08-20) Drove six hours with my son to see Purple in Elgin, Illinois. We saw them in ’11 in Minneapolis but the show was pretty disappointing, mainly but not only because of the sound. Last night, however, the show was truly superb. Not only was the sound […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Festival Park (Elgin, USA 2014-08-20) I drove my son, who is 14, from Detroit to see this, his second Purple show (the first being a few years ago at the Fox, in Detroit). On the way there, he asked about The Orchestra, which we thought was going to be the same […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Snoqualmie Casino (Snoqualmie, USA 2014-08-10) Our 40th Anniversary Deep Purple Show August 10, 2014 – Deep Purple at Snoqualmie Casino, North Bend, Washington, USA. On a perfect Summer Sunday evening with temperatures in the high 70’s, my wife Rita and I drove to North Bend, just 15 minutes east of Seattle. […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Fremont Street Experience (Las Vegas, USA 2014-08-15) My wife and I made the trek to Vegas for Purple and we were rewarded with a great show.We usually head to LV once a year so it worked out that we could catch the band there as well. We took off Thursday morning […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Mountain Winery (Saratoga, USA 2014-08-13) So glad I made this one .Took some money and time but I thought the guys put on as close to a perfect show as could be . I’ve lost accurate count of how many times I’ve seen the band .Saw 4 shows at The HOB […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Thunder Valley Entertainment Center (Lincoln, USA 2014-08-08) First off, I may try to add bits of humor to this review to keep it interesting to myself having to type it as I’m not a good typist! My views are mine, yours would likely be different. Past DP lineups and members will […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Orange County Fair (Costa Mesa, USA 2014-08-06) Saw DP at the Pacific Ampitheater (outdoor, modern facility, holds 18,000 and was full) and they were in TOP form. Blue Oyster Cult opened with a tight and rocking set playing most of their hits and ending with Don’t Fear The Reaper. Relaxed and […]
Read more »Several items appeared in the US press in the last few days that didn’t seem significant enough to warrant separate posts. ABC News Radio has an interview with Steve Morse promoting the tour. There is a generally positive, if superficial review of the opening night of the tour in Scottsdale, Arizona, at AXS.com. VC Star […]
Read more »Deep Purple performed at the Hohentwiel Festival in Germany on July 21, and paid a tribute to the German soccer team, which was recently crowned as world champions. The festival was held in the city of Singen, which means singing in German, and under the pouring rain Singing in the Rain jokes were, quite naturally, […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Nippon Budokan (Tokyo, Japan 2014-04-12) After more than 40 years of worshipping all things Purple, I finally made my pilgrimage to The Budokan in Tokyo to hear Deep Purple play at this storied arena, the place where my favourite album of all time, Made in Japan, was created. I got to […]
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