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Smoke over Zwolle.

Deep Purple live at IJsselhallen (Zwolle, Netherlands 2013-10-19) I saw the band the 19th, in Zwolle The Netherlands, and i can say without a doubt this truly was the best show I ever saw this line-up of Deep Purple do, they really are at the best of their game on this tour. I have seen […]

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From grandeur to majesty

Classic Rock has a positively glowing review of the October 17 gig at the Roundhouse in London: It starts with the swelling grandeur of classic intro Mars, The Bringer Of War, and ends with the sweltering majesty of Black Night. This is Deep Purple in 2013, showing that they transcend age, era and trend. They […]

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Smoke on the Wacken

[Updated #2: even more video] On August 1 Deep Purple headlined probably the largest heavy metal festival in the world — Wacken Open Air. Uli Jon Roth came on stage to join them for Smoke on the Water, and the whole performance was filmed in 3D for a future DVD/Blu-ray release. BraveWords has a report: […]

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Music in Your Face

Deep Purple live at Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux, Switzerland 2013-07-19) Getting blasted by SOTW in Montreux, always a special experience. For the rest, a typical, high-energy concert, with only three new tracks (Vincent Price, Above and Beyond, Body Line) (Editors note: All the Time in the World was also played, so four new songs!) and […]

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A TASTE OF PURPLE MARK III – GLENN HUGHES IN MELBOURNE

With all the anticipation and excitement about the impending release of the new album Now What?! by the current version of Deep Purple, we can’t forget that there are still other members of the Purple family out there making and playing great music. On Monday April 22nd, 2013 Glenn Hughes treated us to some Purple […]

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GREAT

Deep Purple live at Heineken Music Hall (Amsterdam, Netherlands 2012-12-04) I have been to several concerts of DP and each concert was superbe. The crowed was very enthousiastic and the band was playing wonderfull. Looking forward to see them in Zwolle and Lokeren this year. Hopefully they will play a lot of new material, because […]

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OVER THE RAINBOW in Bremen

Over The Rainbow live at Aladin-Music-Hall (Bremen, Germany 2009-10-25) Just back from Bremen, “Aladin”, after my visit to the first OTR-Concert in the north of Germany. At first: It was WOW !!!!!! After my own long history of Deep Purple and Rainbow-Concerts with the Master himself: Ritchie Blackmore, now I was very very curious about […]

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Back In The City Of Churches

Entertainment Centre Adelaide Australia The boys back in town to play a great piece. Have been a great follower from a far, back from 72ish, when i saw them in Melbourne in the Blackmore era. Steve Morse is a legend , as with Airey, the rest of the lads unbeleivable to pump out the energy. […]

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High Volume BrisVegas

Date: 2013-02-26 Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane Australia Great to see DP at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane. This venue seems to pump up the volume more than other venues in our city.A nice a nd loud set which is a DP must.Great to hear a few different tracks of In Rock……”into the fire” was a […]

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Le Zénith, Toulouse, 6/12/12

Just a few words about Deep Purple’s Toulouse show last Thursday. Having been to Nantes in November, I must say this was perhaps a bit weary overall, although quite nice — well, maybe it was the sunday schedule, and a lame audience — I don’t know, but some of the band members (NOT Ian Gillan) […]

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