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Deep, meaningful, and mercifully short
Deep Purple are currently touring the country where it all started some 54 years ago, and here is a selection of gig reviews so far from the UK press. (Updated Oct 29)
Read more »Rhapsody of angels alla Milanese
On October 17 Deep Purple played a gig in Milan, Italy. A fairly decent audience recording of the show has been posted for your viewing pleasure. Sure, Big Ian sounds quite rough for the first couple of tracks, but once you get past it… Enjoy!
Read more »Trail of happiness and misery
The record company has posted a third video track from the Düsseldorf 2005 gig — this time it’s Strange Kind of Woman.
Read more »Hell of a thing on a resume
Joe Lynn Turner was a guest on BraveWords’ Streaming For Vengeance podcast promoting his upcoming solo album. And he was asked about his stint as the Purple’s lead singer. BraveWords: What is a project that you had your heart and soul set on, but it didn’t click? Turner: That’s an interesting question. Nobody has ever […]
Read more »Nobody is happier than Simon
An outfit called VWMusic spoke recently to Simon McBride, and that resulted in an interesting interview. Andrew: Can you recount the initial call you received to fill in for Steve Morse? Simon: Well, there was talk of me stepping in for Steve temporarily towards the end of last year in 2021, but I never really […]
Read more »Decent bass players are hard to find
A rare beast in this universe — an interview with Nick Simper, courtesy of Karen Beishuizen for the the RingSide Report. KB: You played bass on the first 3 Deep Purple albums and then left: what happened? To say exactly what went wrong could be a book in itself! The whole episode is a very […]
Read more »«Bombay Calling» – Some Thoughts on the New Release
Ear Music has released a Deep Purple concert from Mumbai, India on April 8th, 1995. The show was professionally recorded for TV, and was released on VHS and DVD video around year 2000 – or Y2K as those of us who remember it might refer it as. The concert was later also released as part […]
Read more »Simon says “it’s official”
Many people assumed so, but it is only today, September 16, 2022, that Simon McBride became a permanent member of the band. A message to that effect was released today: Following the news in July that Steve Morse will be stepping back from the band, after more than a quarter of a century, Deep Purple […]
Read more »The ?! extras
There’s a new digital release of various bits and ends from the Now What?! sessions. It is called Extras: The NOW What?! B-Sides And Bonus Songs and can be ordered via this link. Says the band: The idea of this compilation started after sharing previously released ‘rare tracks’ on a private playlist. We believe it […]
Read more »Those elusive sales figures
For many years the band’s sales numbers have been a mystery — the record industry types like to keep their cards very close to their chests. The total worldwide sales number of 100 to 120 million records had been banged around at some time, without any supporting evidence. An interesting article appeared on chartmasters.org in […]
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