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Deep Purple live at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater (Bridgeport, USA 2024-09-03) AMAZING SHOW IN BRIDGEPORT, CT Deep Purple Live at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, September 3, 2024 Having seen the guys two days prior at Jones Beach, NY, where they delivered an excellent, high-energy show, I went to the Bridgeport, CT, show on September 3 hoping they […]
Read more »One of our most prolific commenters Uwe Hornung writes: I know, I know, we’re not a guitar player forum, but this here is real interesting. It shows how Blackmore created THAT otherworldly studio sound of the Highway Star solo by harmonizing it (and breaking traditional harmony rules in places as he did not properly discern […]
Read more »=1 reviewed by The Highway Star reader Mike Whiteley. After listening through my laptop speakers for a week, the CD/DVD arrived three days ago, now two full listens thru my stereo. Show Me – Pretty poor opener. The descending, repeated riff is almost as irksome as the one in Throw My Bones. Moog synth solo […]
Read more »After a few listens to the new album, I would call =1 an “almost” masterpiece. Review by The Highway Star reader Flavio Romoli. How much MKII and Blackmore do I hear in here? Not much, very little, McBride’s guitar riffs are different, the rhythms too, and the solos and other solutions are closer to Morse, […]
Read more »Deep Purple Live at Jones Beach Theater, September 1, 2024 – reviewed by The Highway Star reader Albania. Photo: DP WebCrew. The guys were on fire and delivered an excellent show at the iconic Jones Beach Theater on New York’s Long Island on September 1, 2024. Having been on the road for the prior two […]
Read more »Here’s a nicely filmed audience video of the complete show in Holmdel, NJ, from August 31, 2024.
Read more »Once being in Stockholm, Don Airey spoke to Roppongi Rocks. He revealed that another Deep Purple album is in the plans, and his solo album, tentatively called Push to the Edge, has been finished and is pencilled for release in 2025.
Read more »A pretty well put together 20-minute documentary about the formation of Deep Purple. For whatever reason, the channel that published it does not allow us to post it here, so you’ll have to head to YouTube to watch it.
Read more »Our ever so vigilant trainspotting department presents you with news of science and technology. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in USA reports about their new telescope becoming operational after a successful launch into space on August 16, 2024 on board of the NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-R (PTD-R) satellite. The instrument is of a new design […]
Read more »BraveWords reviews the Cincinnati gig from August 21, 2024. This, being a specifically musical website, digs quite a bit deeper than the other two recent offerings. While Yes’ set was perhaps more orchestrated and focused more on earlier material, Deep Purple, on the other hand, gave us a more jam band feel, and played some […]
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