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Deep Purple live at Budweiser Stage (Toronto, Canada 2024-08-25) Deep Purple Concert Review: Toronto, ON, Canada – Budweiser Stage (August 25, 2024) Set List Highway Star A Little On the Side Hard Lovin’ Man Into The Fire Simon’s Solo > Uncommon Man Lazy Sod Lazy Show Me Portable Door Anya Don’s Solo > Bleeding Obvious […]
Read more »A couple of recent magazine features that might be worth your attention. German Rock It! magazine has Deep Purple on the cover of their issue 143 (Sept/Oct 2024). Inside, there’s a 4-page Purple feature, including an interview with Ian Paice and Simon McBride. Bonus: bits of interviews with Paice and Hughes on the 50 years […]
Read more »A few live clips from Tinley Park, IL, to brighten your day. That’s some pretty decent quality audience recording.
Read more »Deep Purple live at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre (Tinley Park, USA 2024-08-23) This is my 11th time seeing Deep Purple and 6th in Chicago. I had 3rd row seats on the aisle in front of the drum kit and Roger’s usual lair. What amazes me is how good and how energetic a band can be […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, USA 2024-08-19) Deep Purple having not been to Southern California since before the pandemic, we decided to see the show which was the farthest west in the USA the band would come on this =1 More Time / Unleashed tour. So we hopped a flight from Los […]
Read more »Ian Gillan has appeared today, August 21, 2024, on the Eddie Trunk show Trunk Nation. When asked if a retirement is in the plans for the band and/or himself, he said: There’s no intention to stop. At the moment… I spoke to my manager the other day. I’ve got some solo project. He said, ‘You’re […]
Read more »A lifestyle/travel publication TimeOut (somewhat belatedly) reviews the 2024 Montreux Jazz Festival: There are few riffs more recognisable than the four-note sequence of ‘Smoke On The Water’. It’s been 53 years since a fire destroyed Montreux Casino during a Frank Zappa concert; a scene which members of Deep Purple watched from afar and would later […]
Read more »Sonic Perspectives has a review of the opening gig of the North American tour on August 14 in Hollywood, FL. There’s no point in wasting lines to explain why Deep Purple is one of the most revered and genre-defining rock n’roll bands of the last century, that has been said time and time again. But […]
Read more »It’s been the same story many times before — the band releases a new album, starts touring, puts several new tracks into the setlist, but after some time the new material starts to dwindle. By the time they reach North America, few, if any, are left in the set. Not this time around. [spoilers ahead]
Read more »In anticipation of the Deep Purple North American tour on the double bill with Yes, Ian Gillan spoke to the Ultimate Classic Rock: It’s great to see Deep Purple hitting the road with Yes. What sort of bond was there between the two groups back in the day? There wasn’t much of a bond. [Laughs] […]
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