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Après Vous
Opening with Après Vous instead of a staple tune on this tour was certainly a ballsy move on the part of the band. Here’s a good one, from Regensburg on October 25. (watch inside)
Read more »A heart for children
Bild.de reports that while in Berlin Deep Purple have signed a guitar (a white Strat, no less) that is being auctioned now on Ebay. All proceeds will go to charity Ein Herz für Kinder (A Heart for Children) that promotes children health, education and welfare in Germany and abroad. The auction closes on November 9 […]
Read more »Purple for a day
About a month ago The Guardian interviewed musical duo Chas & Dave (the Chas part is none other but Chas Hodges of The Outlaws fame). He recalls an episode that happened in 1971 while supporting Deep Purple on tour: And then lightning strikes Chas. “I forgot all about it, but we did a tour with […]
Read more »Other viewpoints – the UK tour
I guess sometimes you have to be there to know. However here’s a couple more reviews from the UK tour, covering both sides of the coin…. Purple returned to Glasgow on the back of the great new album and we were intrigued to see how much they would change their set to accommodate it. We […]
Read more »Made in Japan documentary teaser
The original management company Deep Purple (Overseas) has posted a teaser for the Made in Japan documentary that is being prepared for release some time early next year: The documentary component highlights the Mark 2 period of the band with a focus on the recording of ‘Machine Head’, the friction that developed within the band, […]
Read more »Fire up your karaoke machines
In an effort to promote the tour a.k.a. gold edition of Now what?! (which has been postponed to late November – early December) the record company has posted an instrumental mix of Hell to Pay.
Read more »From Royal Albert Hall to Kleine Scheidegg
Deep Purple have been quite conspicuously absent from the list of confirmed performers when Sunflower Jam tickets went on sale earlier this month. That is, until yesterday: Deep Purple will be performing songs that honour and remember Jon Lord and the band will also perform with the Orion Orchestra, led by conductor Paul Mann, meaning […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »Purple pool fun: rare 1968 promo clip
This clip of Deep Purple miming to Hush by a swimming pool in October 1968 has surfaced (ahem). Watch Jon’s splendid Chaplin impersonation, Evans in skimpy swimmers, Paicey and Nick having a laff, and Ritchie almost missing the spotlight entirely… If the above video doesn’t work in your country, try a proxy.
Read more »Here we go again
‘Tis this time of the year when the nominees for 2014 induction to the RnR Hall of Fame are announced, and Deep Purple are in the running again. You can vote at RollingStone.com (not that it will do much good).
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