On Wednesday, one of Scandinavia’s most classic venues burned down. KB Hallen in Copenhagen has seen many stars raise the heat in the hall and was of course the venue where the classic Deep Purple DVD from 1972 was recorded. Purple has played there many times after that. The latest DP related concert in the […]
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Posted in News by Svante Axbacke on 2011-09-29
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Thomson Music has released a second Purple-related app for iPad: The Sunbury Rock Festival was an annual Australian rock music festival held on a 620-acre private farm between Sunbury and Diggers Rest, Victoria, which was staged on the Australia Day (26 January) long weekend from 1972 to 1975. It attracted up to 45,000 patrons and […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-09-03
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In July 1971 Colin Hart, a Geordie lad from South Shields, was on his first tour of America as a roadie for Matthew’s Southern Comfort. The group was part of a three-band bill with The Faces and Deep Purple. Following the tour he joined Deep Purple’s road crew. Ian Gillan just knew Colin had to […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-08-28
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Deep Purple will spend this October touring Latin America. We have confirmed dates starting October 5 in Belem, Brazil, and finishing in Panama on the 27th. Full details in our calendar.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-08-23
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Eagle’s Polish distributor Mystic Production reveals that this year’s Deep Purple appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival is due to be released on November 7 on DVD and blue ray. Track list: Orchestral Intro Highway Star Hard Loving Man Maybe I’m A Leo Strage Kind Of Woman Rapture Of The Deep Woman From Tokyo Contact […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-08-12
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The nominations are in for the 2011 Classic Rock Magazine Awards. The awards are chosen both by the magazine team and by polling the readers. There are several Purple related entries in the running. The categories you can vote in (and relevant entries) are: Best New Band Album Of The Year — BCC2 Reissue Of […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-07-22
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Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen Germany 20-07-2011 The whole day it was raining in Eindhoven. And when we left to Germany, Gelsenkirchen at some places it was still raining and busy on the road. In Gelsenkirchen no rain the whole concert. It was awesome Steve Morse a lot of solo’s, same as Roger Glover when he communicate with […]
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Posted in 2010-2012 Tours by user on 2011-07-21
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Euronews has a news report on the closing of the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival featuring our heroes. Watch it inside.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-07-19
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Urban Outfitters (shock! horror!) has a Deep Purple t-shirt for sale in Europe. The Chaos At A Concert male tee sports the infamous picture of the concert hall ravaged by fans after a gig on the Mark 2’s last Japanese tour in 1973. And at €12.00/£10.00 it’s a steal. We have reports of this piece […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2011-07-18
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For all of us who could not be at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, Youtube to the rescue.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2011-07-10
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