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Fall tour in Europe

We have more confirmed tour dates for this Fall autumn: Deep Purple will continue touring well throughout September, October and November. They will start this leg with an open air in the midst of the oil fields of Siberia, then visit Israel (where they haven’t played since 1991), then off to the bullrings, beaches and […]

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Deep Purple + Jon Lord at Sunflower Jam 2008

Deep Purple have been added to this years Sunflower Jam in London on September 25 – and for the first time in six years, Jon Lord is set to perform with the band. On his website, Jon Lord confirms that he will get onstage with Deep Purple as Special Guest: I imagine they’ll be playing […]

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Whitesnake will not tour with Led Zep

A few days ago a rumour originated in British tabloid Daily Mirror about Whitesnake as a support act on Led Zeppelin’s alledged world tour: A long-time pal, Whitesnake’s frontman David Coverdale, said yesterday the tour was “very likely” and he was expecting to be the support act. David said: “I’m expecting a call from Jimmy […]

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Monsters of Rock 2008

Deep Purple will headline the Monsters of Rock festival on July 11, 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain. Other bands on the bill include Twisted Sister, Ted Nugent, Saxon, Thin Lizzy, Pretty Maids, Candlemass and Rage. The band is announced to return to Spain on September 13 this year to perform at the Big Twin Espana festival, […]

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JLT, Whitesnake at Magic Circle Festival

Joe Lynn Turner with Brazen Abbot and Whitesnake are to appear at the Magic Circle Festival in Germany this summer. It’s a heavy metal festival that will take place on July 9-12 in Bad Arolsen. The exact schedule is not announced yet, so we will post these appearance in our tour dates as soon as […]

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Summer tour of Europe confirmed!

All European tourdates that we had posted for the summer are now officially confirmed. In addition to that, Montreux is confirmed for the closing day of the festival — July 19, plus a couple of French festivals and one in Belgium. See them all in your tour dates list (and to all of you who […]

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From Atlantic to Pacific and back

The recent Deep Purple’s visit to Moscow was not all glitz, glamour and rubbing shoulders with rich and powerful. Russian promoters SAV Entertainment and Russkij Show Center have announced that during the band’s visit they have “reached an agreement” for another massive tour of Russia and Ukraine this October. The dates are very preliminary and […]

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Fall tour of Germany

Talk about hard touring band… We’ve just received tour dates for the October/November Deep Purple tour of Germany. These are preliminary dates, they come from the site of promoter Klaus Bönisch, and at this point are very unconfirmed and subject to change. Deep Purple have never been strangers in Germany and tour there almost every […]

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Montreux 2008

The 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival will be held on July 4-19 this year. Deep Puple are included in the preliminary festival program announced a couple of weeks ago. The program should be finalized by April 17th. Our boys established a good tradition of coming back to the Lake Geneva shoreline every few years — they’ve […]

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Nobody’s gonna take my car

Deep Purple are confirmed to play in London, UK on July 30 at the ExCeL. This is the venue for the British International Motor Show. Tickets can be ordered at www.seetickets.com and concert tickets include admission to the motor show during the day.

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