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At the top of their game
New Noise magazine reviews the Chicago show from August 23, 2024:
Last time I caught Deep Purple was in 2018 during their tour with Judas Priest, so be able to catch them once again, especially on their 50th anniversary tour was even better. Considered to be pioneers in metal and hard rock, Deep Purple made waves originally as a prog rock and psychedelic rock band eventually shifting over to a bigger, heavier sound becoming looped in with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath as the “unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies”, thus being dubbed as one of the three bands that truly mattered in the early ‘70s. It was this reputation that would carry them into legendary status inspiring acts ranging from Metallica to Aerosmith to Van Halen to Pantera and the next wave of British metal such as Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. Still at the top of their game, Deep Purple even released a new record this summer titled =1 all while performing in sold-out arenas, rock festivals, and amphitheaters, demonstrating that while Deep Purple may be the old dogs on the block, that doesn’t mean they still don’t have a little bite left in them.
Read more and check out the photo gallery in the New Noise magazine.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Well, that was certainly a rapturous review! Even more so in a market that hasn’t been a staple hunting ground for them in a while. Very rewarding for both the band and us as longtime porphyrophiles.
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September 1st, 2024 at 14:24