I live in the UK, but have traveled to the Oslo Spektrum twice now to see Purple. I’m not great at remembering setlists, but as far as I remember, it was identical to the one already listed for the Copenhagen […]

Setlist (by memory):

Pictures Of Home
Things I Never Said
Wrong Man
Ted The Mechanic
Living Wreck
Rapture Of The Deep
Mary Long
Before Time Began
Contact Lost
Well Dressed Guitar into Morse solo
Lazy
Airey solo
Perfect Strangers
Junkyard […]

At last! A DP concert! Can you believe it?!

I’ve been a fan of DP since 1974 , and I still didn’t manage to attend any of their concerts (don’t be surprised, I live in Iraq, and so I think […]

It was a difficult time counting the days before we could see our beloved Deep Purple guys again, the twelfth concert for my wife and myself since the Concerto concert in Rotterdam 2000.

We were very excited to hear at […]

Having read Rasmus Heide’s review there is not so much more to say. Yes, it was great.

It seemed to me that Gillan’s voice wasn’t at the top from the start, especially in Wrong Man and Ted, but after being […]

KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark - January 28, 2006

Pictures Of Home
Things I Never Said
Wrong Man
Eduardo The Mechanic
Living Wreck
Rapture Of The Deep
Before Time Began
Mary Long
Contact Lost
Morse solo
Well Dressed Guitar
Lazy
Airey […]

January 26, 2006, cold outside, especially when you’re waiting!

6.30pm opening of the doors and the audience, a lot of “Too Old Too Rock & Roll, Too Young Too Die” but also younger ones, even children (begged by their parents […]

Like wine – the older they get, the better they are!

It was a sold out concert in Amsterdam and it was a long time a go that Purple was here, according to Ian Gillan.

The set list was almost […]

Yesterday I went to my first Deep Purple concert since the Concerto Tour in 2000. I was willing to see them again, just because I really admire the new album Rapture of the Deep, but also because I wanted to […]

Jeb Wright at “Classic Rock Revisited” did an interview with Ian Gillan recently. Here is a few bits:

I think the way Purple goes about their business - we just don’t want to be called a classic rock band. I don’t […]