At last Deep Purple play Belfast. Unfortunately, due to the financial collapse of the promoter, the show was moved from the outdoor Custom House Square to the nearby St George’s Market.

The market, a working market for much of the […]

Deep Purple make a long overdue return to South Africa after a 15 year break. They were last here in March 1995 just before the release of Perpendicular.

The concert was kicked off by Wishbone Ash and Uriah Heep doing […]

Almost 1 year ago I told you the story, how hundreds of Georgian fans travelled 2000km to see Deep Purple’s concert in Istanbul and to meet Ian Gillan personally.

Now I tell you, how 1,000 Georgian fans travelled to Armenia […]

An Irish site dedicated to promoting independent bands have published nothing short of a glowing review of the June 30 show in Cork:

Deep Purple are considered one of the founding fathers of heavy metal. Once crowned the loudest band in […]

Online portal Entertainment Africa has a rather interesting review of the show in Johannesburg written from a prospective of a mainstream rock fan apparently of a younger generation.

Since the site is barely usable (for starters, the font on my screen is […]

Our long time reader and contributor Brian Currin has pictures (more here) and setlist from the show on June 1 in Cape Town:

1. Highway Star
2. Things I Never Said
3. Strange Kind Of Woman
4. Maybe I’m a Leo
5. Rapture Of The Deep
6. Fireball (including Into The Fire riff […]

What can be said that has not been said already about Jon Lord and his music, his performing and his dedication to his work and to the people he teams up with?

Jon Lord & the Lord Chamber Orchestra with […]

Back in January when the Singapore show was announced I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams that Deep Purple would also stop here in Bangkok. This place is simply not on the major concert circuit. Most acts hit […]

I have been an ardent fan of Deep Purple since the spring of 1973 when a friend lent me a 45 rpm record of Smoke on the Water (studio version on one side, live edited version from Made in Japan […]

On May 12th purple played in Singapore. Venue was the National Indoor stadium. An airconditioned venue. A good decision as the humidity was really heavy outside.

The show was supposed to start at 8pm without an opener. At 8.10 the […]