Date: 2012/2/13

: Hamilton Place

: Hamilton

: Canada

First the good stuff.
Good crowd on a cold night and a nearly full theatre. Hamilton Place seats 1,500 would say there were between 1,300-1,400 there.
The guys were on fire despite some problems for […]

Date: 2012-02-17

: TCU Place

: Saskatoon

: Canada

Just returned from the Purple show - been a long wait since I bought the ticket…

Had heard that the Canadian shows were being well reviewed - just added to the anticipation, especially seeing as […]

Date: 2012-02-11: John Labatt Center/Massey Hall, London, Toronto, Canada

Well, where do I start? What a week-end indeed. First of all my brother (Scott) flew in from Scotland on the Thursday to be part of the Purple experience with my […]

Date: 2012-02-12

: Massey Hall

: Toronto,ON

: Canada

On this wintry Sunday night, Deep Purple showed the sold-out crowd that, while last tour’s orchestral backdrop was a pleasant enough venture, the innate power of the band is more than enough to shake off […]

Date: 2012-02-11

: John Labatt Centre

: London, Ontario

: Canada

Where to start? I live near Toronto and had hoped to see DP at Massey Hall. But all the decent tickets were gone in no time at all, so I was left accepting […]

Date: 03.12.2011

: Gerry Weber Arena

: Halle

: Germany

This was the second time I saw DP with the orchestra this year, first concert was in Gelsenkirchen this summer. I was really impressed about the gig in Gelsenkirchen, but this one last saturday […]

A well written review, in which the author goes to see the Purple show a tad sceptical, but comes out totally enthusiastic.

If anyone tells you that Deep Purple’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969) wasn’t a masterpiece then they’re […]

Date: 2011-11-30

: o2

: London

: United Kingdom

Having watched the band perform since Mk III in 74 through Knebworth and many times since (see reviews of Paris, London & Cardiff) I really had a lot of expectation of the fusion once again […]

Date: 2011-11-29

: MEN Arena

: Manchester

: England

I was privileged to witness a stellar performance by the guys in Manchester yesterday. This was my 7th Purple gig, the first being Knebworth in 1985, and this was easily the best. The whole band […]

Date: 26/11/2011

: SECC

: Helensburgh

: United Kingdom

The usual set with an orchestra? We didn’t know what to expect but need not have worried. The orchestra really added something to the mix with added swing and different interpretations of the songs we […]