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You keep on moving

When Deep Purple first sprang to life on a North Sea ferry in 1968, not even Nostradamus could have predicted that the band would be headlining a gala show in Moscow Kremlin 40 years later. Yet here we are — the band is still going strong , their collection of visas enough to make any stamp collector green with envy, and a musical repertoire still as relevant to the current reality of our world as Child In Time was to the Cold War raging when it was written.

2008 again sees the band trawling the world for venues and fans, eagerly awaiting with open ears and cameras. As always, send us your concert reviews and pictures so we can pass them on to all the other DP fans out there. This means that no matter how far away from you the band is playing, here on The Highway Star you can still experience a little of the excitement that is a Deep Purple concert.

And now, on with the show!

Guitar clinic in Germany

Steve Morse will hold a guitar clinic in Bocholt on November 13 before the Purple show in Oberhausen later that day. He will present his Music Man signature guitar. The clinic will be at the Alte Molkerei and will start at […]

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Deep Purple Live Index

Martin Ashberry has started a project of enormous proportions, which goal is to catalogue not only all Purple concerts, but include descriptions of all corresponding audio and video live recordings (including bootlegs), document setlists and support acts.

Anyone who has […]

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Bernie Marsden’s Party in the Paddock is back!!

Bernie Marsden’s Party in the Paddock is back for a third time!

After a two year rest the event is back with a bang and a great lineup featuring:
Roger Daltrey (The Who)
Zak Starkey (The Who)
Don Airey (Deep […]

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Hear new music from Jon Lord

Jon Lord has published a new piece of music on his website. Titled Air on the Blue String, the piece - which is a work in progress - was partly inspired by classical musicians’ ability to improvise and blends blue(s) […]

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Stormbringer, Germany 1975

Another one from the vaults — Stormbringer performed live in Germany some time in 1975. Although recording quality is far from great, the band is on fire. This recently surfaced clip also gives hope that there might be a better (and even longer!) tape sitting on a dusty shelf somewhere…

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Win tickets to see Deep Purple with Jon Lord

Jon Lord’s official website is offering the chance of winning two tickets to see Deep Purple at this year’s Sunflower Jam in London on September 25.

Forming just one part of a star studded charity event, Deep Purple will be […]

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Coverdale in Goldmine

Goldmine magazine has a feature article on David Coverdale, complete with an extensive interview covering everything from The Government to Good To Be Bad, including his Purple years:

I left Purple after the show in Liverpool. It was so f**king […]

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Fall tour schedule update

The are more developments in the Fall tour schedule:

  • All Russian dates in October are now confirmed.
  • Another gig have been confirmed for Israel: Caesaria on September 18. Please note, that the September 7th show in Caesaria has disappeared from the […]

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Paicey: “It’s like second nature”

Some time in late July, Paicey spoke to the Jerusalem Post, who have just published his interview in anticipation of Deep Purple’s visit to Israel:

When Roger and I play together, it’s like second nature. We don’t even have to […]

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Ruminations at the end of a leg

Roger contemplates the end of the tour leg:

If you think I’m going to sit here and look for words of complaint about the rapid passing of time, you’d be right. I realise that the precious time spent with my […]

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