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The greatest Purple in Melbourne

Awesome! What a weekend that will go down as. Me and my son can not speak highly enough of this show, and of the members themselves.

My 9-year-old son is a huge Deep Purple fan, so the two of us […]

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Classic rock at its worst - Melbourne

OK, let me preface the review with this – Deep Purple were and just as importantly ARE the greatest band living or dead in history – period. Also let me say, this is as much about questions as it is […]

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Refund, please - Melbourne

Never did I think I had to write this. Since 1968 in my youth days, I have been a fan of DP. We are all around the 60 years of age, and I have been to every concert after that […]

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Two-fer-one in Melbourne

I managed to see both Melbourne concerts last weekend.

Firstly I didn’t like the warm up act Status Quo, I believe a Australian act would have been more appropriate such as Jimmy Barns, or Inxs. [So you obviously missed Sydney’s […]

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Eight highlights in Melbourne

Attended the first Melbourne show on Saturday night. The opening act, Mandrake, were woeful. A total waste of half an hour that could’ve been tacked on the end of Deep Purple’s set time.

Status Quo were pretty good. I think […]

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Surprises in Melbourne

An Australian Band called Mandrake opened the show. This three piece powerhouse should be a household name worldwide. They did songs from both their albums, as well as an amazing cover of Tommy Bolin’s “Wild Dogs”

Next came the legendary […]

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