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Gypsy heart in Bregenz

Deep Purple normally don’t do soundchecks. The class of all the musicians allows them not to. They do not need to rehearse every day, and they trust their roadies to set up the equipment right. They only rehearse occasionally – […]

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Nick Simper onstage in Vienna

Needless to say, Nick Simper and The Nasty Habits playd an unforgettable show - powerful, rousing, I wish they do it one more time.

On March 14th 2009 Mr. Simper played his third concert here and the Nasty Habits were […]

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Nick Simper and the Nasty Habits

Nick Simper will perform in Austria in November this year with the local band called Nasty Habits. They will play a special set of Deep Purple Mk1 numbers.

Shows booked so far:
November 14 — Orpheum, Graz
November 16 — Viper […]

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Fiddling in Graz

The only DP concert in Austria this year, so my wife and I went to Graz (for me it was the 14th time to see DP).

Sound was good and it was not as loud as they played in former […]

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Tripple up in Sarajevo, Budapest and Graz

My friend, Dave, and I travelled from the US to the Sarajevo, Budapest, and Graz shows. They were all excellent, of course, and I see no need to rave about the band’s performance at each because they performed amazingly, as […]

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Blogging for Linz

You can find my review of DP’s gig in Linz on my weblog. It’s the second entry on the February page.

Stefan Baumgartner

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Auf Deutsch - Linz

Was mir sehr gelegen kam waren die beiden riesigen Videoleinwände am Bühnenrand, so daß ich mit meinem Handy ein paar Fotos machen konnte!

Auf fiel mir, daß Steve Morse mit neuem Gitarren-Equipment spielte. Er fiedelte auch nicht mehr so wie […]

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Perfect - but no Strangers! - Linz

We enjoyed this perfect band in Linz, where Airey, Gillan, Glover, Morse and Paice held the audience for about 2 (!) hours. The concert started at 9 p.m. with a video-sequence. The members of the band came out of a […]

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