Two months after Deep Purple concert in São Paulo, we had the great pleasure to see another gig of Purple family in our city. Jon Lord played the the Concerto for Group and Orchestra as the opening act of Virada […]

Ian Gillan’s message to the fans recorded in his hotel room after the last gig in São Paulo. Kinda puts things into prospective, isn’t it?

What can I say about a Purple concert? Well, it’s always a great experience, a great show, and a fantastic performance.

They started with Highway Star, and played a lot of classic songs like Strange Kind Of Woman, Perfect Strangers […]

This was my fifth DP show and by far the greatest. The set list was fantastic, the whole band was fantastic, and the crowd got crazy.

I will never forget the moment that Ian asked Steve to keep playing Sometimes […]

In the new installment of his Notes from the road Steve Morse talks about Mexican food, Hammond tuning, justifiable homicides, bureaucracy on the home front, the same abroad, and politics (or not).

Read all about it here.

Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson […]

As perhaps the international rock act that has visited us most times in the recent years, Deep Purple once again arrived in Brazil for the third visit in the rather long Rapture of the Deep tour.

A Deep Purple gig […]

Rapture of the Deep’s third passage in my city. We all thought that would be nothing really new besides Mary Long and The Battle Rages On, but… here it is (read the comments after the set list):

Pictures of Home […]

This is a review of Deep Purple’s latest appearance in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Nine years ago, I saw them, also in this city, during the Purpendicular Tour. This new gig, however, was better.

The show started right on time, at […]

Ian Gillan in Curitiba. Pic by Bruno Mathoso. See more photos below.

November 26th will be forever an unforgetable night in my life. It was the first Purple concert I’ve watched live, and the guys are in their better form, Gillan […]