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The song list was the same as the previous review, but I don’t remember them doing The Battle Rages On. (could have been the beer though). I have been to this venue at least 20 times, and have never seen that many people there. The sound was kind of muddy, but the show was still […]
Read more »San Diego: It took five years to see Deep Purple back in San Diego again (I would prefer to live in France, you know why), last time was in 2002 at the Coors Amphitheatre with Scorpions and Dio. This time it was also a great experience, but quite different, the place was small and appropiate […]
Read more »San Francisco: With all the talk about song lists, and, what should be on it or off it, August 15th, 2007 brought this lad back to what really matters – Deep Purple on stage lovin’ life and the music they play. Ya, know what, I even wrote in a blog that I’d only go to […]
Read more »A band ON! San Francisco: To begin, this was the 8th time I’ve seen Deep Purple in concert. 3 times with MKII, 2 times with MKIII, and 3 times with MKVIII. The show at the Warfield was one of the best shows I have ever seen with the band. From the beginning of Pictures Of […]
Read more »Seeing a DP show is such a special experience, that I find it hard to express myself without using the same words (marvelous, amazing, wonderful) that I have used before… so I’ll try to avoid those words. I don’t want to be long winded so I’ll simply relate a few random surprises from the show. […]
Read more »All in all, a pretty good show. The sound didn’t really grab me right off the bat. First four songs were kept a little brief as they really did play a long set. I had resigned myself to the new material being scarce, and yet to my surprise we got Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye. Lazy and […]
Read more »Ventura: This was a show that had originally been scheduled at the Hudson Theatre in San Bernardino, which is 100 miles east of Ventura. The Ventura Theatre is old and grand, much like its headliner. A very steamy hot night greeted the band as they ripped into the opening four-song burst and Ian was in […]
Read more »The opener Blue Oyster Cult was abysmal. This was the worst band I have ever seen in 40 years of gigging. Why does a band with no fire and the talent level of a bar band have a name that has people gaga? How can Purple accept cheers from a lame and real dumb crowd […]
Read more »Deep Purple gave the animated crowd a solid and strong performance that was a credit to the influential troupe’s legacy – writes The OC Register.
Read more »Just got back from seeing Purple for the second night in a row, this time at the Ventura Theater, 100 or so miles up the West Coast from their gig the previous night. What an unbelievably different show! Having never done this before, I was interested to see what, if any differences there were in […]
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