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Back to the same old place

A couple of unconfirmed, but exciting dates in the Chicago area. First, a one-off reunion of The Dead Daisies with Glenn Hughes have been announced. The show is booked for May 30, 2026, at the Arcada Theater in St Charles, IL. Glenn will join Doug Aldrich, Tommy Clufetos and David Lowy for this rare, one-off […]

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At the top of their game

New Noise magazine reviews the Chicago show from August 23, 2024: Last time I caught Deep Purple was in 2018 during their tour with Judas Priest, so be able to catch them once again, especially on their 50th anniversary tour was even better. Considered to be pioneers in metal and hard rock, Deep Purple made […]

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Sweet home Chicago

A few live clips from Tinley Park, IL, to brighten your day. That’s some pretty decent quality audience recording.

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Purple Orchestrates an Awesome Show at the Ravinia Festival

Date: 2011-06-18 Venue: Ravinia Festival Highland Park, Illinois, United States Me and my wife ventured on a 9 hour trek to see our heroes. We stayed a few miles away from the Park, in the Marriot Courtyard Hotel. They offered a shuttle service to and from the event for the Hotel Guests. Upon climbing aboard […]

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Where extremes meet

Steve Morse, Cosmo Music Hall, Toronto, Oct 18, 2009; Photo: Nick Soveiko CC-BY-NC-SARitchie Blackmore, House of Blues Chicago, Oct 17 2009, Photo: Nick Soveiko CC-BY-NC-SAOctober this year saw both banjo players touring the Eastern part of the North American continent with their respective bands. Which gave some of us the opportunity to see Blackmore’s Night and Steve Morse Band within a matter of days.

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Fires at Midnight in Chicago

Ten days ago I was in Chicago to see Blackmore’s Night with a couple of my friends. We drove 2,600 km (that’s 1,600 miles in medieval units) for that gig and to catch Steve Morse Band in Toronto on the way back next day. Was it worth it? Absolutely. On both counts. You see, lots […]

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Blackmore’s Night enchants Chicago

Last night at House of Blues, Ritchie Blackmore again showed Chicago why he is considered among the greatest guitar players on earth. Ritchie, Candice and the rest of the lords and ladies of Blackmore’s Night turned in a spectaular two and a half hour show whose duration was only limited by Chicago’s youth curfew. In […]

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Chicago was something else

After reading the other review of Chicago, I sat back and said to myself – what show was this guy at because it certaintly was not the same Deep Purple show I saw.. First let me say something about the openers Supagroup. These guys put on a great show.. They played rock and roll the […]

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Safe setlist and deafening sound enraptures

Chicago: The boys were back in town Sunday night to play to a jammed packed House of Blues (unfortunately jammed because two nights were whittled to one). Prior to main event, the crowd had to suffer through the strains of New Orleans based Supagroup. While Supagroup rocked competently, they added nothing that wasn’t derivative of […]

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