As the Black Country Communion goes into the full promo mode, Glenn has just finished a European tour doing public appearances and interviews.

Interview to the French channel France 24 (in English) can be viewed at France24.com.

Acoustic performance (including […]

Well, it’s been two years since I saw Purple (Beauvais - March 2007), in a very impressive show, and fronted by an impressive Ian Gillan. I didn’t planned to see the band on this tour, but a friend of mine […]

French fans will receive a massive dose of Purple this year. First, the band will make a stop in the summer to play Festival les Deferlantes in a seaside town of Argelès-sur-Mer. They will head back to France in the […]

French promoter Gerard Drouot Production has just announced a new Deep Purple tour in Belgium and France. The dates are:

• Nov 3, Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium
• Nov 5, Lyon, France
• Nov 6, Montpelier, France
• Nov 7, Bordeaux, France
• Nov 9, Rennes, France
• Nov 10, Paris, France

Further details in […]

… as we watched Deep Purple live in Toulouse, on December 3rd, 2009

Deep Purple’s appearance in Toulouse might have been THE gig of this French tour. As French Deep Purple ‘aficionados’ tell, it was among the best they’ve seen […]

Good surprise with Not responsible and Wasted sunset and a new WABMC and a punchy No one came.

Disappointments: no Perfect strangers.

Very good rendition of Wring that neck.

The show was professional, energetic and the crowd enthusiastic. Amazing Steve […]

Last weekend Deep Purple played at the Fête de l’Humanité festival just outside Paris. This cheeky video ad for the festival aptly illustrates how the music we love transcends ages, races and, ahem, political persuasions.

We have a whole lot of new and confirmed European tour dates. Deep Purple’s itinerary now looks like this: end of August / Early September they play a couple of open air festivals in Switzerland, then Fête de l’Humanité near […]

Belgian radio station Classic 21 has a special for One Eye To Morocco. You can watch Gillan’s interview undubbed, and our francophone readers will certainly appreciate the text. See and read it at classic21.be (you might need to scroll down the […]

All European tourdates that we had posted for the summer are now officially confirmed. In addition to that, Montreux is confirmed for the closing day of the festival — July 19, plus a couple of French festivals and one in […]