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End of tour energy

Performance energy peaked in Dallas. It was clear that they gave it all for the final show of the North American Tour. No sound problems here. Good job Dallas, for feeding their energy.

The set list changes included playing both […]

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Five shooters in Dallas

25 August 2007 — The last stop of Deep Purple´s 2007 North American Tour.

This is what I love so much about this band. They were on!

Of course, I arrived 6-hours early (no chance of being late that way), […]

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End of tour volume

Saturday night the boys of Deep Purple ended the U.S. leg of their 2007 “Rapture of the Deep” tour at the Dallas House of Blues.

The venue was a smaller auditorium that held 1625 people. I’m not sure if it […]

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1974 T-shirt still fits!

This was my first time seeing the lads on foreign soil and I was glad I did. Had my repro tour shirt on from 74 and got asked by loads of people if was actually there and confirmed yes at […]

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Magical sticks

See all of Daniele Purrone’s photos.

House of blues in Atlantic City is quite a small place which is perfect for a great intimate atmosphere. Me and my friends had golden circle seats in the second row right in front of […]

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Paicey forgot his roll

See all of Daniel Purrone’s photos.

Always a thrill to see the band in my hometown of Atlantic City, and had a great time with my older brother warming up at the Bar at the HOB. Last Purple show we saw […]

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Glover and Morse did ‘the Judas Priest’

See all of Daniele Purrone’s photos.

As I was unable to attend the St. Louis show, it was up to my brother Jim (a.k.a. “JJ”) to check out Deep Purple in Atlantic City. He has no internet connection, so I decided […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Orlando went Space Truckin’

Orlando went Space truckin’

Orlando: While I realize people are reading this website because of their interest in Deep Purple, I don’t think it would be fair to begin my review of last Friday’s show without some mention of Edgar […]

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