Ian Paice and Glenn Hughes took part in the ChildLine Rocks charity mini-fest at the indigO₂ in London. This was the first time since March 15th, 1976 that they have appeared together on the same stage. More Black Than Purple reports: […]

London, Ontario: It’s been a long wait since first listening to Deep Purple on the Machine Head album but it was worth it hearing them live for the first time.

At an outdoor concert venue on the Thames River surrounded […]

London, Ontario: Deep Purple took the stage at about 9:30, with the excitement building as the sun set (outdoor show) and the intro tape began. The opening rolls of Pictures Of Home came on, and the long-awaited show had finally […]

I have seen DP every time in London since 2002 and this was their best to date.

Highlights were ‘Into the Fire’ and ‘The Battle Rages On’ (the latter so much the better without the dreadfully clunky studio guitar solo). […]

Thin Lizzy… Nuff said… Styx, excellent band but misunderstood by most.

I thought Purple looked a bit tired at first, but they soon found the groove. Gillan was usually entertaining, but I was dissapointed by the lack of Rapture material. […]

Another Astoria review with photos.

4 stars [out of 5]

The T-shirts are out tonight - if they don’t list previous tour dates of Deep Purple, they’re for Iron Maiden or AC/DC. Over the decades, these bands’ public standing has gone from lock-up yer-daughters shock […]

I was at the opening date of the Rapture Of The Deep world tour and things seem promising.

The band were a little loose, on several occasions they had to check the sequencing on some tunes to make sure they […]

Whatever you think of the album, it was really good to hear so many new songs. Put into the context of a live show (and without Michael Bradford’s production!) they sounded fine - fitted in really well. With a bit […]

Right from the off, you could feel that they were going to do the business. Massive smiles all round and a palpable sense of
excitement…what were we going to get?

Now, Pictures Of Home sold me a dummy-I thought that, […]