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Deep Purple live at Casino Rama (Rama, Canada 2014-08-22) I expected the band would be sluggish,this being their 3rd show in as many nights.Not so at all. Deep Purple,2014 are 5 consummate professional still playing with passion and energy. Ian Gillan was in good shape,kept the screams within his comfort zone ( kinda spoke the […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Festival Park (Elgin, USA 2014-08-20) After amazing performances of Highway Star, Into the Fire, Hard Lovin’ Man, and Strange Kind of Woman, Ian Gillan informed the thousands of fans at Festival Park that the rock show was over and the rest of the evening would be jazz and slow ballads. Perhaps […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Festival Park (Elgin, USA 2014-08-20) Setlist from Elgin 8-20-14, Highway Star, Into the Fire, HLM, SKOW, IG introduces Steve as the Aviator then Contact Lost/Uncommon Man/WDGuitar, the Mule (drum solo), Vincent Price, Lazy, Hell To Pay, Airey solo – (Chicago (that tottlin’ town) America the Beautiful), Perfect Strangers, Space Truckin’, SKOW […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Festival Park (Elgin, USA 2014-08-20) Drove six hours with my son to see Purple in Elgin, Illinois. We saw them in ’11 in Minneapolis but the show was pretty disappointing, mainly but not only because of the sound. Last night, however, the show was truly superb. Not only was the sound […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Festival Park (Elgin, USA 2014-08-20) I drove my son, who is 14, from Detroit to see this, his second Purple show (the first being a few years ago at the Fox, in Detroit). On the way there, he asked about The Orchestra, which we thought was going to be the same […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Snoqualmie Casino (Snoqualmie, USA 2014-08-10) Our 40th Anniversary Deep Purple Show August 10, 2014 – Deep Purple at Snoqualmie Casino, North Bend, Washington, USA. On a perfect Summer Sunday evening with temperatures in the high 70’s, my wife Rita and I drove to North Bend, just 15 minutes east of Seattle. […]
Read more »Dan Shinder from Drum Talk TV did an in depth interview with Ian Paice while the band was in Las Vegas. The interview is just a hair short of a full one hour long, and quite understandably, a lot of dirt has been turned over in this time. There are nuggets in there for both the aspiring musicians and well seasoned fans. (watch inside)
Read more »Mascot Records has posted a promo video for Mask Machine — a track from the new Flying Colors album Second Nature. (view inside)
Read more »The official Youtube channel has posted a couple of clips — Child in Time and Black Night — with narration from Jon Lord. I have a strong deja vu feeling about both of them, so they’re probably recycled from the recent DP(o) video releases.
Read more »Deep Purple live at Fremont Street Experience (Las Vegas, USA 2014-08-15) My wife and I made the trek to Vegas for Purple and we were rewarded with a great show.We usually head to LV once a year so it worked out that we could catch the band there as well. We took off Thursday morning […]
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