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Once upon a time in Budokan

After a year-long hiatus of 2025, Deep Purple have started their massive world tour on April 11 at the place that helped them to get propelled into the superstardom — Tokyo Budokan.

I must sya, the esteemed genlemen look good, all that sex drugs and rock’n’roll must be finally paying off.

Thanks to ロックっていいね倶楽部 for the videos and to Mike Whiteley for bringing them to your attention.

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Posted by Nick on Saturday, April 11th, 2026, filed under News. You can follow comment on this post through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a comment. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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3 Comments to “Once upon a time in Budokan”:

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    Daniel says:

    Gillan still has a warm mid range but his very strained higher range in combination with his lost screaming ability is becoming more of a problem. I trust they will completely revamp the setlist after the new album is out, in order to shake things up and to find songs which enables Gillan to shine more. When the lead singer is ailing, the focus shifts to the band. Not a problem for Paicey, Glover and McBride (nice tone) but a challenge for Airey, whose lack of improvisation detracts from the enjoyment.

    April 12th, 2026 at 09:25
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    AndreA says:

    Instead of
    “You don’t want to live, don’t want to cry no more”
    He says
    “You don’t want to cry, don’t want to live no more”.

    April 12th, 2026 at 09:40
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    Lucas says:

    They also played a new instrumental called Guinnesis: https://youtu.be/V8dZDvJFom8

    April 12th, 2026 at 10:03

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