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DEEP-PURPLE_STARLITE-OCCIDENT 2026-07-09; photo: Dooma Loor (Avory)

EuroWeekly reviews the Deep Purple appearance at the Starlite Festival in Marbella, Spain, on July 9, 2026:

McBride may be no Ritchie Blackmore, the famously enigmatic founding member who will always be the guitarist most associated with Purple despite Steve Morse having spent 28 years in the band, yet it immediately becomes clear that he is a supremely accomplished musician.

He wasn’t even born when the classic Mark II line-up of the band fractured in the mid-70s before an eight-year break and has had big boots to fill, but it can be argued that he has helped to inject a new fire in their bellies.

Read more in EuroWeekly.

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