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TVGuide UK announces that a Deep Purple reunion film will be shown on Sky Arts HD from 12:30 to 3:00 AM, Monday, August 10, 2026. The blurb reads:

In 1984, the classic Deep Purple line-up of Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice reunited for the album Perfect Strangers and went on tour. This is the film of their concert in Melbourne, featuring performances of Highway Star, Strange Kind of Woman, Child in Time, Black Night, Speed King and Smoke on the Water.

But of course, the only show that was professionally filmed on that Australian tour was Sydney on December 12, 1984. It was released in 2013 as Perfect Strangers Live. To the best of our knowledge, only audience audio recordings exist from the Melbourne shows (there were 4 of them, on December 7th, 16th, 17th, and 18th).

If anyone catches the show, please report in the comments what was shown.

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Posted by Nick on Sunday, August 9th, 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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