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Classic Rock has a positively glowing review of the October 17 gig at the Roundhouse in London: It starts with the swelling grandeur of classic intro Mars, The Bringer Of War, and ends with the sweltering majesty of Black Night. This is Deep Purple in 2013, showing that they transcend age, era and trend. They […]
Read more »This clip of Deep Purple miming to Hush by a swimming pool in October 1968 has surfaced (ahem). Watch Jon’s splendid Chaplin impersonation, Evans in skimpy swimmers, Paicey and Nick having a laff, and Ritchie almost missing the spotlight entirely… If the above video doesn’t work in your country, try a proxy.
Read more »‘Tis this time of the year when the nominees for 2014 induction to the RnR Hall of Fame are announced, and Deep Purple are in the running again. You can vote at RollingStone.com (not that it will do much good).
Read more »Perfect Strangers Live is out today and the record company offers another clip.
Read more »Eagle Rock has posted a second preview clip from the Perfect Strangers Live DVD, which is due to be released on October 14.
Read more »Classic Rock magazine has an audio preview of all 17 tracks from the upcoming Live in Europe album by Flying Colors. It does not seem to be easily embeddable elsewhere, so you’ll have to head over there to listen. Live in Europe is due to be released on October 14 via Mascot Records.
Read more »Publishing date for the second edition of Didi Zill’s photo book has been postponed until November 15. In the meantime, watch an interview with the photographer himself (in German with English subtitles).
Read more »Steve Morse just finished a stint lending support to Joe Satriani on his US tour. Music Radar caught up with them on the last day of the joint tour in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, where they sat down for a chat. Listen to the first part of the podcast (second part is due next week): Thanks […]
Read more »A message from Roger Glover: It’s fifteen months since that day in the studio when we heard the bad news about Jon. Strangely enough, although he left the band eleven years ago, his presence in the band has deepened since last year. Apart from the fact that his spirit seemed to pervade the recording sessions […]
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