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Deep Purple live at Hard Rock Casino (Sioux City, USA 2015-08-07) Was all geared up to attend the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in nearby South Dakota when my biker buddy suffered a heart attack just three weeks prior to the event. Not being coordinated enough to risk riding a bike – I booked a flight to […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Celeste Center (Columbus, USA 2015-08-05) Last night was my 6th Purple show and while they are always good, I can say that without question it was the best show I’ve ever seen them do. It wasn’t perfect, but it was damn close. The venue was a 10,000 seat multi-purpose, for lack […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Capitol Theatre (Port Chester, USA 2015-07-25) My 21 1st Deep Purple show spanning 40 years this past Saturday evening at the Capital Theater located about twenty miles north of New York City. Offering a semi spoiler alert here. For those who wish to see the list see the Lewiston, New York […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Capitol Theatre (Port Chester, USA 2015-07-25) Where to begin…Took the drive to Port Chester NY to witness yet another outstanding performance. My girlfriend and I met up with our friend Tony before the show. Had a late lunch, couple of cold ones then walked across the street to the venue. Heart […]
Read more »Deep Purple at Festival d’été de Québec (Quebec City, Canada, 2015-07-19) On a cold windy evening on the Plains of Abraham, Quebec – site of the historic battle between the French and British in 1759, Deep Purple came, saw and conquered the 60,000 or so faithful who braved the bitter temperature, high winds and the […]
Read more »Whitesnake live at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts (Santa Rosa, USA 2015-06-02) (Not sure about my title but oh well!) I must say that the venue was easily the best I have ever watched a show at. Plush mint condition seats and as the venue website says: ” The design of the theater makes […]
Read more »Don Airey live at Hypothalamus (Rheine, Germany 2015-03-13) “It’s like doing it in the old days”, Don said after a blistering concert in Rheine (Germany) on 13th of March. The venue was very small with a maximum capacity of 250 people, around 150 were there. Don had four absolutely great musicians with him: Carl Sentance […]
Read more »Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi, Ms. USA August 29th, 2014 Anybody out there touting the level of performance of this Living, Breathing, Purple machine either hasn’t attended their recent tour or if they have attended and are still in disapproval, they are truly in denial. I attended the show at the Hard Rock Casino in […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Hard Rock Live (Hollywood, USA 2014-08-31) The gang was great tonight. Same set list as previously posted for other concerts on this tour. They were tight and the sound was great. No opening act, which I thought was odd. Eddie Trunk from Metal Show introduced band. They went on at 7:15pm. […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Hard Rock Live (Hollywood, USA 2014-08-31) Now it was onward to Hollywood after a tremendous show in Orlando. Hoping this show would match the intensity of the night before. Well, the band was great. Gillan did crack a couple of times but overall the music was again wonderful. But we left […]
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