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Deep Purple live at Donau Arena (Regensburg, Germany 2013-10-25) With positive but nevertheless mixed feelings I remiss on the performance. Frampton+co was good and funny. But Peter: ‘mit Euch’ nicht ‘mit Ihnen’ (chuckle!). We’re all united, ain’t we? Was Gill(i?!)an quite with it til Strange Kinda … (ie 5 th)?! It got better and better […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Clyde Auditorium (Glasgow, UK 2013-10-13) I recently went to the Glasgow Auditorium to see Deep Purple on their Now What 2013 tour. I was apprehensive as I saw them in the SECC in 2003 when Lynyrd Skynyrd were the support band and Skynrd played them off the stage. Purple were at […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Roundhouse (London, UK 2013-10-17) Having not seen DP in a band situation (sans orchestra) for a number of years, this was one of the most anticipated shows for me for a while. The Now What ?! album was very contemporary, and my god, so was the show. As much as the […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at IJsselhallen (Zwolle, Netherlands 2013-10-19) I saw the band the 19th, in Zwolle The Netherlands, and i can say without a doubt this truly was the best show I ever saw this line-up of Deep Purple do, they really are at the best of their game on this tour. I have seen […]
Read more »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 »[Updated #2: even more video] On August 1 Deep Purple headlined probably the largest heavy metal festival in the world — Wacken Open Air. Uli Jon Roth came on stage to join them for Smoke on the Water, and the whole performance was filmed in 3D for a future DVD/Blu-ray release. BraveWords has a report: […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux, Switzerland 2013-07-19) Getting blasted by SOTW in Montreux, always a special experience. For the rest, a typical, high-energy concert, with only three new tracks (Vincent Price, Above and Beyond, Body Line) (Editors note: All the Time in the World was also played, so four new songs!) and […]
Read more »With all the anticipation and excitement about the impending release of the new album Now What?! by the current version of Deep Purple, we can’t forget that there are still other members of the Purple family out there making and playing great music. On Monday April 22nd, 2013 Glenn Hughes treated us to some Purple […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Heineken Music Hall (Amsterdam, Netherlands 2012-12-04) I have been to several concerts of DP and each concert was superbe. The crowed was very enthousiastic and the band was playing wonderfull. Looking forward to see them in Zwolle and Lokeren this year. Hopefully they will play a lot of new material, because […]
Read more »Over The Rainbow live at Aladin-Music-Hall (Bremen, Germany 2009-10-25) Just back from Bremen, “Aladin”, after my visit to the first OTR-Concert in the north of Germany. At first: It was WOW !!!!!! After my own long history of Deep Purple and Rainbow-Concerts with the Master himself: Ritchie Blackmore, now I was very very curious about […]
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