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Deep Purple live at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre (Tinley Park, USA 2024-08-23) This is my 11th time seeing Deep Purple and 6th in Chicago. I had 3rd row seats on the aisle in front of the drum kit and Roger’s usual lair. What amazes me is how good and how energetic a band can be […]
Read more »Deep Purple live at Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, USA 2024-08-19) Deep Purple having not been to Southern California since before the pandemic, we decided to see the show which was the farthest west in the USA the band would come on this =1 More Time / Unleashed tour. So we hopped a flight from Los […]
Read more »[Updated] A short, but quite substantial interview with Glenn Hughes. Now with the review of the gig in Brno on April 28.
Read more »Metaltalk has a brief and, frankly, rather superficial review of the Singapore gig. Of interest, might be the setlist, which can give an idea of what to expect throughout the summer. At least, until July 19th.
Read more »An in-depth and well written review of the Deep Purple gig in Bengaluru, India, on December 17, 2023. Three days after British rockers Deep Purple enchanted the crowd at the Bandland rock festival in Bengaluru, the gooseflesh lingers like the whiff of cologne. For many, they have been college heroes, cocktail companions, the kings of […]
Read more »A vintage review of a Rainbow gig at the New York’s Beacon Theater. It first appeared in Sounds magazine on July 24, 1976. Rainbow hit nirvana Blackmore´s Rainbow Beacon Theatre, New York Concert review by Peter Crescenti IT MAY be a few months before Blackmore’s Rainbow appears in Britain for the first time, but even […]
Read more »Metaltalk has an illustrated review of Glenn Hughes doing his Deep Purple set at the Maid of Stone Festival on July 22: Maid Of Stone – Saturday. By the time the Headliner, Glenn Hughes, arrived, we had stopped caring about the rain and the weather. Many had since departed, yet those who stayed to the […]
Read more »The Steve Morse Band delivered a solid performance in front of a packed house at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, CT, on February 26, 2023. With, obviously, Steve at the helm, the three-piece group’s other two members included Dave LaRue on bass and Van Romaine on drums. Each band member got their time in the […]
Read more »Shout out to the fellow purple maniacs Nathan and John at The Deep Purple Podcast. They’ve started in 2019 and now are up to 200+ episodes. Each episode is about 2 hours of Purple-filled banter from the hardcore fans. The latest, #202 is dedicated to the recent shows in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with our […]
Read more »A review of the St. Petersburg, FL, gig on February 20, 2023, from the Creative Loafing Tampa Bay e-paper. Forgive them for their ‘Mr Grover, Mr Gillian’ snap of judgment, if you can. There aren’t a whole lot of bands around who have the tenure, the hard rock royalty, or the status of Rock and […]
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