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Siegen celebrates 40 years of Purple

As Deep Purple quite obviously prefer stages around the globe to studios, the fact that the British hard rockers are on tour is not exactly headline news. The “new” album “Rapture of the Deep” dates back to 2005 and was presented on stage, among other places, in Wetzlar in 2006. During the current leg of […]

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Odense beats Copenhagen

I just got back from Odense, from my second concert with DP in a week. The first one was on Wednesday in Copenhagen, and I have to say Odense was the best one – a better sound, Ian Gillan sounded much better, Steve Morse in outstanding topform – not that Copenhagen was bad, absolutely not. […]

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Purple smokes with Norum

At Deep Purple’s show in Ystad, Sweden last, guitarist John Norum from Europe (who supported Purple) got onstage to jam on “Smoke on the Water”. Steve Morse and John Norum preceded the song with a lengthy jam – with Ian Paice and Roger Glover looking on – before tearing into the Purple classic. The show’s […]

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Siegen feiert 40 Jahre Purple

Eigentlich ist es ja nichts Besonderes, dass die britische Hardrockgruppe “Deep Purple” auf Tournee ist, denn auf den Bühnen rund um den Globus ist das Quintett offenbar lieber als in Tonstudios. Das “aktuelle” Album “Rapture of the Deep” datiert von 2005 und wurde im Februar 2006 auch in Wetzlar präsentiert. Bei dem aktuellen Tourabschnitt gibt […]

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Southern Germany rocks

A short report from the gigs in Ravensburg (Saturday, August 2nd) and Benediktbeuren (Sunday, August 3rd): The sound was excellent, in Ravensburg/Oberschwabenhalle quite bearable regarding volume, at least my ears didn’t ring afterwards although I didn’t wear earplugs (so either my ears are so jaded meanwhile or it was more quiet as usual). In Benediktbeuren […]

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Ravensburg: Unforgettable evening!

Having seen DP one week ago in Cologne, the set list was nearly the same in Ravensburg last Saturday. The encore was extended by a breathtaking version of Speed King including some songs from the sixties, a stunning guitar-keyboard duel and s short bass solo from Roger. Stuff for a live record! Despite the fact […]

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Highway stars in London

Firstly the venue, The excel is excellant!,great place for the motor show,so much roomand the temporary arena was great too,good time to go to the motorshow,late in the evening,no queues,got to do loads of things that you would normally have to wait ages to do,show was on until 8pm.. I saw little Ian wandering around […]

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Deep Purple at the London Motor Show

A very different and refreshing set from the past few years. Started of with Fireball and finsihed with Black night with many favourites in between. From where I was the sound was great and the boys looked like they were realling enjoying themselves. I even managed to take a few pic\’s. [May we see them? […]

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Still the best there is

It’s the first time I’ve seen Deep Purple outside since Knebworth (23 years ago!) and it’s a perfect, warm evening, a nice big stage, beautiful lights stage lights gathering prominence as the daylight fades, and a perfectly balanced sound. The arena is just a square of tarmac surrounded by some temporary-looking grandstand seating. The crowd […]

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A wonderful night

Last night i went to a very wonderful Concert of DP at EXcel in London. The set list was nearly the same as the DP-Fan from Belgium has written. They started with Fireball and ended with Black night. This concert was much better than the last one i saw in Germany / Mannheim. I cant […]

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