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Costa Mesa: The triple bill of Deep Purple / Blue Oyster Cult / Edgar Winter played in Orange County at the Pacific Amphitheatre. Lucky for me as it’s only 1/2 a mile from my apartment! Edgar Winter opened the show… I last saw him open for Uriah Heep 6 years ago. Edgar is a fantastic […]
Read more »Hampton: Deep Purple’s perfect record continues. I’ve never been disappointed with a Deep Purple show and I’m glad to say this tour is no exception. The opening act was The Gary Hoey Band. A very good band indeed. Three excellent musicians who were a blast to see and hear. They played a great version of […]
Read more »The concert experience started as my brother and I pulled in to park at the Casino Ballroom in Hampton beach. A rain shower was just ending and a rainbow was spotted over the hall. Surely a sign of special things to come that evening (insert your own Ritchie Blackmore joke). Even though we live less […]
Read more »The Hampton Beach Casino is a great place to see bands, small, reserved seating and located in a kind of time warp, along the Hampton Beach scene of Skeeball, Pinball and Fried dough… the best of Americana. I must admit that I was hesitant to go, having seen Deep Purple numerous times in their heyday […]
Read more »See all of Daniele Purrone’s photos. New York: I had bought a pair of tix to the show during the pre-sale before I knew if my buddy could go and as it turned out, he couldn’t. So, standing in front of the arena 2 1/2 hours before the show to sell my ticket, I got […]
Read more »Saw DP last night @ Club Casino, Hampton Beach, NH. They were truly professional, spot on performance, tight 1.5 hr show. It looked like they were having a great time on stage. Hard to believe Big Ian can still hit those notes. His voice held up just fine. Set list similar to what has been […]
Read more »Radio City Music Hall is perhaps the nicest venue in all of New York City, and a perfect place to see two outstanding and long-standing rock groups, (the original) Vanilla Fudge and Deep Purple. Fudge was in great form as they celebrate 40 years together. Their set included a number of the covers that they’ve […]
Read more »Photo by Lynn Ma Mongo. I had a great time at the show in NH last night. The set list was similar to the previous shows with the omission of “The battle rages on”. The Hampton Beach Casino is a small venue that gave everyone the chance to “see” Deep Purple as well as hear […]
Read more »See all of Daniele Purrone’s photos. New York: The hall was packed and the crowd very enthusiastic! Ian got everyone going with Into the Fire and Woman from Tokyo, such great material. Steve’s guitar solo was sublime, ethereal, and the crowd loved it. Don Airy was awesome on Lazy. Steve and Don have really come […]
Read more »See all of Daniele Purrone’s photos. Went to the Purple concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, with Vanilla Fudge as the opening act. Excellent show all around. Vanilla Fudge put on a surprisingly energetic show opening with a mid-tempo cover of the Zombies’ “She’s Not There”. The highlight of their set was definitely […]
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