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St.Petersburg, Russia, March 17, 2002. That Russian tour marked the official arrival of Don Airey as the new keyboard player and the last tour that Child in Time was performed live. Even though Gillan did a remarkably good job that particular night (help from guitar on the high notes notwithstanding), you can hear why it […]
Read more »As we have reported previously, Blackmore appeared on the Richard Quest’s show Quest For Rock’n’Roll which aired over the weekend on CNN International. The segment runs for 10 minutes and is rather well done. It revolves around the SOTW riff, with the bad old days aptly illustrated by the Hofstra footage, and then Ritchie appearing […]
Read more »Olso, Norway, November 15, 1993. The days of Mk2 in existence are already counted. All the nasty words have been said, water poured, spaghetti thrown and visas torn. There was only one thing left to do: play music. And they did.
Read more »Cascades: I’m Not Your Lover, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 19, 1997:
Read more »A discussion in our forum prompted this question: what are the best Deep Purple album opening tracks? A good opening track sets the tone and the mood for the whole album. Think about yourself bringing a new album home, putting it in a CD player / turntable, turning the volume all the way to 11 […]
Read more »Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti has passed away this morning, September 6. I’m sure you got all the details in your morning news. Deep Purple shared the stage with Pavarotti twice performing at his festival “Pavarotti and Friends” (in 2001 and 2003), and Ian Gillan had the honours of singing “Nessun Dorma” together with one […]
Read more »Moscow, Olimpiysky Sports Palace, November 23, 1998. Jon Lord plays here like a man possessed. In later years, he more and more often started appearing less than enthusiastic on stage…
Read more »An online petition to induct Ritchie Blackmore to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was started by Gary Entler and Brent Soileau. Go there, read it and sign if you agree. Thanks to Rainer Klos for the info. Here endeth the fact and starteth the opinion. Why I’m not going to sign the petition? […]
Read more »In late 1997 – early 1998 Deep Purple did a string of shows in the USA and Mexico, in between Abandon sessions. These came to be known as the House Of Blues Tour as most venues stateside were HoB’s in different cities. The January 28, 1998 show at the House of Blues in Hollywood, California, […]
Read more »It has become a good tradition during Steve Morse’s tenure in the band to invite other musicians to jam on stage with Deep Purple. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Hey, it’s only a jam after all! Here is an example where it worked beautifully. On February 11, 2004 Deep Purple played a gig at […]
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