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There was a time before Ritchie went from being evil to mediæval. The time was 1988 and the place was Frankenstein Castle in Germany where Deep Purple were having Nobody’s Perfect release party. Read the contemporary report with more (bordering on hilarious) pictures at the Stars and Stripes archive. P.S. I think it was at […]
Read more »Musical tastes of the current Russian president Dmitry Medvedev have been well publicized. Undoubtedly, Finnish president Tarja Halonen was aware of this when choosing entertainment for the official state dinner this Monday April 20 in honour of Medvedev’s visit to Finland — she invited singer Timo Kotipelto and guitarist Matias Kupiainen (both from Stratovarius) and […]
Read more »And the prize for best Made in Japan choreography goes to (drum roll) Mette Ingvartsen. Her 50/50 solo performance is described as …extreme and spectacular expressions as a physical practice rather than through psychological motivations. Movements deriving from clearly coded situations, like a rock concert, an opera or a circus number are processed until they […]
Read more »It is Easter weekend in Russia and Moscow fans are celebrating it at the B1 club, where Deep Purple are playing two gig in a setting unusually intimate for a Purple gig in that country. The two setlist surprises on Saturday were Ted The Mechanic and Fireball being back. While a better and more complete […]
Read more »The first video clip of Smoke On The Water from Tokyo on April 15 2009 has surfaced on YouTube. As we previously reported, it features Deep Purple with special guests Jon Lord and Yngwie Malmsteen. The camera work is rather poor (unless you prefer to watch the ceiling and the lighting rig!), but the audio […]
Read more »In a recent interview to the Spanish The Metal Circus, Joe Lynn Turner (among other less gregarious things) took a pot shot at Coverdale: …recently I heard on the Internet that David Coverdale was using all kinds of tapes. Well, I was in Finland [in June 2008] with Graham Bonnet and we were on the […]
Read more »British band Alabama 3 has a cover of Smoke On The Water posted on their web site (Flash plugin required). Strictly speaking, it’s not really a cover, it’s a new song with new lyrics and melody, with the familiar riff featuring throughout. The track is for their new album, which according to their manifesto will […]
Read more »Those of you who follow our weird covers semi-permanent section, have seen many a weird thing 😉 . But a high school brass band doing Purple medley must be a first. Lots of Japanese girls (that rule) playing music we all love and this time they don’t hide their faces:
Read more »Gillan’s March 18 appearance on the Belgian TV show also included a live performance of No lotion for that with the house band.
Read more »Deep Purple normally don’t do soundchecks. The class of all the musicians allows them not to. They do not need to rehearse every day, and they trust their roadies to set up the equipment right. They only rehearse occasionally — after a long break in the touring, when there are significant changes in the setlist, […]
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