Several German magazines chose Deep Purple to put on the covers of their recent issues. Eclipsed magazine issue #261 (06/24) has 50 years of Burn as the cover story. The magazine can be ordered through the publisher, albeit delivery is available only to selected European countries. Classic Rock Germany issue #131 has Deep Purple’s upcoming […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-06-20
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Glenn Hughes will embark on another US tour this September. He will be performing his Purple set, the tour is billed under the ‘Celebrating 50th anniversary of Burn‘ moniker. It will start on August 30 in San Juan Capistrano, CA, loop around the country in 16 dates, and finish back in California on September 28th, […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-04-23
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Louder Sound reprints a feature on the events that precipitated the demise of Mark II, the formation of the Mark III, and the creation of Burn. Penned by Geoff Barton, with input from Ian Paice, Glenn Hughes, and David Coverdale, it was originally published in issue 72 of the Classic Rock magazine, dated November 2004. […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-04-16
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Louder Sound has a short, but fairly informative interview with Glenn Hughes. What’s the first thing that comes into your mind when you think about either the Burn album or the sessions for it? Freshness. I had joined the band from Trapeze, and then David [Coverdale] joined seven weeks later. Everything felt brand new. There […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2023-08-18
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Glenn Hughes appeared on the Rockonteurs podcast hosted by Gary Kemp (of Spandau Ballet fame) and session bassist extraordinaire Guy Pratt. That happened on or around June 27, 2023. Listen to this rather interesting conversation
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Posted in News by Nick on 2023-07-03
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Glenn Hughes will take his ‘Celebrating 50th anniversary of Burn‘ to the United States. The tour will start on August 16 in New Jersey and stretch into late September. The opening night in NJ and the Dallas show will be just Glenn and his band, while the rest of the tour is a double bill […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2023-05-16
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Fans of Mark 3, rejoice! Glenn Hughes has opened his 50th anniversary of Burn tour with a couple of shows in Gothenburg, Sweden. Here is a video from the concert on May 6, 2023.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2023-05-08
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Paul Mann, Bruce Dickinson & Co. are taking their Concerto performances to Brazil. The show is wrapped up with a set of Purple classics done with the orchestras. Here is Burn as performed on the opening night of the tour, on April 15 in São Paulo
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2023-04-24
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Glenn Hughes will continue his 50th anniversary of Burn tour with 11 dates in the UK in October. The tour starts on October 10 in Holmfirth and wraps up on the 29th at the Manchester Academy. Soren Andersen on guitar, Ash Sheehan on drums, and Bob Fridzema on keyboards will round up the band. Special […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2023-02-21
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Glenn Hughes is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Burn with a string of dates in Portugal and Spain this May. He will be performing the album (apparently, in its entirety), as well as other Mk3 and Mk4 numbers. His band will consist of Søren Andersen (guitar), Ash Sheehan (drums) and Bob Fridzema (keyboards). It was […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2023-02-04
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