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You might recall that the Rolling Stones Mobile truck has found a permanent home at the Canadian National Music Centre in Calgary. Deep Purple were in town on August 31, 2026, and Ian Gillan paid a visit to the old chap. His story of recording Smoke is by now so thoroughly rehearsed that it has […]
Read more »KNAC.com has a review of the Ottawa gig from August 19, 2026: This would be my second DEEP PURPLE concert in which neither guitarist was Ritchie Blackmore(my first DP live experience being in 2012 when then-guitarist Steve Morse was in the band) but Simon was a consummate player in his own right. Sure, he could […]
Read more »MetalTalk has an illustrated, but otherwise somewhat superficial review of the Deep Purple gig in Toronto on August 18, 2026. Closing out the night were none other than Deep Purple, and they hit the stage at full force, opening their set with Highway Star. The crowd excitedly sang along. It is hard to believe the […]
Read more »BraveWords has a review of the Deep Purple gig in Montreal on August 17, 2026: Monday night on August 17, Place Bell in Laval hosted a triple bill of classic-rock royalty as Deep Purple brought their Splat! tour to town behind their new album of the same name: their 24th studio record and one they’ve […]
Read more »A pleasant surprise when I arrived at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for the Deep Purple show last night. As my assigned seat had been swallowed up by the sound board, I was upgraded to row 7 near the front of the stage. After some fine performances by Jefferson Starship and Kansas, […]
Read more »Deep Purple Concert Review RBC Amphitheatre – Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 18, 2026 Could they do it again, and do it even better than the last time I saw them two years ago in 2024? Could they pull off absolute magic again? This was the question on my mind tonight as I geared up to […]
Read more »Live Nation Canada will be holding a ticket sale during the week of April 29 – May 5. Tickets to selected venues and shows will be offered for $30 (that includes fess, but taxes are extra), and according to Toronto Sun, Deep Purple are among the artists that will be offered during the promo week. […]
Read more »The rest of the North American tour has been announced. It will start on August 4, 2026, in Raleigh, NC, and wrap up on September 12 in Reno, NV, for a total of 24 dates. 7 of which will be in Canada — that’s the most Canadian dates since the 2012 tour. Kansas will be […]
Read more »Just a quick note to our Canadian readers, the paperless version of Martin Popoff’s book Seven Decades of Deep Purple is currently heavily discounted at $2.99 on both Amazon Kindle and Kobo. If you’re still on the fence, here’s another short review of the book: I have read all of Martin Popoff’s previous books on […]
Read more »CBC profiles Bob Ezrin with a lengthy interview, published on the occasion of him receiving a Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award today, June 14, 2025. Music-wise, the interview focuses on just the two “genre-defining” albums from his vast portfolio — Pink Floyd The Wall and Kiss Destroyer. He also mentions that he just got […]
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