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O2 reveiw at The Arts Desk

A well written review, in which the author goes to see the Purple show a tad sceptical, but comes out totally enthusiastic. If anyone tells you that Deep Purple’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969) wasn’t a masterpiece then they’re an idiot. In fact, it was, more or less, the only successful use of an […]

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Canadian dates confirmed

Canadian tour dates in February 2012 have all been confirmed without any changes to the previously posted. Tickets for the most shows go on sale to general public this Saturday, December 3, with presales (where available) starting on December 1. Check your local classic rock radio station for presale info (and share below). Full details […]

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“Freeze Yer Ass” tour — update

It is our understanding that the Canadian dates in February that we posted on Thursday are very much preliminary despite that at the time of publication they were appearing on both official sites. As of now they are still unconfirmed. Do not make any travel plans yet. We sincerely apologise to everyone involved.

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“Freeze Yer Ass” tour 2012

Deep Purple’s management has announced a massive Canadian tour in 2012. The tour will start on February 2 in St.John’s, Newfoundland, and finish on February 26 in Vancouver, BC. They will play 17 dates in every major (and some minor) city of the country apart from Montreal and Quebec City, where the band has performed […]

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Stuck for a Christmas present?

How about a ticket to see Deep Purple next Christmas? New European dates just arrived, see the tourdates page for details

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Classic Rock Innovators Award

Planet Rock Radio’s Darren Reddick has just interviewed Ian Gillan and Roger Glover in the UK. During the show it was mentioned that tonight Deep Purple are to receive the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Innovators Award (whatever that is…) You can listen to the show, and the interview here using their listen again feature. […]

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Sunbury ’75 program on Kindle

Deep Purple (Overseas) continue their expansion into the digital world with a republishing of the original Sunbury ’75 event program on the Kindle format. The Sunbury Rock Festival was an annual Australian rock music festival held on a 620-acre private farm between Sunbury and Diggers Rest, Victoria, which was staged on the Australia Day (26 […]

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Fire in the sky – KB Hallen RIP

On Wednesday, one of Scandinavia’s most classic venues burned down. KB Hallen in Copenhagen has seen many stars raise the heat in the hall and was of course the venue where the classic Deep Purple DVD from 1972 was recorded. Purple has played there many times after that. The latest DP related concert in the […]

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Sunbury’75 app

Thomson Music has released a second Purple-related app for iPad: The Sunbury Rock Festival was an annual Australian rock music festival held on a 620-acre private farm between Sunbury and Diggers Rest, Victoria, which was staged on the Australia Day (26 January) long weekend from 1972 to 1975. It attracted up to 45,000 patrons and […]

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Colin Hart’s book details

In July 1971 Colin Hart, a Geordie lad from South Shields, was on his first tour of America as a roadie for Matthew’s Southern Comfort. The group was part of a three-band bill with The Faces and Deep Purple. Following the tour he joined Deep Purple’s road crew. Ian Gillan just knew Colin had to […]

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