Deep Purple headlined the 50th Montreux Jazz Festival this past Saturday, July 16. Swiss Air Force has sent their aerobatics team to greet the event. One of our readers just happened to be on a boat crossing the lake at the time and captured it.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2016-07-20
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Deep Purple were present at a press conference is Krasnodar recently, and a youtube clip of the event can be seen below. Topics covered the recent Hall of Fame induction and the progress on the new album. Yes, press conferences really are that exciting. thanks to Yvonne Osthausen
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Posted in News by The Spanish Archer on 2016-06-19
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Live Nation Sweden are reporting that tonights show in Stockholm and tomorrows show in Gothenburg have had to be cancelled due to illness. As yet we have no further news, please check with the venue before travelling! Looks like Horsens is off too.
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Posted in News by The Spanish Archer on 2016-06-14
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Don Airey believes the new album by Deep Purple is now complete and being mixed by Bob Ezrin. In an interview with TASS, the Russian News Agency, he confirms “As far as I know, it’s all recorded and now… it’s on the tender mercies of Bob Ezrin (Canadian producer – TASS), he’s going to mix […]
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Posted in News by The Spanish Archer on 2016-06-02
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Dan Ingemann Jensen, a musician and the headteacher at Sct Ibs School, now wants musicians from around Horsens to take another stab at the well-known guitar part. A very big stab. On the day of the Deep Purple concert in Horsens, he wants to challenge the Guinness world record for the number of guitarists playing […]
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Posted in News by The Spanish Archer on 2016-06-01
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And this, boys and girls, is how you promote a Deep Purple gig (choice of track on the second video notwithstanding). (watch inside)
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2016-05-24
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Early February this year German TV channel NDR aired a short special about Jürgen Blackmore. Here’s the gist of it courtesy of our correspondent on location: After five years of lack of communication, he met his dad again when he was ten. It was a very moving moment. They were in a dressing room in […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2016-05-21
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Title says it all. Watch inside.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2016-05-17
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Once again I had the privilege of seeing Deep Purple perform, this time in Sapporo, Japan on this past Monday night May 9th. I last caught them at London O2 in December, 2015 and as I mentioned in my review then, these guys are showing no sign of slowing down. In fact the 5 month […]
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Posted in Tour Reviews by The Spanish Archer on 2016-05-13
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— Why do you always go on tour — on, and on, and on, and on? — It’s like any addict, very difficult to give up what it is that turns you on. A 2000 vintage interview with Jon Lord (with Paicey joining in towards the end) was posted by the official Youtube channel. It’s […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2016-05-07
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