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Hip Boots
The new track premiered live this Sunday in Łódź is called Hip Boots. And judging from the setlist, the new guitar instrumental was an impromptu thing thrown in at the last moment in lieu of Contact Lost.
Read more »Something old, something new
Yesterday, October, 25, the band opened their European tour with the first show at the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland. Quite a few surprises in the revamped setlist. (spoilers inside)
Read more »Review: The Road of Golden Dust
The world is not exactly inundated with books detailing the story of Deep Purple. Chris Charlesworth’s Illustrated Biography had been pretty much the only source for decades, but it’s been out of print for a very long time, and nowadays is not considered terribly accurate. The text has been updated by Simon Robinson into the […]
Read more »No laughing in the heaven
It’s that time of the year again — time for Deep Purple to get snubbed by a certain Hall of Fame. The band’s name has appeared on the nomination ballot once again, and Classic Rock reached out to Ian Gillan for a comment. His response came in most unambiguous terms: I have no respect for […]
Read more »Stowe, Vermont
Stowe Guide & Magazine has a short feature on the band’s 1980s stay in town in their Summer/Fall 2015 issue. Why this small resort town seemingly in the middle of nowhere, one may ask? The article quotes Roger Glover from a 1985 interview in Boston Globe: In Stowe, people accepted us as a just of […]
Read more »The Ritchie Blackmore Story
The upcoming Ritchie Blackmore documentary appears to have undergone a facelift — it has been retitled from the quirky Uneasy Rider — The Talented Mr. Blackmore to more pedestrian The Ritchie Blackmore Story and release date has been pushed back to November 6. It will come out on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download. The documentary […]
Read more »Signed Guitar Auction
A guitar signed by Deep Purple (at the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow), Whitesnake, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai amongst others is being auctioned in aid of British charity Rockin for Tots help to raise funds for Simpsons Special Care Babies, which is a registered charity (SC002013). These funds will help with the purchase of a travel […]
Read more »The Road of Golden Dust
Wymer is preparing for publication a new book by Jerry Bloom — The Road of Golden Dust. The press blurb reads: A comprehensive story of Deep Purple’s golden years 1968-76, which saw the band come from nowhere to have a top 4 US hit with it’s debut single. Within two years the band was in […]
Read more »PURPLE brings it to MUSIC CITY at the Ryman 8-2-2015
This was quite a highly anticipated show for me. Last year down at the Hard Rock in Biloxi, we saw Purple and was able to chat with Roger and Don after the show. Don revealed to me that he really wanted to play a gig at the historical Ryman Auditorium some day. I remember posting […]
Read more »Celeste Center, Columbus, Ohio
Celeste Center Columbus, Ohio August 5th, 2015 Last night was my 6th Purple show and while they are always good, I can say that without question it was the best show I’ve ever seen them do. It wasn’t perfect, but it was damn close. The venue was a 10,000 seat multi-purpose, for lack of a […]
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