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In an effort to promote the tour a.k.a. gold edition of Now what?! (which has been postponed to late November – early December) the record company has posted an instrumental mix of Hell to Pay.
Read more »From Royal Albert Hall to Kleine Scheidegg
Deep Purple have been quite conspicuously absent from the list of confirmed performers when Sunflower Jam tickets went on sale earlier this month. That is, until yesterday: Deep Purple will be performing songs that honour and remember Jon Lord and the band will also perform with the Orion Orchestra, led by conductor Paul Mann, meaning […]
Read more »From grandeur to majesty
Classic Rock has a positively glowing review of the October 17 gig at the Roundhouse in London: It starts with the swelling grandeur of classic intro Mars, The Bringer Of War, and ends with the sweltering majesty of Black Night. This is Deep Purple in 2013, showing that they transcend age, era and trend. They […]
Read more »Purple pool fun: rare 1968 promo clip
This clip of Deep Purple miming to Hush by a swimming pool in October 1968 has surfaced (ahem). Watch Jon’s splendid Chaplin impersonation, Evans in skimpy swimmers, Paicey and Nick having a laff, and Ritchie almost missing the spotlight entirely… If the above video doesn’t work in your country, try a proxy.
Read more »Here we go again
‘Tis this time of the year when the nominees for 2014 induction to the RnR Hall of Fame are announced, and Deep Purple are in the running again. You can vote at RollingStone.com (not that it will do much good).
Read more »Perfect Strangers Live – first review
This was posted in our comments section elsewhere on the site. We decided to edit it an promote to a standalone post, so you can post your own impressions of the DVD in the comments. I received the Japanese DVD of this show 2 or 3 weeks ago. Black Night should be familiar to most […]
Read more »Black Night from Perfect Strangers Live
Eagle Rock has posted a second preview clip from the Perfect Strangers Live DVD, which is due to be released on October 14.
Read more »No, no, no take 2
Live performance of No, no, no take 2 for the German TV in 1971 (courtesy of the official Youtube channel). (watch inside)
Read more »Didi Zill’s book delayed
Publishing date for the second edition of Didi Zill’s photo book has been postponed until November 15. In the meantime, watch an interview with the photographer himself (in German with English subtitles).
Read more »Made in Japan remix
The old management company has announced that Universal is preparing a (belated) 40th anniversary edition of Made in Japan. Kevin Shirley is finishing remix of the album and actually all 3 Japanese dates are being remixed. Universal ended up owning the band’s back catalogue after in 2011 it bought up what was left of EMI’s […]
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