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I was working for Swedish Radio at this year’s Sweden Rock Festival and someone in our team brought up the topic of member changes in classic rock bands. Deep Purple was of course accused of being worst, as they always are, even by fans of the band. To prove DP aren’t worst, and as research […]
Read more »On this tour Deep Purple have played two more countries they’ve never played before — Morocco and Georgia. Here are a few tidbits from the visit to Tbilisi. DFWatch has reports of band’s arrival and the gig: Next was the Subways, an indie rock band from England, followed by long-awaited Deep Purple, which played more […]
Read more »Deep Purple opened the next min-leg of tour and they have included three new songs in the setlist: Vincent Price, All the Time in the World and Body Line. These were performed in Rabat and Kavarna, with the next night in Plovdiv reportedly Above and Beyond taking the place of Body Line. It appears that […]
Read more »Edel/earMUSIC has revealed artwork for the new Vincent Price single which will be released on June 7.
Read more »Uncut magazine had a short mention about Deep Purple and fashion in the late sixties in their December 2010 issue with quote from Jon Lord: That leather coat cost more than I’d earned in my entire life. It was all bought one mad afternoon at Mr. Fish. Working-class lads being dressed by a top designer, […]
Read more »Classic Rock Magazine has an online poll for the Track of the Week and Vincent Price is in the running. Vote here.
Read more »While Deep Purple are still in the charts with their latest studio album “Now What?!”, earMUSIC prepare the second release of their reissues series. This time it’s “Copenhagen 1972” Besides the show from Copenhagen recorded on March 1, 1972, the release includes three bonus tracks recorded live in New York on May 29, 1973 […]
Read more »And here it is, in all its glory, the first Deep Purple promo video since… whatever:
Read more »The new album has been out for a while now, the dust seems to be settling down, and it’s time for another poll here at The Highway Star. We tried to put together a variety of the most often expressed opinions of the album, and you can always post your opinion in free form in […]
Read more »The 1970 BBC radio session of Deep Purple performing Grabsplatter and Black Night has been rebroadcasted on BBC Radio 6 Music Live Hour in the wee hours of Sunday, May 12. The show will available for listening online for a week now. Should you be inclined to skip PJ Harvey and T.Rex directly to Purple, […]
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