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Living in a world of our own
Good news, everybody! Another track from Splat! is getting a live outing. Here’s The Only Horse in Town as performed in Pisa on July 16, 2026. And it comes with a bonus side of Scriblin’ Gib’rish.
Read more »The kind that gets written down in history
Ritchie Blackmore Official channel posted this clip of Deep Purple miming on Italian TV to Strange Kind of Woman
Read more »Parco Ducale viene travolto dal Rock
Deep Purple played a gig in the picturesque setting of the Ducal Palace of Parma, Italy, on June 27. Local press carries reviews of the proceedings. Unfortunately, none of us speak the language, but judging just by the pictures, good times were had by everybody involved.
Read more »Rhapsody of angels alla Milanese
On October 17 Deep Purple played a gig in Milan, Italy. A fairly decent audience recording of the show has been posted for your viewing pleasure. Sure, Big Ian sounds quite rough for the first couple of tracks, but once you get past it… Enjoy!
Read more »Hey baby, what you gonna do
Here’s a track not covered too often — Rat Bat Blue, performed by Dario Mollo and the Space-T.
Read more »When in Rome…
Just a quick update on the touring schedule. As expected, Deep Purple’s 2021 dates are being rescheduled to 2022. All dates in Italy and most of the French ones have already been rescheduled and confirmed. Of a particular interest is that not only the old dates are being moved, but a new one has been […]
Read more »Strange Kind of Women
There is a terrific cover band out in Italy which also happens to be an all-girl band. They are fittingly called Strange Kind of Women. Ian Paice did a guest gig with them in March 2019 and now is giving them a shoutout on his DrumTribe channel: Strange Kind of Women are: Alteria – vocals […]
Read more »Live In Rome 2013
Edel is releasing a complete 2013 show from Rome, Italy, July 22, 2013. Titled Live In Rome 2013, and with the now familiar from the Soundboard Series re-release minimalistic artwork, it is scheduled to hit the stores on December 6. Track list: CD1 Intro Fireball Into The Fire Hard Lovin’ Man Vincent Price Strange Kind […]
Read more »Broad your understanding of human nature
Italian radio station Radio Rock 106.6 has posted a lengthy interview with Ian Gillan. Our best guess, it was recorded some time in June 2017 (several things hint to that) and now is being used (reused?) to promote the current tour. Quite entertaining nevertheless.
Read more »Purple night on Italian TV
Cable/satellite TV channel Sky Arte Italia will celebrate the upcoming release of inFinite with an all-Purple night of programming tomorrow, April 2. Starting at 21:15 they will show From Here to inFinite documentary on the making of the new album, followed by Live in Verona, which was recorded on the band’s the orchestral tour in […]
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