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Notes from the road

In his latest installment of Notes from the road Steve Morse talks about his pet peeve — air travel, reminisces on the last tour leg, and touches on the topic that stirred so much controversy in THS comments: Afterward, I was upset to learn that some bloggers had chosen to politicize, or criticise the band’s […]

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The oil connection, part two

Russian press has coverage of the last weekend’s Deep Purple visit to Khanty Mansiysk. They have headlined the eighth annual Yugra Festival, which was sponsored by oil companies and this year was dedicated to the 9,000,000,000-th (metric) ton of oil extracted from the fields surrounding the city (10 billionth ton is expected somewhere in 2012, […]

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Fall tour schedule update

The are more developments in the Fall tour schedule: All Russian dates in October are now confirmed. Another gig has been confirmed for Israel: Caesaria on September 18. Please note, that the September 7th show in Caesaria has disappeared from the tour dates list on both official sites, despite the claim by Jerusalem Post that […]

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Fall tour in Europe

We have more confirmed tour dates for this Fall autumn: Deep Purple will continue touring well throughout September, October and November. They will start this leg with an open air in the midst of the oil fields of Siberia, then visit Israel (where they haven’t played since 1991), then off to the bullrings, beaches and […]

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From Atlantic to Pacific and back

The recent Deep Purple’s visit to Moscow was not all glitz, glamour and rubbing shoulders with rich and powerful. Russian promoters SAV Entertainment and Russkij Show Center have announced that during the band’s visit they have “reached an agreement” for another massive tour of Russia and Ukraine this October. The dates are very preliminary and […]

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Loosen up your ties!

Ian Gillan’s article about his experiences in Moscow Kremlin appeared today in online edition of The Sunday Times: The Kremlin gig wasn’t as straight as all that. The younger guys and more junior staff were all up on their feet, although they were looking nervously over at their bosses to see whether they could loosen […]

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Smoke on the Kremlin

The Kremlin gig from February 11 was broadcasted today, February 15th on Russian ORT Channel 1. Smoke on the Water from Purple’s set was included in the broadcast.

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Personal report from Yekaterinburg

The event I have been waiting for for two years happened. Deep Purple came to Yekaterinburg again. We were lucky that the band arrived on the day before the show, on Sunday, the 15th of October. So they were not in a hurry and had some more free time than they usually have in tours. […]

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Reviews from 2005 and before

Tours 2005 Scandinavia plusNorth America summer Tours 2004 UK 2004 Russia & Ukraine North America 2 Europe Down Under Asia North America 1 Tours 2003 Europe South America & Mexico Ripening Tour part 2 Ripening Tour part 1 Tours 2002 Andrew Summerhayes’ 31 years of DP Solo shows: Paice, Glover, Lord UK (rescheduled) + CH, […]

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