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Stuck for a Christmas present?
How about a ticket to see Deep Purple next Christmas? New European dates just arrived, see the tourdates page for details
Read more »Charity auction for backstage passes
Teenage Cancer Trust is holding an eBay auction for a pair of tickets and backstage passes for any one of the four Deep Purple UK shows: Glasgow, November 26 Birmingham, November 27 Manchester, November 29 London, November 30 The auction closes on October 23. The tickets and passes have been donated by Roger Glover. Thanks […]
Read more »Be a Purple roadie for a day
Next week starting Monday October 10 Planet Rock will be running an unusual promotion for the Deep Purple UK tour in late November. All next week we are going to be giving you the chance to do something most people can only dream of – you could be part of the road crew for one […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes in the UK
Glenn Hughes will do two solo tours of the UK in the upcoming months. In November he will appear on a 5-date stint tied up to the paperback release of his autobiography (due on November 1 in North America and November 11 in the UK). These shows are billed as acoustical and including “excerpts from […]
Read more »Jon Lord touring status
In view of the recent news, Jon Lord’s live appearances have been cancelled for the remainder of this year. Attempts are being made (with Jon’s blessings) to salvage the situation and proceed with the shows whenever possible. Concerto for Group and Orchestra performance in Wiesbaden on November 6 will go ahead with a local keyboard […]
Read more »October in Latin America
Deep Purple will spend this October touring Latin America. We have confirmed dates starting October 5 in Belem, Brazil, and finishing in Panama on the 27th. Full details in our calendar.
Read more »Gillan in Rock Meets Classic Tour 2012
Ian Gillan will take part in the Rock Meets Classic Tour 2012. The tour will also feature Steve Lukather (Toto), Jimi Jamison (Survivor), Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band), Robin Beck, The Mat Sinner Band & The Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague. The line-up also includes Jimmy Kresic (keyboards), Alex Beyrodt (Primal Fear, Voodoo Circle / […]
Read more »Concerto in Wiesbaden
As we hear from reliable sources, long time THS contributor Axel D. has managed to make his dream come true. He talked Jon Lord into performing Concerto at his hometown of Wiesbaden, Germany. The papers have been signed and the show will take place on November 6th, 2011. They chose the beautiful historic Kurhaus of […]
Read more »Montreal venue has not changed
Contrary to what you might have read on other music news sites, the venue for June 6 Deep Purple show in Montreal has not changed. It will be held at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier located inside the Place des Arts complex. Yes, we are sure. The source of misinformation was an error in a press release issued […]
Read more »Bay area gig moved
The San Francisco Bay Area show on June 25 has been moved from Mountain View to the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord. Tickets presale started today, with the sale to general public starting tomorrow, April 29. Joe Satriani is listed as a support act. And we all know how this might play.
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