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Past times with good company

Blackmore’s Night will play a handful of dates within the driving distance of their Long Island abode in November 2025. Tickets are already on sale, and full details are in our calendar. Fun fact: a couple of shows are booked into the same venues where Steve Morse will play just a few weeks earlier. It’s […]

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The Triangulation Tour

Steve Morse Band will play 14 dates in the United States in October 2025. The tour will start on October 9 in Louisville, KY, and wrap up on the 26th in Ridgefield, CT. Various ticket pre-sales have already started, with general availability for most dates set for August 15. Full details in our calendar.

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He kept his pants on

BraveWords reviews the Graham Bonnet Band show at the Landis Theater in Vineland, NJ, on May 10, 2025. Tonight was the last night of a short US run. In addition to the music, Bonnet proved to be a good storyteller, often with a dose of self-deprecating humor, relating tales about certain songs and/or his time […]

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Coming home

Globe and Mail writes that Bob Ezrin has renounced his U.S. citizenship and returned home to Toronto from Nashville. The paper quotes his motivation: In the last few years, it seems as if America is split in half. The voices of a radical right have become so much louder. Conspiracy theories abound, people are armed […]

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It’s a killing machine

A couple of items from the desk of our trainspotting department. British TV series SAS Rogue Heroes is a WW2 action/adventure drama based on “mostly true” events. What it lacks in historical accuracy, it makes up in the entertainment value. And a very anachronistic soundtrack. Season 2, episode 5 features a convoy of said rogue […]

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Joie de vivre all around

Some great pictures by our readers from the recently concluded North American tour.

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Still no place to go

Here’s a complete Glenn Hughes’ show in Dallas, TX, from September 6.

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Stellar musicianship

Deep Purple at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, September 4, 2024; photo: Claude Sawyer. The Aquarian reviews the September 1 show at the Jones Beach Theater in New York City: The set included five songs from Deep Purple’s 23rd and most recent studio album, =1. The collection, released just six weeks earlier on July 19, […]

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Just arrived in the city…

Here’s a nicely filmed audience video of the complete show in Holmdel, NJ, from August 31, 2024.

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Catch them while you can

BraveWords reviews the Cincinnati gig from August 21, 2024. This, being a specifically musical website, digs quite a bit deeper than the other two recent offerings. While Yes’ set was perhaps more orchestrated and focused more on earlier material, Deep Purple, on the other hand, gave us a more jam band feel, and played some […]

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