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Joie de vivre all around
Some great pictures by our readers from the recently concluded North American tour.
Read more »Still no place to go
Here’s a complete Glenn Hughes’ show in Dallas, TX, from September 6.
Read more »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, […]
Read more »Just arrived in the city…
Here’s a nicely filmed audience video of the complete show in Holmdel, NJ, from August 31, 2024.
Read more »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 […]
Read more »At the top of their game
New Noise magazine reviews the Chicago show from August 23, 2024: Last time I caught Deep Purple was in 2018 during their tour with Judas Priest, so be able to catch them once again, especially on their 50th anniversary tour was even better. Considered to be pioneers in metal and hard rock, Deep Purple made […]
Read more »Sweet home Chicago
A few live clips from Tinley Park, IL, to brighten your day. That’s some pretty decent quality audience recording.
Read more »Nothing short of magnificent
Sonic Perspectives has a review of the opening gig of the North American tour on August 14 in Hollywood, FL. There’s no point in wasting lines to explain why Deep Purple is one of the most revered and genre-defining rock n’roll bands of the last century, that has been said time and time again. But […]
Read more »This time around
It’s been the same story many times before — the band releases a new album, starts touring, puts several new tracks into the setlist, but after some time the new material starts to dwindle. By the time they reach North America, few, if any, are left in the set. Not this time around. [spoilers ahead]
Read more »One is symbolic of simplicity
Couple of interviews promoting =1 that by now, frankly, sound a bit redundant, but here they are for the sake of completeness. Roger Glover spoke to ABC News: Glover said Gillan once questioned how big of an equation someone could come up with where the answer would equal one, then had a mathematician friend come […]
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