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A band ON! San Francisco: To begin, this was the 8th time I’ve seen Deep Purple in concert. 3 times with MKII, 2 times with MKIII, and 3 times with MKVIII. The show at the Warfield was one of the best shows I have ever seen with the band. From the beginning of Pictures Of […]
Read more »Seeing a DP show is such a special experience, that I find it hard to express myself without using the same words (marvelous, amazing, wonderful) that I have used before… so I’ll try to avoid those words. I don’t want to be long winded so I’ll simply relate a few random surprises from the show. […]
Read more »All in all, a pretty good show. The sound didn’t really grab me right off the bat. First four songs were kept a little brief as they really did play a long set. I had resigned myself to the new material being scarce, and yet to my surprise we got Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye. Lazy and […]
Read more »Ventura: This was a show that had originally been scheduled at the Hudson Theatre in San Bernardino, which is 100 miles east of Ventura. The Ventura Theatre is old and grand, much like its headliner. A very steamy hot night greeted the band as they ripped into the opening four-song burst and Ian was in […]
Read more »The opener Blue Oyster Cult was abysmal. This was the worst band I have ever seen in 40 years of gigging. Why does a band with no fire and the talent level of a bar band have a name that has people gaga? How can Purple accept cheers from a lame and real dumb crowd […]
Read more »Deep Purple gave the animated crowd a solid and strong performance that was a credit to the influential troupe’s legacy – writes The OC Register.
Read more »Just got back from seeing Purple for the second night in a row, this time at the Ventura Theater, 100 or so miles up the West Coast from their gig the previous night. What an unbelievably different show! Having never done this before, I was interested to see what, if any differences there were in […]
Read more »At Bethlehem’s Musikfest Ian Gillan and friends proved they are still relevant today with a high-energy, musically solid performance – writes The Morning Call.
Read more »Costa Mesa: One of my all time favorite bands is back, touring in support of their new cd Rapture of The Deep. The cd has been out well over a year and they were supposed to tour last year. However, Ian Gillan released a solo album and a solo tour followed. As a result no […]
Read more »Deep Purple roared back into Southern California after nearly two years and sounded fantastic as always with a non-stop performance. This was the first time they had played the recently reopened Pacific Amphitheater, which was almost but not quite filled to its 8,500 seat capacity. Edgar Winter delivered a short, jam filled set, while Blue […]
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