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Deep Purple deliver taste of nostalgia
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 »Venturing in Ventura
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 »A Deep Purple shade of hard rock
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 »Smoking with Edgar
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 »Smooth rockin’ under the stars
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 […]
Read more »No reason to quit!
Costa Mesa: The triple bill of Deep Purple / Blue Oyster Cult / Edgar Winter played in Orange County at the Pacific Amphitheatre. Lucky for me as it’s only 1/2 a mile from my apartment! Edgar Winter opened the show… I last saw him open for Uriah Heep 6 years ago. Edgar is a fantastic […]
Read more »Amazing show not to be missed
See all of Daniele Purrone’s photos. New York: I had bought a pair of tix to the show during the pre-sale before I knew if my buddy could go and as it turned out, he couldn’t. So, standing in front of the arena 2 1/2 hours before the show to sell my ticket, I got […]
Read more »Glover the prowler
See all of Daniele Purrone’s photos. New York: The hall was packed and the crowd very enthusiastic! Ian got everyone going with Into the Fire and Woman from Tokyo, such great material. Steve’s guitar solo was sublime, ethereal, and the crowd loved it. Don Airy was awesome on Lazy. Steve and Don have really come […]
Read more »Excellent show with a set list to gripe about
See all of Daniele Purrone’s photos. Went to the Purple concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, with Vanilla Fudge as the opening act. Excellent show all around. Vanilla Fudge put on a surprisingly energetic show opening with a mid-tempo cover of the Zombies’ “She’s Not There”. The highlight of their set was definitely […]
Read more »1974 T-shirt still fits!
This was my first time seeing the lads on foreign soil and I was glad I did. Had my repro tour shirt on from 74 and got asked by loads of people if was actually there and confirmed yes at the Newcastle Odeon. Me and my mate Dave dropped the missuses and kids at downtown […]
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