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Between the hard rock and a beautiful place

This is equally both educational and heartwarming. In November 2024 Ian Gillan invited a group of aspiring young musicians from his home town of Lyme Regis on the Southern coast of England to the Deep Purple gig in Birmingham. He gave them the full tour of the backstage, they got to meet the band and crew, learned what’s happening under the hood of a rock’n’roll touring machine, and in what order the cylinders are firing in that killing machine, the one with big fat tyres and everything. All lovingly filmed by Craig Hooper. Enjoy!

Thanks to Mike Whiteley, Erik W, and Uwe Hornung for the heads-up.

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Posted by Nick on Sunday, January 18th, 2026, filed under News. You can follow comment on this post through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a comment. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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