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Doesn’t get more legendary than that
Roppongi Rocks has a short review of the Deep Purple gig in Tokyo Budokan, on April 11, 2026:
They opened the Budokan show in style with “Highway Star”. Deep Purple back on stage at Budokan! This is what it is all about. Classics such as “Lazy”, “Space Truckin’” and “Smoke on the Water” were obvious highlights in a great show. But we also got terrific performances of “Anya” and the slower “When a Blind Man Cries”. I also dug the excellent versions of “Hard Lovin’ Man” and “Into the Fire”.
Read more in Roppongi Rocks.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Joie de vivre 🤩
Looking so much forward to see them in Denmark, and the next week in Hamburg 💜
Read at FB that Purpendicular is coming to Denmark ‘27, 4 dates in our tiny minuscule country 😍
May 4th, 2026 at 09:20The greatness of the Kingdom of Denmark cannot be measured by its geographical expanse, Princess Karin!
May 4th, 2026 at 15:44@2
Well, and I’m not flirting shamelessly right now Sir, by what standard is our country measured in greatness?
Maybe that spring has finally arrived? Maybe that from this night until the 8th of August, we have ‘bright nights’, the sun is shining almost around the clock! Or no it’s not, but the nights are not dark, they are lit up 😊
I am aware that some of the concerts may be cancelled, but I plan to attend the concerts that will take place 😃
I am so very much impressed with Ian P’s way of handling the drumsticks 😊
Still struggle with the last two songs from IGB 🫣
May 5th, 2026 at 17:23You see, it has to be songs I would love to listen to, no matter what 😃
What about Down The Road, the song? Or Let It Slide and Angel Manchenio? Those are all girlie songs. 🤗
You want to know an example of Denmark’s greatness? How you conducted yourself in WWII and how you protected your Jewish population against the Nazi scourge with civil disobedience. 🇩🇰
May 6th, 2026 at 10:08Certainly important in DP history as both MK1 (as Roundabout) and MK3 made their live debuts in Denmark, I believe.
Out of curiosity, do the respective places still exist?
Cheers, J.-
May 6th, 2026 at 15:23@4
Thank you Uwe! I will immediately, when I’m done working tonight, take a listen to those tracks 😊
Aww thank you for mentioning that, re WWll
May 7th, 2026 at 09:48My late grandmother was in the resistance movement, and I know firsthand how they worked.
Not that she ever bragged about it, but there was some brave people amongst them 😊