Concerto for Group and Orchestra got a rare North American performance yesterday, November 21, at Palais Montcalm in Québec City. Paul Mann was on hand to conduct l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec, with Paul DesLauriers Band, and Bruce Dickinson handling the vocals. Concerto was followed by Sarabande and Bouré, and a set of Deep Purple covers that included When a Blind Man Cries, Hush, Perfect Strangers, and Smoke on the Water.

ICI Québec uploaded the video you see above, and Le Journal de Québec and Le Soleil carry reviews of the show en français (both quite positive). The latter gives credit for organizing this rather unique event to the programming director of the mostly classical music venue Nicolas Houle, who is apparently a huge Purple fan.

There will be a second performance tonight, November 22. Both shows were sold out very quickly.

Thanks to Gary Poronovich for the heads up.

Edel is releasing a complete 2013 show from Rome, Italy, July 22, 2013. Titled Live In Rome 2013, and with the now familiar from the Soundboard Series re-release minimalistic artwork, it is scheduled to hit the stores on December 6.

Track list:

CD1

1. Intro
2. Fireball
3. Into The Fire
4. Hard Lovin’ Man
5. Vincent Price
6. Strange Kind Of Woman
7. Contact Lost
8. Guitar Solo
9. All The Time In The World
10. The Well-Dressed Guitar
11. The Mule
12. Bodyline
13. Lazy

CD2

14. Above And Beyond
15. No One Came
16. Key Solo
17. Perfect Strangers
18. Space Truckin’
19. Smoke On The Water
20. Hush
21. Bass Solo
22. Black Night

Strange Kind Of Woman, Bodyline, Black Night, and Smoke from this show have previously appeared on the Now What?! tour edition and The Now What?! Live Tapes standalone compilation.

The album will be available as a limited edition digipak 2CD, coloured 3LP, and digital. It can be preordered through an outlet near you.

Thanks to Blabbermouth and Gary Poronovich for the info.

Israeli English language newspaper Jerusalem Post has an interview with Joe Lynn Turner on the occasion of him playing a couple of gigs in the country as part of the Rock the Opera project.

He recall his audition for Rainbow in the early 1980s:

We were robbed at ChicagoFest along with Billy Joel and Jethro Tull of $80,000 of equipment – it took the wind out of our sails. I really needed a new gig, and out of the blue, I got a mysterious phone call from this guy asking me if I liked Deep Purple and Rainbow.

DEEP PURPLE is my all-time favorite band, and it turned out that the person calling was Blackmore’s personal assistant. I thought somebody was pulling my leg when he said ‘Ritchie wants to talk to you.’ Even when the next person said ‘ello mate’ in a British accent, I didn’t believe it.

I took a train out to this studio in Syosset in Long Island, walked in, and saw Blackmore and John Lord sitting there, and realized it was the real deal. At that moment, I may have been slightly intimidated, because you’re meeting your idols, but I really needed the gig so I was pretty calm.

Read more in the Jerusalem Post.

Now, the big question is what Jon Lord was doing at a Rainbow audition?

Thanks to Gary Poronovich for the info.

Graham Bonnet and Joe Satriani will be inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame at the ceremony to take place on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at the Marriott Delta Garden Grove in Anaheim, California. Other inductees include Geoff Tate, Don Dokken, and Stephen Pearcy. Graham is expected to perform at the gala, with additional inductions and performances to be announced over the next few weeks. The event will be hosted by Eddie Trunk and Whiskey A GoGo Ultimate Jam Night / Almost Fama Show host Jes Fama.

Tickets are available for $35.00 in advance / $45.00 at the door. Proceeds from the gala go to the non-profit organization D.A.D. (Drums and Disabilities).

Previous inductees of the Purple family to the Metal Hall of Fame included Don Airey, Bob Daisley, Ronnie James Dio, Mike Portnoy, and Rainbow Bar & Grill.

Thanks to BraveWords for the info.

Glenn Hughes is in the studio right now with the Dead Daisies. They have started publishing a recording diary with photos of making music, cooking and doing the dishes.

As November starts to kick in, so does the new era for The Dead Daisies. Over the first weekend of the month, Doug, David, Deen and Glenn arrived in the South of France from various ports to begin the creative process which will lead to a brand new collection of future classics.

While the majority of Europe start to prepare for winter, as the leaves fall off the trees, this part of France (Saint-Rémy de Provence) still draws a little warmth from the sun. The location of La Fabrique studios, an amazing residential recording studio in an old, 19th century farm will be home for the band over the coming days.

The studio is right in the middle of one of the most impressive classical music collections in the world with over 200,000 vinyls, 30,000 films and thousands of books, so there is an abundance of material to inspire the band as they make their creative journey in the coming weeks.

Continue reading at TheDeadDaisies.com

Thanks to Yvonne for the info.

Perhaps by popular demand, perhaps not, Whitesnake will tour the UK in 2020. It will be a double bill with Foreigner, with Europe listed as special guests (oh, the irony).

There are 6 confirmed dates between May 31 and June 8. Tickets go on sale to general public 8th November 2019 at 9am GMT, with presales starting Tuesday, November 5th at 9am (password is fleshandblood). The VIP packages include some swag and either ‘premium reserved’ seats or early access general admission. There are no meet-and-greet packages available.

Further details in our calendar.

The final show of the US tour in Minneapolis (Oct 19, 2019) was a high energy performance by the five virtuoso musicians who clearly look like they are enjoying playing together for us. The big surprises were Demon’s Eye, which I hadn’t seen performed before, the guitarist from the opening band joining in on Smoke on the Water, and an extended encore of Hush and Black Night with a medley of jams leading into each. This was the 9th time that I’ve seen the band and 4th time during the Long Goodbye. If this really is the last time that I’ll see them live then they went out winners at the top of their game, and it doesn’t get any better than that.

Robert Brodman

Deep Purple live at The Wiltern (Los Angeles, USA 2019-09-04)

Finally a headlining tour for the US so no shorter co-headlining sets. Actually got 85 minutes start to finish!!! (90 if you count how long it takes Roger to toss all the guitar picks and wave goodnight. Love that guy!) No offense to “Joyous Wolf” but it was nice to have them on and off in 30 minutes. Short and sweet.

So with a headline and smaller theater setting, more hardcore DP fans than recent US tours and more knowledgeable love for the band. In the five decades the four of us have seen DP, it was a nice treat to get our first “Demon’s Eye”. Up front in the set and after the three pronged Highway – Pictures – Bloodsucker intro, Demon’s kicked the appreciative crowd into a higher gear.

After Demon’s Eye, Lazy and Smoke were highlights as Don and Steve were on fire and the crowd singing really on top of the Lake Geneva shoreline…

Its been a bonus to see the Boys four times in two years. You always hope there’s one more chance out there but thank goodness for the video capability of the smart phone.

To end the evening the usual head shaker. As the crowd queues up for the restroom prior to leaving, there was *the*guy. We’ve all seen *the* guy. He’s at every Deep Purple concert in different forms. In all seriousness – “I’m so pissed they didn’t play Burn!”. A testament to the song and the ability of the band to continue to draw the fringe!

So many years down, so many shows, scores of albums, the band has been a common thread thru the friendship the four of us attending the shows have had since high school.

To sum it all up:

“You’ve been great, superb, magnifique, we love you, take it easy, bye bye”

(No matter what we get out of this, I know we’ll never forget…)

Martin Paretti with Kerry Frohling, Bob Grabar, Dave Krutcik

review by Martin Paretti

Before heading to Japan in March 2020, Whitesnake will tour Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Singapore on a double bill with Scorpions. Tickets for Singapore are already on sale, the three Australian dates go on sale to General public on November 1, with New Zealand and Indonesia ones on November 11.

Thanks to Lutz Reinert for the info.

More dates have surfaced for the Deep Purple summer tour of 2020. In addition to two appearances in Austria, we now have six more dates in Germany:

• Stadtpark Freilichtbuhne, Hamburg, on June 24;
• Kunst!rasen, Bonn, on July 10;
• Sommerfestival, Rosenheim, on July 11;
• Peißnitzinsel, Halle, on July 14;
• Volkspark, Mainz, on July 15;
• Stimmen Festival, Lörrach, on July 22.

Tickets for Lörrach are already on sale, the other dates are supposed to go on sale on October 24. See our calendar for further details.

Please note, that none of the summer appearances have been confirmed by the band’s management, albeit All these dates come from a pretty reliable source and are confirmed by the band’s management.

Thanks to Lutz Reinert for the info.

This post was updated on Wed 23 Oct 2019 23:39:27 UTC regarding July 14 gig location, and on Mon 28 Oct 2019 01:42:47 UTC regarding confirmation status.