Ian Paice and Purpendicular were in Riom, at la Puce à l’Oreille, on Saturday 26th November. It was their third time there after two sold out shows in 2016 and 2018. The venue was really packed (around 450 people).
The show started on time, at around 9PM and ended at about 10.15PM. That was very short to be honest. There was no opening act.
Highway Star was the opener. The encore was Stormbringer.
3 Whitesnake songs were played, Walking in the Shadow of the Blues, Ready an’ Willin, and Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City.
All the classics were played (Black Night, Perfect Strangers, Lazy ,Smoke On The Water, etc.). No rarities.
The band played 2 songs from their new album, Human Mechanic and No One’s Getting Out Alive, which were very well received by the audience.
More Concerto performances have been announced for March/April 2023, this time in the southeast of Europe. These slot nicely just before the Brazilian performances later in April.
15 March – Sala Palatului, Bucharest, ROMANIA
18 March – National Palace Of Culture, Sofia, BULGARIA
22 March – Sports Hall Mirza Delibasic, Sarajevo, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
24 March – Hall Drazen Petrovic, Zagreb, CROATIA
25 March – Cancarjev Dom, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
02 April – Hala University Palacheho, Olomouc, CZECH REPUBLIC
Bruce Dickinson is once again the big name on the billboard, with the rest of the band consisting of John O’Hara (Jethro Tull) on keyboards, Tanya O’Callaghan (Whitesnake) on bass, Kaitner Z Doka (Jon Lord, Ian Paice) on guitar, Bernard Welz (Jon Lord, Don Airey) on drums, and Mario Argandonia (Scorpions) on percussion. Paul Mann will be directing what would presumably be the local orchestras.
Deep Purple live at the Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, USA, on January 15, 1976. This a slightly longer version of the video that has been floating before. Now with more drumming! Continue Reading »
Goldmine publishes a retrospective of “insightful glimpses into the band’s musical soul” taken from Roger Glover’s interviews that he gave to the magazine over the years.
Roger Glover’s opinion on concert bootlegs
When you’re in a band you really don’t know what you are, what you represent to fans. We know what we are between us. And bootlegs in the early days were definitely frowned upon. It was illegal and they didn’t sound that great. But I remember when I was considering reforming Deep Purple for Perfect Strangers, whether it was a good idea or not, and that was when I started listening to some older recordings and thinking, “Actually, we were a lot better than I thought we were.” (laughs) I was all for it then. And as soon as we started playing I knew that it was right. We jammed together and it felt so good. We’ve always been a live band. The whole point was live. Back when I first started with the band, you know, we didn’t get played on the radio. We didn’t have any kind of coverage or anything. It was just the audience that was there that night. Actually, nothing much has changed in that respect. Music is a kind of a strange and wonderful art form. You can’t touch it or smell it or see it. The moment you hear it it’s gone. With a museum you can look at things, with books you can read them and so forth but music’s just here and gone. And the only way you can actually capture that is by recording something live, which is not the same experience as being there of course. Being there is everything.
Yahoo! Entertainment (of all places) has a short piece about Deep Purple’s appearance at the legendary Fillmore club in San Francisco in November 1968.
The nascent British rock outfit had made their American album chart debut in September of that year with their first LP, Shades Of Deep Purple. The record had reached its peak of No.24 two weeks before the Fillmore shows, and was now edging down from 31 to 32 as they stepped onto the stage for the first of four consecutive dates, as the supporting act for local psychedelic rock heroes It’s A Beautiful Day. The bill also included the newly-formed San Francisco soul-jazz-rock outfit Cold Blood.
The latest issue of the Eclipsed magazine (#246, Dec 2022/Jan 2023) in Germany has the 50th anniversary of Made in Japan as the cover story — unabashedly tagged “The mother of all live albums”, plus a review of the November 2 gig in Oberhausen: “Please hang on for a few more years!”
Rockhard magazine reviews the October 31 gig at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin in their December 2022 (Vol. 426) issue:
Also always nice to look at and entertaining: Don Airey, holed up behind his keyboard fortress, who elicits the most wondrous tones from his instrument like a mad professor.
Good Times magazine in their 2022-06 issue reviews the October 14 gig at the Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart: “Deep Purple was clearly having fun at this concert”.
Another “visual” book pre-order — Rainbow: A Visual Biography by renowned Blackmorologist Jerry Bloom.
From 1975, through the eighties, re-activated in the nineties and a slight return in 2016-18, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow took its fans on numerous journeys from the grandiose beginnings with Ronnie James Dio to the chart busting times with Graham Bonnet and Joe Lynn Turner.
And again in the nineties with Doogie White as lead vocalist, and finally stepping out for the last time in the twenty-first century for a handful of shows allowing a new generation of fans to have the opportunity of hearing Rainbow live on stage.
In this hefty tome Jerry Bloom charts Rainbow’s full career with great detail and information, along with a huge raft of superb imagery that covers the entire career.
Bloom documents the band’s history in a comprehensive timeline, that covers every facet of Rainbow from every angle. Aside from band photos, the visual element is enhanced with rare memorabilia and artifacts.
Hardback: 297 × 210 mm, 224pp.
ISBN: 978-1-915246-22-6
Publication date promised for April 14, 2023 (neat!)
Price: £59.99
As a further enticement, names of all the people who pre-order now will be included in the book on a dedicated fan page.
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Rufus Publications in the UK has announced that starting November 30th they are taking pre-orders for what appears to be an updated version of the fabled Illustrated Biography by Chris Charlesworth, long out of print. There is no publication schedule so far, so proceed at your own peril.
[Update Nov 28] The book is indeed an updated version of the Illustrated Biography, and some further details released today include:
Renowned music journalist Charlesworth has revised his original text from the 1983 edition of his book and added new Introduction and Aftermath chapters. The new look book has been completely redesigned and expanded to over 500 colour pages and now incorporates hundreds of photographs and images, some seen for the first time, including a series of unpublished images from the Made In Japan concerts from 1972.
Researched in 1982 through original interviews with members of Deep Purple, the book covers the period between the band’s formation in 1968 through to their eventual break-up in 1976. Forthright and remarkably detailed, it is the ultimate treasure trove of the era when Deep Purple established their legendary status. The book is also personally signed throughout by six of the original band members from this time: David Coverdale, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Glenn Hughes, Ian Paice, and Nick Simper and comes in two editions, expected to ship at the end of June 2023.
THE DELUXE COLLECTORS EDITION:
A 300mm square, hardback book in vegan leather with a 3D lenticular on the cover. Printed on 170gsm art paper. This edition comes in a glossy, printed slipcase with a separate, vegan leather folder containing full colour reproductions of 6 tour programmes from 1972 to 76. Also included is a reproduction of a rare poster from 1971 and an additional poster of the book’s cover. The book is personally signed throughout by David Coverdale, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Glenn Hughes, Ian Paice, and Nick Simper using caricature images created by renowned illustrator William Stout. Only 500 numbered copies will be made. This edition is available for £350 and discounted to £299 if ordered before February 28th 2023.
THE STANDARD EDITION:
A 300mm square, hardback book with printed cover and presented in a cloth bound slipcase. This edition is available for £99 and discounted to £79 if ordered before February 28th 2023.
There is a 5-page Deep Purple feature in the latest issue (#11/2022) of Sweden Rock Magazine. It is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Made in Japan. The issue can be ordered from the magazine website (caveat: it’s all in Swedish!) Continue Reading »
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