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Triumph of charismatic elegance
Chaoszine is reviewing the first Deep Purple gig in of the Mad in Europe tour in Espoo, Finland.
The atmosphere inside Espoon Metro Areena on June 11, 2026, carried the heavy, unmistakable scent of nostalgia, but more importantly, it crackled with the ozone of high-voltage rock and roll. To witness Deep Purple in the current landscape is to engage with a living paradox: a band that practically authored the hard rock blueprint way over half a century ago, 58 years, to be precise. Yet the London-based five-piece-group still approaches the stage not as a museum piece, but as a vital, multi-talented musical beast. Today Deep Purple was here to start their trek of ‘Mad In Europe Tour 2026’ to support their yet-to-be-released, 23:rd studio album, “Splash!“.
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Photo credit: Marko Syrjälä
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“Splash!”? Their mistake, I trust!
June 20th, 2026 at 00:04A honey dew review (rhymes)!
More worrisome: I have noticed the tremor in Ian’s right hand when he is holding the mike too. It can mean lots of things, hopefully nothing serious.
June 20th, 2026 at 01:59I am happy to read this review!
In Denmark we have this very entertaining, yet still pretty sarcastic and overly harsh critique named Thomas Treo.
Whenever he is using his poisonous pen against bands I don’t like, I love what he’s writing. But – when he is bashing my favourite band I find him quite perfidious and malicious…
Wonder if he will be his usual self, permeated with distrust and disbelief, when Purple play here in October!
Psst: and Thomas Treo also hates that American juvenile, what’s her name…
June 20th, 2026 at 03:43Oh ja, Taylor Swift ☺️