The oil connection, part two
Russian press has coverage of the last weekend’s Deep Purple visit to Khanty Mansiysk. They have headlined the eighth annual Yugra Festival, which was sponsored by oil companies and this year was...
View ArticleDeep Purple Italia in Rolling Stone
Italian Deep Purple official fanclub and online community Deep Purple Italia is one of the six Italian online fan clubs featured in the latest (February 2009) issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, an...
View ArticleLove that burns brightly
In the anticipation of the Birmingham and London dates, Times Online has published a brilliantly eloquent piece on Deep Purple that surely will resonate in one a many hearts: The exact date has long...
View ArticleBirmingham in the press
Birmingham show on November 13th received quite a favourable coverage in the local press. Debbie Bennett writes in the Express & Star: …On the third night of the band’s UK tour, 64-year-old...
View ArticleBrisbane and Sydney setlists
As the band is back on the road in Australia, Brisbane Times has a rather favourable review of the opening night at the Convention & Exhibition Centre, giving it 4 stars out of 5: While it’s clear...
View Article“Foundation of influence for future generations…”
Online portal Entertainment Africa has a rather interesting review of the show in Johannesburg written from a prospective of a mainstream rock fan apparently of a younger generation. Since the site is...
View ArticleTeraz Purple Rock
The latest issue (No. 6/2011) of Teraz Rock, a Polish hard rock magazine, has just appeared and contains lots of Purple related stuff: It’s the 100th anniversary issue of the magazine, and it publishes...
View ArticlePhoenix Rising in Houston Press
Houston Press has a rather favourable review of the recently released Phoenix Rising: Phoenix Rising details the “untold story” of DP Mk IV, first with Deep Purple Rises Over Japan. The 30-minute...
View ArticleDoc Rock
As we’ve reported previously, this past Friday, July 15, Jon Lord was awarded a honorary Doctor of Music degree by his home town’s University of Leicester. Local press covers the event; Leicester...
View ArticleO2 reveiw at The Arts Desk
A well written review, in which the author goes to see the Purple show a tad sceptical, but comes out totally enthusiastic. If anyone tells you that Deep Purple’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra...
View ArticlePurple in Canadian press
As the Canadian tour approaches, musician’s profiles and interviews start appearing in local media. Niagara This Week has Steve Morse’s profile titled The Morse Code. London Free Press (that’s London,...
View ArticlePurple in Canadian press pt. 2
The Hamilton Spectator has Steve Morse’s profile and interview mostly revolving around the story behind Contact Lost: I’m a big fan of what NASA has done. People don’t realize the research and...
View ArticleGillan: “The juices will be flowing pretty well”
Calgary Herald has published Ian Gillan’s profile/interview, which for once, is a little better researched than you average mainstream press fare. On the news album he sounds rather enthusiastic: “I...
View ArticlePurple in Canadian press pt. 3
Times Colonist from Victoria, BC, has published Roger Glover’s interview/profile: Now, every night I step on stage I value it immensely. [Performing] is something very few people get to experience,...
View ArticleDubai press conference
Deep Purple gave a press conference in Dubai ahead of the first show of the tour. Looks like everybody had a lot of fun, however only Ian Gillan’s answers were published. On the favourite song to...
View ArticleAbandon Promotion Interviews
When Abandon was released, the American record company at the time, CMC International, had some idea of radio promotion for the disc. A couple of singles were released and they also produced a bunch of...
View ArticleClassic Rock Deep Purple hardback
To commemorate release of the new album, Classic Rock Magazine will publish a limited edition special issue (number 184): A limited edition with a foil cover, it includes 12 pages of additional Deep...
View ArticleInRock features Now What?!
Russian magazine InRock features Now What?! as it’s cover story in issue #2(58)/2013. We are working on obtaining the original English text of the interview they did with Ian Gillan for republication...
View ArticleDown the rabbit holes never visited
It’s not that often that you read a reveiew of an album (any album) that is so eloquent that it makes you wipe that grin off your face, put everything aside and listen to the said album again. Cory...
View ArticleBringing colour to Tel-Aviv
Israeli English language daily The Jerusalem Post has a very positive, if somewhat superficial, review of the first gig (February 22) in Tel-Aviv: The ‘explosion’ on the stage started at 9:30 p.m....
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