Deep Purple

[Sprouts]

are they worth seeing live in this day and age ? they're playing 3 nights in the amphitheater next to us and I've been 'invited' by some lad who works there.

should I bother, or not really ?

[minimatt1967]

No Blackmore,
No Lord,
Saying that Steve Morse is meant to be very good!

Hmm I don't know?

Well I've been fk all use!

[Wacky Racer]

First saw Deep Purple at Manchester Belle Vue in early 1974, on Coverdale and Hughes's first UK tour...great gig.....

They have been through loads of personel changes since, but they still rock...

[catso]

I saw them last year, they're not the Deep Purple of old but still a great show, Steve Morse is a very good guitarist and Don Airey sounds pretty much like Jon Lord to me, Glover & Paice are still great, Gillan can't quite get the high notes any more but overall still well worth seeing IMHO.

Edited by catso on Friday 22 August 20:45

[smiller]

Worth seeing, I suspect, just for Steve Morse's guitar acrobatics.

[Kinky]

I'd go see them - even if it's just to say you have done so.

K

[Fire99]

I agree with the 'yay-votes'.. Ian Gillan has calmed the vocals down a bit and they have got older but the last time i saw them they all seemed to really enjoy what they do and that really shows in their performances.

Ian Paice is still an Ace Drummer and Steve Morse has never got the credit he deserves IMO..

A great band without the Ego battles of old.

[mouk786]

I lvoe DP on record. I saw them at the BIC a few years ago and was slightly disappointed if I was honest

I would still see them again - Ian's voice ahs really had it though.

[esselte]

Wacky Racer said:

First saw Deep Purple at Manchester Belle Vue in early 1974, on Coverdale and Hughes's first UK tour...great gig.....

They have been through loads of personel changes since, but they still rock...

I saw the previous model...Glover,Paice,Blackmore,Gillan and Lord,and then the Hughes/Coverdale version...think I preferred the former...

[anonymoususer]

Thread resurrection.

Looks like another change has or will be occurring. Steve Morse has announced he has officially left the band to care for his ill wife

https://www.nme.com/news/music/deep-purple-guitari...

[Polly Grigora]

Sprouts said:

are they worth seeing live in this day and age ? they're playing 3 nights in the amphitheater next to us and I've been 'invited' by some lad who works there.

should I bother, or not really ?

Yes, should be good, 2nd night will likely be the best performance

[Ronstein]

Polly Grigora said:

Sprouts said:

are they worth seeing live in this day and age ? they're playing 3 nights in the amphitheater next to us and I've been 'invited' by some lad who works there.

should I bother, or not really ?

Yes, should be good, 2nd night will likely be the best performance

[gazza285]

Ronstein said:

Polly Grigora said:

Sprouts said:

are they worth seeing live in this day and age ? they're playing 3 nights in the amphitheater next to us and I've been 'invited' by some lad who works there.

should I bother, or not really ?

Yes, should be good, 2nd night will likely be the best performance

The joy of YouTube…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nep1octVQsc

[Polly Grigora]

One back at you

[Panamax]

This ain't Purple themselves but it's a staggering version of Lazy,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69EcnxJmnd4

For a short while supergroup Living Loud included all of Jimmy Barnes (above), Steve Morse and Don (Deep Purple) Airey. Well worth tracking down their 2009 album "Living Loud" if you can.

[gazza285]

Polly Grigora said:

One back at you

The difference is the 2008 video that I posted is one of the dates mentioned in the OP, rather than a recommendation to attend the second night fourteen years after the event...

[anonymoususer]

The one off encore reunion with Ritchie doesn't seem to have been mentioned.
There are several video's on YouTube these are 2 of the better ones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqwaJ75w4C4&li...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkfZw6DjlA8&li...

[Wacky Racer]

[sidewinder500]

Brilliant

[dandarez]

anonymoususer said:

The one off encore reunion with Ritchie doesn't seem to have been mentioned.
There are several video's on YouTube these are 2 of the better ones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqwaJ75w4C4&li...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkfZw6DjlA8&li...

I've been watching several of those vids over recent days with Ritchie. (Should mention reunion is in the US, not here).

Look at the first vid above (from around 28secs in) and it looks like 81yr old Ritchie's missus Candice Night (26 yrs younger than him) is giving him hell about something.