BTW- all these "big sign" threads-Deep Purple *IS* on tour

[underpants]

Singer Ian Gillan, performs during the concert of British rock band Deep Purple in Macedonia's capital Skopje, late Tuesday, July 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

[Zuni]

1. is Ritchie Blackmore with them?

[underpants]

3. Apparently not

http://www.deep-purple.com/band/

[Zuni]

5. sounds like if Paul Mccartney started calling his concerts

Beatles concerts :eyes:

[youspeakmylanguage]

2. Do they have a roadie waiting with their walkers backstage? (n/t)

[underpants]

4. Tour dates

DATE VENUE CITY COUNTRY
JULY 21 City Stadium Kavarna Bulgaria
JULY 22 Festival Vieilles Charrues Carhaix France
JULY 23 Rock Istanbul, Park Orman Istanbul Turkey
JULY 27 Campo de Futbol Puerto Llano (Ciudad Real) Spain
JULY 29 Campo de Futbol Merida (Badajoz) Spain
JULY 30 Plaza de Toros Atarfe (Granada) Spain
JULY 31 Campo de Futbol Totana (Nr Murcia) Spain
SEPTEMBER 02 Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria Spain
SEPTEMBER 03 Polo Company Ground Düsseldorf Germany


http://www.deep-purple.com/tourdates/

[livetohike]

6. One of my favorite albums is

I've seen them live a couple of times - a long, long, time ago :-).

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. Sorry...Steve Morse isn't Richie Blackmore and this isn't Deep Purple

It would be like Steve Vai fronting Led Zeppelin instead of Jimmy Page. It might have its moments, BUT...

http://www.deep-purple.com/band/



Don Airey (keyboards)
Ian Gillan (vocals)
Roger Glover (bass)
Steve Morse (guitar)
Ian Paice (drums)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Richie is a real handful.

I knew a lot of guys who worked for Rainbow and there was one way they regarded Richie: fear. He was...mercurial.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. I know "Nigel Tufnel" in "Spinal Tap" was supposed to be...

...largely drawn from Jeff Beck, but I'm guessing there's a little Blackmore in there too.

BUT...the riffs that put the band on the map were largely Blackmore's riffs, and while Morse is an able technician, he's not Blackmore.

I didn't buy the new CD. I have "Purpendicular" and "Abandon," the first two featuring Morse, which are "OK"...in an "OK, but so what" kind of way.

:toast:

[johnnie]

10. They sounded great on Live8

They sounded better than they did with Blackmore. Ian still can sing like he did 30 years ago and the rest of the band rocked. Morse is no slouch and Blackmore was a pain.
If you can, catch the live8 stuff they did.

[tenshi816]

11. Nothing to do with the tour or anything,

but when I lived in Henley-on-Thames, two members of Deep Purple lived there as well (not right in the town, but in the vicinity). I can't remember which two band members it was because I never actually saw either of them (except that I think it was one of the Ians), but what I do remember is that they were married to identical twins. It was ages before someone told me that, because I kept thinking I saw the same expensively-groomed blonde woman zipping around the town centre seemingly able to teleport herself from one place to another, not knowing I was seeing twins.

I met an ex-nanny of theirs once - she looked after the children of both families for a time - who said it got very confusing.

George Harrison also lived in Henley (not that it has anything to do with this thread, but I used to see him on our road sometimes because we lived about 100 yards from his gatehouse and he would always smile and wave if he was out and about).