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darker than blue the rock group deep purple skip to content darker than blue the rock group deep purple primary menu tour 2026 mad in europe search search for cozy powell ritchie blackmore 11 comments starstruck may 17 2026 june 30 2025 simon robinson may 17th 1976 then one of the most important dates in the deep purple pantheon as rainbow rising reached the uk shops in all its gatefold glory as uncompromising album as any blackmore was ever involved with in hindsight it more or less cemented the band s reputation despite a gradual falling off of quality perhaps patchiness might be more accurate from there onwards but despite it delighting most fans polydor struggled to find the single though some european countries had a go with starstruck this is one of my favourite sleeves which adorned the japanese version happy 50th continue reading starstruck albums splat 3 comments arrogant boy may 13 2026 simon robinson arrogant boy is the first album teaser at just over the three minute mark the refreshingly straightforward video is on youtube now it certainly riffs thanks to the guitar though not sure why the mini yes tribute at the half way mark reading the below the line comments on yt not a bad word to be seen my fave is another great character that lived in gillan s head set free at last welcome arrogant boy for some reason wordpress or youtube will not allow us to embed the video here but i ve added a link if this doesn t get you continue reading arrogant boy uncategorized leave a comment teaser one may 9 2026 simon robinson first public offering from the album see previous post appears on wednesday 13th may continue reading teaser one uncategorized 10 comments make some room may 8 2026 simon robinson details of deep purple s new studio album are now doing the rounds titled splat which brought to mind comics of our youth it hits the stores on july 3rd 2026 in all its multi formatted glory eight different physical editions topped by a box set which is the only legal way to get the session s bonus track on disc and some 2024 live cuts though edel usually eventually reissue everything i ve not checked the digital scene hell there s even a cassette version in a mad run of 50 copies only albeit at double the price of any other recent continue reading make some room concert list deep purple glenn hughes ian paice updates and news 3 comments bullet not appearing february 5 2026 simon robinson deep purple have now added that much talked about royal albert hall date ig mentioned a few weeks ago it will be on november 25th following the hammersmith odeon show the day before pre sale tickets on sale today and general sale friday mind you they say tickets but it s time someone contacted trade descriptions over that i might be wrong but i don t think dp have played two different venues in london on a uk tour since 1974 there has been no news on exactly what the reasoning behind this is apparently the venue stress this is not a continue reading bullet not appearing burn deep purple ian paice ritchie blackmore smoke on the water 6 comments max bygraves and rainbow january 6 2026 january 6 2026 simon robinson to open up the new year a drum solo record ian paice has been working on an album for some time and this will be released late in 2026 to tie in with the tour he announced this on you tube where all the young folk gather it s nextdoor to keir starmer s tik tok channel so it s taken us a while to catch up mind you not much is given away except it is not a drum record more ip and friends rocking out the other reason it s taken a while is that ip was keen to do it all continue reading max bygraves and rainbow uncategorized 6 comments uk dates 2026 etc november 19 2025 november 19 2025 simon robinson we trailed dp s rough tour plans for 2026 a few weeks back and confirmed dates have started to appear including for the uk although the talked about albert hall event is not on the list so far as before we continue reading uk dates 2026 etc david coverdale whitesnake 8 comments shy and retiring november 17 2025 simon robinson david coverdale has decided to knock performing on the head posting a farewell video on youtube last week announcing his official retirement the statement is fairly simple and avoids going into too much detail either way it s a brave thing to do and i m sure we all wish him the best it does sort of pull you up sharp too like many here the years seem to zoom by and i m pleased we saw and heard him performing in his prime both with deep purple and the classic whitesnake line ups as in the photograph above which i took continue reading shy and retiring albums 15 comments fiftieth november 11 2025 november 11 2025 simon robinson it has not escaped our notice that come taste the band becomes the last of the classic deep purple era albums to reach 50th anniversary status in well it was due to be issued in october 1975 but typo errors on the sleeve spotted late on meant it got delayed into early november and most stores got their stock for sale during the second week of the month this does raise the possibility of an uncorrected sleeve proof or two getting out anyone ever spotted one it remains one of those albums people either get or don t continue reading fiftieth uncategorized 5 comments silence october 17 2025 february 25 2025 simon robinson was it really thirty years ago that ritchie blackmore issued his last rock album the final rainbow lp stranger in us all appeared back in 1995 after blackmore had departed the fracturing deep purple reunion line up the new album was supported by a lengthy tour which ran into 1997 after which he called it a day to concentrate on his side project blackmore s night there were a few reunion shows twenty years or so later but these were with a scratch band anyway thirty years ago this month rainbow were hitting the road across germany this rather nice poster from continue reading silence posts navigation older posts tour 2026 mad in europe create a 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