Deep Purple Add Cork Date

CiaranK

From Aiken Promotions (http://www.aikenpromotions.com/content/view/462/105/)

DEEP PURPLE
Live at the Marquee, Cork
30th June 2010

Tickets on sale next Thurs 12th Nov at 9am
Tickets on sale next Thurs 12th Nov from all Ticketmaster outlets nationwide booking line no. 0818 719 300 and online at http://www.ticketmaster.ie/
Deep Purple is not a conformist group. There never was, nor ever will be, any fawning to trends. What you do get from them are cutting edge performances based on a sound philosophy: ‘the music comes first'. That music comes from within the core spirit of the band, nowhere else.
Once ordained the loudest rock band by the Guinness Book of World Records. In the sixties and early seventies they were described (by others) as ‘Progressive' or ‘Underground', when they made a conscious decision to depart from the ‘Hush' era in order to record the seminal album ‘Deep Purple in Rock'. ‘Fireball', ‘Machine Head', ‘Made in Japan' and ‘Who Do We Think We Are' quickly followed, and they were then tagged (along with Zeppelin and Sabbath) as leaders of the ‘Hard Rock' explosion. At this point began the gradual disintegration of the famous MK 2 line-up, (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) and some long overdue individual R & R.

The eighties re-union as ‘Perfect Strangers' shook the world (again) with a fresh look at the music but with a bold detachment that stated ‘this is Deep Purple'. The era was to end in disharmony, however (again), with first Gillan leaving, then Blackmore and then Gillan returning; confusing? Not really.

After the divorce, and seeing this as a genuine opportunity to get back to the music, the guys invited Joe Satriani to join as locum, and he spent the best part of a year on the road with the newly revitalized band before returning to his own commitments. The scene was set for the most important line-up change since '69.

Steve Morse was the only name on the list, and the question he asked, (after a couple of out of town gigs had confirmed the chemistry) ‘Is there a dress code?' paved the way for a return to the humorous disdain the band have for what they used to call ‘poseurs'.

They never set out to be ‘Rock Stars'. Call them ‘Classic' and they will laugh and patiently explain that nostalgia is not a creative word. Sure they've been through the mill a few times. However each time they've emerged stronger, and now you see a band that is hard and professional; displaying texture, dynamics and a humanity that can only come from those rare artists who are masters of their craft.

Deep Purple's music has evolved organically into an expressive maturity, and the sell-out shows at the cities mentioned above are testament enough to the massive fan commitment. There's a lot of affection out there for what many say is the greatest of them all.
Band members: Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey and Steve Morse
http://www.deeppurple.com/

yknaa

Deadly. Will travel to this. Haven't been to the Marquee yet.

rednik

Haven't seen them since the mid 90s so I guess I'm off to Cork for this.

old gregg

first record I ever bought was a Purple record, never seen them live but without Blackmore and Lord it's just not the same thing

mike65

Not true!

No Blackmore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Dr9ZCBclk

No Blackmore or Lord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxA_UbE8UCk

Grid.

Nice one, seen them in the Point a few years back and they were great!
Will definately go to this:D

Furious-Red

Once the tickets are not to expensive

CiaranK

Hotpress says

Tickets priced €50 and €65.70 go on sale on Thursday November 12th

I wonder if the will do a gig in the o2. Fingers crossed. I probably won't be able to afford to stay in Cork.

rednik

Blackmore won't be missed as he was just a grumpy ba*tard on stage whereas Steve Morse is a great performer and has a great relationship with Gillan. Jon Lord will be missed though as he has a great stage presence and is hard to live up to but I am still looking forward to this.

metzengerstein

rednik wrote: »

Blackmore won't be missed as he was just a grumpy ba*tard on stage whereas Steve Morse is a great performer and has a great relationship with Gillan. Jon Lord will be missed though as he has a great stage presence and is hard to live up to but I am still looking forward to this.

blackmore was great ,has anyone seen what he is doing these days ,medievel type greensleeves music ,he dresses up also ,a big step away from what he used to do

as for steve morse i have to say i was impressed when i saw them live the last time ,only thing i didnt like was his guitar solo if i remember correct he played a collage of other famous songs ,surely he can put something original together

finbarrk

I just bought 2 tickets there now. It's funny, the seated tickets are cheaper than the standing ones. 2 seated are €112 and 2 standing are €142.
Looking forward to it as it's a great venue. I saw Neil Young and Roger Waters there allready.