Deep Purple – review

Arena, ManchesterIn 1969, Deep Purple recorded the loftily titled Concerto for Group and Orchestra, which tends to be regarded as either an innovative fusion of rock and classical music, or an epic, pretentious folly: one of the key inspirations behind Spinal Tap. Thirty-one years later, they have recruited the Frankfurt New Philharmonic to help play their classics, or, as the title of this tour would have it, The Songs That Built Rock.However, this Purple are a very different creature to the mo...

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