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DEEP PURPLE CONVENTION
Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Deep Purple’s inception
(1968 - 2008)
Esquires, Bedford, 3rd May 2008
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The first and last! Nick Simper and
Glenn Hughes meet for the first time! Photos © Alan Perry
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The dust has settled and from comments we have
received so far it would appear that the day was well received;
I just wanted to say a BIG thank you for a wonderful day.
Well done for sorting out such an event. In the last couple of years I've become a huge Glenn Hughes fan too so it was great to see him
again. I think he was the icing on the cake!
I had a great time, cheers. Rob Walton.
I really enjoyed the convention yesterday. Glenn was in top form as
usual. Stephen Hounslow.
Brilliant Day, Well done for great organisation. Mark.
Loved the show I've seen Glenn so many times over the years but that was something different.
Glenn really enjoyed it too and said he may do some more shows in a similar vein.
Nice to hear Holy Man and Will Our Love End plus the tracks from
Play Me Out great! You seem to have put so much effort into organising it it was
really good. All the best. Tom Taylor.
Well done for Saturday! Another great day and I think most people would agree with that. Everyone seemed to have a good time.
We all had a gas and we were very pleased to share some stage time with
Doogie. Nice to meet Bernie Torme too although we'd spoken years ago on the phone.
Johnny Heywood, Burn
Great night, really enjoyed it. Andy Stringer.
Really enjoyed working with all the bands and it was great to work with some incredibly professional musicians.
Caroline Adcock (sound engineer)
Just wanted to say a big thank you for the wonderful evening we spent in
Bedford on Saturday.
Well done, guys! All the best. Nathalie & Jerome, France
Just wanted to thank you for this really extraordinary event! We enjoyed the private atmosphere, the concerts, the "meets and greets", simply every minute of this great day. Thanks again very much! Hope to meet you again some time! Rock on!
Cheers! Bernhard, Munich, Germany
Being a great 68-76 fan, I thought the day was brilliant & those who didn't turn up simply missed something very special!
So thanks for taking the risk & putting it on! Tonny
Steenhagen
It was fantastic - I went to the DP convention in 1995 in Sheffield and this one topped that by miles. Great organisation and what a great guy (humble) Nick Simper was.
See you at the next one in 10 years! Steve
My son and I had a great time on the day. Cheers. Terry
Boud
I had a good time at the convention, it was worth the trip from Manchester to see and hear Glenn, he was awesome!
Many thanks, Mike Galway
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As part of the Convention celebrations, www.deeppurple.com
offered two VIP
Packages to the Deep Purple show in London on July 30th, which we
raffled on the day. The 'Purple
Envy' packages include early entry to the venue, an exclusive
merchandise package, a backstage tour, and a meet & greet with
band members.
The winners were Doug Anderson and Tony Breslin.
Congratulations.
We also had a Glenn Hughes laminate to offer, and incredibly one of
the above also won that,
so he clearly must have bought lots of raffle tickets!
During the day we screened some rare video
footage, had a Q & A with Nick Simper, and Ritchie
Blackmore's former PA Rob Fodder, plus Glenn Hughes did a
meet and greet signing session. Former Gillan guitarist Bernie
Torme was also in attendance.
The live music from Burn (including Rainbow's
Doogie White on a couple of tracks),
the Good Old Boys featuring original Purple bassist Nick Simper and
Glenn Hughes concluded the day's events.
SETLISTS
The Good Old Boys
I'm Ready, A Fool For Your Stockings, My Way, Shakey Ground, Sleepwalk,
Twenty Flight Rock, Somebody To Love, Don't Worry Baby,
C'mon Everybody, Shakin' All Over, Oh Well, Hush, The Good
Old Boys.
Glenn Hughes (with Anders Olinder on keyboards)
Coast to Coast, I Found A Woman, Mistreated, It's About Time, Seafull, This Time Around, chat and question and answer session, When Will Our Love End, Nights In White Satin,
Don't Let Me Bleed, Holy Man, You Keep On Moving, Stormbringer.
Burn
Stormbringer, Strange Kind Of Woman, Space Truckin', You Keep On Moving, When A Blind Man Cries, Highway Star (with Doogie White), Burn (with Doogie White), Mandrake Root, Woman From Tokyo, Lady Double Dealer, Hush, Black Night, Smoke On The Water,
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