Glenn Hughes, the former bassist and singer of Deep Purple, known to millions as the “Voice of Rock”, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and the current front man for rock super group Black Country Communion, is pleased to announce that 26-year old British blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Laurence Jones will be his special guest on Glenn’s upcoming “Glenn Hughes performs classic Deep Purple Live” nationwide UK tour in October 2018.
The nine date tour promises to be a dynamic, turn-back-the-clocks, two-hour live extravaganza homage to his tenure in MK 3 and MK 4 incarnations of Deep Purple - one of music history’s most seminal and influential rock and roll groups. All tickets are priced £27.50, except London at £30.00.
Hailed as “the future of the blues”, Laurence has won several major awards and accolades, and has sold over 50,000 albums across four albums. Hailed as “One to Watch” by all corners of the music industry, including press, concert and festival booking agents, blues fans and various musicians. Over the past five years, Laurence has really come into his own, and with his new album “The Truth”, he has now developing his own creative skin by writing and performing songs that are distinctive to his unique sound and identity.
“It is an honour to be special guest on Glenn Hughes’ "Classic Deep Purple Live" UK tour this October. He is such an icon and talented musician”, says Laurence.
The two date Irish tour and the nine date UK tour promise to be a dynamic, turn-back-the-clocks, two-hour live extravaganza homage to his tenure in MK 3 and MK 4 incarnations of Deep Purple - one of music history’s most seminal and influential rock and roll groups. Tickets for Belfast are priced £30 and for tickets for Dublin are €35. All tickets for the UK leg of the tour are priced £27.50, except London at £30.00.
Tickets are available here.
For each show there will be 100 VIP tickets available. The tickets will include pre-show Meet & Greet, photo ops and an exclusive private ‘unplugged’ song performance from Glenn Hughes. Fans will also be able to take with them a signed tour poster.
Tickets for the UK leg of the tour are available from the 24 HR ticket hotline 08444 780 898 or www.thegigcartel.com.
“I'm excited to be touring the "Classic Deep Purple Live" in the UK this October. I first toured Classic Deep Purple Live in Australia and New Zealand last year and it went down like a storm. We’re also touring the show throughout South America in April, and festivals throughout the summer. By the time we tour the UK in October, we’ll be on fire”.
As well as Glenn on lead vocals and bass guitar, the touring band also features Soren Anderson (guitar), Jesper Bo Hansen (keyboards) and new drummer for the project Fernando Escobedo (drums).
Deep Purple took a quantum leap when the then 20-year-old Glenn Hughes was seconded from British funk-rock outfit Trapeze in mid-1973. As bassist and co-vocalist (with David Coverdale), he helped steer the legendary rock group in the progressive direction of “Burn” (1974), “Stormbringer” (1974) and “Come Taste the Band” (1975), while touring the world for three years.
His solo debut album “Play Me Out” (1977) preceded later albums with Black Sabbath and Gary Moore. The last 25 years have seen a rush of solo work and collaborations for the “Voice of Rock” including mega hit “America: What Time is Love?” with the KLF in 1992, and four critically acclaimed top selling studio albums released between 2010 and 2018 with rock super group Black Country Communion featuring Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian. Glenn was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 along with other members of Deep Purple.
Taking a page and inspiration from the Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice Deep Purple MK 3 California Jam and Made in Europe era, the upcoming live show features the Purple classics “Burn”, “Stormbringer”, “Might Just Take Your Life” and “Mistreated”, amongst others, plus tracks previously never performed live by the original MK 3 line-up.
Classic material from the Tommy Bolin MK 4 period is also featured, including “Getting’ Tighter” – Hughes’ funk rock extravaganza extraordinaire, plus the brooding Coverdale /Hughes masterpiece “You Keep on Moving”.
Deep Purple MK 2 hits “Highway Star” and “Smoke on the Water” are also featured, because, as Glenn points out: “I did play both these numbers during my time with Purple and they were mainstays of the live set when I was in the band. As my manager pointed out to me, the first time "Smoke on the Water" was ever played live at Madison Square Garden was when David and I were in the band in 1974. I love singing "Highway Star", too”.
Continues Glenn: “A few years back, I cut a barnstorming version of "Highway Star" for the "Machine Head" anniversary tribute album with my good friends Steve Vai and Chad Smith. I’m not playing anything on the forthcoming tour that I didn’t either play live or record in the studio with Purple”.
“Glenn Hughes performs classic Deep Purple live” is the first time Glenn has performed a show solely of Deep Purple material since his last show with Purple at the Liverpool Empire on March 15th 1976. Not one to wallow in nostalgia, hence his extensive and varied career post-Purple, Glenn feels the time is right to acknowledge and pay homage to his past, his musical legacy, and, most importantly, to one of rock and roll’s most acclaimed, influential and successful rock bands.
“I can still sing the songs, in some ways even better than I did in the 70’s”, says Glenn. “I can still perform them with the same energy that was on the stage back then, too. I feel that the time is right. It’s fun to get back into character of my days with Purple. I’m looking back at my life and I want to remember the good stuff. I’m incredibly excited to perform these songs, as they helped define the genre. I can assure you, the new show is going to blow your mind”.
UK Tour Dates 2018:
2 October - Bristol, Academy
3 October - Leamington, Assembly
5 October - Southampton, Engine Rooms
6 October - Cardiff, Tramshed
9 October - Leeds, University Union
10 October - Newcastle, O2 Academy
12 October - Glasgow, ABC
13 October - Manchester, Academy 2
15 October - London, Koko
Weblinks:
www.glennhughes.com
www.facebook.com/glennhughesonline
The nine date tour promises to be a dynamic, turn-back-the-clocks, two-hour live extravaganza homage to his tenure in MK 3 and MK 4 incarnations of Deep Purple - one of music history’s most seminal and influential rock and roll groups. All tickets are priced £27.50, except London at £30.00.
Hailed as “the future of the blues”, Laurence has won several major awards and accolades, and has sold over 50,000 albums across four albums. Hailed as “One to Watch” by all corners of the music industry, including press, concert and festival booking agents, blues fans and various musicians. Over the past five years, Laurence has really come into his own, and with his new album “The Truth”, he has now developing his own creative skin by writing and performing songs that are distinctive to his unique sound and identity.
“It is an honour to be special guest on Glenn Hughes’ "Classic Deep Purple Live" UK tour this October. He is such an icon and talented musician”, says Laurence.
The two date Irish tour and the nine date UK tour promise to be a dynamic, turn-back-the-clocks, two-hour live extravaganza homage to his tenure in MK 3 and MK 4 incarnations of Deep Purple - one of music history’s most seminal and influential rock and roll groups. Tickets for Belfast are priced £30 and for tickets for Dublin are €35. All tickets for the UK leg of the tour are priced £27.50, except London at £30.00.
Tickets are available here.
For each show there will be 100 VIP tickets available. The tickets will include pre-show Meet & Greet, photo ops and an exclusive private ‘unplugged’ song performance from Glenn Hughes. Fans will also be able to take with them a signed tour poster.
Tickets for the UK leg of the tour are available from the 24 HR ticket hotline 08444 780 898 or www.thegigcartel.com.
“I'm excited to be touring the "Classic Deep Purple Live" in the UK this October. I first toured Classic Deep Purple Live in Australia and New Zealand last year and it went down like a storm. We’re also touring the show throughout South America in April, and festivals throughout the summer. By the time we tour the UK in October, we’ll be on fire”.
As well as Glenn on lead vocals and bass guitar, the touring band also features Soren Anderson (guitar), Jesper Bo Hansen (keyboards) and new drummer for the project Fernando Escobedo (drums).
Deep Purple took a quantum leap when the then 20-year-old Glenn Hughes was seconded from British funk-rock outfit Trapeze in mid-1973. As bassist and co-vocalist (with David Coverdale), he helped steer the legendary rock group in the progressive direction of “Burn” (1974), “Stormbringer” (1974) and “Come Taste the Band” (1975), while touring the world for three years.
His solo debut album “Play Me Out” (1977) preceded later albums with Black Sabbath and Gary Moore. The last 25 years have seen a rush of solo work and collaborations for the “Voice of Rock” including mega hit “America: What Time is Love?” with the KLF in 1992, and four critically acclaimed top selling studio albums released between 2010 and 2018 with rock super group Black Country Communion featuring Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian. Glenn was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 along with other members of Deep Purple.
Taking a page and inspiration from the Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice Deep Purple MK 3 California Jam and Made in Europe era, the upcoming live show features the Purple classics “Burn”, “Stormbringer”, “Might Just Take Your Life” and “Mistreated”, amongst others, plus tracks previously never performed live by the original MK 3 line-up.
Classic material from the Tommy Bolin MK 4 period is also featured, including “Getting’ Tighter” – Hughes’ funk rock extravaganza extraordinaire, plus the brooding Coverdale /Hughes masterpiece “You Keep on Moving”.
Deep Purple MK 2 hits “Highway Star” and “Smoke on the Water” are also featured, because, as Glenn points out: “I did play both these numbers during my time with Purple and they were mainstays of the live set when I was in the band. As my manager pointed out to me, the first time "Smoke on the Water" was ever played live at Madison Square Garden was when David and I were in the band in 1974. I love singing "Highway Star", too”.
Continues Glenn: “A few years back, I cut a barnstorming version of "Highway Star" for the "Machine Head" anniversary tribute album with my good friends Steve Vai and Chad Smith. I’m not playing anything on the forthcoming tour that I didn’t either play live or record in the studio with Purple”.
“Glenn Hughes performs classic Deep Purple live” is the first time Glenn has performed a show solely of Deep Purple material since his last show with Purple at the Liverpool Empire on March 15th 1976. Not one to wallow in nostalgia, hence his extensive and varied career post-Purple, Glenn feels the time is right to acknowledge and pay homage to his past, his musical legacy, and, most importantly, to one of rock and roll’s most acclaimed, influential and successful rock bands.
“I can still sing the songs, in some ways even better than I did in the 70’s”, says Glenn. “I can still perform them with the same energy that was on the stage back then, too. I feel that the time is right. It’s fun to get back into character of my days with Purple. I’m looking back at my life and I want to remember the good stuff. I’m incredibly excited to perform these songs, as they helped define the genre. I can assure you, the new show is going to blow your mind”.
UK Tour Dates 2018:
2 October - Bristol, Academy
3 October - Leamington, Assembly
5 October - Southampton, Engine Rooms
6 October - Cardiff, Tramshed
9 October - Leeds, University Union
10 October - Newcastle, O2 Academy
12 October - Glasgow, ABC
13 October - Manchester, Academy 2
15 October - London, Koko
Weblinks:
www.glennhughes.com
www.facebook.com/glennhughesonline