The Damn Truth will be special guests on October trek
Former Deep Purple bassist and singer Glenn Hughes is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band’s album Burn with a 2023 tour. Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple Live – Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the album Burn will feature Hughes performing the album and songs from Deep Purple MKIII and Deep Purple MKIV.
The trek kicks off in May in Portugal before heading to Spain. It will resume in October with 11 dates throughout The UK.
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Special guest on all UK shows is Canadian rock and roll band, The Damn Truth.
Hughes’ band will feature Soren Andersen on guitar, Ash Sheehan on drums and Bob Fridzema on keyboards.
“It was 50 years ago, in the summer of 1973, that the Burn album by Deep Purple was written at Clearwell Castle in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire. It was recorded in October in Montreux, Switzerland,” Hughes shares.” We all became one in this centuries old castle in the UK countryside, it felt like Deep were a new band, with David (Coverdale) and I as new members, we couldn’t wait to start working on new songs. The atmosphere was electric, in such amazing surroundings.
“All the songs on Burn were written in the crypt/dungeon, underneath the great hall. We worked on a new song every day, and we were in the flow. Musically we would play, and work out ideas, and David and I would come up with vocal melodies that would later have lyrics. I remember it like it was yesterday.
“As you could imagine, Ritchie Blackmore was in full prankster mode, Jon had warned me, and he rigged my room one night with a speaker that was hidden, and had ghostly voices delivered to my bedside.
“The title track was the last song to be written. We came back from the pub, and went down into the crypt, and magic happened.
“It’s time to celebrate BURN, and I’m really looking forward to seeing you.”
Burn is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, written and recorded in 1973, and released in February 1974. The album was the first to feature then-unknown David Coverdale on vocals and Glenn Hughes, from Trapeze, on bass and vocals.
The album was recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, in November 1973, with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. With the addition of David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes, Deep Purple’s hard rock sound incorporated elements of soul and funk, which would become much more prominent on the follow-up album, Stormbringer.
Burn hit No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart, No. 9 on the US Billboard 200, and No. 1 in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Norway.
In 2004, the album was remastered and released with bonus tracks. Coronarias Redig was recorded during the Burn recording sessions, used only as a B-side for the “Might Just Take Your Life” single in 1974. It appears as a bonus track in remixed form on the anniversary edition re-release. The 2004 remix version of Burn was later used in “Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.”
In 2005 an unauthorized documentary about the album was produced as part of The Ultimate Critical Review series. It featured a new interview with the original Deep Purple Mk III bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes.
Lead single “Might Just Take Your Life,” released March 4th, was Deep Purple’s first UK single in two years.
The phenomenal title track started things off at full throttle and challenged the seminal “Highway Star” for the honor of best opener to any Deep Purple album, while showcasing the always impressive drumming of Ian Paice. The fantastic slow-boiling blues of “Mistreated’s” greatness qualifies it for the highest echelons of hard rock achievement, and therefore ranks as an essential item in the discography of any self-respecting music fan.
Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple Live – Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the album Burn:
May 10 – Estoril, Portugal @ Casino Estoril
May 11 – Porto, Portugal @ Coliseu Porto Ageas
May 13 – Vigo, Spain @ Auditorio Del Mar
May 14 – Avilés, Spain @ Teatro Palacio Valdés
May 16 – Madrid, Spain @ La Riviera
May 17 – Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz
Oct 10 – Holmfirth, UK @ Picturedome
Oct 12 – Southampton, UK @ The 1865
Oct 13 – Bexhill, UK @ De La Warr Pavilion
Oct 15 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
Oct 17 – Newcastle, UK @ Boiler Shop
Oct 20 – Glasgow, UK @ Queen Margaret Union
Oct 21 – Wolverhampton, UK @ KK’s Steel Mill
Oct 23 – Bury St Edmunds @ The Apex
Oct 25 – London, UK @ The Electric Ballroom
Oct 28 – Frome, UK @ Cheese & Grain
Oct 29 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
