Live concert by the hard-rock band Deep Purple at the Royal Albert Hall, the venue where the band made history in 1969.
Deep Purple are back at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 25 November, their first London date in a while. It's a return to a venue that holds a particular place in their history: back in 1969, they were the first rock group to premiere a full classical composition with an orchestra on the Hall's stage, a move that remains one of the most significant cross-genre moments in British music.
They've been around since 1968, with over 100 million albums sold and a 2016 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Planet Rock named them the '5th Most Influential Band Ever'. Much of that reputation comes from the MKII line-up of Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore, who recorded many of the band's defining early 1970s albums, including Made In Japan, which is still widely regarded as one of the most important live records of all time.
The line-up has changed since those days. Following Steve Morse's departure in 2022, the band brought in Simon McBride on guitar, so this is one of the shows he'll be playing as part of the current touring group. The set will be a standard Deep Purple concert, with the band playing their own material.
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The show starts at 7:30 PM at the Royal Albert Hall on Kensington Gore in London.
