Glenn’s band will feature
Soren Andersen (guitar),
Ash Sheehan (drums) and
Bob Fridzema (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,” reminisces Glenn. “It was recorded in October in Montreux, Switzerland.”
Continues Hughes, “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.”
Concludes Hughes, “It’s time to celebrate BURN, and I’m really looking forward to seeing you.”
DEEP PURPLE – THE STORY BEHIND “BURN”
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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 #3 on the UK Albums Chart, #9 on the US Billboard 200, and #1 in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Norway.
In 2004
“BURN” 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 unauthorised documentary about the album was produced as part of “The Ultimate Critical Review” series. It featured brand new interview with the original Deep Purple Mk III bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes.
Lead single “Might Just Take Your Life,” released 4 March, 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 honour 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 ‘BURN’
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
THE DAMN TRUTH
PLANET ROCK’S 48-HOUR TICKET PRE-SALE STARTS 10AM ON TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2023 VIA WWW.PLANETROCK.COM Holmfirth, Picturedrome
Tuesday 10 October 2023Southampton, The 1865
Thursday 12 October 2023
Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion
Friday 13 October 2023
Nottingham, Rock City
Sunday 15 October 2023
Newcastle, Boiler Shop
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Glasgow, Queen Margaret Union
Friday 20 October 2023
Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill
Saturday 21 October 2023
Bury St Edmunds, The Apex
Monday 23 October 2023
London, The Electric Ballroom
Wednesday 25 October 2023
Frome, Cheese & Grain
Saturday 28 October 2023
Manchester, Academy 2
Sunday 29 October 2023
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Photography by Eric Duvet
