B'lore: Deep Purple to perform on Dec 17

Bangalore, Dec 2: Bangaloreans will witness one of the biggest live concerts ever to rock the city as 'Deep Purple' will enthrall the audience with their unique genre of sophiscated rock on December 17.

Fresh from their South American tour, 'Deep Purple', one of the world's first bands to fuse classical and rock music, had chosen Bangalore as their only city in Asia to present a live performance, according to a release here.

It promised to be a world class event with an amazing stage and high-powered spectacular sound with dazzling lights. It would relive a classic performance of the best of Purple songs. The tour would feature some of the band's most popular tracks, including their classics Highway Star, Smoke on the Water, Fireball, Black Night Woman from Tokyo and Hush.

The band was formed in 1968, but gained global prominence especially after the release of the 1970's hit Deep Purple in Rock.

Deep Purple band consisted of Ian Gillian, the band's vocalist, Steve Morse the guitarist, Roger Glover the bassist and the producer of the band. Don Airey would be manning the keyboard and Ian Paice would be the drummer.

Their performance at Cathedral School here would be presented by Royal Challenge in association with Nokia, Kingfisher Airlines, Pepsi and Reliance.

UNI