Deep Purple To Tour Russia
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British rockers Deep Purple, one of the favorite bands of the current Russian president, are set for a tour of Russia this fall, a spokesman for the tour's promotion company said on Thursday.
Dmitry Medvedev; Current Russian President, Rocker.
Medvedev is a devoted fan of hard rock, listing Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin as his favorite bands. He is a collector of their original vinyl records and has previously said that he has collected all of the recordings of Deep Purple. As a youth, he was making copies of their records, although these bands were then on the official state-issued blacklist. In February 2008, Medvedev and Sergei Ivanov attended a Deep Purple concert in Moscow together.
Arrangments have been made for the band give performances in Russia's 12 largest cities, playing mostly old hits, with their final concert to come at the Olympiisky Stadium in Moscow.
Deep Purple
"The tour will finish on October 27 with a grand concert at the Olympiisky Stadium — tickets have already gone on sale," he said, adding that the price for the concert tickets varied between 2,000 rubles ($86) and 10,000 rubles ($430).
Comments (8)
how times have changed from Boris to this new president who looks like Chris McDonell's brother
I think it was his plan to bring them there...
no way! Putin doesn't rock and roll; he practices Judo and smashes dissidents
Wait, what year is this again? ;)
"Hush" in Russian?
smoke on the voda
now that's funny Steve!
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