Deep Purple: Empire Pool, Wembley
Tony Stewart, NME, 20 March 1976
AT THE Empire Pool, Deep Purple rule. The roaring audience of ten thousand or so press their hands to their heads as their ears get pinned back flat by the band's first number, and David Coverdale steps forward.
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