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Deep Purple play Smoke on the Water on the lake that inspired it – with actual fire in the sky
The band return to Montreux, the site of the 1971 casino fire depicted in the lyrics of their iconic track
“I don't know whether we played it properly, but the audience loved it”: When Black Sabbath regularly covered Smoke on the Water – and unwittingly inspired Spinal Tap's Stonehenge
Sabbath's ill-fated Born Again tour featured comically oversized props “as big as the real Stonehenge”, onstage spills, and a crowd-pleasing hard-rock crossover
Bernie Tormé, Former Ozzy Osbourne Guitarist, Dead at 66
Ozzy Osbourne once said that if it wasn't for Tormé, he “might never have got back on a stage."
Deep Purple Announce 'A Fire in the Sky' Anthology
Deep Purple has announcedA Fire in the Sky, a career-spanning anthology that will be available as a single CD and a three-CD set.
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