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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
Deep Purple almost lost the legendary Smoke on the Water riff because of armed police storming their studio
Despite having a self-imposed 10pm noise curfew while recording in Montreux's Pavilion, the band continued playing until four in the morning – and the resulting “racket” riled up some unhappy locals
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