Snap Scene: Glenn Hughes, Hamer Hall Melbourne – Friday 29th September 2017

October 3, 2017 Mary Boukouvalas

Glenn Hughes played his last concert with Deep Purple on March 15, 1976, at Liverpool’s Empire Theatre. On that night, the UK bassist and vocalist walked away from one of history’s truly game-changing rock phenomena and never looked back — until now.

For the first time in 40 years Australia and NZ fans witnessed Glenn Hughes – The Voice of Rock and one of the finest hard rock singer/ musicians of his generation fronting a handpicked band live in concert, as he revisited some of Deep Purple’s all-time greatest songs.

“Most Purple fans rank Burn and Stormbringer among the greatest albums the band ever made, in any incarnation,” Glenn says. “Over that Mk III period, we were also performing Mk II classics like Smoke On the Water and Highway Star every night on massive world tours.

“I’m seriously excited to get out there and play tracks like Burn, Stormbringer, You Keep On Moving, Mistreated and Getting Tighter, as well as some of those older songs that helped define the genre. With this band, I know we’re going to add up to a pretty incredible show.”

Glenn was inducted into the Rock’n’ Roll Hall of Fame last year along with other Deep Purple members.

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Mary is a photographer and a writer, specialising in music. She runs Rocklust.com where she endeavours to capture the passion of music in her photos whether it's live music photography, promotional band photos or portraits. She has photographed The Rolling Stones, KISS, Iggy Pop, AC/DC, Patti Smith, Joe Strummer, PULP, The Cult, The Damned, The Cure, Ian Brown, Interpol, MUDHONEY, The MELVINS, The Living End, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against The Machine, The Stone Roses –just to name a few - in Australia, USA, Europe and the Middle East. Her work has been published in Beat magazine, Rolling Stone magazine, Triple J magazine, The Age Newspaper, The Herald Sun, The Australian, Neos Kosmos, blistering.com, theaureview.com, noise11.com, music-news.com. She has a permanent photographic exhibition at The Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria Australia.