STEVEN WAGNER - Stevan Vagner - Podrum collegium melodium - WORLD MUSIC MUSEUM in BELGRADE, present a story for YOU in Yugoslavia on March 16th, where Purple were the first western rock band to play in venues seating 6,000 fans. Once again, Elf were among the support acts. As far as the group were concerned, the tour was to be followed by album sessions and then a six month break, time for them to work on solo projects, which Glenn and David were both very keen to do. Concerts had already been booked for Purple to play later in the year in South America, Indonesia, Japan and Australia.

Deep Purple poster magazine, 1975The two gigs in Yugoslavia - at Belgrade's Pioneer Hall (March 16th) and Zagreb's Sportshalle (March 17th) were well received by the rock starved audiences, but Blackmore was dismissive: "I've got to admit I looked at those two sets as warm up gigs, I know it's the wrong attitude but I was feeling my way round - and the kids enjoyed themselves anyway."