{"id":8579,"date":"2026-09-06T17:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8579"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:40:36","slug":"review-deep-purple-headlines-but-the-2-opening-acts-are-so-much-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8579","title":{"rendered":"Review: Deep Purple headlines but the 2 opening acts are so much better"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>The scene at Shoreline Amphitheatre was a microcosm of the overall state of classic-rock touring in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8577\">Storm rising: Oakland-based women\u2019s tackle football squad readies for Year Two<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bands didn\u2019t feature many\/any of the original members, yet that certainly didn\u2019t stop them from delivering (mostly) solid sets. And the fans definitely aren\u2019t buying tickets for these shows like they once did.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, there are notable exceptions to that latter statement \u2014 as top-tier attractions like AC\/DC, Bruce Springsteen, Eagles and Paul McCartney continue to pack the big houses.<\/p>\n<p>But then you have the triple bill of Deep Purple, Kansas and Jefferson Starship, which some 15 years ago \u2014 not to mention some 50 years ago\u2013 would have done really good business in an era when classic-rock package tours were still considered top tickets.<\/p>\n<p>That era appears to be over now. And the Deep Purple-led lineup only drew some 4,000 fans on Saturday (Sept. 5), representing one of the smallest turnouts I have ever witnessed in my 30-plus years of reviewing shows at the 22,000-capacity Mountain View venue.<\/p>\n<p>Those folks who stayed home, however, missed a diversely entertaining evening of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll from three bands who each hail from different realms of the classic rock world.<\/p>\n<p>Both Jefferson Starship and Kansas were quite impressive, while Deep Purple never really rose above mediocrity due mostly to the deteriorating vocal abilities and stage presence of front man Ian Gillan.<\/p>\n<p>Taking the stage first during this marathon evening of classic rock, which began at 6 p.m. and lasted until around 11 p.m., was Jefferson Starship.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Of course, the whole Jefferson Airplane\/Jefferson Starship\/Starship\/Starship Featuring Mickey Thomas lineage is so complicated and confusing \u2014 with name changes, players coming and going and different touring entities \u2014 that I\u2019m not always sure what exactly I\u2019m about to see when I go to one of their concerts. At times, it seems like it might just be the folks who detail Jorma Kaukonen\u2019s cars are taking a swing at the Airplane songbook.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the outfit that kicked things off at Shoreline features one original Jefferson Starship member \u2014 David Freiberg, a Bay Area rock icon who co-founded both Jefferson Starship and Quicksilver Messenger Service as well as spent a short bit of time in Jefferson Airplane.<\/p>\n<p>Guitarist-vocalist Freiberg, who just turned 88 a couple of weeks back, and his terrific current cast of bandmates delivered a 45-minute showing that ranked as the most overall enjoyable set of the day.<\/p>\n<p>As the current keeper of the Airplane\/Starship legacy, the band has access to some of the greatest songs in rock history as well as some of the worst. But nostalgia is a powerful thing and even the latter \u2014 yes, I\u2019m talking about the cringe-worthy \u201980s offerings \u201cNothing\u2019s Gonna Stop Us Now\u201d and (ugh) \u201cWe Built This City\u201d \u2014 came across as listenable in concert. But they stilled paled in comparison to the first-tier Airplane classics \u201cSomebody to Love,\u201d \u201cWhite Rabbit\u201d and \u201cVolunteers,\u201d which found front woman Cathy Richardson nicely handling the lines Grace Slick originally made famous and lead guitarist Jude Gold adding plenty of fretboard fireworks.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>China Kantner, the daughter of Airplane\u2019s Slick and Paul Kantner, made an appearance at the end of the set, doing a bit of percussion work and backing vocals on \u201cSomebody to Love\u201d and \u201cVolunteers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8575\">Joffe: Vote \u2018no\u2019 on Regional Transit Measure. It will burden Bay Area\u2019s poorest and isn\u2019t needed to \u2018save transit.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kansas was up next and, as expected, ratcheted the musical excellence to whole other level. You may or may not like the songs, which rumble about in the space where prog and art rock meet, but there\u2019s no doubting that these guys can play. The only question might be, well, who are these guys?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s fair, given that Kansas\u2019 current touring lineup features zero original members of the band \u2014 and, really, none that date back long enough to have had any connection with its glory days. On the flip side, however, they are all aces and had no problem conjuring up those classic (and highly complex) Kansas sounds during the band\u2019s 75-minute set.<\/p>\n<p>Fronted by the very capable Ronnie Platt on lead vocals and keys \u2013who joined the band in 2014 and ranks as the longest-serving member of the touring squad \u2014 Kansas opened up with the classic-rock-radio staple \u201cPoint of Know Return\u201d and immediately had the small, but appreciative crowd up and grooving along.<\/p>\n<p>The group then took us way into the art-rock weeds \u2014 causing those primarily in the audience to sing along with Starship\u2019s \u201cJane\u201d and Purple\u2019s \u201cSmoke on the Water\u201d to sit back down and perhaps check their phones \u2014 as it mined its back catalog for such sizable \u201970s prog-rock anthems as \u201cThe Wall\u201d and \u201cSong for America.\u201d But we\u2019d be all up and crooning with Kansas once again when it rolled out the gorgeous classic rock ballad \u201cDust in the Wind\u201d and then, to close its set, \u201cCarry On Wayward Son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deep Purple really had no business following Kansas and, not surprisingly, its headlining set felt quite anticlimactic. Even though it appeared (at least on paper) to have the most impressive lineup of the day \u2014 with three members dating back to the classic early-\u201970s \u201cMark II\u201d lineup of Deep Purple \u2014 the band really limped through its 16-song setlist.<\/p>\n<p>Two of those players \u2014 bassist Roger Glover and drummer Ian Paice (the sole original member remaining in the band) \u2014 formed a solid enough rhythm section. But Ian Gillian wasn\u2019t able to hold up his end of the bargain, with his shrill, nasal and highly battered vocals barely resembling those iconic multi-octave lines uttered on \u201cMachine Head,\u201d \u201cMade in Japan\u201d and other \u201970s offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, once our collective expectations were lowered quite a bit, after the first two or three songs of the set, then it possible to simply accept what this vocalist still has to offer in 2026 after having weathered so many years of vocal cord issues and strain. But it was harder to accept his between-song chatter, consisting of mostly nonsensical ravings about topics that ranged from piranhas to women in fur coats, which further underscored that he\u2019s become quite a poor front man.<\/p>\n<p>The show was also horribly paced, with way too many pointless and instrumental spotlights that somehow managed to come across as both showy and lethargic at the same time. Every time the musicians would gain an ounce of a momentum in the set \u2014 which, to be clear, wasn\u2019t often \u2014 they ended up undermining themselves and bringing the show to a dead halt.<\/p>\n<p>The result was anything but heavy. It was ho-hum. And even \u201cSmoke on the Water\u201d couldn\u2019t save it. But, looking on the bright side for the band, at least there weren\u2019t many people in the audience to witness this disappointing performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deep Purple setlist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cHighway Star\u201d<br \/>\n2. \u201cA Bit on the Side\u201d<br \/>\n3. \u201cInto the Fire\u201d<br \/>\n4. Guitar solo<br \/>\n5. \u201cArrogant Boy\u201d<br \/>\n6. \u201cLazy Sod\u201d<br \/>\n7. Keyboard solo<br \/>\n8. \u201cLazy\u201d<br \/>\n9. \u201cWhen a Blind Man Cries\u201d<br \/>\n10. \u201cDiablo\u201d<br \/>\n11. Keyboard solo<br \/>\n12. \u201cPerfect Strangers\u201d<br \/>\n13. \u201cSpace Truckin&#8217;\u201d<br \/>\n14. \u201cSmoke on the Water\u201d<br \/>\n15. \u201cGuinnesis\u201d<br \/>\n16. \u201cHush\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kansas setlist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cPoint of Know Return\u201d<br \/>\n2. \u201cParadox\u201d<br \/>\n3. \u201cChild of Innocence\u201d<br \/>\n4. \u201cJets Overhead\u201d<br \/>\n5. \u201cThe Wall\u201d<br \/>\n6. \u201cSong for America\u201d<br \/>\n7, \u201cDust in the Wind\u201d<br \/>\n8. \u201cHold On\u201d<br \/>\n9. \u201cDown the Road\u201d<br \/>\n10. \u201cPortrait (He Knew)\u201d<br \/>\n11. \u201cMiracles Out of Nowhere\u201d<br \/>\n12. \u201cCarry On Wayward Son\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jefferson Starship setlist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cFind Your Way Back\u201d<br \/>\n2. \u201cStranger\u201d<br \/>\n3. \u201cNothing\u2019s Gonna Stop Us Now\u201d<br \/>\n4. \u201cWhite Rabbit\u201d<br \/>\n5. \u201cWe Built This City\u201d<br \/>\n6. \u201cJane\u201d<br \/>\n7. \u201cJet Pack\u201d<br \/>\n8. \u201cSomebody to Love\u201d<br \/>\n9. \u201cVolunteers\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8573\">Inman Down Under: All roads (laneways) lead to 49ers, Faithful swarming Melbourne<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas and Jefferson Starship easily top Deep Purple during concert tour stop at Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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