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KATHMANDU, March 13: The March 15 concert of the Deep Purple at Dasarath Stadium in the capital has been postponed. Satish Singh of the Jet Set PR Entertainment, one of the organizers, informed about the postponement of the event.



Citing frequent general strikes in Nepal, the English band is now set to fly straight to London from Singapore. The band members were due in Kathmandu today via Dubai after finishing their concert in Singapore. The event was a joint collaboration of the JPR Entertainment and ODC Entertainment. [break]



The band was established in 1968 and currently consists of Ian Paice on percussion, Roger Glover on bass guitar, Ian Gillan on vocals, harmonica and percussion, Steve Morse on guitar and Don Airey on organ and keyboards. Deep Purple have sold over 100 million albums worldwide, including 7.5 million certified units in the US alone.



The band has a number of hits including ´Shadow of deep purple´, ´Fireball, and ´The house of blue lights´. The tickets to the concert were priced at Rs 500, Rs 1,000, Rs 2,000 and Rs 10,000. The next date of the concert has not been fixed.



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