If Montreux is known far and wide, it’s thanks in no small part to “Smoke on the Water”. This song is emblematic of our town and is considered to be the anthem of the Montreux Jazz Festival.

However, in the 70s, Montreux was not only known musically thanks to the Festival, as the Tourist Office organised concerts throughout the year under the name Super Pop.

In 1971, a crucial year, on the afternoon of 4 December, during a Frank Zappa concert, the Kursaal caught fire in front of the members of Deep Purple who had come to Montreux to record an album in the Rolling Stones’ mobile studio.

This is the story the members of Deep Purple will be telling us.