Hardcore fans at the Montreux Jazz Festival "This is my 118th Deep Purple concert"

Monday was a big rock night at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Many passionate fans made the pilgrimage to Lake Geneva for Alice Cooper and Deep Purple. One of them is seeing Deep Purple for the 118th time.

Today, it's Taylor Swift who gets the crowds screaming in sold-out stadiums and goes to extremes for the fans. In their day, Alice Cooper and Deep Purple also managed this with ease. And even today, the US musician and the British band still fill entire concert halls. The rockers may have grown older and so have their fans, but that doesn't detract from the hype.

On Monday, many devoted fans are already gathering at Lake Geneva in the afternoon, long before the concerts in the evening. One of them is looking forward to his 118th Deep Purple concert and another says that he has already done nine meet and greets with Alice Cooper. "That costs around 600 francs plus concert tickets," says the mega-fan in an interview with blue News. But for him, meeting Alice Cooper is always a highlight: "He's just so nice and down-to-earth."

Find out how far the rocker fans go for their idols in the video.

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