Montreux Casino on a Frank Zappa Bootleg album titled "Swiss Cheese/Fire!" The song "Smoke on the Water" by English rock group Deep Purple is about the incident: The Casino was subsequently rebuilt, and during the interim the Montreux Jazz Festival was held in other auditoriums in Montreux, until it could return to the newly re-opened Casino in 1975. The Festival continued to be hosted there until 1993, when it moved to a larger Montreux Convention Centre located approximately one kilometre from the Casino. From 1995 through 2006, the Festival occupied both the Convention Centre and the Casino. Beginning with the 41st Festival
Fairmont Le Montreux Palace the Montreux Jazz Festival, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace hosted again some well known musicians, such as Lionel Richie, Santana, Herbie Hancock, Melody Gardot, George Benson. 2016 - John McLaughlin, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, Quincy Jones, Neil Young, Deep Purple and many more artists stayed at Fairmont Le Montreux Palace during the 50th Montreux Jazz Festival. 2017 - In July 2017, Quincy Jones, the Pet Shop Boys, Tom Jones, Grace Jones, Bryan Ferry, Brian Wilson, George Benson are just a few of the artists, we had the honor to welcome at Fairmont Le Montreux Palace during the Montreux Jazz Festival. The