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Steve Morse in conversation with Larry DiMarzio: What does it take to revolutionize guitar tone? In this unscripted conversation, legendary guitarist Steve Morse sits down with Larry DiMarzio to discuss the birth of aftermarket pickups and the evolution of the modern electric guitar. Larry shares the story behind inventing DiMarzio pickups, how his creative process […]

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Across the puszta plains to see

Ritchie Blackmore’s YouTube channel has posted a video clip for Anya. The video material appears to have been sourced from Come Hell or High Water and synced up with the album version. The video creation is credited to one Russell Wagus.

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Public demonstration of friendship

Classic Rock publishes an account of Ritchie Blackmore appearing on stage with Deep Purple on this past tour, with some input from Ian Gillan and a few Blackmore quotes taken from the recent Guitar Player interview. Nothing was said that we haven’t really heard before, yet here it is. “It was an absolute pleasure to […]

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Queen – Mary Long – Beach 9/11/26

Having worked in the World Trade Center, this day has been miserable for 24 years. Finally, the day provided some joy. In the shadow of the Queen Mary in Long Beach, Deep Purple completed their return to California. It’s been seven years since they’ve been here. Another installment in the summer of the Deep Purple […]

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Seven minutes short

You might recall that the Rolling Stones Mobile truck has found a permanent home at the Canadian National Music Centre in Calgary. Deep Purple were in town on August 31, 2026, and Ian Gillan paid a visit to the old chap. His story of recording Smoke is by now so thoroughly rehearsed that it has […]

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Sweet little lies

Ian Gillan was a guest on the Joann Butler In Studio With… podcast, and here is the result. Some of the stories we’ve already heard before, others are new.

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Anything but heavy

The Mercury News carries a pretty scathing review of the band’s performance from September 5, 2026, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. 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 […]

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Good rocking throughout

AntiMusic reviews the band’s latest studio offering Splat!: Don’t spend too much time being concerned with where the title of Deep Purple’s latest album comes from. Just know that the long-running classic rockers have another winner on their hands with Splat!, a set of melodic hard rock that on occasion harkens back to their early […]

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A path of sonic excess

Louder Sound reprints a Metal Hammer feature for newbies A metal fan’s guide to hard rock pioneers Deep Purple. Our regulars won’t find anything new in there, but if you happen to be reading this and wondering what this site is about, there’s your chance to educate yourselves. There are some minor inaccuracies here and […]

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It’s all very, very Teutonic

Accept is celebrating its own 50th anniversary with the release of an album (of what we understand are remakes of the tracks from their heyday) called Teutonic Titans 1976-2026. In addition to the current lineup of the band led by Wolf Hoffmann, more than 50 guest artists made their contributions, including Joe Lynn Turner.

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Snapshot of an artist at a crossroads

Ultimate Guitar celebrates 50th anniversary of Tommy Bolin’s Private Eyes with a feature penned by Greg Prato: Fifty years ago, Tommy Bolin offered his second solo effort, “Private Eyes”, an album that found the gifted guitarist and songwriter moving in a noticeably different direction from both his work with Deep Purple and his eclectic 1975 […]

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Product of the influences

BalcanRock, which is hailing from Serbia, has interviewed Simon McBride and publishes the proceedings (thankfully) in original English: BR: When we talk about live performance, Deep Purple used to be known for a lot of improvisation during their shows, including guitar, Hammond or drum solos which lasted really long. Nowadays, everything is much more restricted […]

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Serenading 81st spin around the fireball

KNAC.com has a review of the Ottawa gig from August 19, 2026: This would be my second DEEP PURPLE concert in which neither guitarist was Ritchie Blackmore(my first DP live experience being in 2012 when then-guitarist Steve Morse was in the band) but Simon was a consummate player in his own right. Sure, he could […]

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From Jesus to Darwin

Some time ago Ian Gillan appeared on The GTFM Rock Show and that episode aired on August 13, 2026. He spoke (mostly) about his upcoming next year Talking Gib’rish tour. The interview is contained within the second hour segment of the 3-hour show, to which you can listen here

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The lost art of dismantling hotel rooms

Here is Cassius Morris (if the name sound familiar, there’re a couple of reasons to that) talking to Joe Lynn Turner, It’s a long conversation, at over an hour, and JLT hasn’t changed a single bit, so buckle up.

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Evolving without abandoning

Patch reviews the Deep Purple gig in Chicago from August 25, 2026: There are concert pairings that make perfect sense on paper, and then there are pairings that make even more sense once the music starts. Deep Purple and Kansas at Ravinia’s Hunter Pavilion was definitely the latter. On Tuesday night, two legendary bands separated […]

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When gold is just not good enough

Classic Rock magazine celebrates what they call 60 years of Deep Purple in issue 96 of their Platinum Series. It is out on August 13, 2026, and can be ordered through newsstand.co.uk.

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Celebrate the fact that we’re still alive

Another conversation between Roger Glover and a fellow producer, this time with Bob Ezrin. This is the video that had been produced in November 2019 to accompany Whoosh. If you haven’t seen it, you’re in for a treat, and it’s a joy even if you had.

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An owl hooting from the kumquat tree

Roger Glover is in a very interesting conversation with Michael Bradford. It is indeed more of a conversation rather than an interview, and Michael is a fabulous host. This was recorded some time towards the end of 2025, while work on Splat! was being finalized, but before the bout of touring in Tbilisi, Dubai, and […]

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For the love of the music

MetalTalk has an illustrated, but otherwise somewhat superficial review of the Deep Purple gig in Toronto on August 18, 2026. Closing out the night were none other than Deep Purple, and they hit the stage at full force, opening their set with Highway Star. The crowd excitedly sang along. It is hard to believe the […]

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