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Sundays are off

A couple more interviews in the anticipation of the new album release. Roger Glover talks to Noise11 straight from his slightly dishevelled hotel room

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Flair, swagger, and panache

The new album Splat! is technically still a few hours away, and it seems like everybody and their dogs are reviewing it. Ultimate Classic Rock: There’s no theme here per se, but Gillan does populate the songs with cautionary tales and characters falling from grace, some reflection on aging and tongue-in-cheek macho posturing (“I’m a […]

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One of those odd kids

Simon McBride talks to Andy Guitar about the new album, the first riff he ever learned, and 65 thousand people singing Highway Star.

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To truss or not to truss

Simon McBride talks shop to the Guitar World: “I played everything on this record with a prototype from PRS,” McBride tells Guitar World ahead of SPLAT!’s release on July 3. “The idea is that there’s no truss rod,” he continues. “It goes back to the early days when guitars had no truss rods because I’m […]

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It’s not the real deal

British newspaper The Independent quotes an interview Paicey gave to the Press Association. It was most likely done on the occasion of you-know-what, however they have found Ian’s thoughts on the proliferation of artificial intelligence tools more interesting: Paice warned against the dangers of hidden AI use, particularly when artists themselves are unaware. “But where […]

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A whopping slab of Purple enjoyment (review)

DEEP PURPLE – SPLAT! – review by Marcin Karski (Thorsun) „The sum of the parts is bigger and more significant, than the parts themselves.” It’s an old saying we most know, but that does apply mightily to the new Deep Purple album. As it always is with new records, we fall in love with only […]

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The Purple Daisies

The Dead Daisies have posted what they call “mini concert” — a 40-minute excerpt from their one-off reunion show with Glenn Hughes.

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DEEP PURPLE in Ulm, Kloster Wieblingen 28.06.2026

“Can I have 5 beers please …” It was hot. But thanks to the buildings of the beautiful Kloster Wieblingen and the slowly setting sun most of the audience had a place in the shade. Nevertheless those brave parademics had a lot o do obviously. We could see them rush from one end of the […]

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One night in Coburg

Simon McBride and a local music instruments retailer made the day for one lucky fan. This happened in Coburg on June 27, 2026.

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Get to where you’re going quicker

Don Airey chats with Phil Aston on the Now Spinning Magazine podcast. In this exclusive interview, Don talks about working with Simon McBride, the band’s creative chemistry, recording together in the studio, Bob Ezrin’s influence on the songwriting process, the role of the Hammond organ, and why Deep Purple continue to sound inspired more than […]

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There’s no reason to stop

Rock & Blues Muse reviews the new album Splat! in most glowing terms. Deep Purple has created a complex, heavy, and instantly sonically recognizable album that, along with peers like Alice Cooper (another Ezrin client), respects and nods to their sound while never slavishly imitating it. More interestingly, these songs are built around a theme, […]

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Why we should all move to Finland

The venerable fan club Perfect Strangers of Finland will hold a preview listening party for the new Deep Purple album Splat! one day ahead of its release. The album will be played twice in its entirety during the evening. First round starts at 18:00. Guests will have a chance to give their review of the […]

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Clenched fist and shining eyes

German magazine GoodTimes has Deep Purple on the cover of their issue #3/2026, with a feature story inside. The magazine also reviews Splat! in their blog online: Following the philosophical approach of their 2024 album =1, Deep Purple have once again taken a conceptual approach to the lyrics on SPLAT!. But as with its predecessor, […]

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The Talking Gib’rish Tour

Ian Gillan will undertake an extensive spoken word tour of Britain in the spring of 2027, dubbed as the Talking Gib’rish Tour. And we mean extensive: 24 dates in a month, visiting many nooks and crannies of the island. The Talking Gib’rish Tour will offer fans a rare opportunity to hear behind-the-scenes stories from Ian […]

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Devious, but in a funny way

A third single Guilt Trippin’ from the upcoming album Splat! is upon us. [updated Jun 24]

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How the perks were made

CBS 8 out of San Diego, California, (re)publishes this short report from 1974 about setting up for the April 9th Deep Purple concert in a local arena (that’s the show that was widely bootlegged as Perks and Tit, among many other titles). Not quite a blast from the past, but more of a gentle breeze. […]

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Three-quarters of one percent

Ian and Ian have appeared on the Rockonteurs podcast talking to Gary Kemp (of Spandau Ballet fame). It was a long conversation, and a very interesting one. Some stories we’ve heard before, others are new. Enjoy!

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Nürnberg 1976 on vinyl

Rainbow Live in Nürnberg 1976, recorded at the Nürnberg Messezentrum Halle on September 28, 1976, will be released on vinyl on August 28, 2026. This is the first time this show will be available in analog format, and it completes the vinyl trifecta of Rainbow 1976 live releases: Köln/Cologne was released for the Record Store […]

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Before We Forget: A deep dive in Richmond

Books on the Rise are hosting a Jon Lord “Before We Forget” launch evening on Thursday 25th June at 7pm in Richmond, London TW10, UK. Author Naqvi Ovais will do a deep dive into the career and life of Jon Lord with his book ‘Before We Forget: A Work in Eight Movements’. Read more and […]

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Apocalypse from the bright side

Deep Purple appear on the cover of the Fireworks magazine issue #115 (summer 2026). There is a feature promised inside, with the obvious guess for it having something to do with the new album. The issue can be purchased via newsstand.co.uk. Meanwhile, the Sweden Rock Magazine also has a feature on the new release. It […]

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