Couple of interviews promoting =1 that by now, frankly, sound a bit redundant, but here they are for the sake of completeness. Roger Glover spoke to ABC News: Glover said Gillan once questioned how big of an equation someone could come up with where the answer would equal one, then had a mathematician friend come […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-19
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Several more =1 reviews from around the web. Ultimate Classic Rock: Musically, Deep Purple pushes an aggressiveness that rivals contemporaries in their field; Airey and McBride bring homage but never sink to nostalgia (check out their keyboard and guitar interplay on “A Bit on the Side” and “Sharp Shooter”). The 78-year-old Gillan can’t hit those […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-19
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Virgin Radio Italy interviewed Ian Gillan and Simon McBride. Go there to watch the chat. The audio is in original English with Italian subtitles. And by-the-by, that interviewer looks familiar 😉
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-19
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Metal & Rock Zone reviews =1
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-19
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Classic Rock reviews the freshly released =1: Just when you thought arguably Britain’s finest rock band had nothing more to give, along comes what may be their final rebirth. They’re taking it on the road of course. Can anything stop them? Hopefully not. Read more in Louder Sound. A review (most likely the same one) […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-19
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As Deep Purple’s =1 albums hits the racks – and the charts – all over the world, we’re curious how you feel about it. We already reviewed the album – now it’s your turn. Write your own review of =1. Send your reviews of =1 to albumreview@thehighwaystar.com for a chance of publication right here on […]
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Posted in Blog by Rasmus Heide on 2024-07-19
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Ian Gillan was interviewed by a streaming site Qobuz on the occasion of =1 release, where he starts with here and now, and goes all the way back to the church choir boy experiences
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-19
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=1 is upon us, and here’s the “official interview” from the band, posted today
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-19
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Blabbermouth reviews the new album =1 in most glowing terms: When you have a legacy as indisputably colossal as DEEP PURPLE’s, making new music could easily be an afterthought. But tasked with producing new albums to rival the immortal likes of “Machine Head”, “Burn” and “Perfect Strangers”, the hard rock legends have done a solid […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2024-07-18
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Courtesy of earMUSIC, The Highway Star is reviewing Deep Purple’s new album =1. As we are fast approaching the end of The Long Wait for its release on July 19, this segment looks at the album’s last two songs. Deep Purple’s first studio album with new guitarist Simon McBride is one highly anticipated piece of […]
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Posted in Blog by Rasmus Heide on 2024-07-17
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