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Some time in June, Just before the start of the tour, Ian Paice was interviewed by Paltrocast. He spoke about the band’s writing process, why Deep Purple are more popular in some countries than the others, how he keeps sane on the road, and a few other things. Enjoy!
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Read more »Deep Purple were featured in the BBC Radio 2 show The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker that aired on July 19, 2024. Ian Gillan and Roger Glover were guests of the show. You can listen to it on the BBC player, where it will be available for 30 days after the first airing. Gillan’s bit […]
Read more »UK newspaper The Independent has a feature on Deep Purple, with a review of =1, and an interview with Ian Gillan. It’s also, I suggest, a surprisingly lusty record for a band who long since swapped the Jack bottle for the travel kettle. “You mean salacious?” Gillan chuckles. “It’s a bit naughty in places I […]
Read more »And a couple of =1 promotional interviews to wrap up the day. German site aussiedlerbote.de has an interview with Ian Gillan, and it’s in English: Is there a song on the new album that particularly touches your heart? I like them all. But “Old-Fashioned Thing” is probably my favorite. In that song, there are interesting […]
Read more »A couple more press reviews of the new album =1. The Arts Desk seems to have missed the arrival of a new guitar player, but generally enjoyed the album: At this stage in the proceedings it’s unlikely Deep Purple are suddenly going to haul in a whole new fan base, but for anyone with more […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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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