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All I Got Is You and Johnny’s Band

Two more tracks from the upcoming Deep Purple albums inFinite have been published. We don’t have the means to embed them here, so here are the instruction on how you can listen. All I Got Is You: go to bcfmradio.com/andyfox, click on ’21:00 – 02/03/2017′ (third link in the Recent Broadcasts list), and skip to […]

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Creative urges vs. songwriting pills

MetalTalk spoke to Roger Glover earlier today, March 1, “to find out more about the current ethos of the band, the inspiration for the new suite of songs as well as hopes and fears for the future”:

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Purple night on British TV

Documentary on the making of the new album Deep Purple: From Here To Infinity will be shown on British cable/satellite channel Sky Arts HD on Saturday, 11th March. It’s on at 9pm, with Classic Albums: Machine Head starting at 8pm, and Perfect Strangers Live following at 11pm.

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That classic second album syndrome

A brief article appeared in the Billboard today, with quotes from an interview with Roger Glover and a video from the polar expedition photo shoot. When we go in to make an album, we have no idea. We don’t sit down and have a meeting and say, ‘What are we going to do?’ We just […]

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Idea that is a little enigmatic

An interview with Ian Paice was featured on Robert Sas’ Rock Show a few days ago, and it was a very relaxed and informative chat. Ian spoke about his health, the title and contents of the new album, the differences between then and now, the fate of the band, their immediate touring plans, his hobbies, […]

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Ja, ja — Smoke on the water

Roger Glover and Ian Paice have also appeared on German TV channel BR Fernsehen in an evening news segment for February 22. (watch inside)

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inFinite boxset images

We now have images of both the “large” and the “small” inFinite box sets:
inFinite - Large Box SetinFinite - Small Box Set

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They never go to three…

Roger Glover and Ian Paice sit down with the Rock Antenne to answer the burning questions: is this the final tour? Is this the final album? Is this the end of Deep Purple? Why you can’t please everybody with the setlist? And most importantly, why do sound techs never count to three? (watch inside)

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From Here to inFinite on the big screen

German cinema chain UCI Kinowelt will present the premiere of the documentary Deep Purple — From Here to inFinite on the big screen in their theatres across the country on March 16 at 20:00. This is the documentary on the making of inFinite that will be part of all album editions that include a DVD. […]

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Polar expedition behind the scenes

Current edition (issue #58) of the German Classic Rock magazine has a spread detailing the polar expedition themed promotional photoshoot, proceeds of which we have featured elsewhere on the site. Said photoshoot was conducted in Hamburg on December 17, 2016, by Jim Rakete — the same gentleman responsible for Now what?! promotional pictures. More than […]

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