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To see how it feels
In his interview to Heavy Worlds Ian Paice said that the band has not yet made any plans as to whether The Long Goodbye Tour will indeed be their last:
It’ll be a long tour. It may be the last big tour; we don’t know. […] We haven’t made any hard, fast plans. But it becomes obvious that you cannot tour the same way you did when you were 21. It becomes more and more difficult. People have other things in their lives, which take time. But never say never.
We enjoy playing onstage, but we have to be real about life, you know? So this will be a major world tour, and when it’s finished, we’ll see how it feels.
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It is a kind of relief. Thank you, Mr. Paice. It was a sad name for a tour of the most favourite band.
January 20th, 2017 at 21:50Ian Paice!!! Shoot, what a great human being he is!!!
January 20th, 2017 at 22:33They remain my favorite band of all time but they never come to this country. Now they’re quitting? The Hell with them…….
January 20th, 2017 at 23:44Ian and Roger are the 2 coolest people I’ve ever met. I hope this tour lasts for a real long time!
January 21st, 2017 at 01:46An all round decent nice guy!. Ian, you’re a true gentleman. Be happy.
January 21st, 2017 at 06:45I do love this man!!!
January 21st, 2017 at 09:00I wish he can be brave and say I head the purple album and I heard the Rainbow live Dvd and they are both crap!!!
January 21st, 2017 at 09:47My favourite drummer of all time!
January 21st, 2017 at 11:24Nice interview! Ian Paice is a true gentleman. Looking forward to the album and tour.
January 21st, 2017 at 13:27@7 Mr Negative himself..!
January 21st, 2017 at 17:09@ 7
January 21st, 2017 at 19:47chill dude what is with you ! you think will only have Time For Bedlam to hang on?? don’t jinx it,I’m all hyped up about the album.I hate some of them titles but I hope music is better. i mean cmon lol.
What a great guy ! I had the pleasure to meet him twice and he was extremely kind ! At the time he was touring with Purple but also working with Paul McCartney. Just a great human being!
January 21st, 2017 at 19:50# 7
He has to say what he did, he really does not have a choice, no matter what answer he gives positive or negative it will probably upset someone so it’s best to say he’s never heard either of them. I know it’s a cop out but it’s the smart way to go.
# 3
January 21st, 2017 at 20:49What country do you live in? Deep Purple plays more places than most bands.
One of the smartest and underrated musician of all time.
January 21st, 2017 at 21:40He said world tour and the dates confirmed thus far are only Europe. So the question is open as to when and where this tour ends.
January 22nd, 2017 at 02:37a trully inspiring musician that has taught me what being an imaginative drummer is all about. like Jon Lord, his humility and focus on the big picture of life is heartening. we love you Paicey, thank you for purple, thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping us the fans keep the momentum.
January 22nd, 2017 at 12:08When Ian talked about Jon it made me very sad again. What a big loss …
In fact he told us to hold our horses and stop the speculations. I think they will know when the time has come to say goodbye. Then still we’re blessed with 20 studio efforts and plenty of tremendous live recordings to remember what a truly great band DP is (was).
January 22nd, 2017 at 16:11Ian is my hero since the first notes of MIJ .allways a tasty drummer with a nice drum sound ( but i prefer when i was with Ludwig ) !
January 23rd, 2017 at 17:02it would be a good surprise if he would ride a Luddy again for this tour !
i love him definitively
Am I the only one who thinks that he looks a bit like Elton John’s brother? ; – )
A lovely man and a great diplomat.
January 24th, 2017 at 10:36@ 7:
Did you ever hear of the phrase “Don’t poop where you eat.”?
January 24th, 2017 at 16:05Michael @10
January 24th, 2017 at 23:00What you consider music to your ears can make others wish they were deaf!!!
Or maybe reality is the new negativity!!!
I just want to quote Monty Python….. “Well I gave him my baby to kiss…. & he bit it in the head!” Lol.
January 24th, 2017 at 23:12@19
January 25th, 2017 at 02:55I’ve always thought IP looks like Elton John… and IG thinks the same! I remember hearing him introduce Paicey as Elton John on a bootleg from the 90s.
#7 I rather like the first taste of the new record. Comparing new studio material to the uninspired Rainbow shows last year is definitely an apples an oranges kind of thing. We all are entitled to an opinion of course…but doesnt seem fair to me.
January 25th, 2017 at 15:43There is no other drummer in the harder rock music field that matches his swing. And that is a huge part of DP’s appeal for me and one of the reasons why neither Rainbow with Cozy nor Whitesnake with him ever did much for me. Compared to DP they all sounded leaden and hamfisted. Crucify me, but I never liked Bonham’s “dragging-behind-the-beat” style either. There I said it!
January 25th, 2017 at 15:53@7 – Really?? If you worked on any project- would your first words about it be- oh this sucks and this is crap? – Well maybe you never worked anywhere more that a year! LMAO! And why would he care what the Rainbow album/DVD/Live Show was like and if it was good or not? Another outrageously funny comment! 2 for 2!
January 25th, 2017 at 19:19Ian Paice being introduced as ‘Elton John’ by Gillan, is on the ‘Come Hell or High Water’ concert film. When Paice is sitting on stage with his tambourine & kick drum for Anyone’s Daughter! Cheers.
January 25th, 2017 at 20:11Love you Ian!
January 27th, 2017 at 01:47@ 23:
During Deep Purple’s 25th anniversary-tour in 1993, the last with Ritchie, they played “Anyone’s Daughter” from the Fireball album. Paice would come to the front of stage where they had an additional bass drum set up for him. That’s when Gillan introduced him as their new guest percussionist – Elton John. I’m not sure if Gillan did it on multiple occasions but it’s on the official live recording from Birmingham, where the famous water cup was being trown by Ritchie (and everybody thought he threw it at Gillan and in fact he wanted to hit the camera guy behind him) – Come Hell or High Water.
January 27th, 2017 at 07:47NWO@26
January 27th, 2017 at 19:17So I guess you are a great fan of Metallica version of when a Blinds man cries. When a song is ruined that’s never discredit the original but make it even better. That’s what Coverdale and Blackmore did. They shot themselves in the foot while making other members whom are part of the credits look and sound far superior.
Peace and love to mankind!!!
@21 But everything is wrong according to you.. if we read your posts. You have nothing positive to come with…
January 28th, 2017 at 09:51@31Michael, you’re 100% correct buddy, Adel has his opinions…. & he’s welcome to them. But he has expressed his opinions on these same two matters time after time, without any encouragement from others. (This is supposed to be a post about Ian Paice?…) So all Adel is doing is trying to ram his opinions down our throats over & over again until we all give in & agree with him so he can feel good. Adel, we get it… you didn’t like The Purple Album & you didn’t like the 2016 Rainbow gigs.
January 30th, 2017 at 07:21ENOUGH ALREADY!. Be happy.
No he doesn’t look like Elton
Somebody must have had too many ales
May 5th, 2023 at 20:41