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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 […]
Read more »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.
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »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 […]
Read more »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, […]
Read more »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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