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Once upon a time in Budokan
After a year-long hiatus of 2025, Deep Purple have started their massive world tour on April 11 at the place that helped them to get propelled into the superstardom — Tokyo Budokan. Potential spoilers ahead.
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That woman from Tokyo
Deep Purple are about to start this year’s massive tour. The first dates are in Japan, where they met with the positively giddy Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (who is a huge fan and plays drums herself).
Read more »There will be hell to pay
A Deep Purple vinyl release is joining the roster for the 2026 Record Store Day. It is a reissue of The Infinite B-Sides And Bonus Songs on vinyl with different artwork.
Read more »Speakeasy 1974
Ritchie Blackmore’s official YT channel presents Jon Lord, Ozzy Osbourne, and Ian Hunter in conversation with Chip Monck in 1974. Ritchie Blackmore has opened up his tape archive and found a great interview following Deep Purple’s triumphant California Jam show in April 1974. Chip Monck hosted the 1974 rock talk show Speakeasy, which featured an […]
Read more »The hatchet was still there
In this video interview to Swedish Metall Magazinet, dated September 1993, Ritchie Blackmore speaks at length about many things, current and not, with his tongue firmly planted in cheek most of the time.
Read more »And here it is
The rest of the North American tour has been announced. It will start on August 4, 2026, in Raleigh, NC, and wrap up on September 12 in Reno, NV, for a total of 24 dates. 7 of which will be in Canada — that’s the most Canadian dates since the 2012 tour. Kansas will be […]
Read more »Tales from down the road
Nick Fyffe of Jamiroquai and The Temperance Movement fame talks to the dopeYEAH podcast. Nick is, of course, a member of the Purple family, having stood in for Roger Glover on a couple of occasions, and also being family family as a son-in-law to Ian Paice. It is a long interview, for which we didn’t […]
Read more »Committee meetings about nothing
Guitar Player has an interview with Ritchie Blackmore on the occasion of the latest Rainbow 75/76 box set. After delving deep into the history, one of the questions was concerning the present day state of affairs: What plans do you have for music ahead, if any, with Blackmore’s Night, Rainbow or anything else? Despite having […]
Read more »Sartorial elegance and infuriating niceness
A couple of years ago Ian Gillan spoke to A Breath of Fresh Air podcast. The interview was posted in March 2024 and until now stayed under our radar. It appears that it was done in the anticipation of the Australian tour that never happened.
Read more »Back to the same old place
A couple of unconfirmed, but exciting dates in the Chicago area. First, a one-off reunion of The Dead Daisies with Glenn Hughes have been announced. The show is booked for May 30, 2026, at the Arcada Theater in St Charles, IL. Glenn will join Doug Aldrich, Tommy Clufetos and David Lowy for this rare, one-off […]
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