There will be a Deep Purple special tonight, Sunday, August 29th, on Get Ready To Rock radio at 9:00 p.m. GMT. You can listen to Get Ready To Rock online through their player or directly from http://freedom.wavestreamer.com:6424/ (MP3 stream, you might need to […]

Here is a summary of the recent developments on the touring fronts of Purple family.

Deep Purple’s appearance at a Russian festival on June 12 has now been confirmed. They have also a new Italian open air tour pencilled in for […]

Last weekend BBC Channel 4 have aired a documentary called Heavy Metal Britannia that covers the earlier history of development of the hard and heavy music on the island, from You Really Got Me to The Number Of The Beast. A number […]

Birmingham show on November 13th received quite a favourable coverage in the local press.

Debbie Bennett writes in the Express & Star:

…On the third night of the band’s UK tour, 64-year-old barefoot frontman Ian Gillan belted out hits and rarities […]

In the anticipation of the Birmingham and London dates, Times Online has published a brilliantly eloquent piece on Deep Purple that surely will resonate in one a many hearts:

The exact date has long been wiped from the memory’s hard […]

Deep Purple threw in a setlist surprise last night in Manchester on the first date of the 65,535th leg of their European tour:

1 Intro/Highway Star
2 Things I Never Said
3 Wrong Man
4 Strange Kind Of Woman
5 […]

British newspaper Express & Star has published an interview with Ian Gillan where he takes potshots at showbiz in his home country:

We’d play almost anywhere. But the climate in the UK is not friendly. Nothing wrong with the fans, […]

Planet Rock will be running a contest between October 12th and 26th:

How do you fancy seeing Deep Purple live? OK, how do you fancy watching the gig from the stage? Now, how do you fancy sitting next to Ian Paice’s […]

BBC has announced that Don Airey will appear on the Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show on October 9. The show broadcasts between 21:00 and midnight on BBC Radio 6 and online, and will be available for online listening for 7 days after […]

British newpaper Birmingham Post has published an interview they did with Steve Morse:

Any news of a new Deep Purple album?
We’re always trying to get started, but these tours keep popping up. Recording is very nearly a volunteer endeavour, and […]