They get excellent crowds in France and eastern Europe, so don’t tell me there isn’t money there. In the States, they play in similar size venues to what they do in the UK, so that is not big money.

Just listened to a recording of his closing goodbye at the ONLY Deep Purple 2008 gig in which he said next year,(2009),DP would do a good long tour in the UK.

Obviously, he has a very short memory!

Sounds a bit familiar to what Blackmore used to say back in 1973, during WDWTA sessions: “You can’t use that, I’m keeping it for my solo album”. It seems that we don’t need to hold our breath for 2010…

While I understand Purple’s reasoning, it is still a shame their home fans do not receive as much attention as other countries. As an American, I sympathize with the frustration as Purple has pretty much given up at playing here. However, it is my hope that DP will be able to play as much as possible in front of the home fans.

Another issue is the one of a new album. I find it interesting that members are able to find the time and resources to do solo tours and record solo albums and that Gillan has “got about 50 songs in my library at the moment, but they’re not for Deep Purple.”

In this age of downloads, writing new songs on the go and making them available one-by-one over a period of time would be a relatively simple matter, rendering the problems associated with producing and financing an entire CD moot. How would you like a new Deep Purple song every few weeks? This way of writing might even be more conducive to the creative process as the band can rehearse and try out new numbers live before they are committed to record, and this method would have minimal impact on their touring schedule. These new numbers even could be recorded live. Just a thought ;).

My concern is that this may be the last opportunity for a Deep Purple album. With five years between recordings being the norm, I find it unlikely that Purple would produce an album in 2015. Even now, age has been a topic of much debate. How much of an impact would another five years have? In addition, who knows what the music climate will be at that time.

The 2010 album could very well be their swan song, and I cringe at the thought of their going into the studio with such a nonchalant attitude. Two-thousand ten will mark 40 years of Mark II albums, starting with 1970’s In Rock release. Given the historic potential of the forthcoming album, extra effort needs to be made–and one way to do that is to give Steve Morse and Don Airey free reign to create the trademark guitar-organ virtuosity.

For me, as a German, I don´t realize, what a problem the british industrie has with Deep Purple - especially as THE british band !!!

I am very very astonished.

What happens ???

*LLRnR*

-kraatzy-