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Antenne that can use some tuning

Simon McBride spoke to ROCK ANTENNE and the end result has been posted to youtube. It’s not without some technical difficulties: audio is out of sync with video, and it sounds like audio is also cutting in and out at times. Nevertheless, here it is.

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The grandest of intentions

Louder Sound reprints online a Classic Rock short feature on Paice/Ashton/Lord that originally appeared in issue 249 (May 2018) of the magazine. Paice Ashton Lord are the neglected branch on the Deep Purple family tree. Not surprising, given that their existence amounted to just one studio album and a handful of live gigs. But it […]

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Too many buttons

Guitar World has another excerpt from the interview with Simon McBride slated to appear in the printed version of Guitarist. “Steve [Morse] is a great player, but he’s a different sort of player, so that was a big thing for me – to get that big, powerful sound,” he tells Guitarist of his tonal task […]

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From Budokan to RAH

The Norway Rock Magazine features interviews with Roger Glover and Don Airey in their issue #127 (2/2026). The magazine is available for your perusal online, and the interviews in question are even in the original English, yay!

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“Charlie, we’ve got to get the numbers right next time”

Ian Gillan gives a track-by-track rundown of the Splat! lyrics for his hometown newspaper The Portugal News: “Arrogant Boy” Billy is an ordinary guy who sticks his head up above the parapet and says to the political elite: “Hey do something, stop arguing, just get on with it, make life better for us”. And they […]

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The Hollywood minute of summer 2026

CNN has a less-than-a-minute-and-a-half long report on the new album Splat!. Apparently, dropping the name of Keith Urban into the mix doesn’t hurt with getting some mainstream exposure. Ain’t no such thing as bad publicity, right? Watch is on CNN.com.

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Deep Purple 3.0 have arrived

Deep Purple have returned to reign on Olympus of hard rock. Magnificent, one of the best Deep Purple records ever. It has everything inside: riffs, catchy melodies, groove, inspired solos, and guitar/keyboard duels. The BPM is generally high; the slow pace of many — too many — mid-tempo songs from the Morse era is a […]

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Vigo/Spain 2.7.2026

Location: Auditorium de Castrelos, Vigo, Spain. A fantastic location in the style of an amphitheater in Vigo’s largest park. Conditions: a hot summer evening/night – still around 29 degrees Celsius when the concert began (22:00) Entrance fee: 15€ price sponsored by the City of Vigo, as they do it every year for a series of […]

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Give The Drummer Some

Stick Twirlers Monthly, also known as Modern Drummer, has posted a close-up study of Ian Paice playing Highway Star with his closest friends. This is a follow-up of a video relased in late 2024 where Paice did a rundown of his drums and towel holders for the Modern Drummer YouTube channel. Question is of course […]

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Feeling of power indescribable

Another British newspaper, The Telegraph profiles Ian Gillan, and while our regulars probably won’t learn much new from there, it is well put together and without glaring mistakes (which as all know, is not a given). In 1970 his voice prompted an unexpected call – would he sing the role of Jesus in the recording […]

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A lot to say, yet absolutely zilch to prove

Blues Rock Review reviews Splat! in absolutely glowing terms: As AI inexcusably blitzes a forgettable culture of monotonous mediocrity, Deep Purple auspiciously land with a balls-to-the-wall Splat! to the good old days. This is what you call ‘musicality’ kids. If a band that spacetrucked and highway starred in the 70s can still produce songs this […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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A whopping slab of Purple enjoyment (review)

DEEP PURPLE – SPLAT! – review by Marcin Karski (Thorsun) „The sum of the parts is bigger and more significant, than the parts themselves.” It’s an old saying we most know, but that does apply mightily to the new Deep Purple album. As it always is with new records, we fall in love with only […]

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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.

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DEEP PURPLE in Ulm, Kloster Wieblingen 28.06.2026

“Can I have 5 beers please …” It was hot. But thanks to the buildings of the beautiful Kloster Wieblingen and the slowly setting sun most of the audience had a place in the shade. Nevertheless those brave parademics had a lot o do obviously. We could see them rush from one end of the […]

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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.

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