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It’s all very, very Teutonic

Accept is celebrating its own 50th anniversary with the release of an album (of what we understand are remakes of the tracks from their heyday) called Teutonic Titans 1976-2026. In addition to the current lineup of the band led by Wolf Hoffmann, more than 50 guest artists made their contributions, including Joe Lynn Turner.

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Snapshot of an artist at a crossroads

Ultimate Guitar celebrates 50th anniversary of Tommy Bolin’s Private Eyes with a feature penned by Greg Prato: Fifty years ago, Tommy Bolin offered his second solo effort, “Private Eyes”, an album that found the gifted guitarist and songwriter moving in a noticeably different direction from both his work with Deep Purple and his eclectic 1975 […]

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Product of the influences

BalcanRock, which is hailing from Serbia, has interviewed Simon McBride and publishes the proceedings (thankfully) in original English: BR: When we talk about live performance, Deep Purple used to be known for a lot of improvisation during their shows, including guitar, Hammond or drum solos which lasted really long. Nowadays, everything is much more restricted […]

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Serenading 81st spin around the fireball

KNAC.com has a review of the Ottawa gig from August 19, 2026: This would be my second DEEP PURPLE concert in which neither guitarist was Ritchie Blackmore(my first DP live experience being in 2012 when then-guitarist Steve Morse was in the band) but Simon was a consummate player in his own right. Sure, he could […]

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From Jesus to Darwin

Some time ago Ian Gillan appeared on The GTFM Rock Show and that episode aired on August 13, 2026. He spoke (mostly) about his upcoming next year Talking Gib’rish tour. The interview is contained within the second hour segment of the 3-hour show, to which you can listen here

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The lost art of dismantling hotel rooms

Here is Cassius Morris (if the name sound familiar, there’re a couple of reasons to that) talking to Joe Lynn Turner, It’s a long conversation, at over an hour, and JLT hasn’t changed a single bit, so buckle up.

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Evolving without abandoning

Patch reviews the Deep Purple gig in Chicago from August 25, 2026: There are concert pairings that make perfect sense on paper, and then there are pairings that make even more sense once the music starts. Deep Purple and Kansas at Ravinia’s Hunter Pavilion was definitely the latter. On Tuesday night, two legendary bands separated […]

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When gold is just not good enough

Classic Rock magazine celebrates what they call 60 years of Deep Purple in issue 96 of their Platinum Series. It is out on August 13, 2026, and can be ordered through newsstand.co.uk.

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Celebrate the fact that we’re still alive

Another conversation between Roger Glover and a fellow producer, this time with Bob Ezrin. This is the video that had been produced in November 2019 to accompany Whoosh. If you haven’t seen it, you’re in for a treat, and it’s a joy even if you had.

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An owl hooting from the kumquat tree

Roger Glover is in a very interesting conversation with Michael Bradford. It is indeed more of a conversation rather than an interview, and Michael is a fabulous host. This was recorded some time towards the end of 2025, while work on Splat! was being finalized, but before the bout of touring in Tbilisi, Dubai, and […]

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For the love of the music

MetalTalk has an illustrated, but otherwise somewhat superficial review of the Deep Purple gig in Toronto on August 18, 2026. Closing out the night were none other than Deep Purple, and they hit the stage at full force, opening their set with Highway Star. The crowd excitedly sang along. It is hard to believe the […]

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Purple Storm

There’s a Deep Purple tribute album in the works. It is called Purple Storm, and is due out on November 13, 2026, via Cleopatra Records. The album will be available on CD, 2LP, and digital. Track listing: Highway Star — Derek Sherinian, Billy Sheehan, Chris Adler, Girish Pradhan, Gus G Smoke On The Water — […]

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Magnum opus of this millennium

Goldmine magazine reviews the latest Deep Purple album: When the album finally debuted, there was a noticeable surprise waiting inside the record for all to hear. SPLAT!, still with slight but noticeable progressive rock elements, it very much weighs heavier than their previous effort, =1, and in many ways mirrors a return to more rudimentary […]

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Still gotta come up with good music

Steve Morse demonstrates his signature DiMarzio pickups. Everything you need to know about electric guitar pickups, and then some.

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It only took 24 years

KNAC.com has an interesting review of the Deep Purple gig in Mansfield, Mass., on August 13, 2026. It is written by a gentleman who is self-admittedly a casual fan, and furthermore, had walked out of the band’s performances twice before: in 2002 and 2017. As I sat in the pit waiting for DEEP PURPLE to […]

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Patience that no ticket buyer would ever see

1883 Magazine has a promo piece on a book called Once A King, Now A Prince by one Ira Blacker. It is a memoir of a talent agent, who at some point in time was representing Deep Purple, among others. The public image of rock and roll was built from photographs: singers under spotlights, guitarists […]

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Still smoking

BraveWords has a review of the Deep Purple gig in Montreal on August 17, 2026: Monday night on August 17, Place Bell in Laval hosted a triple bill of classic-rock royalty as Deep Purple brought their Splat! tour to town behind their new album of the same name: their 24th studio record and one they’ve […]

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He’s good, just taking it easy

Doug Aldrich spoke to BraveWords in an in-depth interview that clears up a lot of confusion about what is going on with the Dead Daisies and Glenn Hughes (TL;DR summary: Corabi wasn’t fired, the reunion with Glenn was supposed to be a one-off that turned to a two-off, and back to one-off). That’s one of […]

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The city got loud with them

Live in Limbo reviews the Deep Purple gig in Toronto on August 18, 2026: There is a particular kind of hush that falls over a crowd just before the house lights drop, not silence but a collective held breath of anticipation. That was the mood at RBC Amphitheatre last night where Deep Purple proved that […]

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The super-cool, nice guy Ritchie

Guitar World has a short interview with Simon McBride on what the Blackmore’s guest appearance at the Deep Purple gig in Jones Beach looked like from his perspective: I got to stand on stage beside the guy who started this whole thing. Ritchie is a legend, a great player, and a great innovator. I think […]

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