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Running a bulldozer and cutting hay

Steve Morse was featured on the latest (July 25, 2024) instalment of the Ernie Ball String Theory web series. Here it is — the story of Steve’s life as told by the man himself in 20 minutes.

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=1 Will Have a Respected Place in the Band’s Catalogue

The Highway Star reader Albania reviews =1 My first listen to the material from =1 was somewhat unusual/disjointed as it occurred incoherently in bits and pieces (at airports, in the car driving my kids to soccer matches, in the office, etc.). Thus, this review might seem a bit disorderly given the various mental notes at […]

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So much coffee

Deep Purple’s drum tech Cimi Mezzano posts a vlog summarizing his day on tour with the band.

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From two different sides of the world

Simon McBride gave an interview to the Ultimate Guitar. It is short on length, but not on substance: I recently interviewed Steve Morse, and he praised your playing. Are you aware that Steve Morse is a fan of your playing? No, I’m not aware of it. That’s an amazing thing to hear because Steve is […]

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The therapeutic effects of cooking

Some time in June, Just before the start of the tour, Ian Paice was interviewed by Paltrocast. He spoke about the band’s writing process, why Deep Purple are more popular in some countries than the others, how he keeps sane on the road, and a few other things. Enjoy!

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=1 in the charts

This article will be updated regularly with the new data. Consider this an invitation to send us information (with proof links) on how the album is doing in your country.

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Bend it like Gary

Deep Purple were featured in the BBC Radio 2 show The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker that aired on July 19, 2024. Ian Gillan and Roger Glover were guests of the show. You can listen to it on the BBC player, where it will be available for 30 days after the first airing. Gillan’s bit […]

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A little bit o’ lovin’ on the side

UK newspaper The Independent has a feature on Deep Purple, with a review of =1, and an interview with Ian Gillan. It’s also, I suggest, a surprisingly lusty record for a band who long since swapped the Jack bottle for the travel kettle. “You mean salacious?” Gillan chuckles. “It’s a bit naughty in places I […]

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I get it now!

Simon Zyla (Wieliczka, Poland) sends us this review of =1 Steve Morse is on this album I’ll make no secret of the fact that I’m ‘Steve’s baby’ and a fan – all my Deep Purple listening for over 30 years has been Morse on guitar. So I will always look for his distinctive sound in […]

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“Just such good fun”

The Highway Star reader Jameson Rock reviews =1 I’ll be brief: Deep Purple In Rock was the first album I ever bought, =1 is the album I’ve been waiting 50 years for. (Well, apart from the fade-out on Now You’re Talking!) I thought they’d find it hard to follow Whoosh! but =1 is just such […]

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“Almost triumphant”

The Highway Star reader Roska Posti reviews =1 I became a Deep Purple fan in about 1997, and the two first current albums, Abandon and Bananas, blew me away. The problem was that while Rapture of the Deep is half-great, half-baked, those two left me waiting for them to follow up every time a new […]

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“A small dream for many fans”

The Highway Star reader Johnny ‘Andrea’ Blade reviews =1 The stylistic “novelty” of =1 is a return to the more classic Deep Purple sound, the result of a writing more focused on robust guitar riffs, a small dream for many fans of the band who for many years had hoped for a more direct and […]

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“The perfect blend”

The Highway Star reader Mike Nagoda reviews =1. Oh my freaking god… I haven’t felt this way about a Purple record since I heard Purpendicular, Steve Morse’s first outing with the band, which was released in ‘96, which I first heard over twenty years ago when I was in my twenties (I’m 38 now, in […]

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“There’s a magic space”

The Highway Star reader Marcin Karski reviews =1 We have it in our hands, at last! The craved, the anticipated new Deep Purple album. And, boy, oh boy, what a joy it is, indeed. There’s a lot to cover on it, so let’s do it in a bit of an unusual way. What’s UGLY about […]

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Quintessential straight ahead Deep Purple rock and roll

It’s nice to see a reaction and analysis video not focused on Deep Purple’s 70’s output, and even with extra focus on the newest member of the band. Guitar teacher Michael Palmisano takes a good look at Lazy Sod and suggests it’s a good thing for a guitar player to leave the bass player some […]

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Success is happiness

And a couple of =1 promotional interviews to wrap up the day. German site aussiedlerbote.de has an interview with Ian Gillan, and it’s in English: Is there a song on the new album that particularly touches your heart? I like them all. But “Old-Fashioned Thing” is probably my favorite. In that song, there are interesting […]

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Wear their heritage with aplomb

A couple more press reviews of the new album =1. The Arts Desk seems to have missed the arrival of a new guitar player, but generally enjoyed the album: At this stage in the proceedings it’s unlikely Deep Purple are suddenly going to haul in a whole new fan base, but for anyone with more […]

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One is symbolic of simplicity

Couple of interviews promoting =1 that by now, frankly, sound a bit redundant, but here they are for the sake of completeness. Roger Glover spoke to ABC News: Glover said Gillan once questioned how big of an equation someone could come up with where the answer would equal one, then had a mathematician friend come […]

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Far from spent and endured

Several more =1 reviews from around the web. Ultimate Classic Rock: Musically, Deep Purple pushes an aggressiveness that rivals contemporaries in their field; Airey and McBride bring homage but never sink to nostalgia (check out their keyboard and guitar interplay on “A Bit on the Side” and “Sharp Shooter”). The 78-year-old Gillan can’t hit those […]

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Human chemistry is beyond science

Virgin Radio Italy interviewed Ian Gillan and Simon McBride. Go there to watch the chat. The audio is in original English with Italian subtitles. And by-the-by, that interviewer looks familiar 😉

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