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Don Airey in Milton Keynes

Don Airey will make an in-store appearance at the Music Kavern in Milton Keynes on Friday, May 5, 2017, between 4 and 5 p.m. He will conduct a keyboard clinic followed by a Q&A session. The event is sponsored by General Music. And here he is ripping up Difficult to Cure at the Musikmesse in […]

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Actually enjoyed being in the studio

Ian Paice talks about the new album, its producer, the band, the setlist, the music, and the eventuality of retirement to France’s Metal XS. The questions are edited out, for some reason or another, but it’s not difficult to piece it together.

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This is inFinite

Record company has posted couple of more promo videos with tidbits from the EPK, documentary, and behind-the-schenes footage.

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He’s practicing for Shakespeare

Paicey, Roger, and Don having way too much fun being interviewed for France 24. Rumour has it, champagne might have been involved. Lots of it, by the looks of.

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Deep Purple on Kuno’s

Deep Purple will be featured on the next week (the one starting May 1st) episode of Kuno’s TV show in Germany. The show is half an hour long and is being posted online for your viewing pleasure. Narration is in German, while the interviews are conducted in English and are not overdubbed. The show is […]

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Brazil in October

Several music news sites (e.g. this one) in Brazil have announced that Deep Purple will play three shows in the country this October — 21st in Rio de Janeiro, 22nd in São Paulo, and 24th in Curitiba. This will be a package tour with Lynyrd Skynyd and ZZ Top also on the bill. There are […]

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A coffee mug and a t-shirt

An interview with Ian Paice appeared in the latest episode of The Rock Brigade Podcast. Abeit being 30+ minutes of mostly Ian talking, not much was said that has not been said elsewhere during inFinite promo campaign and before. It gets slightly more interesting towards the second half, when they start digging deeper into the […]

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Ramblin’ Man Glenn

Glenn Hughes has been announced in this years lineup for the Ramblin’ Man Fair. His interview was recently posted on their website to promote the appearance. The interview briefly covers his whole career, from Trapeze to Black Country Communion IV (that’s how the new album will be called — “We wanted to call it IV […]

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Call of the wild

The following announcement has been posted to the band’s official facebook page: Do you live near Cardiff, Wales? Are you a Deep Purple fan? Would you like to take part in some Deep Purple-related filming that will take place in the city on Friday 28th April 2017 at 10:00am? If interested, please email info@coolheadproductions.com and […]

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Deep Purple art and history exhibition

Next spring will mark 50th anniversary of the band we come here to celebrate. An international group of fans have started a grassroots campaign to honour the band in style and are organizing an art and history exhibition to be held in Cologne, Germany. They have booked an exhibition hall from April 14 to May […]

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