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Ding-dong, we have a winner

The new Deep Purple album inFinite has achieved top position in the German album charts for the week of April 7-14. It follows on the success of Now what?!, which also got to number 1 upon its release. This is the eighth number 1 Deep Purple album in the country, and the last time two […]

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Saturn exclusive for inFinite

German brick-and-mortar and online retailer Saturs carries a version of the new album that is exclusive to the chain. It contains two bonus tracks — live versions of Smoke on the Water and Black Night recorded during the Now What?! tour. Bar code number for this item is 4029759119340, while the store SKU number is […]

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Paicey and Roger on Radio Bob

Ian Paice and Roger Glover will appear on Radio Bob! in Germany tomorrow, April 16 between 10 am and noon CEDT. Said radio also broadcasts online worldwide (albeit it is not clear how much of the show will be understandable to non-speakers of German). Check out their utterly hilarious Jug band performance.

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inFinite track-by-track

Don Airey, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover comment on each of the inFinite tracks (watch inside)

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Purple special on UK radio

On Thursday, April 13th, there will be a one hour radio special on the new Deep Purple album inFinite with interviews with Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, and Don Airey, plus several tracks from the album. The show is on the air between 9 and 12 pm with the Deep Purple special in part […]

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inFinite in the charts

Attention: this article is being continuously updated with new information.

Tell us how inFinite is doing in your part of the world (preferably with prooflinks for confirmed chart positions). This post will serve as an inFinite clearing house for chart positions and will be updated regularly.

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Roger’s track-by-track

Team Rock has the new album track-by-track comments from Roger Glover: Time For Bedlam At the end of a jam that sounds promising, I’ll ask if anyone in the band has a working title for the song. Time For Bedlam was one of mine — it’s a fun play on words — and occasionally a […]

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Rock’n’roll is not Hollywood

Ian Paice did another phone-in interview, this time with WMOS that broadcasts out of Connecticut. He spoke to a rather impatient host (apparently a teenager, no less, and it kinda shows) about the new album, last year induction into RnR Hall of Fame, how to stay sane on the road, and other things. Thanks to […]

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In the white room with purple curtains

Glenn Hughes spoke to Australian magazine Loud promoting his upcoming tour with Music of Cream. He also mentioned that the new Black Country Communion album is due in mid September, and some sort of Purple-related movie is in the works (although it’s not clear whether it will be a documentary or based-on-real-events feature film). Q: […]

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Hard rock reloaded

Release of the Deep Purple’s new album was the top story today, April 7, at the Deutsche Welle cultural news programme Euromaxx.

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