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Longtime Ian Gillan’s collaborator Michael Lee Jackson (Gillan’s Inn, Live in Anaheim, WhoCares) is being inducted into The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, class of 2026. The induction ceremony will be held tonight, October 7, with a gala concert to follow on October 8. There’s even deeper trainspotting going on here: Michael will share the […]
Read more »Ian Gillan has appeared on British TV again, and this time around it went way better, thanks to great rapport with the host with a clue. In between tours, after the US tour and right before the European leg, Deep Purple’s icon Ian Gillan, made a stop to chat with Angela Rippon at the London’s […]
Read more »Gillan has also recently appeared on The Strange Brew Podcast. In the fairly short (for these days) interview, a lot of ground has been covered — from his upcoming Talking Gib’rish tour to the Javelins, and many things in between.
Read more »Yesterday, September 25, 2026, Ian Gillan has his ‘Mr. Grover, Mr. Gillian’ moment on the national TV in UK. He appeared for a brief interview on the prime time news program. We’ll try to forgive them, for they obviously don’t know what they are doing (and, as per bloody usual, sound like strapped for time). […]
Read more »Deep Purple are resuming the Splat! tour on September 29 in Sofia, Bulgaria, and Ian Gillan spoke to an outfit from that country called Z-Rock. We talk about Deep Purple’s new music, inspiration, and the secret behind creating songs that continue to find new fans generations later. Ian Gillan also looks back at some of […]
Read more »Classic Rock publishes an account of Ritchie Blackmore appearing on stage with Deep Purple on this past tour, with some input from Ian Gillan and a few Blackmore quotes taken from the recent Guitar Player interview. Nothing was said that we haven’t really heard before, yet here it is. “It was an absolute pleasure to […]
Read more »You might recall that the Rolling Stones Mobile truck has found a permanent home at the Canadian National Music Centre in Calgary. Deep Purple were in town on August 31, 2026, and Ian Gillan paid a visit to the old chap. His story of recording Smoke is by now so thoroughly rehearsed that it has […]
Read more »Ian Gillan was a guest on the Joann Butler In Studio With… podcast, and here is the result. Some of the stories we’ve already heard before, others are new.
Read more »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
Read more »Here is a bit of boogaloo. Big Ian channels his inner Elvis in this (mostly) acoustic performance, supported by Roger and Steve.
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