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Very, very close
Good new, everybody! It was rumoured that the band is working on a new album, and the rumours have now been confirmed by the Rolling Stone Brazil magazine (usual caveats about reverse translation apply). The publication is dated May 7, 2025.
The two Ians — Gillan and Paice, bassist Roger Glover, keyboardist Don Airey, and guitar player Simon McBride spoke to Rolling Stone Brazil directly from Nashville, the city in the United States where they are working on what should become a new album, their 24th studio album and the successor to =1 (2024), which was highly praised for bringing back a heavier sound.
Regarding the album, they were rightly dismissive, as the conception process is still in its early stages. Paice, responsible for most of the group’s responses, comments:
“We’re not recording yet, but we’re very, very close. We’re picking and choosing the best songs we’ve come up with. Right now, we’re here in Nashville with Bob Ezrin [producer], and we’ll probably go into the studio in 10 or 12 days or something. Then we’ll see what happens. If it’s good, you’ll hear it. If it’s not, you’ll never hear it.”
The interview concluded with a round of questions for each of the band members on their non-DP projects. Gillan was asked about the Born Again remixes, Glover — about Butterfly Ball, Airey — about Pushed to the Edge, McBride — about Recordings 2020-2025, and Paice — about parting ways with Whitesnake in 1982.
You can read the whole thing in Portuguese as published, or translate into your preferred language.
Thanks to Blabbermouth for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Bob Ezrin has moved from the US back to his native Canada because he wanted less orange and fake blond in his life, giving up his US citizenship in the process,
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bob-ezrin-renounces-us-citizenship-returns-canada-1235912662/
and Canada is where =1 was recorded too, why all of the sudden then back to Nashville? Just wondering, I’m happy to see them in the studio anywhere.
That interview is great, as a matter of fact all Brazilian interviews always are, really empathetic and people ask thoughtful questions, it must be something in the water of the Amazon River me thinks.
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Roger Glover’s quip at the end “Until now!” is masterful. 😂
May 21st, 2025 at 20:43Is anyone going to stop these people??!!
May 21st, 2025 at 21:00