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Literally 80 guitars and basses
Glenn Hughes is in full promotion mode for his upcoming solo album Chosen. Here are a couple of interviews.
Glenn talks to the Different Stages Radio:
Different Stages Radio talking with Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee – The Voice Of Rock – Glenn Hughes about his first solo album in 9 years ‘Chosen’ arriving September 5, 2025 on Frontiers Music SRL, 2025 Fall tour, Mötley Crüe, Black Country Communion, California Breed, Trapeze, Gary Moore, Tommy Bolin, Ozzy Osbourne, 2026 tour plans, future projects/goals and much more!
…And to the Vintage Guitar Magazine:
In episode 199 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with legendary bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes. In their conversation Glenn tells us about his new album “Chosen” which will be released September 5th, and the guys in his band.
Glenn describes his basses and gear, Orange basses and amps and Nash basses.
Glenn talks about how he maintains his voice at the age of 74.
Glenn talks what brought him to the bass in the first place and his influences for not only bass but for voice as well.
Glenn describes being in Deep Purple at the height of their fame and working with Ritchie Blackmore as well as Tony Iommi, Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, and recently Steve Vai and Joe Satriani.
Glenn talks about his upcoming tour for the new album and the gear he’ll bringing with him.
Finally Glenn tells us about his home life… for the few moments he is at home.
Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson on both counts.
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It always amazes me when musicians and vocalists have this burning fire inside them to keep going on and on 😊
How lucky we are that it isn’t just a “9-5 job” for them. Even though it must take a toll on their private lives 😊
I sincerely hope for new music from Purple, and I still simply adore how Ian is singing, how the band is playing together.
August 4th, 2025 at 04:13But shouldn’t we get new material, we still have so much to dwell in, investigate, and not the least: discuss in here 😃
#1 As the saying goes: Turn your hobby into your job and you’ll never have to work again
August 4th, 2025 at 13:58When Karin makes measured comments in a Glenn Hughes-related thread, I’m always reminded of a smiling cobra, you just don’t know what’s gonna happen next, relax at your own peril!
https://pics.craiyon.com/2023-10-18/d6fe0912ea7c4b9bb945e778802fa9f0.webp
White_snake alright! 😁
August 4th, 2025 at 14:39@3
Uwe, I am a very kind and humble member of this excessively delicious society!
I wish nothing but the best for my fellow-appreciaters of everything Purple 🤩
And I am really sad I hurt someone’s feelings in here, talking bad about Glenn H.
That I really am sorry about 🥺
So I made a promise: always say nice things first, and if – IF – I have something to criticise, I will do it with the outmost kindness, respect and consideration 😃
So Uwe, first I will tell you how much I appreciate you always are so kind to dig up interesting news, and always answer all the questions we present to you in here, but now I have to say….. ohhh noooo a tunnel… beep beep beep 😂
August 4th, 2025 at 17:13Those two interviews are less clouded by esoteric fog, thankfully so. Studying Buddhism for the last 15 years, hört hört, whatever rocks your boat on the way to nirvana.
Interesting to hear that the coming tour will see him revert to a trio format only. Much as I like keyboards, I remember the trio tour he did with Doug Aldrich and Pontus Engborg a while back that was likely the best Glenn performance I had the luck to witness ever. It was like a rejuvenated Trapeze.
Only three songs from the live set planned for the upcoming tour? Doesn’t sound like the major, pivotal album Glenn is now selling it to be, ties in more with an obbligazione contrattuale to our Italian amici from Frontiers, allora!
Only 80 guitars and basses? That is puny and unremarkable, I have roundabout 180 or “definitely more than two hundred” if you ask meine liebe Frau, but wimmin always exaggerate and aren’t really good with numbers.
Finally: One interviewer mentions we were all “blindsided by Ozzy’s death”, some history revisionism already going on there I tell you! Anybody with eyes in his head that saw that last Birmingham performance cannot have been in doubt that Ozzy didn’t have much longer to live, all those layers of theater makeup could not hide that. He had been dying for a long time. Parkinson’s is a crap disease. It’s like what Litttle Ian said about his last meeting with Jon Lord who made an effort to be upbeat but Paicey could see in his gaze that they wouldn’t be seeing each other again.
August 5th, 2025 at 23:38All the media bullshit over Ozzy’s death is sickening. The media LOVE death, in any form. They are parasites, leeches etc. He was unfortunately death warmed up and I wasn’t going to watch that last appearance for that very reason. I just wanted to see Bill Ward with them more than anything. I couldn’t keep watching Ozz like that. The other thing I immediately thought of was his children from his earlier marriage(s). I sincerely hope they were there also. Rest easy old son. Now if only the media shite will let him rest, I bet you they don’t. Cheers.
August 6th, 2025 at 08:12Ozzy has an adopted son (Elliot) from his first marriage (his first wife Thelma was a young single mother) plus two biological children, Jessica and Louis:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/26/07/100651519-0-image-a-13_1753511753880.jpg
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14941759/Why-Ozzy-Osbournes-wife-airbrushed-rock-star-life.html
Only Louis was present at that Birmingham gig I think and also at Ozzy’s deathbed.
Thelma, who was/is a classic “English Rose”, never monetized her connection to Ozzy, even hiding it from her social circle. She prefers to be a very private person and that’s all good. She created her own life.
August 6th, 2025 at 16:43I didn’t necessarily mean at that concert in regard to Ozzy’s earlier children. I meant during the last few years and of course much more recently. Cheers.
August 6th, 2025 at 23:04I believe he did more than Ritchie re Jürgen. Not that that is saying much.
August 7th, 2025 at 17:56