Not just mad
Deep Purple 2026 tour dates started filtering through some time ago, as you may have surmised from our front page graphics. The summer European tour is whimsically dubbed as Mad in Europe, and there’s a corresponding Mad in Japan tour earlier in the year.
Today another massive European tour has been announced. It starts on September 29 in Sofia, Bulgaria, and wraps up at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, UK, on November 24, and covers 22 countries for a total of 35 shows. Support band is announced as Jayler, with Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth added for the UK shows except London. Tickets for most dates go on sale November 21, 2025, with various presales starting earlier.
Full details in our calendar.
Thanks to Trond Strøm, Ondřej Kubín, Nigel Young, Merlijn Rotte, Thomas, gary carr, Tobias Janaschke, and Ralf Otto for the heads-up.


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