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Glenn Hughes announces retirement from touring due to health issues: “I really have no option”

The former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze frontman is set to undergo open heart surgery

Guitar World

Glenn Hughes announces retirement from live performances: "I really have no option and no choice"

Former Trapeze, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Dead Daisies frontman Glenn Hughes played his final show at the weekend

Louder

“Bob Ezrin was recording and I changed to a different guitar. Within five seconds, he stopped the tape and said, ‘There’s something wrong…’” Simon McBride on Deep Purple’s new golden age of heavy

The band's fleet-fingered, PRS-toting guitar-slinger tells GW how the rock legends nailed their ‘70s sound in the 21st century on their new album, and the pedal people would be surprised to hear is on his 'board...

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Remembering Wayne Charvel, the visionary luthier and Superstrat pioneer who built guitars for Deep Purple, ZZ Top and Eddie Van Halen – and started the hot-rod revolution that changed the world

The Charvel founder and legendary custom builder for guitar's biggest names has died, aged 85

MusicRadar

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan to share tales from his career in talk tour

Gillan was the frontman of the band’s classic Mark II line-up.

Evening Standard

Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan: ‘I never said I was going to retire’

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan has dismissed speculation that he is preparing to retire, insisting he still has the energy to perform.

The Independent UK

“His death was an incredible loss, not only for the band but for guitar fans as well”: Every Deep Purple guitarist, from Blackmore to McBride

The British rock pioneers have survived almost continuously since 1968, partly because of their ability to choose the right players to stand in Ritchie Blackmore’s place

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Montreux Jazz Festival review – Freddie Mercury was right about this place, no wonder music lovers flock here

5/5 Deep Purple, Lewis Capaldi, Ezra Collective and Joy Crookes are highlights of a staggeringly beautiful event taking place against the backdrop of the Swiss Alps and the waters of Lake Geneva

The Independent UK

"Free love was lovely. There was no exploitative element to it. Everything was mutual." Deep Purple's Ian Gillan looks back on the uninhibited pleasures of Britain's 'permissive era'

In the '60s and '70 good times were had by all, according to Ian Gillan

Louder

“I can hear a lot of Ritchie Blackmore fans crying out, ‘No! He’s using digital stuff!’” Simon McBride is ditching stacks for modelers and transforming Deep Purple’s sound

But his reason for the switch isn’t what you might think

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“A light was in the wrong place and he went straight off into the orchestra pit and broke his leg. He did the show, but he was obviously not feeling great”: The chaotic story of forgotten Deep Purple spin-off project Paice Ashton Lord

When Ian Paice and Jon Lord teamed up with charismatic singer Tony Ashton, they had the grandest of intentions – but it quickly fell apart

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Megadeth's Dave Mustaine names his guitar heroes and praises Deep Purple and Rainbow's Ritchie Blackmore for "being metal as f*** back when there were no metal guitar players"

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine's "Last Supper" of guitarists includes special place for Deep Purple and Rainbow icon Ritchie Blackmore

Metal Hammer

"The very best Deep Purple one could possibly expect to hear in 2026." Splat! confirms beyond question that Ian Gillan & Co are enjoying yet another golden age

The Deep Purple renaissance continues

Louder

Deep Purple star happy for his music to be used by AI ‘with consent’

‘If it’s done with the consent of the artist, then I don’t have a problem with it, but people must know that it’s not the real deal’, says drummer Ian Paice

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Evening Standard

Deep Purple’s Ian Paice happy for his drumming to be used by AI ‘with consent’

He said as long as people know it is not the real deal, ‘then it’s not a problem’.

Guitar World

“I’m a firm believer that if you put a truss rod in a guitar, it sucks the tone out of it”: Simon McBride has a hot tone take you’ve probably never heard before

The Deep Purple guitarist prefers guitars that forego truss rods – here's why

Louder

"He only became a heavy metal guy after he’d spent time touring with Deep Purple and started in Rainbow." What happened when Ronnie James Dio met Ritchie Blackmore

Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore recruited a largely unknown vocalist to sing on his new project. The rest, as they say, is history

Louder

"One of our videos hit 123 million views in Brazil, so we're flying out to play Monsters Of Rock." Meet Jayler, the West Midlands quartet with big dreams and even bigger plans

Jayler are big in Brazil, have gigs lined up with Deep Purple and Lynyrd Skynyrd, and their debut album only came out last month

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"I vowed I'd stop screaming by the time I was 60. Now I'm looking back and thinking, 'Whatever happened to that?'"Deep Purple launch trippy video for supercharged new single Guilt Trippin'

Guilt Trippin in the third single to emerge from Deep Purple's upcoming twenty-fourth album Splat!

Louder

"I am quivering with anticipation." Deep Purple's Ian Gillan announces Talking Gib'rish spoken word tour

The Talking Gib'rish tour will find Ian Gillan telling stories from his life and career in music

Louder

Rock's 20 greatest one-album wonders: The bands that made one album then vanished

They came, they saw, they disappeared – these are the bands who made one perfect album then split up

Louder

Watch the video for Deep Purple's frisky new single Diablo

Diablo comes from Deep Purple's new album Splat!, out next month

Metal Hammer

"We were the first heavy metal band." Roger Daltrey says The Who pioneered the genre of music we all love so much

The Who frontman says they pushed the boundaries of volume and onstage antics before anyone else

Louder

"We've been a rock band, we've been pop stars, and then we became dinosaurs. But if you can live through the dinosaur period you become a legend..." The epic story of Nazareth

Axl is a huge fan. Robert Plant owes them money. They were almost on that plane with Skynyrd. Nazareth: the full crazy story

Guitar World

“I said, ‘It’s everything I need. Can I borrow it to do my demo?’ They went, ‘Let me ask Ern’”: Steve Morse on how a gear nightmare lead him to Ernie Ball – and the signature guitar of his dreams

Morse has become one of Ernie Ball’s most loyal and high-profile endorsers – and it all started with a broken volume pedal

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