The Latest Breaking News from Deep Purple

Ritchie Blackmore is a huge ABBA fan, according to his former Rainbow/Deep Purple colleague Joe Lynn Turner

The Man In Black has a huge soft spot for ABBA: who knew?

Louder · Apr 24, 2023

A beginner's guide to stoner metal in five essential albums

A brief history of stoner metal courtesy of five albums that have defined the genre

Metal Hammer · Apr 20, 2023

Steve Morse Band announces first tour in 10 years

Following his departure from Deep Purple, Morse will reunite with Dave LaRue and Van Romaine for a handful of dates across April and May this year

Guitar World · Apr 20, 2023

10 famous people Nottinghamshire has given the world

Celebrated sports stars, actors and musicians have come from Notts

Nottingham Post · Nov 27, 2022

Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’ Rocks Out on Broadway

Composer Tom Kitt got a compliment the other day that any songwriter would sing about. A friend had seen his Broadway stage adaptation of Cameron Crowe's film “Almost Famous” and couldn't tell which songs Kitt had supplied and which ones were classics. Mind you, those classics included songs by the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 31, 2022

Shop serving Liverpool's 'rock spectrum' with 'battle jackets' and t-shirts

Jon Sharkey's shop stocks merchandise from a plethora of rock bands

Liverpool Echo · Oct 22, 2022

Deep Purple's Steve Morse quits the band to care for his wife after cancer diagnosis

Steve Morse has been a guitarist for rock band Deep Purple for almost thirty years, though he won't be continuing with his bandmates in light of his wife having been diagnosed with cancer

Daily Mirror · Jul 25, 2022

The Glasgow bootmaker who ordered Freddie Mercury to fit David Bowie with a pair of platforms

It sounds like the kind of thing your mate would claim occurred in a dream, but Alan Mair really did once order Freddie Mercury to fit David Bowie with a pair of boots.

Glasgow Live · Mar 22, 2022

Putin's Kremlin inner circle explained - former spy chief to Deep Purple fan

Vladimir Putin is one of the most powerful men in the world, but who are the people that surround him in the Kremlin? From a former spy chief to a Deep Purple fan, we look into the Russian leader's inner circle

Daily Mirror · Feb 26, 2022