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Roger Daltrey: 'social media is destroying civilization'

Roger Daltrey says social media is “destroying civilisation” and insisted “everybody's screaming” at each other online but no one is listening.

BANG Premier · Aug 29

Deep Purple guitarist says reunion tour ‘could be the last time we see each other’

Ritchie Blackmore returned to perform with the British rock band last week, more than 30 years after he left the group

The Independent UK · Aug 19

Deep Purple are in their seventh decade. They've sold 120 million albums. And they still have things to say. "There was no joy, no happiness on stage. I don't blame any one person for it, but Ithink we know who we're talking about"

With a combined age of 361 and a ‘f***-off’ attitude to chasing trends, Deep Purple went all-in on Splat!, their 24th studio album

Louder · Aug 14

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’.

Evening Standard · Jun 30

"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

Metal Hammer · May 30

"I don't know how many thousands of times I've sung it, but I've never once thought 'Oh no, not tonight'." How Deep Purple created an all-time hard rock classic with a song that "didn't go anywhere"

Built from a riff that came from nowhere, Smoke On The Water has been covered by everyone from ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic to Black Sabbath

Louder · May 27

"Can this possibly be the perfect rock album?" Deep Purple climb an early pinnacle on Machine Head

Machine Head was the album that set the template for Deep Purple’s entire future direction

Louder · May 25

“Jon offered me the gig and I turned him down. It still amazes me how close I came to not following this path”: Roger Glover’s path to bass greatness with Deep Purple

Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, Deep Purple formed the holy trinity of hard rock that would ultimately induce heavy metal

Guitar World · May 23

"I can't think of anything more fun than irritating the elite." Listen to Deep Purple's "Highway Star-style" new single Arrogant Boy

Arrogant Boy comes from Deep Purple's upcoming 24th album, Splat!

Louder · May 12

"I'd been conscious of hardly ever being able to capture the heart, soul and spirit of the band." How David Coverdale led a fans' choir to create the connoisseur's favourite Whitesnake album

With three studio albums under their belt, Whitesnake unleashed their live sound on the world in a double dose of Hammersmith havoc

Louder · May 5