Deep Purple

Simon McBride Did Not “Audition” for Deep Purple

Deep Purple skipped the formalities of an audience when they brought in Simon McBride to replace Steve Morse on lead guitar.

Tagged as: 1, 60s, 70s, 80s, Deep Purple, heavy, metal, rock, Simon McBride, UK

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Deep Purple Sounding Like Classic Deep Purple on ‘Lazy Sod’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple have released another preview of the ‘=1’ album and ‘Lazy Sod’ sounds like classic Deep Purple.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, Lazy Sod, metal, rock, UK

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Deep Purple Release Second New Song for 2024 ‘Pictures of You’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Pictures of You’ is the second new song from Deep Purple for 2024. The track is from the ‘=1’ album due 19 July 2024.

Tagged as: 1, 60s, 70s, 80s, Deep Purple, metal, Pictures of You, rock

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New Deep Purple Channel Old ‘Pictures of Home’ Vibe For New Song ‘Portable Door’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple are sounding like classic Deep Purple on the new song ‘Portable Door’. In fact, it feels a lot like ‘Pictures of Home’ from the ‘Machine Head’ album of 1972.

Tagged as: 1, 60s, 70s, 80s, Deep Purple, Machine Head, metal, Portable Door, rock, UK

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Deep Purple To Release ‘=1’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple have been quietly working on another album titled ‘=1’.

Tagged as: 1, 60s, 70s, 80s, Deep Purple, metal, rock

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Pandemonium Times Announced and Local Acts Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The first Pandemonium Festival shows get underway in Melbourne (Saturday 20 April). The schedule for each city has now been revealed as well as the opening acts.

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Australian Tour, Blondie, Deep Purple, live music, music festival, Pandemonium, Placebo, rock

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Glenn Hughes To Perform 50th Anniversary Burn Tour For Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Glenn Hughes will return to Australia for the Burn tour in October to mark the 50th anniversary of his classic album induction into Deep Purple.

Tagged as: 70s, Burn, Deep Purple, Glenn Hughes, metal, rock, UK

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Deep Purple Reveal UK Dates For End of 2024

by Music-News.com

Deep Purple are hitting the road this November.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, metal, Pandemonium, Reef, UK tour

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Ian Paice of Deep Purple Reveals The Two Bands He Would Never Follow

by Paul Cashmere

When Deep Purple tour Australia for the Pandemonium Festival in April, there will go on before Alice Cooper and they are fine with that.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Deep Purple, Ian Paice, metal, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, UK

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Deep Purple’s Ian Paice Is The Only Member To Play On Every Album

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Paice of Deep Purple was right there at the very start of the band, from the first album ‘Shades of Deep Purple’ (1968) to the most recent ‘Turning To Crime’ (2021). He formed the band with Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Rod Evans and Nick Simper in 1969.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Deep Purple, Ian Paice, metal, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, UK

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Newcastle Scores Two Pandemonium Sideshows

by Paul Cashmere

Newcastle will host Pandemonium Festival bands across two nights of sideshows in April.

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Australia, Blondie, Deep Purple, live music, music festival, Pandemonium

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Alice Cooper at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 20 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Alice Cooper Has A Brand New Radio Show

by Music-News.com

Alice Cooper has returned to radio with ‘Alice’s Attic’.

Tagged as: 70s, Alice Cooper, Blondie, Deep Purple, live music, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, USA

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Deep Purple ‘Machine Head’ Has Been Remixed By Dweezil Zappa

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple will reissue their classic ‘Machine Head’ album remixed by Dweezil Zappa.

Tagged as: 70s, Deep Purple, Machine Head, Pandemonium, rock, UK

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Pandemonium Sydney Venue Moves To Homebush

by Paul Cashmere

The Pandemonium Festival in Sydney has been moved to Cathy Freeman Park in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct, to avoid conflict with ANZAC Day ceremonies.

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Australia, Blondie, Deep Purple, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, Wheatus, Wolfmother

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Statement About The Pandemonium Festival Sydney Event on ANZAC Day

by Paul Cashmere

Following is a statement from Apex Entertainment following the New South Wales Government actions regarding the Sydney event scheduled for April 25, 2024 (ANZAC Day).

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Blondie, Deep Purple, Pandemonium, Placebo, rock

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Why Deep Purple Stopped Performing ‘Child In Time’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple’s current setlist goes back to 1968 and includes more than half of the classic ‘Machine Head’ album but one song they have not done in years is the epic ‘Child In Time’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Child In Time, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, metal, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, Roger Glover, UK

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Brendan B. Brown of Wheatus is a Huge Fan of Vegemite

by Paul Cashmere

With two Australian tours in the next three months, it is a good thing Brendan B. Brown of Wheatus loves Vegemite.

Tagged as: 00s, Alice Cooper, Art Alexakis, Australia, Blondie, Brendan B Brown, Deep Purple, Everclear, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, USA, Wheatus

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Alice Cooper and Blondie To Headline Australia’s Newest Music Festival Pandemonium

by Paul Cashmere

Alice Cooper will return to Australia to headline the all-new Pandemonium Festival with Blondie, Placebo and Blondie joining the all-star line-up.

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Australia, Blondie, Deep Purple, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, Wheatus, Wolfmother

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Whitesnake Guitarist Bernie Marsden Dies At Age 72

by Paul Cashmere

Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden has died at the 72.

Tagged as: 80s, Bernie Marsden, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, rock, UK, Whitesnake

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Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan Pays Tribute To Wife Bron Who Passed Away In November

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan has written a touching tribute to his wife Bron, who passed away on 19 November.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Deep Purple, heavy, Ian Gillan, metal, rock, UK

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Ian Gillan To Perform Deep Purple With Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Gillan will perform a special show of his Deep Purple classics with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra in November.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, metal, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, rock

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Deep Purple Have Another Album After What They Thought Was Their Final Album

by Paul Cashmere

In 2020 Deep Purple release the ‘Whoosh’ album. They fully expected it to be their last album. Then Covid happened.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, metal, rock, Roger Glover, Turning To Crime, UK, Whoosh

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Deep Purple Whoosh Was Designed As The Last Deep Purple Album

by Paul Cashmere

When Deep Purple entered the studio to start work on their new album ‘Whoosh’ they expected it would be their last. A world tour would have taken the historic band through until the end of 2021 at which point Roger Glover, Ian Gillian and Ian Paice would all be in their mid 70s.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, metal, rock, Roger Glover, UK

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Deep Purple Might Top UK Chart This Week

by Music-News.com

Taylor Swift is on track for a third week at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart this Friday, but two new entries from Glass Animals and Deep Purple aren’t missing out on the top spot without a fight.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, hard rock, metal, rock, UK, Whoosh

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Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan Is Both Rock Star and Carpenter

by Music-News.com

Ian Gillan of Deep Purple has confessed he makes his own furniture, including an oak table and mahogany desk.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, metal, rock, UK

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Ace Frehley at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 20 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Space Ace Frehley Covers Deep Purple Space Truckin’

by Paul Cashmere

Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley has cooked up his own take on Deep Purple’s ‘Space Truckin’ throwing the Ace into the lyrics to give it a point of difference.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Ace Frehley, Deep Purple, Kiss, metal, rock, USA

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Deep Purple To Release 21st Album ‘Whoosh’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple will release their 21st studio album ‘Whoosh’ in August 2020.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, hard rock, metal, rock, UK, Whoosh

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Deep Purple Go ‘Whoosh’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple have a new album ‘Whoosh’ on the way, their third with producer Bob Ezrin.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Deep Purple, hard rock, heavy metal, rock, UK, Whoosh

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David Coverdale Confirms Whitesnake Really Did Use The Exorcist Piece On Stormbringer

by Paul Cashmere

If you thought that subtle vocal at the start of Deep Purple’s ‘Stormbringer’ sounded a bit like Linda Blair’s demonic dialogue in The Exorcist then you would be right.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, classic rock, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, Live Nation, metal, rock, UK, Whitesnake