Ritchie Blackmore was out, US hotshot Tommy Bolin was in and Deep Purple’s Mk IV line-up were about to make the most ...

Blackmore also invited Reid to join Deep Purple, but whether Tel was in the frame the Mk I ... Blackmore had a terrible job ...

Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan has said seeing the “undiluted culture” of Japan while on tour in the early 1970s made him see ...

With this scrupulously engineered show, Deep Purple once again proved themselves to be the quintessential prog-adjacent hard rock band, writes Paul Whitelaw ...

Ritchie Blackmore was always excited to hear new music, and there was one band so good they stunned him into silence.

It`s quite incredible to think that over 55 years after cracking the American singles chart with ‘Hush’, Rock legends, Deep ...

Two years since they last visited, the veteran band have lost none of their zest for woozy-bluesy solos and progressive time ...

There’s an old adage in sport: that first is everything, and second is nothing. But for the members of Europe, being the ...

Many rock groups have collapsed or lost members over the years due to in-fighting and legendary slanging matches, and Deep Purple were certainly no strangers to this situation. At the heart of this ...

Doors open at 6.30pm and Reef are set to take to the stage at 7.45pm, with Deep Purple starting at around 9pm and the gig set to end by 11pm. If you've decided at the last minute that you'd like to go ...

Hard rock pioneers Deep Purple are about to embark upon a five-date UK arena tour to coincide with the release of their 23rd ...

Deep Purple's new single “Lazy Sod” from their recent album =1 becomes a quick No. 1 on one chart, and debuts inside the top 10 on another as the band scores a smash. (Photo by Mike Coppola ...