A new book about the final year of Deep Purple’s classic lineup will be published on the 25th anniversary of Ritchie Blackmore’s last appearance with the band. In Deep Purple: Time to Kill, author ...

Half a century ago, Deep Purple released their legendary album "Machine Head". As the cult album is now being reissued, the band's lead singer Ian Gillan tells us their most famous tune" Smoke On The ...

Glenn Hughes, who was bassist and co-frontman of Deep Purple on 1974’s Burn and Stormbringer and 1975’s Come Taste the Band (along with David Coverdale, who later formed Whitesnake), is doing an ...

Despite Deep Purple's musical pedigree, Ritchie Blackmore wrote one of their classic hits just to mess with some press agents ...

Glenn Hughes will be paying homage to his brief but fruitful stint in Deep Purple on his upcoming U.S. tour. Fans were beginning to worry that Hughes would not be bringing this tour stateside after ...

Two bands that are staples of classic rock radio but also highly influential on heavy metal, Deep Purple and Alice Cooper, are currently on a co-headlining tour with support from blues rock veterans ...

While some of rock and roll’s greatest storytelling songs require you to listen at least a bit of suspended reality, Deep Purple’s entry on our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list operates nearly ...

Hard rock forefathers Deep Purple recently released 'Phoenix Rising,' a two-hour-plus revelatory documentary including 30 minutes of never-before-seen onstage footage from Japan. Featuring new ...

Ritchie Blackmore made his return to rock this year, reactivating Rainbow with a brand new lineup. The icon has now concluded the three scheduled performances with the group, closing things out in ...

The story of how Deep Purple wrote their 1972 classic “Smoke on the Water” has finally been visualized. To commemorate the deluxe reissue of the band’s sixth album Machine Head, out March 29, Deep ...

Father Time was given a swift kick in the rear by a pair of stalwart classic rock acts on Thursday night, Aug. 22, at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre. Deep Purple and Yes have been around since 1968 ...

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