Japan's "Iron Lady" listens to… Iron Maiden? The country's parliament elected veteran ultraconservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi to serve as the next prime minister on Tuesday, making her the first ...

Though famously home to Ritchie Blackmore’s “Can we have everything louder than everything else?” quip, Made In Japan opens sedately, Purple deploying an orchestra-like tune-up before Highway Star ...

Drummer Ian Paice is the only constant member amid the swirl of Deep Purple’s numerous line-up changes - Fin Costello/Redferns It says rather a lot about the music industry that when Deep Purple ...

Metallica and the Eddie Munson character might be out of the picture in the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things,” but judging by the show’s latest trailer, released today, heavy metal most ...

Deep Purple fans have been left in awe after discovering the fascinating backstory of one of the band's most iconic tracks. The London-based rockers, famed as part of the "unholy trinity" of British ...

Deep Purple fans have expressed their awe after learning how long it took the band to write one of their most well known songs. Deep Purple fans are impressed after learning the origin story behind ...

On this day (April 22) in 1972, Deep Purple scored a No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart with their sixth studio album Machine Head. The album contained “Smoke on the Water” and “Highway Star,” which would ...

Life in Deep Purple has never been dull. Whether it's Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore exchanging barbs (and worse) band members being written out band history, or that grand piano purchased for the ...

Hard rock pioneers Deep Purple are about to embark upon a five-date UK arena tour to coincide with the release of their 23rd studio album, =1, and singer Ian Gillan is raring to perform again. Ian ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band rocks Jiffy Lube Live on Saturday as the “Highway Stars” round the Capitol Beltway for their “Smoke on the Water” 50th anniversary tour with fire in the sky over the ...

Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This “We did the show on a stage on the lake that was absolutely spectacular,” says Purple singer Ian Gillan, ...

=1 is Deep Purple’s fifth consecutive album to be produced by lauded studio whiz Bob Ezrin, whose collaborative relationship with the band began with Now What?! in 2013. As explained in an early press ...