Deep Purple postpone the rest of their European tour until further notice over Ian Gillan’s health
Gillan had a medical problem in Leipzig and his doctors advise against finishing the tour. All the remaining European and UK shows are postponed.
Ian Gillan
Deep Purple postpone their Leipzig and Hamburg shows as Ian Gillan is in hospital
The band cite a medical emergency involving their 81-year-old singer and are looking for new dates for the two German shows. Tickets remain valid.
Ian Gillan will do twenty-four spoken-word nights across the UK in April and May 2027
Twenty-four nights from Bournemouth to Cadogan Hall, between 28 April and 29 May 2027. The name comes from the nonsense words he uses to fix a melody’s metre before writing the real lyric.
Blackmore says the idea of playing with Deep Purple again came to him in bed, and that he asked Ian Gillan by email
The guitarist explains how he came to walk on, in a thirteen-part interview with Now Spinning. It was his first with Deep Purple since 1993.
Ian Paice posts the drum take for «Arrogant Boy» exactly as it came out of the studio
Six minutes of fixed camera on the drum kit, from the first single off «Splat!», on the Deep Purple drummer’s DrumTribe channel.
Deep Purple — 19 October 2026, Sant Jordi Club (Barcelona)
Deep Purple play the Sant Jordi Club in Barcelona on 19 October with Jayler opening. Time, venue and the album they are touring.