Deep Purple
British rock band
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| 2024 | Deep Purple released music videos for 'Smoke on the Water' (directed by Dan Gibling & Luke McDonnell), 'Portable Door' (directed by Leo Feimer), 'Pictures of You' (directed by Leo Feimer), and 'Lazy Sod' (directed by Leo Feimer) from their albums Machine Head and =1 |
| July 20 2024 | Deep Purple released '=1' through earMusic. |
| July 20 2024 | Released their twenty-third studio album '=1', the first album featuring Simon McBride and produced by Bob Ezrin. |
| July 5 2024 | Released the third single 'Lazy Sod' from the new album. |
| June 5 2024 | Released the second single 'Pictures of You' from the new album. |
| April 30 2024 | Released the first single 'Portable Door' from the upcoming album. |
| April 24 2024 | Revealed the title of their new album as '=1' and its track listing, with a planned release date of 20 July 2024. |
| March 19 2024 | Announced the =1 More Time tour, with Jefferson Starship as special guests for European dates and Reef for UK shows. |
| January 2024 | Simon McBride becomes a member of Deep Purple, joining the band's latest lineup. |
| 2023 | Adam Wakeman filled in for one show while Don Airey was absent due to an illness. |
| 2023 | The album charted on multiple Japanese music charts, including peaking at 48th on the Oricon Albums Chart, 8th on the Billboard Japan Rock Albums Chart, and 55th on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums Chart. |
| October 13 2023 | Whitesnake and RHINO reissued The Purple Album as a Special Gold Edition to celebrate David Coverdale's 50th anniversary of joining Deep Purple, featuring remixes, remasters, and previously unreleased recordings. |
| September 2022 | Simon McBride was officially made a member of Deep Purple. |
| July 23 2022 | Steve Morse permanently left Deep Purple to focus on caring for his wife during her cancer treatment. |
| June 2022 | Ian Gillan announced plans to work on the band's twenty-third studio album after the Whoosh! tour, with a writing session scheduled for March 2023. |
| March 2022 | Steve Morse announced a hiatus from the band after his wife was diagnosed with cancer, with Simon McBride standing in as guitarist during live performances. |
| 2021 | Nicole Thalia contributed to the album Turning to Crime. |
| November 26 2021 | Deep Purple released the covers album Turning to Crime. |
| October 6 2021 | The band announced their covers album Turning to Crime. |
| 2020 | Saam Hashemi contributed programming to the album Whoosh! |
| 2020 | Deep Purple released three music videos from their album Whoosh!: 'Throw My Bones', 'Man Alive', and 'Nothing at All' |
| August 7 2020 | Deep Purple released the album Whoosh!, delayed from its original June release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 2020 | Jordan Rudess filled in for Don Airey for one show, while Airey was absent for undisclosed reasons. |
| February 29 2020 | Deep Purple released the new track 'Throw My Bones' online. |
| May 2019 | The group received the Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. |
| April 7 2017 | Deep Purple released the Infinite album and began The Long Goodbye Tour, starting in Bucharest, Romania on 13 May 2017. |
| 2016 | Tommy Denander provided additional guitar for the album Infinite (2017). |
| November 25 2016 | Deep Purple announced their twentieth studio album Infinite. |
| April 8 2016 | Deep Purple was officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with eight members being recognized. |
| December 2015 | Deep Purple were announced as inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2016, with the Hall acknowledging them as part of the 'Holy Trinity of hard rock and metal bands'. |
| October 2015 | Nominated for induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the third time. |
| May 19 2015 | The Purple Album was released in the US through Frontiers Records. |
| May 18 2015 | The Purple Album was released in the UK through Frontiers Records. |
| May 15 2015 | The Purple Album was released in Europe through Frontiers Records. |
| April 2015 | Release of two live albums: 'From the Setting Sun... (In Wacken)' and '...To the Rising Sun (In Tokyo)', showcasing their international live performances. |
| April 2015 | Deep Purple topped a Rolling Stone readers poll of acts that should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
| April 29 2015 | Whitesnake released The Purple Album in Japan, featuring remakes of Deep Purple songs from the Mark III and Mark IV lineups when David Coverdale was a member. |
| October 16 2013 | Deep Purple were announced as nominees for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but were not inducted. |
| October 16 2013 | Announced as nominees for inclusion to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
| October 16 2013 | Deep Purple were announced as nominees for inclusion to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the third time. |
| October 14 2013 | Release of 'Perfect Strangers Live', a live album that charted in multiple European countries. |
| April 26 2013 | Deep Purple released their nineteenth studio album Now What?!, which was recorded and mixed in Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 2012 | Jason Roller contributed acoustic guitar to the band's album Now What?! (2013). |
| 2012 | Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the album Machine Head, featuring covers by notable artists like Iron Maiden, Metallica, Steve Vai, and Carlos Santana. |
| 2012 | A Rolling Stone readers' poll ranked their live album 'Made in Japan' as the sixth best live album of all time. |
| July 16 2012 | Co-founding member and former organ player Jon Lord died in London at age 71. |
| 2011 | Nick Fyffe filled in for Roger Glover during a series of European concert dates. |
| 2011 | Deep Purple received the Innovator Award at the Classic Rock Awards in London. |
| 2011 | Deep Purple completed concert tours in 48 countries, including The Songs That Built Rock Tour with a 38-piece orchestra and a performance at the O2 Arena in London. |
| September 2011 | Moray McMillin, the band's chief sound engineer for nine years, died at age 57. |
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