Deep Purple have launched a 50th anniversary edition of their classic Made In Japan live album. Or, to put it another way, Deep Purple are to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 40th anniversary ...

In late-1972, Deep Purple released one of the most heralded live albums of all time. 'Made In Japan' captured the legendary band at what was perhaps the peak of their powers. On May 19, Universal ...

was the live album that almost wasn't. Originally intended to have only been issued in Japan, its release in the United States was pushed back five months so as not to interfere with Deep Purple's ...

Metallica's Lars Ulrich has proclaimed Deep Purple's Made in Japan as the best hard rock live album ever in a new promotional video hyping the reissue of the classic 1972 performance. Though Lars ...

Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan has said seeing the “undiluted culture” of Japan while on tour in the early 1970s made him see his own English culture in a “different way”. Recordings from their ...

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 ...

Deep Purple members Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover (left to right) during the Annual Ivor Novello Songwriting Awards. Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan has said seeing the “undiluted culture” of ...