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Deep Purple will continue on the road in 2026 and the band announced new tour dates featuring Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth and Jayler as the opening acts. The shows will happen next April, June, July and November. The band is currently formed by Ian Gillan (Vocals), Simon McBride (Guitar), Ian Paice (Drums), Don Airey (Keyboards) and Roger Glover (Bass). Deep Purple 2026 tour dates with Mammoth April 11 - Tokyo, Japan - Nippon Budokan 13 - Osaka, Japan - Grand Cube 15 - Nagoya, Japan - Mizuokadani Steel Machinery Public Hall June 14 - Kristiansand, Norway - Dirty Old Town Live 18 - Clisson, France - Hellfest 20 - Meppen, Germany - Emsland Open Air 24 - Mönchengladbach, Germany - SparkassenPark 27 - Coburg, Germany - Open Air 28 - Ulm, Germany - Klosterhof Wiblingen July 4 - Gredos, Spain - Músicos en la Naturaleza 7 - Pamplona, Spain - Navarra Arena 9 - Málaga, Spain - Starlite 10 - Cádiz, Spain - Tío Pepe 16 - Pisa, Italy - Summer Knights 17 - Este, Italy - Music Festival 19 - München, Germany - Tollwood Festival November 18 - Newcastle, UK - Utilita Arena 19 - Glasgow, UK - OVO Hydro 21 - Birmingham, UK - BP Pulse Arena 22 - Manchester, UK - AO Arena 24 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSf5OFeW6SQ&list=RDvSf5OFeW6SQ&start_radio=1&pp=ygUQZGVlcCBwdXJwbGUgMjAyNaAHAQ%3D%3D At the age of 80, Ian Gillan recently told Uncut that he is facing some health issues, including the fact that he now has only 30 percent of his vision. For the first time, that has made him consider Deep Purple’s retirement in the near future. “It’s one of those things. I’ve only got 30 per cent vision. That won’t get better. It makes life mysterious. The hardest thing is working on my laptop. I can’t see anything on the screen unless I use my peripheral vision – I pick up a line by looking at it sideways. But you find a way. You adapt. But it’s achingly tiresome. It takes a long time to do the work.” “It’s hilarious this growing old thing. It’s a laugh a minute. Well, sometimes yes and sometimes no. I walk down the road and hear something drop off – clang, there’s something else gone.” Nothing’s changed really apart from I can’t pole vault any more. Other than that, things move a little more slowly. But nothing’s changed. “If you’ve got a sense of humour, you can get by with most things. (Retirement) isn’t far off. I think if I lose my energy I’m going to stop. I don’t want to be an embarrassment to anyone. We’re not far off that. It creeps up on you – you don’t really notice. But then this isn’t like a normal job. It’s all in your mind. The writing certainly is, and the ability. And these guys who I work with just seem to keep improving. The hard thing is to keep them down,” Ian Gillan said. The post Deep Purple announces new tour dates with Mammoth appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Aerosmith recently released the EP One More Time, featuring the singer Yungblud and it was a collaboration that took many fans by surprise, since the band had previously announced their retirement due to Steven Tyler’s vocal injury. However, he appears to have recovered well and has been making appearances at special events. In an interview with Guitar World, the guitarist Joe Perry explained how the collaboration ended up happening. Joe Perry explains how Aerosmith’s collaboration with Yungblud happened “I’m really looking forward to this. All the songs are inspired by him working with us, and us inspired by working with him. I hear a lot of music, and there’s a lot of great guitar players and bands out there – but Yungblud really had the stuff, you know? So, we thought we’d throw our lot in. The first single worked out, so we’ll see how it goes.” “It was just one of those things, you know? Our manager’s son mentioned something about Yungblud, and how it would be a cool idea to get Aerosmith and Yungblud together, and he mentioned it to his dad. They started talking to Yungblud’s manager, and I guess they thought it would be a great idea. And then, Dom [Yungblud] and I got on the phone and talked for a while, and he ended up coming down here to Florida last year, and we hung out for a couple of days. He said, ‘Let’s work on some stuff for my next record…’” He continued: “We got three songs done, and were like, ‘Holy shit, we’re really locking into something,’ and we were really excited about it. The record company said, ‘Well, you guys gotta write two more songs so you can put an EP out. That’s how we’re setting up to release stuff now…’ We said, ‘Okay,’ and we had six days right before I had to start rehearsing with my band, and we wrote another song,” Joe Perry said. About the possibility of playing those songs like the musician said there is "stuff flying around" but he is not sure if something might happen. He explained they have the idea of making at least one final show in conjuction with a documentary about the band. The British Pop star Yungblud recently performed at the VMA’s with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, when they paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. Although the promotional photos only show the two musicians with Yungblud, Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton were also part of the sessions to record this particular track. The former Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver member Matt Sorum played the drums. The complete EP will be released next November 21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYdDcSAfh9A&list=RDdYdDcSAfh9A&start_radio=1&pp=ygUSYWVyb3NtaXRoIHl1bmdibHVkoAcBThe post Joe Perry explains how Aerosmith’s collaboration with Yungblud happened appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

The late guitarist Ace Frehley, who recently passed away at the age of 74, was one of the co-founders of Kiss back in 1973 alongside Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss. He was part of the band until 1982 when he decided to leave, returning from 1996 to 2002. Over the decades Paul and Gene didn't say many good things about him and Peter, often complaining about their behavior and substance abuse. During the recent Kiss Kruise event in Las Vegas, Simmons revealed the one thing he regrets about Ace. The one thing Gene Simmons says he regrets about Ace Frehley "If I have any regrets, my hand to God, it's that I sometimes — and I think we all go through this sometimes — wish we were smarter and better at trying to help Ace (Frehley) and Peter (Criss) have better lives. "Let's just continue doing the tour because you want to get through it for selfish reasons because it's working, and the chicks, and the money, and you don't want to ruin anything.  "Meantime, somebody who might be your brother is ruining their life by bad decisions." "Tough love is a good idea in my opinion, with your children, with the people you love, with the people you care about, with the people you work with. It's not going to be a popular thing or you're going to argue about it, but in the long run you're going to be helping that person hopefully change their life. She whacked me on the butt, but my mother quit smoking. And that's what it's about," Gene Simmons said as noted by People. After Kiss he formed Frehley’s Comet, releasing two albums and then focused on his solo career. His final album was “10,000 Volts”, released in 2024 but he was currently working on his third covers album “Origins Vol. 3”, which will probably be released in the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSYb-LLj59g&t=3sThe post The one thing Gene Simmons says he regrets about Ace Frehley appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.