From Loudersound.
Two days after launching a mysterious teaser video, rock icons Deep Purple have announced details of their new album, =1. The album is the band’s first to feature new guitarist Simon McBride – who replaced Steve Morse in 2022 – and will be released on July 19.
“Deep Purple are more than just their members,” reads a statement from the band. “=1 embodies the essence and attitude of their 1970s incarnation possibly more than any other album in recent memory. With the legendary Bob Ezrin once again producing, the record evokes the pioneering band’s classic sound, without relying on nostalgia.
“The enigmatic title =1 symbolises the idea that in a world growing ever more complex, everything eventually simplifies down to a single, unified essence. Everything equals one.”
A new single from the band will reveal itself to the world at midnight on April 30, while a vast array of physical formats are available for those who like that sort of thing. These include a CD+DVD version, CD, double black vinyl, limited edition purple double vinyl and a limited edition clear double vinyl.
There’ll also be a limited edition box set containing the CD+DVD, the double black vinyl, three 10” vinyl discs featuring live recordings from Purple’s 2022 tour, a t-shirt, two guitar picks, an art print, a lanyard, and the chance to win a Golden Ticket giving access to all shows on the Deep Purple =1 More Time tour, apart from, presumably, those that have taken place before the album’s release. Full dates below.
=1 joins a long list of mathematically-themed titles in popular music, a list that also includes Love‘s 7 and 7 Is, Bob Seger‘s 2 + 2 = ?, Radiohead‘s 2 + 2 = 5, and \Delta M_i^{-1} = – \alpha \sum_{n=1}^N D_i \left[ n \right] \left[ \sum_{j \in C \left[ i \right]}^{} F_{ji} \left[ n-1 \right] + Fext_i \left[ n^{-1} \right] \right] by Cornish composer Aphex Twin.
Deep Purple: One More Time tour 2024
May 01: Singapore Fort Canning Park, Singapore
Jun 13: Madrid, Parque Tierno Galván, Spain
Jun 15: Bilbao Arena, Spain
Jun 17: Toulouse Metropole, France
Jun 20: Grenchen Airport, Switzerland
Jun 22: Nancy Open Air Amphitheatre, France
Jun 23: Dessel Graspop Metal Meeting, Belgium
Jun 25: Istanbul Kucukciftlikpark, Turkey
Jul 04: Cognac Blues Passions, France
Jul 10: Rome Cavea Auditorium, Italy
Jul 11: Marostica Piazza Castello, Italy
Jul 13: Belgrade Tašmajdan Stadium, Serbia
Jul 14: Chirpan Midalidare Estate, Bulgaria
Jul 16: Innsbruck Olympiahalle, Austria
Jul 18: Salem Schloss (Castle Grounds), Germany
Jul 19: Dresdenn Elbufer, Germany
Jul 21: Winterbach Zeltspektakel, Germany
Jul 28: Gignac En Quecy, France
Jul 30: Orange Positiv Festival, France
Aug 02: Notodden Blues Festival, Norway
Aug 03: Bergen Calling, Norway
Aug 05: Furuvik Amusement Park, Sweden
Aug 06: Stockholm Grona Lund Amusement Park, Sweden
Aug 14: Hollywood Hard Rock Live, FL
Aug 15: Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Event Center, FL
Aug 17: The Woodlands The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, TX
Aug 18: Durant Choctaw Casino Grand Theatre, OK
Aug 19: Forth Worth Dickies Arena, TX
Aug 21: Cincinnati PNC Pavilion At Riverbend Music Center, OH
Aug 22: Sterling Heights Amphitheatre At Freedom Hill, MI
Aug 23: Tinley Park Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, IL
Aug 25: Toronto Budweiser Stage, ON
Aug 27: Montreal Bell Centre, QC
Aug 28: Gilford Banknh Pavilion, NH
Aug 30: Camden Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, NJ
Aug 31: Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center, NJ
Sep 01: Wantagh Northwell Health At Jones Beach Theater, NY
Sep 03: Bridgeport Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater, CT
Sep 04: Saratoga Springs Broadview Stage At Spac, NY
Sep 06: Bethel Bethel Woods Center For The Arts, NY
Sep 07: Bristow Jiffy Lube Live, VA
Sep 08: Scranton The Pavilion At Montage Mountain, PA
Nov 04: Birmingham Resorts World Arena, UK
Nov 06: London The O2, UK
Nov 07: Leeds First Direct Arena, UK
Nov 09: Manchester AO Arena, UK
Nov 10: Glasgow OVO Hydro, UK
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- Deep Purple - The Book Of Taliesyn - 180gm - Stickered PVC - UK - vinyl LP - £50.00, $64.50, €60.00 (New Item) (arrived 29-Mar-2025 17:00)on March 30, 2025 at 5:32 am
DEEP PURPLE The Book Of Taliesyn (Limited Edition 1999 UK/EU EMI Millennium Collection remastered issue of the 1968 7-track stereo LP pressed on 180gram Virgin Vinyl, an analogue cutting direct from the original analogue tapes. Comes housed in a deluxe replica gatefold picture sleeve in the hype stickered PVC outer. This is an advance copy with a 'Not For Sale' sticker on the back of the PVC for review ahead of release. Direct from the private collection of a former EMI-executive, the packaging is near 'as new' & the vinyl is Mint & unplayed)
- Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Concert - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $32.25, €30.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-Mar-2025 10:49)on March 30, 2025 at 5:32 am
DEEP PURPLE Deep Purple In Concert (1980 UK 10-track double LP, capturing the best of the band's early seventies stage shows & including Speed King, Highway Star & Child In Time to name a few, with a total running time of over 108 minutes, gatefold picture sleeve with picture inners. The sleeve is Excellent with some minor edge wear & split to one inner, whislt the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play SHDW412)
- Deep Purple - Live In Europe 1993 - UK - 4-CD set - £35.00, $45.15, €42.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-Mar-2025 14:52)on March 30, 2025 at 5:32 am
DEEP PURPLE Live In Europe 1993 (2006 UK 4-CD album set featuring a collection of live tracks recorded at the Birmingham NEC and the Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart during the 1993 'Mark II' line-up 25th Anniversary Tour which due to internal tension was dissolved before the band had even made it out of Europe. Both sets are housed in gatefold card picture sleeves and presented in a clam-shell 'worn-look effect' style picture box including booklet with detailed notes!)
- Deep Purple - Kneel & Pray / Line In Montreux '69 - UK - 2-CD album set - £30.00, $38.70, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-Mar-2025 14:57)on March 30, 2025 at 5:32 am
DEEP PURPLE Kneel & Pray / Line In Montreux '69 (Deleted official 2003 UK mail order only 7-track 2-CD set issued by the band themselves, featuring live soundboard recordings recorded at the Montreux Casino in Switzerland on the 4th October 1969,housed in a fold-out digipak picture sleeve PUR207D)
- Deep Purple - Space Vol 1 & 2 - UK - CD album - £50.00, $64.50, €60.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-Mar-2025 14:59)on March 30, 2025 at 5:32 am
DEEP PURPLE Space Vol 1 & 2 (Deleted official 2001 UK mail order only 4-track CD issued by the band themselves and mastered from a bootleg! Recorded live in Aachen Reiterstadion, Soers in Germany on the 11th July 1970, housed in a digipak picture sleeve PUR202)
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