Deep Purple have paid homage to Smoke on The Water's origins by returning to where it all started. On July 8, the band performed their iconic track at the 58th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, ...

Deep Purple's current tour, "The Long Goodbye," will stop at Milwaukee's Riverside Theater on Sunday, Oct. 13. Before then, bassist Roger Glover talked with OnMilwaukee about the band's highs and lows ...

Steve Morse on how a noodle during one of Deep Purple's many tea breaks ended up on the album, and the mixed reception from ...

In 2013, the inaugural Guitars on the Beach event collected the biggest single gathering of guitarists playing simultaneously in the history of Britain. For the follow-up, which was held on Sept. 6, ...

The four power chords that open Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” are still one of hard rock’s most recognizable riffs. In the early 1970s, the fanfare and song touched a primal nerve with many ...

Deep Purple has zero plans to slow down. The rock band is releasing their 21st studio album, “Whoosh!,” on Aug. 7, making it their third release produced by Bob Ezrin, of Alice Cooper and Pink Floyd ...

Deep Purple, one of the most important rock bands in the world, is set to return to Romania for a concert on October 1, 2026, ...

It was deep, man! Deep Purple, that is: The classic band brought their heavy rock style (and tune "Smoke on the Water") to the TODAY plaza Thursday, and all we can say is ... where there's smoke, ...

Deep Purple’s classic “Smoke on the Water” has been preserved in DNA for UNESCO’s Memory of the World Archive. With help from Twist Bioscience and Microsoft, the organization led an experimental ...

Traditionally you only make music videos for new songs, but every now and then something truly weird happens. To celebrate the new Super Deluxe Edition of their 1972 album Machine Head, heavy metal ...

Along with Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, Deep Purple helped pioneer heavy metal in the early 1970s. The British band’s “Smoke on the Water,” with its commanding guitar-riff opener, ...

British rock band Deep Purple did not rip off the Catholic Church with “Smoke on the Water.” EDWIN REICHERT AP Q: Isn’t the musical hook from “Smoke on the Water” really a rip-off of the Eucharistic ...