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Glenn Hughes, posed, standing by plane
Nine Glenn Hughes albums you should listen to and one to avoid

By Philip Wilding Published

Buying guide Half a century of hard-rocking, blues’n’funk alchemy has earned golden-throated bassist Glenn Hughes a place at the top table of British rock - and these are his best albums

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Ritchie Blackmore performing onstage in 2018
Ritchie Blackmore addresses the reaction to his surprise Deep Purple reunion

By Dave Everley Published

The legendary Deep Purple guitarist opens up about his recent onstage reunion with his estranged bandmates

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Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore onstage
Ian Gillan reveals all about Ritchie Blackmore's recent Deep Purple cameo

By Dave Ling Published

Behind the scenes of one of rock's least likely reconciliations

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Deep Purple posing for a photograph in 1970
A metal fan’s guide to Deep Purple, one of hard rock’s original Holy Trinity

By Ken McIntyre Published

Along with Sabbath and Zeppelin, Deep Purple helped craft the primordial goop that spawned metal

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Deep Purple onstage with Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore reflects on "emotional" onstage reunion with Deep Purple

By Stef Lach Published

Ritchie Blackmore says his recent onstage reunion with Deep Purple was about more than being note perfect

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Deep Purple seated at a cards table
Deep Purple are in their seventh decade and still have things to say

By Paul Rees Published

With a combined age of 361 and a ‘f***-off’ attitude to chasing trends, Deep Purple went all-in on Splat!, their 24th studio album

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Deep Purple onstage with Ritchie Blackmore
Watch Ritchie Blackmore return to the stage with Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years

By Fraser Lewry Published

The ice has thawed: Ritchie Blackmore has performed with Deep Purple for the first time in more than three decades

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Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Gillan performing onstage in 1993
The explosive story of Ritchie Blackmore’s bitter exit from Deep Purple

By Dave Everley, Neil Jeffries Published

If Ritchie Blackmore really does rejoin Deep Purple onstage for the first time in 33 years, it will be an incredible turnaround

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Ritchie Blackmore on stage on April 18, 2018 in Berlin, Germany
Ritchie Blackmore is planning on playing with Deep Purple tonight, his first appearance with the band since 1993

By Paul Brannigan Published

Ritchie Blackmore will join Deep Purple onstage tonight for the first time since 1993

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Deep Purple's Ian Gillan
Deep Purple's Ian Gillan looks back on the uninhibited "lovely" pleasures of Britain's 'permissive era'

By Paul Brannigan Published

In the '60s and '70 good times were had by all, according to Ian Gillan

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