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Deep Purple on Upcoming Tour With Yes, Partying at Alice Cooper’s 75th Birthday and New Album: ‘We Can’t Stop’

Deep Purple on their tour with Yes and new album '=1': "We can't stop."

With Irish guitarist Simon McBride joining in two years ago to replace Steve Morse after an 18-year tenure, the Purple gang is on its Mark IXth lineup. “Early in the tour we said, ‘Hey, we should make an album as soon as we can.’ So that’s what we did last year.” Like its four predecessors, the 13-songs set was produced by Bob Ezrin, and the songs took shape via the band jamming together in Nashville rather than coming in with prepared material. =1 has been preceded by three singles and videos, starting with “Portable Door” in April, “Pictures of You” during June and “Lazy Sod” at the beginning of July.=1 ‘s release takes the quintet back on the road next month in North America, joining fellow British veterans Yes, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a year after Deep Purple.

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