SINGAPORE – Fans of British hard rock pioneers Deep Purple heading to their Singapore concert next week are in for a treat, as they will be the first in the world to hear the live rendition of a new song from the band’s upcoming 23rd album.
“We’re going to do one song from the new album. It will also be the world premiere of a live performance, which is very exciting too.”More than five decades after they formed in 1968, Deep Purple, who last performed in Singapore in 2013, are still going strong with global tours and new music. “We shouldn’t be chasing style or fashion. We did that in bands when we were semi-pro and in the early days, you try and find the popular trend, and adapt to it with your clothes, style or music. This is completely opposite to the way Deep Purple does things.”
“There’s a lot of dynamics in Purple records, it keeps us alive. And, of course, the change of personnel,” Gillan says. “It’s heartbreaking at the time, but it’s probably one of the other reasons the band’s lasted so long, because we had to get fresh blood and they’ve always been of the highest quality.”
“If there’s a break in the day, I just like writing about stuff. And so you get pictures and impressions and scenarios that are always there, available for new songs.” “And I suddenly had this desire for simplicity. So I started doodling, and I made a long equation. It was a really long, complex equation, but it equalled one. This is what we do in our lives every day, all these complications.”