Fans of Deep Purple might want to get out and see the band sooner than later because frontman Ian Gillan revealed in a recent interview that the legendary rock band\u2019s run is nearing its end.<\/p>\n
Gillan, 80, made the revelation in a recentinterview with Uncut Magazine. <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s one of those things,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve only got 30 percent vision. That won\u2019t get better. It makes life mysterious. The hardest thing is working on my laptop. I can\u2019t see anything on the screen unless I use my peripheral vision; I pick up a line by looking at it sideways. But you find a way. You adapt. But it\u2019s achingly tiresome. It takes a long time to do the work.\u201d<\/p>\n The band has been around for more than 50 years \u2014 Deep Purple first got together back in 1968 \u2014 so the fact that the guys are winding down probably shouldn\u2019t surprise anyone. If there\u2019s good news, it\u2019s that Gillan appears to be handling it as well as a person can.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hilarious this growing old thing,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a laugh a minute. Well, sometimes yes and sometimes no. I walk down the road and hear something drop off \u2014 clang, there\u2019s something else gone. Nothing\u2019s changed really apart from I can\u2019t pole vault any more. Other than that, things move a little more slowly, but nothing\u2019s changed.\u201d <\/p>\n As far as when the final show might be played, well Blabbermouth.net reported that the band already has more than a dozen shows slated for Europe and Japan in 2026. <\/p>\n \u201cI think if I lose my energy I\u2019m going to stop,\u201d Gillan said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be an embarrassment to anyone. We\u2019re not far off that. It creeps up on you \u2013 you don\u2019t really notice.\u201d<\/p>\n Deep Purple was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans of Deep Purple might want to get out and see the band sooner than later because frontman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-307523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}