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Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore Struggles to Connect with Modern Music: 'All I Hear is Taylor Swift'

Ritchie Blackmore expressed a strong stance on modern popular music.
Joe Lynn Turner Gets Candid With Alopecia Battle, Reveals Why He Publicized His Struggles

Joe Lynn Turner has struggled with alopecia since he was a kid, and he finally revealed the reason why he decided to publicize his condition.#JoeLynnTurner #DeepPurple
Steve Morse Band Reunion Tour 2023: Tickets, Dates, and More Details

Steve Morse Band will go on tour 10 years after their last show together. Check out more information about tour dates and tickets below!#SteveMorse #SteveMorseBand
Steve Morse Announces Hiatus From Deep Purple Due to THIS Heartbreaking Reason

Steve Morse confirmed that he would be temporarily stepping away as Deep Purple's guitarist as he deals with a heartbreaking family matter.#SteveMorse #SteveMorseHiatus #DeepPurple
'Deep Purple’ Keyboardist Don Airey Doesn’t Miss Going on Tour; Here’s Why

Famed keyboardist Don Airey recently revealed in an interview how his life has been amid the COVID-19 pandemic; does he miss going on tour?
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 2016: Cheap Trick, N.W.A., Chicago Lead 2016 Class

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has announced its inductees for 2016, its 31st class. Cheap Trick, N.W.A., Chicago, Deep Purple and Steve Miller made the cut this year.
Janet Jackson, The Cars, Cheap Trick Receive First Nominations for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are always a controversial topic with so many varying opinions out there, and this year looks to be no exception. The nominees were announced Thursday and included first timers Janet Jackson, The Cars and Cheap Trick, as well as notable two time nominees Nine Inch Nails and The Smiths.
Bill Murray, David Bowie and The Clash Hit 'Rock The Kasbah' Trailer [WATCH]

Bill Murray is hilarious so we're glad that the trailer for his new film features David Bowie, Deep Purple, The Clash, Elvis Presley and Guns N' Roses, so we can write about it for Music Times. OK, so there are mostly just references to the aforementioned bands, but we're still pretty stoked to check out 'Rock The Kasbah,' a film starring Murray alongside Zooey Deschanel, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson and more.
Remembering Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys with No. 1 Hits

Few modern country music fans remember the genre of country-western, and few are still familiar with the work of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. Wills, the "King of Western Swing," died 40 years ago on May 13, and Music Times is hoping to maintain his legacy by listing his six no. 1 singles from the US Country Charts for your consideration, including the 'New Spanish Two Step,' 'Sugar Moon' and more.
Australian Music Festival Fails: 5 Events Suffering Bad Luck and Bad Organization in Memory of Sunbury

Australia is one of the toughest places to stage a music festival due to its relative isolation from the rest of the world. There's plenty of fans to provide funding for a limited number of events but it's still tough to draw (and pay) huge acts for traveling so far for what's most likely to be just on appearance (versus a longer tour scenario, where headliners such as Katy Perry can make oodles of cash). Here are five festivals that have undergone downsizing down under recently.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Bringing Jack Black's 'School of Rock' to the Stage, Musical Will Premiere in 2015

Richard Linklater's School of Rock, a 2003 film about a wanna-be rocker who recruits some private school kids for a band, is being transformed into a stage production. The Jack Black movie will be adapted into a musical with the help of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater and Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes. According to 'The Hollywood Reporter,' School of Rock - The Musical will premiere in 2015
Ian Gillan of Deep Purple Goes On Epic Rant Against Music Business: 'You Don't Even Have to Play An Instrument'

Sure, Gene Simmons and his aging cronies have been making countless headlines while dissing the new generation of music. But Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan recently topped all of that with a straight-up rant.