Roger Glover vows Deep Purple will carry on 'as long as nature allows'

The global tour, which kicks off in Budapest in May and arrives in the UK in the autumn, has had fans speculating whether it will be Deep Purple’s swansong outing on the road due to its name.

Speaking to Billboard, Roger says the title is purposefully suggestive, laughing: "Well, we're letting you make your own minds up."

Elucidating further, Roger added: "No one wants to stop. But we know that I'm 71 now, (Ian) Gillan is 71, we're all about late 60s, early 70s, and bodies have a way of not keeping up with your brain or your career.

“We're all sort of approaching that point where I can't imagine another eight years to do an album."

He continued: "The time is approaching when it will end, but we don't want to face that. We don't actually want to make a date or a final tour or anything. We just want to carry on as long as nature allows or is kind of dignified.

“If we can't do what we do anymore, then yes, it's time to stop. But we're still doing it, and we're still enjoying it very much. So all we're saying is the door is closing, but it's not closed yet."

Boasting the excellent lead single ‘Time for Bedlam’, Deep Purple’s 20th studio album ‘Infinite’ is released on Friday 7th April.

You can get tickets to the UK leg of The Long Goodbye Tour from Planet Rock Tickets now. Support on all shows comes from Europe. It calls in at the following dates:  

NOVEMBER 2017
Birmingham Barclaycard Arena – Fri 17th
Manchester Arena – Sat 18th
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena – Mon 20th
Glasgow SSE Hydro – Wed 22nd
London The O2 – Thu 23rd

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