Deep Purple Announces New Album “Splat!”

Deep Purple Announces New Album “Splat!” And World Tour Dates

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Deep Purple will release their new studio album “Splat!” on July 3 via earMUSIC. The band – Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey, and Simon McBride – has once again teamed up with renowned producer Bob Ezrin (KISS, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper) and together, they have crafted an album that draws on the sound and attitude that has always set Deep Purple apart from the rest. Splat! is the heaviest Deep Purple album in many years, with the band playing together in the studio – the way Deep Purple have always recorded.

“I have to say, now we are very much back in with material that is compatible with ‘Highway Star,’ ‘Smoke On The Water,’ and ‘Lazy,’ the dynamics, the balance, and the fun of the music we made from ’69 to ’73,” says frontman Ian Gillan. He adds: “Where we are now with this incarnation of Deep Purple feels very much like a very ‘now’ version of Deep Purple as it was in the seventies.”

At the heart of “Splat!” is an idea conceived by Gillan. Rather than treating the end as destruction, the album imagines it as transformation: “Splat!” explores the end of humanity not in any crude apocalyptic sense but as a metamorphosis beyond physical existence.

Additional details about the album concept will be revealed in the weeks leading up to its July 3 release. New music from Splat! is on the way.

Tracklist:
1. Arrogant Boy
2. Diablo
3. The Rider
4. The Lunatic
5. The Only Horse In Town
6. Sacred Land
7. The Beating Of Wings
8. Guilt Trippin’
9. Scriblin’ Gib’rish
10. Jessica’s Bra
11. Third Call
12. My New Movie
13. Splat!

To celebrate the release, Deep Purple will continue their extensive 2026 touring schedule with no fewer than 86 shows across 28 countries on three continents.

The tour dates are as follows:

August 4 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
August 6 – Memphis, TN – Memphis Botanic Garden
August 8 – Clearwater, FL – The BayCare Sound
August 9 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Casino
August 12 – Wantagh, NY – Jones Beach Theater
August 13 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
August 15 – Halifax, NS – Scotiabank Centre
August 17 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
August 18 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre
August 19 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Center
August 21 – Detroit, MI – Pine Knob
August 22 – Salamanca, NY – Seneca Allegany Casino
August 24 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheatre
August 25 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia
August 27 – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Casino
August 29 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre
August 31 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
September 2 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Centre
September 4 – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley
September 5 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 6 – Highland, CA – Yaamava Theatre
September 8 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amp
September 10 – Las Vegas, NV – Planet Hollywood
September 11 – Long Beach, CA – Long Beach Amphitheater
September 12 – Sparks, NV – Nugget Event Center
September 29 – Sofia, Bulgaria – 8888 Arena
October 1 – Cluj, Romania – BT Arena
October 2 – Budapest, Hungary – Laszlo Papp Arena
October 4 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Tipos Arena
October 5 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle
October 7 – Prague, Czechia – O2 Arena
October 8 – Lodz, Poland – Atlas Arena
October 10 – Belgrade, Serbia – Stark Arena
October 11 – Skopje, Macedonia – Boris Trajkovski Arena
October 13 – Athens, Greece – Telekom Centre Arena
October 16 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion
October 17 – Milan, Italy – Unipol Forum
October 19 – Barcelona, Spain – Sant Jordi Club
October 20 – Madrid, Spain – Movistar Arena
October 22 – Paris, France – Adidas Arena
October 23 – Antwerp , Belgium – Lotto Arena
October 25 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena
October 26 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena
October 28 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum Arena
October 29 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Scandinavium
October 31 – Leipzig, Germany – QI Arena
November 1 – Hamburg, Germany – Sporthalle
November 3 – Dortmund, Germany – Westfalenhalle
November 4 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena
November 6 – Frankfurt, Germany – Festhalle
November 7 – Nuremberg, Germany – Arena
November 9 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
November 10 – Strasbourg, France – Zenith
November 12 – Bordeaux, France – Arkéa Arena
November 13 – Nantes, France – Zenith
November 15 – Lyon, France – LDLC Arena
November 18 – Newcastle, UK – Utilita Arena
November 19 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
November 21 – Birmingham, UK – BP Pulse Arena
November 22 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena
November 24 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo
November 25 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall
December 5 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Suhai Hall
December 8 – Santiago, Chile – Movistar Arena
December 10 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Movistar Arena
December 13 – Monterrey, MX – Arena Monterrey
December 16 – Guadalajara, MX – Arena Guadalajara
December 19 – Mexico City, MX – Estadio Fray Nano