The cover artwork for "Vincent Price", the new single from DEEP PURPLE, can be seen below. It will be released on June 7 as download, CD single and seven-inch transparent vinyl.

"Vincent Price" will become a PURPLE collector's item, due to the inclusion of the song "First Sign Of Madness", which was recorded during the "Now What?!" sessions and not included in the final selection.

Seven-inch single:

Side A: Vincent Price
Side B: First Sign Of Madness

CD single and download

01. Vincent Price
02. First Sign Of Madness
03. The Well Dressed Guitar (from the now-deleted "Rapture Of The Deep" limited-edition CD)
04. Wrong Man (live) (from the now-deleted "Rapture Of The Deep" limited-edition CD)
05. Vincent Price (video)

DEEP PURPLE will release the track "Above And Beyond" as a CD-single and on seven-inch vinyl on October 25 in Europe. The single artwork, based on the original graphic work of Black Dwarf Designs, can be seen below. "Above And Beyond" comes off DEEP PURPLE's latest album, "Now What?!", which sold 4,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 115 on The Billboard 200 chart.

Universal Music has announced the deluxe release of DEEP PURPLE's seminal live album "Made In Japan" in multiple formats on May 19.

Together with LED ZEPPELIN and BLACK SABBATH, DEEP PURPLE has been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal" in the early to mid-Seventies. One of the most influential and important guitar bands in history, they have sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

"Made In Japan" was recorded live over three nights during August 15–17, 1972 at Festival Hall, Osaka and Budokan, Tokyo. Four of the tracks come from the band's 1972 "Machine Head" album. It featured what many consider the classic DEEP PURPLE lineup — Ian Gillan (vocals), Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Roger Glover (bass), Jon Lord (organ) and Ian Paice (drums). Originally recorded only for the Japanese market, the album has since become seen as one of DEEP PURPLE's seminal albums, and one of the greatest live albums of all time (A Rolling Stone magazine readers poll in 2012 voted "Made In Japan" as the sixth greatest live album of all time).

May 19, 2014 will see the album newly remastered and released in a number of special formats. The format options include previously unseen footage on DVD, bonus material and mixes, memorabilia and a hardback book.

The "Made In Japan" formats:

* Limited Edition Super Deluxe 4 CD+DVD+7" Boxed Set and Limited-Edition Super Deluxe 9LP Boxed Set
* Deluxe Edition 2CD
* 180g 2LP
* Blu-ray Pure Audio
* HD Download
* MFiT
* Standard Digital format

Legendary rockers DEEP PURPLE are writing material for their 20th studio album, tentatively due in 2014.

The band's lead singer, Ian Gillan, tells Zeitung: "The whole band is [in Portugal]. We have a studio in the Algarve where we're working on new songs.

"In the evening we take a sip of good red wine and enjoy the tranquility. I'm woken up at dawn by a rooster in the neighborhood and I get up when it gets light. When it gets dark in the evening, I go to bed. It's a no frills life; but it's a good life down here."

The deluxe release of DEEP PURPLE's seminal live album "Made In Japan" was made available in multiple formats on May 19. Gillan admitted: "I don't like live albums especially. But I know the importance and significance of 'Made In Japan'. The tour, 42 years ago, blew me away. It was my first time in a country where I felt fundamental differences in mentality to Europe. It was a culture shock to me. But it's influenced me in a positive sense."

According to Gillan, he has no plans to retire from touring any time soon. "I can't imagine not being on stage," he said.

"When I was a teenager, I went to a Cliff Bennett concert and I released I wanted to be where he was. The interaction with the audience, and even more important for me, with the musicians — that's pure magic.

- (J'arrive au bout des 20 minutes qui m'ont été accordées, donc je me lance avec une question qui peut le fâcher) Je suis obligé de te poser la question sur les rumeurs qui courent. Un de tes anciens chanteurs, Joe Lynn Turner, ne cesse de répéter que tu vas reformer Rainbow, et donner des concerts l'an prochain. Info ou intox ?

- RB. Non, il y a du vrai, mais aussi un peu de confusion et un peu d'incertitude. Je pense rejouer du rock, juste durant quelques jours, en juin prochain, des chansons de Deep Purple et Rainbow. Mais pour le moment, je ne suis pas décidé sur les personnes avec qui je veux travailler. J'ai une bonne idée sur les candidats idéaux, mais ce ne serait pas juste de le dire maintenant. Je saurai précisément dans un mois qui je veux avoir dans ce groupe pour jouer du Deep Purple et du Rainbow. Nous ferons probablement 3 ou 4 shows en juin, c'est tout.

- J'ai entendu dire que tu étais en contact pour jouer dans un festival en France à cette époque ?

- RB. C'est vrai. Je pense que Joe (Lynn Turner) ne fera pas partie de l'aventure, et il ne le sait pas encore. Il fait son truc de son côté, je l'aime bien, et j'ai réalisé de bons albums et de bonnes chansons avec lui, comme "Street of dreams". Mais je pense faire un mélange dans le groupe, avec des gens connus et d'autres pas du tout. C'est mon état d'esprit en ce moment, et tu es la première personne à qui j'en parle.

- Merci pour le scoop !

- RB. Oui, il devrait y avoir 3 ou 4 personnes que ça va intéresser !