<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Ian-gillan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/ian-gillan Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:52:45 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Bernie was playing right out of Randy’s pedalboard and amp. He said Randy’s pedalboard was doing changes on its own”: Bernie Tormé only played seven gigs with Ozzy Osbourne – but he saved the Black Sabbath frontman’s career ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bernie-torme-remembered KVvLoKCMUEzcarXcFNMTgP Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:52:45 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:01:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I woke up with those words, ‘Smoke on the Water’, on my lips. I mentioned it to Ian and he said, ‘Sounds like a drug song, we better not do that’”: Deep Purple just played Smoke on the Water on the lake that inspired it – with actual fire in the sky ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/deep-purple-perform-smoke-on-the-water-on-lake-geneva trZY33vcJPcBHVtBMvoJUi Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:09:40 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don't know whether we played it properly, but the audience loved it”: When Black Sabbath regularly covered Smoke on the Water – and unwittingly inspired Spinal Tap's Stonehenge ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/black-sabbath-deep-purple-smoke-on-the-water-stonehenge BErXCo3cgPhvpU8ZravEG5 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:00:54 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:33:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bernie Tormé, Former Ozzy Osbourne Guitarist, Dead at 66 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/bernie-torme-former-ozzy-osbourne-guitarist-dead-at-66 WGH5GmxnDjfpCdMAAkKPAV Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:29:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Deep Purple Premiere New "Bloodsucker" Lyric Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/deep-purple-bloodsucker-lyric-video JFmd7iJdFwUKpHm5XKEAVE Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:22:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Deep Purple Premiere Animated "The Surprising" Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/deep-purple-premiere-animated-surprising-video doSahe72eN6A2SXJS4XnaR Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:30:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ian Gillan on One-Off Reunion With Ritchie Blackmore: "It's Not Gonna Happen" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/ian-gillan-one-reunion-ritchie-blackmore-its-not-gonna-happen kCAt4grfAk9m49BydtKnD6 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:41:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Deep Purple Announce 'A Fire in the Sky' Anthology ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/deep-purple-announces-fire-sky-anthology GZrCpEiKxQuHjznReW745U Fri, 21 Jul 2017 13:44:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Deep Purple's Ian Gillan Has No Desire to Reunite with Ritchie Blackmore ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/deep-purples-ian-gillian-has-no-desire-reunite-ritchie-blackmore fvqdQKVRyC7Qb3QZ2xRsbY Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:08:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tony Iommi, Deep Purple's Ian Gillan to Release 2-Disc WhoCares Album August 28 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tony-iommi-deep-purples-ian-gillan-release-2-disc-whocares-album-august-28 WdLfzHsSjUVALvMobXVYeW Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:23:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tony Iommi, Ian Gillan Announce Details of WhoCares Album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tony-iommi-ian-gillan-announce-details-whocares-album iWw8tqvh23kjZQbq32ac2c Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:37:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tony Iommi and Ian Gillan to Release Full Album Together ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tony-iommi-and-ian-gillan-release-full-album-together GaonrJx5Ux6F2zrZLzNHGG Mon, 07 May 2012 14:10:00 +0000