Deep Purple announce UK arena tour: Dates, venues and how to buy tickets

18 November 2025, 10:05

You can book your tickets for Deep Purple later this week.

Deep Purple have popped up a fair bit in the news recently.

There was the retirement of one-time frontman and Whitesnake leader David Coverdale, as well as the use of 'Child in Time' in the trailer for the fifth and final season of hit Netflix show Stranger Things.

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And despite various lineup changes over the years, the band are still going strong and packing houses across the world.

Deep Purple will return to the UK next year for a major headline tour, with support from Mammoth (the band fronted by Wolfgang Van Halen) and Jayler.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 21 at 10am via AEG.

Deep Purple - Child In Time - Live (1970)

The full 2026 Deep Purple tour dates are as follows:

• Wednesday November, 18 – Newcastle Utilita Arena
• ThursdayNovember, 19 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
• Saturday November, 21 – BP Pulse Arena, Birmingham
• Sunday November, 22 – AO Arena, Manchester
• Tuesday November, 23 – Eventim Apollo, London

The current lineup of Deep Purple features founding member Ian Paice on drums, as well as singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover, who both joined all the way back in 1969.

Its rounded out by Don Airey, who has played keyboards in the band since 2002, and Simon McBridge, who joined as guitarist in 2022.

This lineup released the album =1 in 2024, the group's 23rd studio record. It was the group's fifth album in a row produced by Bob Ezrin.