Glenn Hughes announces retirement from touring due to health issues: “I really have no option” The former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze frontman is set to undergo open heart surgery Guitar World · Aug 5
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Sharon Osbourne calls for release of early Black Sabbath recordings to be scrapped Sharon Osbourne has urged Black Sabbath's first manager not to release an album of their first recordings from 1969. BANG Premier · Nov 16, 2025
Glenn Hughes has played with Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Black Country Communion and more - but he should never have left his first band Glenn Hughes has spent more than 50 years in rock - and he's ready to talk about it all Louder · Oct 9, 2025
“Right before he died I was reminded of what I’d noticed all those years ago – that the notes he didn’t play were more important than the notes he did play”: A salute from one great bass player to another Glenn Hughes pays tribute to the late, great Andy Fraser of Free MusicRadar · Sep 17, 2025
“We went back to the castle, went down to the dungeon where we were set up, figured out what key we were gonna play in – and then Blackmore came up with that riff!”: Glenn Hughes recalls his magical time with Deep Purple in the ’70s “I’m very proud of everything that I did with that band," he says MusicRadar · Sep 1, 2025
“We were originally supposed to be doing the song with Axl Rose, but he never turned up to the session”: The crazed early 90s techno collaboration that saved a 70s rock icon’s career – and his life It could have been Axl Rose or Roger Daltrey – but The KLF went for someone completely different Louder · Aug 25, 2025
“I don’t want people to be upset with me because I don’t mention Ritchie”: Glenn Hughes has worked with some of guitar’s all-time greats – now he’s named the best he’s ever played with The rock legend has revealed how he’s split the difference between two superlative players to claim the top spot Guitar World · Aug 18, 2025
“Him coming to my house at 3am and blowing my mind was incredible”: Ex-Deep Purple legend Glenn Hughes reveals the best guitarist he’s ever worked with – and it’s not Ritchie Blackmore Look away, Blackmore fans Louder · Aug 16, 2025
“John Wayne said: ‘My daughter would be so happy to get your autographs.’ So David Coverdale and I signed his cowboy boots”: Glenn Hughes’ wild tales of Ritchie Blackmore, David Bowie, Phil Lynott and The Duke Bowie, Blackmore, Richard Burton and Linda Blair – Glenn Hughes has crossed paths with them all Louder · Nov 23, 2024
“We were in LA getting ready for a gig and I said, ‘Where’s Glenn?’ He’d gone to Atlanta. He was a loon, just through doing so much coke and drinking”: How Tony Iommi and Glenn Hughes rekindled their turbulent friendship to make Fused Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi and ex-Deep Purple man Glenn Hughes reunited in 2005 to make the Fused album Louder · Oct 26, 2024
“Joe and I had been hanging out, secretively making music, knowing that one day we'd do something. Four sessions later, we had an album”: How Glenn Hughes brought his low-end expertise into the spotlight with Joe Bonamassa and Black Country Communion The ageless rock veteran with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath recorded his most bass-intensive disc alongside guitarist Joe Bonamassa Guitar World · Sep 27, 2024
"One demo was of a guy playing one finger piano on Black Night": When the call went out to replace Ian Gillan in Deep Purple, only one man got an audition In 1973, Deep Purple replaced Ian Gillan with an unknown singer. They then went on to make one of rock’s most underrated albums, Burn Louder · Apr 16, 2024
"We were surrounded by these drums and guitars that The Beatles had used, but the engineers were too stoned to record us": How the stars repeatedly failed to align for Trapeze Fronted by the future Voice Of Rock, Trapeze were soon on board the Express To Success. But then Deep Purple came calling and walked off with the golden-throated goose Louder · Feb 13, 2024
Louder · Dec 27, 2023 “I’m so fortunate not to have died. I’ve overdosed, been pistol-whipped, shot at, stabbed, run over in a car... and I’m still here”: Glenn Hughes, The Voice of Rock, has lived the lives of 10 men, and he's not finished yet Glenn Hughes, The Voice of Rock, looks back upon a lifetime of fabulous, and sometimes terrifying, rock 'n' roll adventures
Guitar World · Jul 21, 2023 “There’s not much swagger in that band.” For Glenn Hughes, joining Deep Purple wasn’t the clear-cut choice that you’d think The ‘Voice of Rock' looks back on his decision to quit Trapeze in 1973, and why Ritchie Blackmore was “a bit eccentric”
Liverpool Echo · Mar 31, 2023 Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram to publish joint vision for Britain New book Look North will chronicle the politicians' journey to Westminster and back and their ideas