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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=13221 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:04:14 -0500 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:01:32 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=13221 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-dont-hear-anything-what-the-voice-of-rock-thinks-the-modern-rock-scene-lacks https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-dont-hear-anything-what-the-voice-of-rock-thinks-the-modern-rock-scene-lacks Music News: "I don't hear a new Led Zeppelin."]]> Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:04:14 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-is-the-greatest-singer-ever-according-to-glenn-hughes-hes-always-been-an-inspiration https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-is-the-greatest-singer-ever-according-to-glenn-hughes-hes-always-been-an-inspiration Music News: "Look, in my opinion, he's the greatest singer ever, but it's the way he stands, the way he lives his life, and the way he is with his family."]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:06:09 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-was-one-of-my-closest-friends-glenn-hughes-almost-joined-ozzys-band-but-this-part-of-the-bargain-meant-he-had-to-decline https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-was-one-of-my-closest-friends-glenn-hughes-almost-joined-ozzys-band-but-this-part-of-the-bargain-meant-he-had-to-decline Music News: "He wanted me to be in a band with him in 1979 when he left Sabbath."]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2025 01:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/its-everything-to-me-glenn-hughes-reveals-main-secret-to-keeping-his-voice-so-great-addresses-his-new-album https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/its-everything-to-me-glenn-hughes-reveals-main-secret-to-keeping-his-voice-so-great-addresses-his-new-album Interviews: UG Exclusive: "Each album I make is a bit slightly different from the one before it. I never make the same album twice."]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:15:59 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn-hughes-says-this-is-the-greatest-guitar-player-hes-ever-met-blowing-my-mind-every-night https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn-hughes-says-this-is-the-greatest-guitar-player-hes-ever-met-blowing-my-mind-every-night Music News: "The greatest right now."]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:16:24 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/record-labels-are-a-waste-of-time-the-people-working-there-havent-got-a-clue-glenn-hughes-says-music-industry-doesnt-exist-anymore https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/record-labels-are-a-waste-of-time-the-people-working-there-havent-got-a-clue-glenn-hughes-says-music-industry-doesnt-exist-anymore Music News: "From where I came from all those years ago, it's just completely changed."]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 03:19:39 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/personality-wise-they-were-different-glenn-hughes-reveals-differences-between-ritchie-blackmore-and-tony-iommi-addresses-old-rumor-about-iommi https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/personality-wise-they-were-different-glenn-hughes-reveals-differences-between-ritchie-blackmore-and-tony-iommi-addresses-old-rumor-about-iommi Music News: "Mysterious as *** all hell"]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_says_this_is_the_greatest_blues_rock_guitar_player_today.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_says_this_is_the_greatest_blues_rock_guitar_player_today.html Music News: "In general, when you think blues rock, you think of only one."]]> Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:51:29 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_names_best_guitar_player_he_ever_worked_with.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_names_best_guitar_player_he_ever_worked_with.html Music News: "I mean, un-be-lie-va-ble."]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 23:07:47 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_says_he_didnt_really_want_to_be_in_black_sabbath_but_still_enjoyed_working_with_tony_iommi.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_says_he_didnt_really_want_to_be_in_black_sabbath_but_still_enjoyed_working_with_tony_iommi.html Music News: "Tony was going to make a solo album in 1985."]]> Mon, 27 Dec 2021 22:38:11 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/deep_purple_legend_glenn_hughes_reacts_to_stevie_wonders_white_singer_remark_about_him_recalls_the_beatles_reaction.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/deep_purple_legend_glenn_hughes_reacts_to_stevie_wonders_white_singer_remark_about_him_recalls_the_beatles_reaction.html Music News: "We're still friends to this day, he's my mentor vocally," Glenn said.]]> Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:25:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_recalls_meeting_10-year-old_lars_ulrich__how_future_metallica_drummer_behaved.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_recalls_meeting_10-year-old_lars_ulrich__how_future_metallica_drummer_behaved.html Music News: "My first show with Deep Purple, in December [1973], was in Copenhagen."]]> Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:31:48 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_recalls_david_bowie_living_at_his_house__how_the_legend_behaved_talks_current_relationship_with_deep_purple_icon_ritchie_blackmore.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_recalls_david_bowie_living_at_his_house__how_the_legend_behaved_talks_current_relationship_with_deep_purple_icon_ritchie_blackmore.html Music News: The bassist also reflects on David Coverdale quitting Deep Purple.]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:12:09 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_explains_why_he_refuses_to_reunite_with_deep_purple_speaks_on_rock_hall_snubbing_dio.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_explains_why_he_refuses_to_reunite_with_deep_purple_speaks_on_rock_hall_snubbing_dio.html Music News: "I would not consider it," the bassist pointed out.]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:10:43 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_speaks_on_how_he__david_coverdale_were_treated_at_deep_purples_rock_hall_induction_says_he_doesnt_care_what_band_is_doing_now.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_speaks_on_how_he__david_coverdale_were_treated_at_deep_purples_rock_hall_induction_says_he_doesnt_care_what_band_is_doing_now.html Music News: "It was a little difficult because of - let's call it 'personality problems.'"]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:14:10 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_says_he__david_coverdale_were_not_wanted_at_deep_purples_rock_hall_induction_nobody_paid_attention_to_david__me.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_says_he__david_coverdale_were_not_wanted_at_deep_purples_rock_hall_induction_nobody_paid_attention_to_david__me.html Music News: "I'm saying this jokingly, but with respect," the bassist said.]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:50:30 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_names_album_led_zeppelins_bonham_played_over__over__over_again_recalls_bowie_album_written_in_his_house__what_david_was_really_like.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_names_album_led_zeppelins_bonham_played_over__over__over_again_recalls_bowie_album_written_in_his_house__what_david_was_really_like.html Music News: The former Deep Purple bassist also names The Who classic he considers the greatest live record ever.]]> Sat, 02 May 2020 08:54:36 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_recalls_what_ritchie_blackmore_always_used_to_say_about_jimi_hendrix_names_the_beatles_album_that_changed_it_all.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_recalls_what_ritchie_blackmore_always_used_to_say_about_jimi_hendrix_names_the_beatles_album_that_changed_it_all.html Music News: "Hendrix invented it all," the ex-Deep Purple singer/bassist says.]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:17:47 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_i_played_with_greatest_guitar_players_of_all_this_guy_was_the_jewel_in_the_crown.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_i_played_with_greatest_guitar_players_of_all_this_guy_was_the_jewel_in_the_crown.html Music News: "I've sat with a lot of guitar players, but this man spoke to me directly," the musician says.]]> Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:30:28 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_answers_should_rock_stars_retire_at_their_peak.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_answers_should_rock_stars_retire_at_their_peak.html Music News: The musician recalls how Ringo Starr reacted when asked a similar question.]]> Sun, 29 Sep 2019 11:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_i_was_a_member_of_electric_light_orchestra_for_a_week_because_i_was_petrified_to_say_no_to_sharon_osbournes_dad.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_i_was_a_member_of_electric_light_orchestra_for_a_week_because_i_was_petrified_to_say_no_to_sharon_osbournes_dad.html Music News: "A week later, my mum phoned him up and said, 'Don, it's Sheila. Glenn can't make it. He's freaking out,'" the bassist says.]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:26:51 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_there_was_no_other_bass_player_in_bass_history_playing_wah-wah_like_me.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_there_was_no_other_bass_player_in_bass_history_playing_wah-wah_like_me.html Music News: "I play it like a guitar player would play it and it kind of works in my world," the former Deep Purple bassist says.]]> Sat, 27 Oct 2018 10:41:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_what_the_70s_would_have_been_like_if_we_had_social_networks.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_what_the_70s_would_have_been_like_if_we_had_social_networks.html Music News: "Thank God that social networks and media was invented after I got sober," former Deep Purple bassist/singer says with a laugh.]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 08:14:13 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/glenn_hughes_and_some_famous_fellow_just_finished_recording_new_material.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/glenn_hughes_and_some_famous_fellow_just_finished_recording_new_material.html Community Feed: Who could it be?]]> Sun, 17 Sep 2017 17:46:32 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/glenn_hughes_will_be_performing_deep_purple_classics_on_australian_and_new_zealand_tour_trailer_available.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/glenn_hughes_will_be_performing_deep_purple_classics_on_australian_and_new_zealand_tour_trailer_available.html Community Feed: "I'm incredibly excited to get out there and play tracks like 'Burn', 'Mistreated', 'Stormbringer' and 'Getting Tighter', as well as some of those older songs that helped define the genre."]]> Thu, 06 Jul 2017 17:49:49 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_uk_tour_dates.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_hughes_uk_tour_dates.html Music News: Glenn Hughes known to millions of hard rock fans as the undisputed "Voice of Rock" will embark on a 15-date UK tour in September.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:39:22 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/rock_chronicles_rock_chronicles_1990s_glenn_hughes.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/rock_chronicles_rock_chronicles_1990s_glenn_hughes.html Interviews: This is an exclusive interview with Glenn Hughes, that Steven Rosen conducted in 1995.]]> Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:36:48 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/glenn_hughes_says_he_wont_rejoin_deep_purple.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/glenn_hughes_says_he_wont_rejoin_deep_purple.html Interviews: Glenn Hughes was interviewed on "The Classic Metal Show" on April 11 about the 35th anniversary of the Deep Purple classics.]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:00:23 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/hughes_welcomes_back_guitarist_marsh.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/hughes_welcomes_back_guitarist_marsh.html Music News: Legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) has issued the following update.]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:01:32 -0400