{"id":76670,"date":"2026-11-08T14:18:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/deep-purples-ian-gillan-shares-a-successful-health-update\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T14:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:18:49","slug":"deep-purples-ian-gillan-shares-a-successful-health-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/deep-purples-ian-gillan-shares-a-successful-health-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Purple&#8217;s Ian Gillan Shares a &#8216;Successful&#8217; Health Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/ian-gillan\">Ian Gillan<\/a> has shared an update on his health via social media,\u00a0less than a week after <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/deep-purple\/\">Deep Purple<\/a> announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/deep-purple-2026-european-concerts-postponed\/\">postponement<\/a> of their European tour.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the 81-year-old singer said that he experienced an <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/deep-purple-medical-emergency-ian-gillan\/\">unspecified &#8220;medical problem&#8221;<\/a> while the band was on tour in Germany. At first, just two shows were canceled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was hoping that I would get the all-clear to hang on until the end of the tour, but there are very serious risks involved in me doing so,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As a result, and on the advice of my medical team and management, we have made the decision to postpone the rest of the European\/UK 2026 tour until further notice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/deep-purple-songs\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\">Top 10 Deep Purple Songs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, Gillan has more details to share.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a procedure yesterday which was successful,&#8221; he<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iangillanofficial\/posts\/pfbid0oX8yLLzCcWCcGPXZfgUeG1Twfa55tm1TmsA5Hz8vLYNBQDgDcwKAS1FyxG77pCshl\" target=\"_blank\"> wrote<\/a>. &#8220;I now have to rest, in order to make a complete recovery and ensure that I&#8217;m as fit as can be before getting back to work, thanks everybody for your patience and understanding. I really do appreciate it and apologize for all the inconvenience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>When Is Deep Purple Expected to Resume Touring?<\/h3>\n<p>Deep Purple had over a dozen more European tour dates scheduled for Germany, the Netherlands, France and the U.K. They&#8217;ve assured fans that\u00a0&#8220;all tickets purchased will be valid for the rescheduled dates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The band is also slated to perform throughout December in\u00a0Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico.<br \/><b\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Deep Purple Lineup Changes: A Complete Guide<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Charting more than 50 years of changing faces in Deep Purple.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: UCR Staff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=164&#038;gver=11&#038;bid=295&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DmxuuNIMSzp6MHphJEoAGlLFQ3qmwQguzkGZl&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/ian-gillan-sucessful-procedure-health-update\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Gillan has shared an update on his health via social media,\u00a0less than a week after Deep Purple announced the postponement of their European&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":76671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rock","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}