Deep Purple - CD - Now what?! - Eight years after their last studio album Rapture Of The Deep, the band Deep Purple has decided to record a new studio album. During these eight years Deep Purple have played numerous shows and toured excessively. During the last tour they sold 60.000 tickets in Germany. Ian Gillan gave the following statement to their new album Now What?!: It would have been wrong 2 years ago, it would have been wrong 5 years ago. The time is NOW. We thought that it was the time to say something new and that's what we did. 'Now What?!' is one of the most important recordings that I have ever been a part of.