In a brand new interview withBillboard,Deep PurplebassistRoger Gloverspoke about the band's upcoming tour,"The Long Goodbye", which starts May 13 in Europe and includes a late-summer North American leg withAlice CooperandEdgar Winter. Asked if the tour title is trying to tell fans something,Gloversaid: "Well, we're letting you make your own minds up. No one wants to stop. But we know that I'm 71 now, [singer Ian]Gillanis 71, we're all about late 60s, early 70s, and bodies have a way of not keeping up with your brain or your career. We're all sort of approaching that point where I can't imagine another eight years to do an album."

Glover Continued: "The time is approaching when it will end, but we don't want to face that. We don't actually want to make a date or a final tour or anything. We just want to carry on as long as nature allows or is kind of dignified. If we can't do what we do anymore, then yes, it's time to stop. But we're still doing it, and we're still enjoying it very much. So all we're saying is the door is closing, but it's not closed yet."

Deep Purplewill release their new album,"InFinite", the highly anticipated follow-up to their worldwide chart-topping effort"Now What?!", on April 7 viaearMUSIC.

"InFinite"was tracked in February 2016 at a studio in Nashville, Tennessee and was once again helmed byBob Ezrin, who has previously worked withKiss, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabiriel, Alice Cooper, and Kansas among others.

Deep Purple- which has been eligible for induction into theRock And Roll Hall Of Famefor two decades now - finally entered theRock Hallas part of the class of 2016. The band's first three lineups were inducted, including drummerIan Paice, guitaristRitchie Blackmore, late keyboardistJon Lord, and various singers and bassists -Rod Evans;Ian GillanandRoger Glover; andDavid CoverdaleandGlenn Hughes.