Editing Deep Purple (section)

===Mark IX (2022–present)===
[[File:2022 Lieder am See - Deep Purple - by 2eight - 7DS2746.jpg|right|thumb|Deep Purple live in Germany, July 2022. Left to right: Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan, Don Airey, [[Simon McBride]].]]
In March 2022, Morse announced that he had to take a hiatus from the band after his wife was diagnosed with cancer. The band, who had recently returned to live performances, continued touring with [[Simon McBride]], formerly of [[Sweet Savage]], standing in for Morse who at that point officially remained in the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/deep_purples_steve_morse_announces_hiatus_from_the_band_following_wifes_cancer_diagnosis.html |title=Deep Purple's Steve Morse Announces Hiatus From the Band Following Wife's Cancer Diagnosis &#124; Music News @ |publisher=Ultimate-guitar.com |date=31 March 2022 |accessdate=14 July 2022}}</ref> On 23 July 2022, it was announced that Morse would be leaving permanently in order to focus on caring for his wife as she battled cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/steve-morse-officially-quits-deep-purple-to-care-for-ailing-wife|title=Steve Morse Officially Quits Deep Purple To Care For Ailing Wife |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=23 July 2022|date=23 July 2022}}</ref> Later that September, McBride was made an official member of the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/deep-purple-officially-welcomes-guitarist-simon-mcbride-as-permanent-member|title=Deep Purple Officially Welcomes Guitarist Simon McBride As Permanent Member |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=16 September 2022|date=16 September 2022}}</ref>

[[File:2022 Lieder am See - Deep Purple - by 2eight - 9SC7190.jpg|thumb|left|Glover, Gillan and McBride performing in 2022]]
In June 2022, Gillan announced that the band had planned to work on their twenty-third studio album after the conclusion of the ''Whoosh!'' tour: "Deep Purple has got a writing session booked in March 2023, which I believe is to get started on thinking about our next record."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=46544|title=Deep Purple – To Start Writing Next Album In 2023|publisher=[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]|access-date=29 June 2022|date=29 June 2022}}</ref>

Titled ''=1 More Time'', a 2024 tour was announced on 19 March of that year.<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/music/deep-purple-announce-one-more-time-uk-tour-with-reef-buy-tickets-3603449 Deep Purple announce ‘One More Time’ UK tour with Reef]. ''NME''. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024</ref> [[Jefferson Starship]] were special guests on the Europe dates, and [[Reef (band)|Reef]] were special guests for the UK shows.<ref>[https://deeppurple.com/blogs/news/1-more-time-tour =1 More Time Tour]. ''Deep Purple''. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.</ref> On 24 April 2024, it was announced the forthcoming release of a new studio album - the band's twenty-third one and the first with McBride - whose title ''[[=1]]'' and track listing were revealed, and the release date stated as 19 July of that year.<ref>{{cite web | website=deep-purple.com | url=https://deep-purple.com/it-all-adds-up-to-1/ | title=It all adds up to 1 – Deep Purple | date=24 April 2024 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/deep-purple-s-ian-gillan-we-were-a-drinking-band-i-smoked-my-first-joint-at-38/ar-BB1kLc6G Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan: 'We were a drinking band – I smoked my first joint at 38']. ''The Telegraph''. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.</ref> It was the fifth Deep Purple album that Bob Ezrin had produced. The first single "Portable Door" was released on 30 April.<ref name="loudersound.com Portable Door">{{cite web |last= Lewry |first= Fraser |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/deep-purple-portable-door |title=''Classic Rock'' > article "Deep Purple launch first music with new guitarist Simon McBride" |date= 30 April 2024 |website=[[Metal Hammer|Louder]] |accessdate= 8 June 2024}}</ref> A second single, "Pictures of You", was released on 5 June 2024. A third single, "Lazy Sod" was released on 5 July 2024.<ref name="loudersound.com Pictures Of You">{{cite web |last= Lewry |first= Fraser |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/deep-purple-pictures-of-you |title=''Classic Rock'' > article "Watch Deep Purple's video for new single 'Pictures Of You'" |date= 6 June 2024 |website=[[Metal Hammer|Louder]] |accessdate= 8 June 2024}}</ref>