Fans of Deep Purple might want to get out and see the band sooner than later because frontman Ian Gillan revealed in a recent interview that the legendary rock band’s run is nearing its end.

Gillan, 80, made the revelation in a recent interview with Uncut Magazine.

“It’s one of those things,” he said. “I’ve only got 30 percent vision. That won’t get better. It makes life mysterious. The hardest thing is working on my laptop. I can’t see anything on the screen unless I use my peripheral vision; I pick up a line by looking at it sideways. But you find a way. You adapt. But it’s achingly tiresome. It takes a long time to do the work.”

The band has been around for more than 50 years — Deep Purple first got together back in 1968 — so the fact that the guys are winding down probably shouldn

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