She says the former Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist has expressed an interest in touring again and remains hopeful the band ...

Rock Icon, 80, May Return to the Stage but Only on His Terms first appeared on Parade on Aug 7, 2025 This story was ...

In a new podcast interview, Ritchie Blackmore’s wife and bandmate, Candice Night, shared an update about the guitar legend’s health issues, and said their group, Blackmore's Night, may schedule new ...

Ritchie Blackmore of the British band Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow performs live on stage during a concert at the Velodrom on April 18, 2018 in Berlin, Germany© Frank Hoensch/Redferns/Getty Images ...

Blackmore: I had been listening to David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London since I saw them on a BBC special of King Henry VIII's wives. The music was soul stirring and so honest, very ...

Blackmore was actually enamored of his Vox AC30, but Marshall was unable to match its tone. “I’d try to get them to give me more distorted treble on the output side,” he explained.

Ritchie Blackmore explained why he couldn’t get inspired by the music Deep Purple was making at the end of his tenure. He quit while the band was on tour in 1993, and effectively abandoned the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Egg will be hosting a performance by Blackmore’s Night, featuring legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. The concert is scheduled for October 27. Get the latest ...

Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was an integral part of the 1960s rock scene, creating some of the most iconic riffs of all time (i.e., “Smoke On The Water”) and keeping his finger on ...

6. Ritchie Blackmore Ritchie Blackmore's legacy runs deep, first delivering some truly hard rocking riffs as part of Deep Purple, then later getting heavier by founding early metal giants Rainbow.

One of Ritchie Blackmore 's former classmates has been scammed out of almost $184,000 by someone pretending to be the former Deep Purple cofounder. Valerie Horwood, a terminally ill cancer patient ...

Blackmore years ago traded in his heavy heydays with Deep Purple, perhaps the artiest hard rock combo of the 1970s, in favor of Blackmore's Night, a playful seven-member band. The guy who wrote ...