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 ...

Ritchie Blackmore will always be best known for the titanic riff he supplied to ‘Smoke on the Water,’ but there’s more to the guitarist than Deep Purple. He also co-found ...

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 ...

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 ...

Blackmore’s upbringing was quite strange, as he a describes his mother as a “gypsy” who used to “put spells on people.” Apparently, Ritchie picked up a few tricks from old Mum.

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.

Blackmore's Night is coming to Northampton. The band is set to play the Academy of Music on July 21 at 7 p.m. Tickets for the show are available through the promoter's website at dspshows.com.

The duo known as Blackmore's Night is now a quartet — at home, at least. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and singer Candice Night tied the knot in 2008 after a long courtship, and now have two ...