Latest about Rainbow
Watch Robert Plant receive a foam pie to the face in 13 minutes of anarchic kids' TV with Cozy Powell
TV really isn't what it used to be
In 1979, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow began making their fourth album, Down To Earth. Cue pranks, tantrums, line-up changes, bad vibes and really bad hair days
"I didn’t look like them and I wasn't into their music" - Graham Bonnet on being offered the job of Rainbow singer
"It was the most scary thing any of us had ever been through." Ronnie James Dio on the "evil spirit" that apparently sabotaged Rainbow and ended up pushing his wife down the stairs
While recording in a haunted château, Ronnie James Dio believed he'd accidentally summoned a "really evil spirit" that caused chaos during their sessions
Every Rainbow album ranked from worst to best
Rainbow took Ritchie Blackmore away from Deep Purple, introduced Ronnie James Dio to a wider audience, then went in search of America: these are their albums, ranked
"We did have a couple of séances, but I didn't see any ghosts, though I know the place was haunted": Glenn Hughes on the recording of Deep Purple's Burn
Bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes on joining Deep Purple, almost joining Rainbow, leaving the Dead Daisies, the future of Black Country Communion, and 50 years of Burn
20 bands whose second album is the best thing they ever did
The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career
British politician lands himself in trouble for sharing Rainbow's Kill The King on social media days after the coronation
Welsh councillor Dave Jones lands himself in hot water after sharing Rainbow 1978 track Kill The King following King Charles coronation
Ritchie Blackmore is a huge ABBA fan, according to his former Rainbow/Deep Purple colleague Joe Lynn Turner
The Man In Black has a huge soft spot for ABBA: who knew?
