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Watch Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow perform Perfect Strangers

By Stef Lach Published

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow release live Perfect Strangers video from upcoming Memories In Rock DVD

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Close-up composite of guitarists Ritchie Blackmore and Steve Morse next to each other playing live
Exit stage left: the joy and fear of replacing an irreplaceable guitarist

By Ed Mitchell Published

Stepping into the role of a famous lead guitarist can be a daunting prospect. But when Deep Purple, Kiss and Motörhead came calling it was an offer Morse, Thayer and Campbell couldn’t refuse

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Rainbow reunion shows set for home release

By Scott Munro Published

Ritchie Blackmore’s German Rainbow shows from June this year set to be released on CD, DVD and Blu-ray

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Deep Purple - On Tour MCMXCIII: Live In Europe album review

By Essi Berelian Published

Blackmore and Gillan’s battle rages on.

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Glenn Hughes: Blackmore asked me to play Rainbow shows

By Martin Kielty Published

Glenn Hughes says Ritchie Blackmore asked him to be part of this year’s Rainbow shows - but he refused because he didn’t want to work with unknown singer

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A photo of Ritchie Blackmore on stage with Rainbow in 2016
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - live review

By Stephen Dalton Published

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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow live dates deliver an unashamedly nostalgic, no-holds-barred trip back in time

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Deep Purple - Playing With Fire

By Peter Makowski Published

Deep Purple’s teenybopper rock irked critics and failed to conquer the charts. Then came the transformation: enter leonine singer Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and Blackmore's screaming Strat...

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Ritchie Blackmore onstage in Birmingham last month
Ritchie Blackmore says Rainbow could play again

By Scott Munro Published

Ritchie Blackmore says new-look Rainbow lineup could play live again – but with fewer Deep Purple songs in the set

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Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton describes Ritchie Blackmore Rainbow shows as 'flat'

By Christina O'Neill Published

Hamilton played with Thin Lizzy when they opened for Rainbow in June and says guitarist Ritchie Blackmore wasn't looking or sounding his best

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Ritchie Blackmore on a pay phone in the 1970s
Ritchie Blackmore: the lost interview

By Neil Jeffries Published

In this career-spanning interview from 1995, Ritchie Blackmore looks back at his achievements with Deep Purple and Rainbow, his run-ins with bandmates and his love of seances

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