Ritchie Blackmore Reunites with Deep Purple for First Performance in 33 Years
Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore performed with Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years at a concert in New York, joining them for an encore of "Smoke on the Water" since his departure in 1993.
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Ritchie Blackmore Performs With Deep Purple for the First Time Since Acrimonious Split in Early ’90s, After Warning Fans: ‘I Have Not Played Rock Music in 25 Years’
Deep Purple fans had mostly given up any hopes of seeing the band ever share a stage with founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore again, due to a well-known estrangement. But that’s exactly what took place near the end of the group’s show Wednesday night at Jones Beach in New York, as hatchets were buried and Blackmore […]
By Chris Willman
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The emotional performance marked the first time the estranged bandmates had appeared in public together in 33 years
By Andy Greene
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Blackmore said the decades-in-the-making moment was daunting, telling fans: "I haven’t played rock in 25 years" The post Watch Ritchie Blackmore perform with Deep Purple for first time in 33 years appeared first on NME.
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