Deep Purple were rendered speechless when, in a Munich hotel in March 1975, Ritchie Blackmore announced he was leaving the band he'd co-founded seven years earlier. In retrospect, it made sense that ...

In the dark, smoke-filled basement disco of the Tokyo Hilton, the night is in full swing. The music throbs with a mid-tempo pulse, as salary men with open collars, loosened ties and uncomfortable ...

Ritchie Blackmore, frontman of rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow, is now giving fans more insight into the "medical reasons" he was forced to cancel his upcoming shows. The 80-year-old rocker, who ...

Ritchie Blackmore‘s band Blackmore’s Night have canceled all of their remaining 2025 tour dates due to unspecified medical reasons. The nature of the medical issue and the band member or members it is ...