Ritchie Blackmore Performs With Deep Purple for First Time Since Acrimonious Split in Early ’90s, After Warning Fans: ‘I Have Not Played Rock Music in 25 Years’
2 sources·Updated August 13, 2026
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- NME·2h agoWatch Ritchie Blackmore perform with Deep Purple for first time in 33 years
Blackmore said the decades-in-the-making moment was daunting, telling fans: "I haven’t played rock in 25 years"
Read at NME → - Variety·6h agoRitchie Blackmore Performs With Deep Purple for First Time Since Acrimonious Split in Early ’90s, After Warning Fans: ‘I Have Not Played Rock Music in 25 Years’
Most Deep Purple fans had long since given up any hope of seeing the band ever share a stage with founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore again, due to a well-know, decades-long estrangement. But that’s exactly what took place near the end of the group’s show Wednesday night at…
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