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yngwies Cat 5:22 Wed Sep 9
Ritchie Blackmore removes the Lute from his Arse and will pick up the Srat for a bit in June 2016.

Well its about time.
About Kin time.

Ritchie Blackmore will play a quartet of rock-focused shows in Europe next year, returning to the genre that hurtled him to fame after being away from it for nearly 20 years. Members of his celebrated former bands are also slated to participate, says the guitarist.

“I am doing four dates in June, which will be all rock,” Blackmore tells Noisey. “I have the band basically together and it will be [the best of] Rainbow and Deep Purple.” Blackmore didn’t confirm which former bandmates will participate, though Joe Lynn Turner has already suggested he could be involved. David Coverdale has also previously approached Blackmore about working together again.

Ritchie Blackmore has co-led Blackmore’s Night, a traditional folk band, with his wife, Candice Night, since 1997. And that’s where he’ll be returning after these one-off rock shows are completed. “It’s just having fun, but it’s only four dates in Europe,” he noted. “I don’t want to do anymore because I take what I’m doing now much more seriously.” Blackmore’s Night will release a new album, All Our Yesterdays, on Sept. 18.

For those of you keeping score, Coverdale played with Blackmore in Deep Purple from 1973-75. Turner joined Blackmore in Rainbow from 1980-84, and was then in Deep Purple from 1989-92. Blackmore led Deep Purple from 1968-75 and then again from 1984-93; stints in Rainbow followed both times, in 1975-84, and then in 1993-97.

About fucin time.

JAC 10:51 Wed Sep 9
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Going to see Deep Purple at the O2 in December,not sure what I'm going to get!

dfed22 9:08 Wed Sep 9
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Will be interesting to see who else is in the band.

If Dio were alive I couldn't picture those two ever working together again, but that's a moot point.

mike hunt 8:01 Wed Sep 9
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about time, fucking loopy cunt

Takashi Miike 7:30 Wed Sep 9
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is Gillan still performing?

yngwies Cat 7:27 Wed Sep 9
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Nice one Steve. Think it's safe to say I had more hair then and less pounds ;-)

hornchurchsteve 7:16 Wed Sep 9
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Yngwies cat
I too was at Michael sobell gig. You are correct lita ford was the support. Great gig that.

boleyn8420 3:34 Wed Sep 9
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Saw Deep Purple at Fairfield Halls in Croydon in 1970, FFS where did those 45 years dissappear to, I was a mere whippesnapper of 13, couldn't hear for a week after.
Rainbow in Hammersmith in '76 was just as loud down the front as well. Good year was 76 for music, also saw Bad Company, Quo, Thin Lizzy and Queen in Hyde Park and then someone invited me to see some little band in a sweaty little club called the Notre Dame or it may have been the 100 club cant remember but the band was the Sex Pistols. Like I said a good year

yngwies Cat 2:12 Wed Sep 9
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Harry Redknapp’s favourite album

Aquabung!

Leonard Hatred 1:59 Wed Sep 9
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Jethro Tull are playing Shepherds Bush tonight.

yngwies Cat 1:48 Wed Sep 9
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I saw Dr and the Medics at Acton Town Hall,

Bungo 11:16 Wed Sep 9
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Claret Badger 11:04 Wed Sep 9

That I would like to have seen. My first Maiden gig was with Bruce singing on the Beast on the Road tour at Hammersmith.

Claret Badger 11:04 Wed Sep 9
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maiden with dianno played Bracknell Sports centre too

Bungo 10:46 Wed Sep 9
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There were some funny old gigs back then.

I didn't go but I seem to remember Motorhead playing Bracknell Sports Centre even after they were quite big.

Doesn't seem to happen so much now.

yngwies Cat 10:09 Wed Sep 9
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Me to mate. First three albums, the dogs. Would have loved to have seen the classic 'Rising' line up live. Had to do with with Joe Lynn Turner on pipes on the Straight Between the Eyes tour at that famous venue, The Michael Sobell sports centre in Islington.

Seem to recall Lita Ford in support, a fuck off back line of White Marshall stacks and not being able to hear for a week afterwards.

Bungo 7:55 Wed Sep 9
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Just a shame that he didn't do it when RJD was still alive and active.

The Rainbow songs of that era were the best Blackmore work for me anyway.