Ritchie Blackmore is firmly among the alumni of iconic rock guitarists. But who was his favourite contemporary? Read more ...

The offer came over Christmas 1978, when Blackmore visited Gillan with an invitation to join Rainbow, around the time of ...

Ritchie Blackmore already had a reputation for being a musical firework live, but he wasn't beyond using real pyrotechnics during a show.

The guitarist said his volume while testing amps was distracting to Marshall's workforce, even when he was in a soundproofed ...

Ritchie Blackmore was sworn to secrecy from the founder of Marshall Amplification about how he got his extra loud amp.

Ritchie Blackmore will always be best known for the titanic riff he supplied to 'Smoke on the Water,' but there's more to the guitarist than Deep Purple. He also co-founded Rainbow, a band that ...

Rock’n’roll legend Ritchie Blackmore is returning for a one-off show to bring you all the anthems of Deep Purple and Rainbow… ...

singer Rod Evans, pianist Jon Lord (1941 - 2012), guitarist and songwriter Ritchie Blackmore, bass guitarist Nick Simper, and drummer Ian Paice. Deep Purple’s new single "Lazy Sod" from their ...

It was with this line-up that he produced Since You Been Gone. Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow is still touring in 2019 (Blackmore has changed the line-up several times since 1979) and in an ...

Brian May, Lars Ulrich and Gene Simmons are among those paying tribute to The Outlaws and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. This is the definitive story of a true ...