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RITCHIE BLACKMORE Says He Will Perform With DEEP PURPLE For First Time In More Than Three Decades

Ritchie Blackmore will join DEEP PURPLE on stage for the first time in more than three decades during the band's headlining concert Wednesday night (August 12) at the Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York.

The 81-year-old guitarist, who last played with DEEP PURPLE in 1993, revealed his guest appearance for the Wantagh gig during an Instagram Live with his wife Candice Night on Tuesday (August 11).

Blackmore said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "There is something we wanted to mention about tomorrow night… Well, it is a secret and I don't want anybody to know, but I'm probably get up and do an encore with the band, DEEP PURPLE. But you can't tell anybody, and I know that this is gonna be kept a secret. And will it? I suppose so."

Regarding how the idea for his guest appearance came about, Ritchie said: "I actually called up... I didn't call him up, I sent my A.I. pigeon to [DEEP PURPLE singer] Ian Gillan in Portugal, where he lives at the moment. And I said, 'How would you feel about if I got up just for an encore? Just one of the songs. I don't want to intrude.' And I said, 'No pressure — just kind of [for] old times' sake.' I'm 81 now. So he seemed to love the idea, put it to the band, got a thumbs up, and it looks like we might be doing that."

Blackmore went on to say that he is already looking ahead to Wednesday night's gig. "I have my roadie there kind of now, setting up my amplifier," he explained. "But I'll be using a small amplifier, but it's very loud. It's what I use when I record. I hope I can compete with the [current DEEP PURPLE] guitar player [Simon McBride], 'cause I can see that he has very big amplifiers behind him. So, it'd probably just be the one number, as it's been a while. I changed my strings on my Strat, which I haven't done in over 25 years… I hope the guy out in the front can turn me up. I've got my roadie there for a soundcheck.

Night revealed that the song Blackmore will perform with DEEP PURPLE won't be "Highway Star", since "they're opening [the show] with 'Highway Star'," according to Ritchie.

Blackmore also addressed some of the physical issues he is currently facing, including a severe, debilitating vertigo attack he suffered in late 2025 that forced him to cancel tour dates, as well as his chronic health challenges that include severe gout, arthritis affecting his fingers and feet, and previous heart issues.

"I did have my injection in my lumbar area yesterday," Ritchie said. "It's a special injection I have that enables me to stand in one spot, because if I'm playing a Strat on stage, I have a hard time with the shoulders and the lumbar area. I've got four herniated discs, if anybody wants them. And I had my injection yesterday of a steroid which helps me get through standing up on stage. But I do have a kind of a stool there just in case I start toppling over or something. But I know that Ian Gillan has his maladies too with his eyesight, I think. And so as you get older, you collect all these things… And fusion is out of the question. That's too big a job. But the stem cell stuff looks interesting. So I'm kind of recovering from that at the moment. I'm on steroid. And it's very hard to sleep when you're on steroids, but I'm on one steroid. And thanks to the doctors at Stony Brook [University Hospital]; they were excellent. I didn't feel hardly any pain. But I think we've all got something to complain about. I just have more things to complain about than usual. And if don't complain, I'll find something to complain about.

Circling back to Wednesday night's appearance with DEEP PURPLE, Ritchie said: "[Simon] is a very good guitar player. As was, and is, [former DEEP PURPLE guitarist] Steve Morse, is a great guitar player.

"So, that's gonna be interesting. I have not played rock music in 25 years, actually," Ritchie added, apparently forgetting the fact that he paused his post-DEEP PURPLE project BLACKMORE'S NIGHT (which also features Candice) in 2016 to reform RAINBOW for his first rock concerts in 19 years. "It'll be good to see the old guys again. I think we'll all be on crutches and wheelchairs and things, although I think the rest of them are okay. But, yes, it's kind of frightening. I haven't played rock in 25 years… I've been playing acoustic guitar for 25 years, and at first I was very uncomfortable playing it, but I got used to it, and now I'm used to playing the acoustic more so than the electric."

Ritchie later said that he wanted to share the news of his appearance with DEEP PURPLE ahead of the gig because "I just thought it might be an idea to let a few people know 'cause I think a lot of people would like to see that. So hopefully my guitar stays in tune, and I can play whatever song is going to be played. It's just the one song, I think."

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT plays "Renaissance music," or "medieval music," with most of the tunes featuring lyrics conjured by Night and melodies crafted by Blackmore.

Ritchie, Candice and their two children reside on Long Island, New York, near Port Jefferson.

Blackmore is a co-founder of DEEP PURPLE and wrote many of their most memorable riffs, including "Smoke On The Water", but he has not played with the group since his 1993 departure.

During his time away from PURPLE, Blackmore established the neo-classical band called RAINBOW, which fused baroque music influences elements with hard rock before gradually progressing to catchy pop-style hard rock.

Blackmore stepped away from his Renaissance-inspired brand of music with BLACKMORE'S NIGHT in 2016 to perform a handful of shows with a brand-new lineup of RAINBOW.

In addition to Blackmore and Night (backing vocals),the most recent incarnation of RAINBOW included singer Ronnie Romero, STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson, BLACKMORE'S NIGHT drummer David Keith, bassist Bob Nouveau (a.k.a. Robert "Bob" Curiano, ex-BLACKMORE'S NIGHT) and backing singer Lady Lynn.

The two shows RAINBOW played in Germany in June 2016 were caught on camera to produce "Memories In Rock - Live In Germany", which was released in November 2016 via Eagle Rock Entertainment on DVD+2CD, Blu-ray+2CD, and digital formats.

After Ritchie left DEEP PURPLE for the final time in 1993, he reformed RAINBOW for one album (1995's "Stranger In Us All") and one tour, ending things in Denmark in 1997.

Blackmore didn't join his former DEEP PURPLE bandmates at the group's 2016 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony.

Blackmore previously suggested that PURPLE's manager had blocked him from attending the Rock Hall induction ceremony, and he used that as an excuse for not attending the event.

Despite Blackmore being a no-show at Rock Hall, he was given several shoutouts during the induction speeches of the DEEP PURPLE members in attendance. In addition, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich, who inducted DEEP PURPLE into the institution, praised "Ritchie fucking Blackmore" for one of the most memorable guitar riffs of all time on "Smoke On The Water".

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12 авг 2026

EvgenBriden

Неожиданная новость... Ещё настораживает что не продюсеры, а сам Ричи это предложил. Не к добру...
Очевидно сыграют Smoke On The Water, немного запилив импровизацию)