In February 1979, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow gathered together at Chateau Pelly de Cornfeld, a 13th-century castle in the foothills of the French Alps. Picture-postcard Geneva was a short drive over ...

Featuring 14 tracks lined with Rainbow and Deep Purple classics like "Stargazer" and "Highway Star," the set was culled from both Monsters of Rock festival performances on July 17 and 18. The release ...

The 21st-century incarnation of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow have recorded new music, the band leader has revealed. “We were recording until yesterday in the studio at our home," Blackmore recently ...

Ritchie Blackmore took the stage Friday at Loreley, Germany’s Monsters of Rock to perform the works of his two pioneering heavy metal groups – Deep Purple and Rainbow – for the first time in 19 years.

In keeping, a subsequent return to Rainbow seemed perhaps inevitable at the time. Only new singer Doogie White was no Turner, to say nothing of Ronnie James Dio – or even Graham Bonnet. Rainbow's ...

A rock legend has canceled the rest of his tour dates due to health issues. Ritchie Blackmore announced Tuesday that his band, Blackmore’s Night, has axed all remaining concerts “due to medical ...

For the past couple of decades, legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has been focusing on his folk-oriented project Blackmore's Night. But last year, he put together a lineup of Rainbow to perform ...

The 80-year-old Deep Purple guitarist's latest health issues come a year and a half after suffering a heart attack.

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 ...

White fronted the version of Rainbow that recorded the 1995 Stranger in Us All, Blackmore's last studio hard rock release. This was the band Blackmore took on the road in between his final farewell to ...