Rainbow, the band formed by Ritchie Blackmore, had a dynamic journey from heavy metal roots to a renaissance in the 80s, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. Former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore will play concerts in Russia with his legendary band Rainbow in the spring of 2018, a spokesperson with the concert agency ...

The duo known as Blackmore's Night is now a quartet — at home, at least. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and singer Candice Night tied the knot in 2008 after a long courtship, and now have two children to ...

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