Ritchie Blackmore will take to the stage with Deep Purple for the first time since 1993, when he joins the legendary British rock institution for their encore at tonight’s show at the Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY.
The surprise announcement came during a livestream with his wife, Candice Night, when it was casually slipped into conversation that the 81-year-old guitarist had reached out to Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan and asked if it would be okay.