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Blackmore’s Night UK tour

Here are the setlists for the first 4 dates of the UK tour. Support was a Czech Folk/Renaissance band Gothien. Reading show was cut short and even was on a brink of cancellation due to tensions between Blackmore and promoter/venue. Too bad that it happens, as it’s none of the audience’s fault and they are […]

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Japanese Rainbow reissues

The nine classic Rainbow albums from 1975-86 will be repackaged into a “deluxe” box set due for release on May 23 in Japan via Universal International. Each disc comes with a paper sleeve replicating original vinyl packaging. The box includes: Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow (1975) Rainbow Rising (1976) On Stage (1977) Long Live Rock N Roll […]

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New Blackmore interviews

Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night interviewed on Bulgarian radio: listen from candicenight.ru (MP3, 21 min). The new issue (#28) of the Fireworks magazine is out in May. It features interviews with Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Joe Lynn Turner all in one issue. Fireworks magazine: http://www.rathole.com/fireworks/ Fireworks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/fireworks_magazine Thanks to Mike Garrett for […]

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Blackmore’s Night Sofia setlist

Blackmore’s Night, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 17, 2007 Setlist: Ritchie’s Intro Past Time With Good Company Rainbow Blues Play Minstrel Play Under A Violet Moon Soldier Of Fortune Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus Bard David piano solo World Of Stone Diamonds And Rust Mond Tanz / Child In Time Bard David piano solo Ariel Loreley […]

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Blackmore’s interview from 1975

The Modern Guitars magazine have reprinted an interview with Ritchie Blackmore that originally was published in 1975, just after he left Deep Purple. At this point the Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow album was already released and Rainbow was on it’s Mk.2 lineup (Blackmore / Dio / Powell / Carey / Bain). He talks about the transition, […]

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Blackmore interview in Fingerstyle Guitar magazine

You can think whatever you want of the direction Blackmore’s music took some 10 years ago, but slowly but steadily he’s being recognised as an accomplished acoustic player. The Fingerstyle Guitar magazine featured him on the cover of issue 61. The issue also includes what is by all accounts an excellent interview done by Ray […]

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Blackmore’s Night: fanlisting, new fanzine and new forum

The Riddles in Rhyme is a Blackmore’s Night fanlisting project. Started on September 2nd, 2003 it now includes listings for 224 fans in many different countries. Check it out. Jim and Jena Kelly (from Unites States) are starting a new fanzine called Black Knight. It is intended as a quarterly publication that will feature news, […]

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Blackmore’s Night update

As we announced earlier, Blackmore’s Night are featured in issue 53 of the Renaissance magazine. Ritchie is on the cover and there is an extended interview with both him and Candice. You can subscribe and order back issues on their web site, although issue 53 is not in the back catalogue yet. In other news, […]

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JLT’s “Second Hand Life” album update

The new Joe Lynn Turner’s solo album Second Hand Life will be released in Europe by Frontier Records on April 20. The album features a track co-written by Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover called “Stroke of Midnight”. This one is probably a from the sessions for a follow-up to Slaves And Masters. Joe also collaborated […]

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Blackmore’s Night nominations

  Blackmore’s Night has received 3 nominations for the 2006 New Age Reporter music awards: Village Lanterne has been nominated for the Album of the Year 2006 Winter Carols has been nominated for the Best Holiday album of 2006 Village Lanterne has been nominated for the Best Vocal album of 2006 Thanks to Mike Garrett […]

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