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Not all is doom and gloom in the family regarding the touring aspects of life. Blackmore’s Night has announced six shows in March 2027, all within manageable driving distance from the Blackmores’ abode: a couple of dates in New Jersey, a couple in Long Island, one in Connecticut, and one in upstate NY. Once again, […]
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore Official channel reposts this CNN short feature from 2007 where Blackmore pulls the interviewer’s leg with the straightest of his faces and tells that The Riff was nicked from Beethoven’s Fifth. This legend is still being repeated at face value to this day by some unscrupulous publications.
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore’s official channel has recently posted a couple of videos of interest. Ritchie Blackmore & Candice Night discussing their 2013 album Dancer and the Moon in what appears to be a contemporary electronic press kit for the release. Caveat: it is incomplete and ends rather abruptly. Same, being interviewed a very picturesque setting circa […]
Read more »After a couple of teasers, Ultimate Classic Rock has posted, apparently in full, the interview they’ve recently done with Ritchie Blackmore. Release of the Rainbow 75/76 box set was the occasion, so the bulk of the conversation was actually devoted to that time period.
Read more »[Updated Nov 19] All remaining Blackmore’s Night shows have been postponed until further notice due to unspecified “medical reasons”.
Read more »Candice Night was a guest on the Rock of Nations podcast. It was announced some time ago as a Ritchie Blackmore interview. In reality, it was Candice who sat down first, talking about many things, their children among them — they are very musical, with Autumn singing opera and playing some guitar, and Rory playing […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night show in Alexandria, Virginia, on November 9, 2025, morphed into an impromptu “request hour” shortly after it started.
Read more »Blackmore’s Night will play a handful of dates within the driving distance of their Long Island abode in November 2025. Tickets are already on sale, and full details are in our calendar. Fun fact: a couple of shows are booked into the same venues where Steve Morse will play just a few weeks earlier. It’s […]
Read more »Candice Night was interviewed by the Iron City Rocks podcast, and among other things discussed, she spoke at length about Ritchie Blackmore’s health issues that affect his ability to tour these days. Episode 559: Men Without Hats and Candice Night: 08/4/25, Candice’s segment starts at 25’30” into the show. One of the things that’s so […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night also took advantage of the latest technologies undistinguishable from magic (and undoubtedly enhanced with magic spells and fairy dust). Here is the around-the-table performance of Magical World, which originally appeared on the low profile VHS release Live In Germany 1997-1998.
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Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing