Ritchie Blackmore Performs With Deep Purple for First Time Since Acrimonious Split in Early ’90s, After Warning Fans: ‘I Have Not Played Rock Music in 25 Years’0

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• August 13, 2026

Deep Purple fans had mostly given up any hopes of seeing the band ever share a stage with founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore again, due to a well-known estrangement. But that’s exactly what took place near the end of the group’s show Wednesday night at Jones Beach in New York, as hatchets were buried and Blackmore