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

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…

"It'll be good to see the old guys again," Blackmore told fans on Instagram about their one-off reunion plan. "But it's kind of frightening. I've been playing acoustic guitar for 25 years"