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Album review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Memories In Rock II

Minstrel Hall [Release date 06.04.18] 2-CD/DVD In 2017 Ritchie Blackmore returned with his harder rock hat on to a series of arena shows in the UK. Evidently buoyed up by the successful summer sojourn a year before and no doubt … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Deep Purple, DVD, hard rock, interview, live, Memories In Rock II, review, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Ronnie Romero, uk
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Gig review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Genting Arena, Birmingham, 28 June 2017

When I was a teenager getting seriously into rock and metal in the early 80s I was lucky enough to see some of the biggest acts around: AC/DC, Sabbath, Quo, Ozzy etc. One band I never got to see, however, … Continue reading
Gig review: STONE FREE FESTIVAL, London, 17 June 2017

For the second successive year the Stone Free festival took over the whole of the 02 complex for the day: targeted at a discerning classic rock audience not wishing to slum it in a muddy field, and drawing inspiration from … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 June 2017, album, Arthur Brown, Blue Oyster Cult, festival, glam, Gun, heavy rock, London, O2 Indigo, review, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, rock, Stone Free Festival, Sweet, THE ANSWER
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Album review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Live In Birmingham 2016

Eagle Records [Release date 09.06.17] You may wonder why – after the release last year of the German gigs – we have yet another version of Ritchie’s hard rock comeback? As we commented in our original review, it is a … Continue reading
Album review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Memories In Rock – Live In Germany

Eagle Records [Release date 18.11.16] If Ritchie Blackmore’s arena comeback this summer is a one-off, an estimated 60,000 fans will have been left happy men (or women). Even better now they have a 2-CD souvenir, plus DVD and Bluray versions. … Continue reading