Illness strikes mid-tour: During Deep Purple’s 1970 U.S. tour, Ritchie Blackmore collapsed before a San Antonio show and was hospitalized, missing the second set. Local hero steps in: Promoter Joe ...
Illness sidelines Blackmore: During Deep Purple’s 1970 U.S. tour, Ritchie Blackmore collapsed before a San Antonio show and was hospitalized with a mysterious ailment. Cross steps in: Local guitarist ...
Deep Purple shared the stage with Christopher Cross on August 28, 1970 at the Jam Factory in San Antonio. The twist? Cross ...
Despite a fair few sonic disparities between Talking Heads and the Ramones, David Byrne owes a lot to the abrasive DIY ...
In Part One, Andrew Freeman talked about custodianship and celebration and the new DIO Rules project. In Part Two, the conversation gets a little more complicated. Last In Line have not played a gig ...
Singer Andrew Freeman talks DIO Rules, sixteen years with Last In Line and what it really means to honour Ronnie James Dio ...
Having become disillusioned with Deep Purple’s growing love of funk, Ritchie Blackmore jumped ship in August 1975 – taking most of Purple’s opening act with him ...
Two old songs have debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in recent weeks. That is thanks to viral success on TikTok. As NPR's Stephen Thompson explains, it is never too late for a song to become a hit.