Ritchie Blackmore

"A 42-piece orchestra, mellotron, and a string thing all playing this half-Turkish scale. This is my favourite track of the lot."

Carl Palmer will bring his An Evening With Emerson, Lake Palmer to England for three shows in February 2027

Emerson, Lake and Powell made one album together then went their separate ways – but their brief career paid dividends to the original band’s legacy

"It was every parent’s nightmare"

The legendary guitarist tells UCR about the one memorable Deep Purple show he missed.

The incident took place in Texas in 1970 after Blackmore reacted badly to some flu shots