Ritchie Blackmore announces his return to Deep Purple for the first time in 30 years! Deep Purple, and special guest Kansas, are scheduled to perform at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York tonight. Get our free mobile appOn Tuesday August 11th Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night took to their Instagram page for a live conversation with fans. During that feed Blackmore announced that he would be playing with Deep Purple tonight. Ian Gillan seemed to love the idea and so did the other members of Deep Purple.