Ritchie Blackmore will join DEEP PURPLE on stage for the first time in more than three decades during the band's headlining concert Wednesday night (August 12) at the Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York. Night revealed that the song Blackmore will perform with DEEP PURPLE won't be "Highway Star", since "they're opening [the show] with 'Highway Star'," according to Ritchie. I have not played rock music in 25 years, actually," Ritchie added, apparently forgetting the fact that he paused his post-DEEP PURPLE project BLACKMORE'S NIGHT (which also features Candice) in 2016 to reform RAINBOW for his first rock concerts in 19 years.