In a recent interview with Dawn Osborne of TotalRock, Candice Night, who has been with DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW icon Ritchie Blackmore for 36 years (including 17 years of marriage), addressed the possibility of BLACKMORE’S NIGHT performing live in Europe again soon.
”As far as flying anywhere right now, Ritchie has actually been told by his cardiologist not to get in a plane,” Candice revealed (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “He had a heart attack about a year and a half ago. He’s got six stents. And I can’t believe he’s gonna be 80 on April 14th, which is crazy, but he doesn’t look it, still doesn’t act it, but eventually medical things wind up catching up with you. So we’ve gotta make sure we keep him happy and healthy. And he’s dealing with gout and some arthritic things.
And, of course, his back has always been an issue for years,” she continued. “So it’s getting harder for him — it’s tricky — but, hey, I’ve seen people younger than him in wheelchairs on stage doing what they do. So I think he probably doesn’t want people to see him that way. I see the other perspective — from a fan’s perspective, I would think people would just be happy to be under the same roof with him and listen to him play whatever he comes up with. So, we kind of have this discussion, or argument — I’ll say discussion — all the time. [Laughs] But he was just recently at his cardiologist and they said, ‘Let’s put traveling by plane on hold.’ So, hopefully we’ll get that all straightened out and that’ll change. But I’ll let you guys know if it does.”
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