BLACKMORE'S NIGHT's Abbreviated Set Leaves Fans Disappointed

June 16, 2007

According to fan postings on the BLACKMORE'S NIGHT U.K. Fanclub forum, the band — which features former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and his fiancée Candice Night — played an abbreviated set Thursday night (June 14) at the Reading Hexagon in Reading, England, leaving many of the fans disappointed. "They came on late and did a rather lukewarm set and then cut the set in half!" a forum member who goes by the name "Classicpurple" wrote. "Candice was obviously trying to put some enthusiasm into the show but there was none from anyone else! Blackmore no doubt did another one of his stroppy tantrums and refused to go on! None of the security people knew what was going on other than they were supposed to play 'till 11.00 [after taking the stage at 8.55]. If this is the case, Blackmore needs to grow up a bit — he must be 62 by now! It's 2007, not 1976, and people need to be a bit more professional than that! I'm a huge Blackmore fan by the way! See www.classicpurple.com. Totally unprofessional way to treat an audience who have paid a lot of money and travelled a long way to be there! I would certainly not advise anyone to buy tickets for a show — not at £22.50 each and I would certainly not buy any again. Very disappointing — not interested anymore!"

Another forum member, who goes by the name "typo_queen", added, "Of course I was highly annoyed by the abruptness of the ending. Not only was it a short show, but there was no forewarning of this, they didn't announce their last song, but all of a sudden were like 'see you next time' and walked off the stage. The lack of formal ending seemed like most band's usual approach to an encore, and as was evident from the audience it was very much expected. My friend had heard the setlist for some of the other gigs and was expecting to hear certain other songs which they did not play. Had they played another song or two I would have been fairly content with the evening, but brought a rather abrupt and negative end to an otherwise very pleasant evening."

Read more at www.blackmoresnightukfanclub.com.

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