In the brand new issue of Classic Rock magazine, Gillan reveals that his former nemesis Blackmore asked him join Rainbow, the band the guitarist founded after leaving Deep Purple himself in 1974.

For added fun, let’s do the “rainbow route ... villages and you’ll encounter women with hands stained blue-purple. This is the result of dyeing their clothes in natural indigo dye ...

An exotic colour at the far end of our visible spectrum and often associated with royalty, purple is relatively rare in nature. But some vibrant plants, animals and fungi do show off a regal purple, ...

Red and yellow and pink and green Purple and orange and blue, I can sing a rainbow, Sing a rainbow, Sing a rainbow too. Red and yellow and pink and green Purple and orange and blue, I can sing a ...