Reactivated RAINBOW will release, "Memories in Rock II" on April 6 via Minstrel Hall/Soulfood. The set will include a double CD of the June 2017 U.K. RAINBOW concerts, a brand-new RAINBOW studio song called "Waiting For A Sign", a DVD containing over 80 minutes of interview footage with the band and crew, an additional backstage clip and a video for the 2017 studio version of "I Surrender". "Memories in Rock II" track listing: Disc 1 01. Over The Rainbow 02. Spotlight Kid 03. I Surrender 04. Mistreated 05. Since You've Been Gone 06. Man On The Silver Mountain/Woman From Tokyo 07. 16th Century Greensleeves 08. Soldier Of Fortune 09. Perfect Strangers 10. Difficult To Cure 11. All Night Long 12. Child In Time Disc 2 01. Stargazer 02. Long Live Rock'n'Roll/Lazy 03. Catch The Rainbow 04. Black Night 05. Carry On Jon 06. Temple Of The King 07. Smoke On The Water 08. Waiting For A Sign Disc 3 01. Ritchie Blackmore Interview 02. Ronnie Romero Interview 03. Jens Johansson Interview 04. Bob Nouveau Interview 05. David Keith Interview 06. Candice Night Interview 07. Lady Lynn Interview 08. Dave David Interview 09. Andreas Bock Interview 10. Michael Bockmühl Interview 11. Bonus Backstage Clip 12. I Surrender 2017 Backstage Clip Back in May, the revamped version of RAINBOW released its first new music in more than two decades. Two tracks were made available on iTunes: an instrumental song called "Land Of Hope And Glory", which is is a reworking of the 1902 British patriotic song of the same name from Edward Elgar's "Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1", and a re-recording of the RAINBOW classic "I Surrender", which was written by Russ Ballard and was first released by RAINBOW in 1981. The latter song features vocals recorded by Ronnie Romero, who is originally from Chile but is now settled in Madrid. Blackmore stepped away from his Renaissance-inspired brand of music with BLACKMORE'S NIGHT in 2016 to perform a handful of shows with a brand-new lineup of the band he had formed after quitting DEEP PURPLE. Although Ritchie initially said that he had no plans to make a new RAINBOW album — explaining in early 2016 that he wanted to "just get back to playing the old songs one more time" — he revealed to Japan's Burrn! magazine that he changed his mind. In addition to Blackmore and Romero, the current incarnation of RAINBOW includes STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson, BLACKMORE'S NIGHT drummer David Keith, bassist Bob Nouveau (a.k.a. Robert "Bob" Curiano, ex-BLACKMORE'S NIGHT), and backing singers Candice Night and Lady Lynn. The two shows RAINBOW played in Germany in June 2016 were caught on camera to produce "Memories In Rock - Live In Germany", which was released in November 2016 via Eagle Rock Entertainment on DVD+2CD, Blu-ray+2CD, and digital formats. After Ritchie left DEEP PURPLE for the final time in 1993, he reformed RAINBOW for one album (1995's "Stranger In Us All") and one tour, ending things in Denmark in 1997.
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