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Ritchie Blackmore joined his formed band Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years during the group’s performance in Wantagh, New York on Wednesday night (Aug. 12). The 81-year-old guitarist, who co-founded Deep Purple in 1968, joined the band for a rendition of their song "Smoke on the Water." Prior to the performance, Blackmore revealed his planned reunion with Deep Purple via Instagram. "Well, it is a secret and I don't want anybody to know, but I'm probably get up and do an encore with the band Deep Purple," the guitarist teased. "But you can't tell anybody, and I...

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On Saturday, October 30, 2010, the Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650 choristers from 28 participating organizations to perform one of the Knight Foundation's "Random Acts of Culture" at Macy's in Center City Philadelphia. Accompanied by the Wanamaker Organ - the world's largest pipe organ - the OCP Chorus and throngs of singers from the community infiltrated the store as shoppers, and burst into a pop-up rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's "Messiah" at 12 noon, to the delight of surprised shoppers. This event is one of 1,000 "Random Acts of Culture" to be funded by the...