Deep Purple: The Songs That Built Rock Tour

Deep Purple: The Songs That Built Rock Tour
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Concert tour by Deep Purple
Location	North America, Europe, UK
Start date	3 June 2011
End date	Ongoing
Legs	5
Shows	75 16 in North America 42 in Europe 16 in South America
Deep Purple tour chronology
Rapture of the Deep World Tour (2006–2011) Deep Purple: The Songs That Built Rock Tour (2011)

Deep Purple: The Songs That Built Rock Tour is a current world tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple. Along with the band, it will feature a 38-piece orchestra. It will be the first time Deep Purple will tour North America in four years. It is planned to take place at the world's largest arenas, such as the O2 Arena in London and Arena di Verona in Verona, Italy, with several theater shows already confirmed. The official management's press-release says the show will include Deep Purple's biggest hits, such as "Smoke on the Water", Highway Star", "Woman from Tokyo" etc, covering the 42-year history of the band.^[1][2]

Tour history

Announcements

• The first few European dates of the orchestral tour were announced in January 2011, including shows in Germany and the Arena di Verona, Italy. It was billed as just "Orchestral Tour".
• Billed as "Deep Purple: The Songs That Built Rock", the tour was officially announced at the end of February 2011, with North American dates being first, followed by European ones. The North American tour includes three show in Canada and three shows in the New York City area. (New York area concerts combine 20,000 tickets for sale.)
• At the beginning of April, Jacky Paice, the wife of Deep Purple's drummer Ian Paice, announced the 2011 edition of The Sunflower Jam, the annual charity event hosted by the actor Jeremy Irons. This year's edition includes Deep Purple appearing at London's Royal Albert Hall among some of the biggest names in the history of rock, such as Jon Lord, Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Joe Bonamassa, Neuton Faulkner and members of the rock band Thunder. (with more names to be confirmed, as promised).^[3] The Sunflower Jam has been criticised in the British Medical Journal for fundraising in support of The College of Medicine, an alternative medicine lobby group in the UK linked to Prince Charles.^[4]
• 12 April saw the band announcing four UK arena dates, including their first ever show at London's O2 Arena.^[5]

Ticket sales

• According to Ticketmaster, on 16 April Deep Purple reached #2 in the list of week's biggest ticket-selling artists in the UK. (Download Festival being #1). The band sold nearly 70,000 tickets in two days. The fourth day of ticket sales saw them as the #1 bestseller artists of the week in the UK.^[6]
• The LG Arena show in Birmingham sold out after one week of ticket sales.

Deep Purple in Mendoza, Argentina.

Tour dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
3 June 2011	Orillia, Ontario	Canada	Casino Rama
4 June 2011	Quebec City, Quebec		Agora
6 June 2011	Montreal, Quebec		Place Des Arts
7 June 2011	Boston, Massachusetts	United States	Wang Centre
8 June 2011	Hartford, Connecticut		Mortensen Hall at The Bushnell
10 June 2011	Holmdel, New Jersey		PNC Bank Arts Center
11 June 2011	Atlantic City, New Jersey		Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City
12 June 2011	Bethel, New York		Bethel Performing Arts Centre
14 June 2011	New York City, New York		Beacon Theatre
15 June 2011
17 June 2011	Detroit, Michigan		Fox Theatre
18 June 2011	Highland Park, Illinois		Ravinia
19 June 2011	Minneapolis, Minnesota		Orpheum
23 June 2011	Paradise, Nevada		Palms Casino Resort
24 June 2011	Los Angeles, California		Greek Theatre
25 June 2011	Concord, California		Concord Pavilion
Europe
8 July 2011	London	United Kingdom	Sunflower SuperJam, Royal Albert Hall
15 July 2011	Mainz	Germany	Nordmole am Zollhafen
16 July 2011	Montreux	Switzerland	Montreux Jazz Festival, Stravinski Hall
18 July 2011	Verona	Italy	Verona Arena
20 July 2011	Gelsenkirchen	Germany	Amphitheatre
22 July 2011	Kunzelsau		Schlosspark
23 July 2011	Dresden		Elbufer
24 July 2011	Slupsk	Poland	Dolina Charlotty
27 July 2011	Vienne	France	Theatre Antique
29 July 2011	Tienen	Belgium	Suikerock Festival
South America
4 October 2011	Belém	Brazil	Cidade Folia
7 October 2011	Fortaleza		Siara
8 October 2011	Nova Odessa		Expo America
10 October 2011	São Paulo		Via Funchal
11 October 2011	Belo Horizonte		Chevrolet Hall
12 October 2011	Curitiba		Teatro Positivo
14 October 2011	Rosario	Argentina	Metropolitano
15 October 2011	Buenos Aires		Luna Park
16 October 2011
18 October 2011	Cordoba		Orfeo Superdomo
19 October 2011	Mendoza		Auditorio Angel Bustelo
21 October 2011	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena
22 October 2011	Viña del Mar		Quinta Vergana
23 October 2011	Temuco		Gimnasio Olimpico UFRO
25 October 2011	Conception		Coliseo Monumental La Tortuga
28 October 2011	Quito	Ecuador	Agora
Europe
26 November 2011	Glasgow	United Kingdom	SECC
27 November 2011	Birmingham		LG Arena
29 November 2011	Manchester		MEN Arena
30 November 2011	London		O2 Arena
2 December 2011	Arnhem	Netherlands	Gelredome
3 December 2011	Halle	Germany	Gerry Weber Stadion
4 December 2011	Schwerin		Sport- und Kongresshalle
7 December 2011	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena
9 December 2011	Stockholm	Sweden	Hovet
10 December 2011	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
13 December 2011	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
15 December 2011	Horsens	Denmark	Forum Horsens
Europe
8 November 2012	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal
9 November 2012	Grenoble	France	Palais des Sports
11 November 2012	Nantes		Zenith
12 November 2012	Caen		Zenith
13 November 2012	Paris		Zenith
15 November 2012	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena
16 November 2012	Bremen		Halle 7
17 November 2012	Hanover		AWD Hall
20 November 2012	Kiel		Sparkassen-Arena
22 November 2012	Frankfurt		Festhalle
23 November 2012	Oberhausen		Konigspilsner Arena
24 November 2012	Hamburg		O2 World
26 November 2012	Leipzig		Arena
27 November 2012	Berlin		O2 World
29 November 2012	Augsburg		Schwabenhalle
30 November 2012	Munich		Olympiahalle
1 December 2012	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
3 December 2012	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
4 December 2012	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome
5 December 2012	Clermont-Ferrand	France	Zenith
6 December 2012	Toulouse		Zenith

Songs performed

"Orchestral Intro" performed by the orchestra (listed as "Deep Purple Overture" on the Live at Montreux 2011 cover)

1. "Highway Star" (From Machine Head)
2. "Hard Lovin' Man" (From Deep Purple in Rock)
3. "Maybe I'm a Leo" (From Machine Head) / "Silver Tongue" (From Bananas) (Quebec City concert)
4. "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
5. "Rapture of the Deep" (From Rapture of the Deep)
6. "Woman from Tokyo" (From Who Do We Think We Are) or "Mary Long" (From Who Do We Think We Are)
7. "Contact Lost" (From Bananas)
8. Steve Morse Guitar Solo
9. "When a Blind Man Cries" (From Machine Head) or "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (From Purpendicular)
10. "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (From Rapture of the Deep - Tour Edition)
11. "Knocking at Your Back Door" (From Perfect Strangers) or "Mary Long" (From Who Do We Think We Are)
12. "Lazy" (From Machine Head)
13. "No One Came" (From Fireball)
14. Don Airey Keyboard Solo
15. "Perfect Strangers" (From Perfect Strangers)
16. "Space Truckin'" (From Machine Head)
17. "Smoke on the Water" (From Machine Head)

Encore :

18. "Green Onions" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) / "Going Down" (Don Nix cover) all these titles intro to "Hush"
19. "Hush" (Billy Joe Royal cover) (From Shades of Deep Purple)
20. Roger Glover Bass Solo
21. "Black Night" (From Deep Purple in Rock)

Line-up

• Deep Purple: Ian Gillan (vocals), Roger Glover (bass), Ian Paice (drums), Steve Morse (guitar), Don Airey (keyboards)
• The 38-piece Orchestra, Europe tour: Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt
• The Sunflower Superjam 2011 line up includes Jon Lord, Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Joe Bonamassa, Newton Faulkner, alongside with Deep Purple

Note

• Concord, California concert on 25th June is withouth the Orchestra, Supported by Joe Satriani
• Montreux, Switzerland concert on 16th July has been recorded and was released on DVD and CD as Live at Montreux 2011 on 7th November 2011
• The South American concerts are without the Orchestra

References

1. ^ http://www.deep-purple.com/latest/thesongsthabuiltrock.php
2. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=156028
3. ^ http://www.thesunflowerjam.com/
4. ^ Jane Cassidy (15 June 2011). "Lobby Watch: The College of Medicine". British Medical Journal 343. doi:10.1136/bmj.d3712. http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d3712.full. 
5. ^ http://www.theo2.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=122&eventId=1693
6. ^ http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/section/concerts?tm_link=tm_homeA_moremusic
7. ^ http://www.deep-purple.net/tourdates2001/Tourdates2011.html
8. ^ http://www.deep-purple.com/tour-dates-2/
9. ^ http://www.thehighwaystar.com/tourdates/
10. ^ http://www.deeppurple.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/430562