Deep Purple 40 Years Anniversary Tour

Deep Purple 40 Years Anniversary Tour
Tour by Deep Purple
Start date	September 8　2008
End date	November 18, 2008
Legs	2
Shows	28
Deep Purple tour chronology
Rapture of the Deep Tour (2005-2008) Deep Purple 40 Years Anniversary Tour (2008) Deep Purple 2009 Tour (2009)

Deep Purple 40 Years Anniversary Tour was considered to be a concert tour of the British hard rock band Deep Purple in order to celebrate their 40 years' activiy in rock music. Though on some bills in Germany it was called "40 Jubilee Tour", the Tour was considered to be part of their Rapture of the Deep Tour

Tour dates

Israel

• Sept 8 Caesarea Roman Amphitheatre, Israel
• Sept 9 Tel Aviv Hangar 11, Israel
• Sept 17 Caesarea Roman Amphitheatre, Israel
• Sept 18 Caesarea Roman Amphitheatre, Israel

German and Russian dates announced:

Russia & Ukraine

• Note: Russian and Ukrainian dates aren't confirmed yet.^[1]

• Oct 12 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
• Oct 13 Odessa, Ukraine
• Oct 15 Kiev, Ukraine
• Oct 17 Cherkasy, Ukraine
• Oct 19 Rostov-na-Donu, Russia
• Oct 20 Voronezh, Russia
• Oct 21 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
• Oct 23 Novosibirsk, Russia
• Oct 24 Perm, Russia
• Oct 25 Kazan, Russia
• Oct 27 Moscow, Russia
• Oct 28 St.Petersburg, Russia

Germany & Switzerland

• Note: German and Swiss dates are already confirmed by band's management.^[1]

• Oct 31 Leipzig Arena- Leipzig, Germany
• Nov 1 AWD Hall - Hannover, Germany
• Nov 2 Eissporthalle - Kassel, Germany
• Nov 4 Messehalle - Erfurt, Germany
• Nov 6 Sparkassen-Arena - Kiel, Germany
• Nov 7 Festhalle - Frankfurt, Germany
• Nov 8 Schleyerhalle - Stuttgart, Germany
• Nov 11 Max Schmeling Halle - Berlin, Germany
• Nov 13 König Pilsener Arena - Oberhausen, Germany
• Nov 14 Europahalle - Karlsruhe, Germany
• Nov 15 Olympiahalle - München, Germany
• Nov 17 Jako Arena - Bamberg, Germany
• Nov 18 St. Jakobshalle - Basel, Switzerland

Songs performed

• Pictures of Home (with a bit of Child in Time solo)
• Things I Never Said
• Fireball
• Into The Fire
• Strange Kind of Woman
• Rapture of the Deep
• Wrong Man
• Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
• Contact Lost (followed by Steve Morse solo)
• The Well-Dressed Guitar
• Mary Long
• Knocking at Your Back Door
• Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
• Wring That Neck
• The Battle Rages On...
• Demon's Eye
• Ted The Mechanic
• Perfect Strangers (preceded by Don Airey solo)
• Space Truckin'
• Highway Star
• Smoke on the Water
• Lazy
• Speed King (with Ian Paice solo)
• Hush (sometimes with Ian Paice solo)
• Black Night (preceded by Roger Glover solo)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} The Deep Purple Cat - Deep Purple 2007 Tour Dates