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Deep Purple European Tour Tour by Deep Purple Start date July 1969 End date July 1970 Legs 11 Shows 127 Deep Purple tour chronology The Book of Taliesyn Tour Deep Purple European Tour In Rock World Tour The Deep Purple European Tour was a year-long successful concert tour by British Hard Rock band Deep Purple, lasting from July 1969 until June 1970. The band played mostly UK shows, also covering Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, and Belgium. It was the first tour to feature the classic Deep Purple line-up: Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.[1] It is considered to be the pre-tour for the In Rock album, as the band mostly played songs from the upcoming album.
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Tour Pre-History
In 1969, the band's founding members Blackmore and Lord decided to replace vocalist Rod Evans with Ian Gillan. Gillan himself declined to join Deep Purple without his former bandmate Roger Glover. Lord and Blackmore accepted him and in 1969 band was joined by Gillan and Glover, replacing Evans (vocalist) and Simper (bassist). This new line-up, known as MKII, immediately went on tour throughout Europe and the UK.[2]
Tour dates
UK
- 10 7 1969 Speakeasy London UK
- 18 7 1969 Jazz Club Redcar UK
- 20 7 1969 Mothers Club Birmingham UK
- 13 8 1969 Revolution Club London UK Cancelled
- 15 8 1969 Mayfair Newcastle UK Cancelled
- 16 8 1969 Rebeccas Birmingham UK Cancelled
- 20 8 1969 Revolution Club London UK
Belgium & Holland
- 22 8 1969 Jazz Festival Bilzen Belgium
- 23 8 1969 Club Paradiso Amsterdam Holland
- 24 8 1969 Club Paradiso Amsterdam Holland
UK #2
- 26 8 1969 Klook's Kleek Windsor UK
- 29 8 1969 Lyceum London UK
- 30 8 1969 Kent Pop Festival Gravesend UK
- 3 9 1969 Que Club Gothenburg Sweden
- 7 9 1969 Club 6 Copenhagen Denmark
- 12 9 1969 Queens Hall Barnstaple UK
- 13 9 1969 Queens Hall Narberth UK
- 20 9 1969 Winter Gardens Malvern UK
- 21 9 1969 Venue unknown Redcar UK
- 24 9 1969 Royal Albert Hall London UK
- 27 9 1969 Nottingham College Nottingham UK
West Germany & Switzerland
- 4 10 1969 Casino Montreux Switzerland
- 9 10 1969 Venue unknown Augsburg West Germany
- 10 10 1969 Venue unknown Stuttgart West Germany
- 11 10 1969 Pop & Blues Festival Essen West Germany
- 12 10 1969 Amsterdam Netherlands
- 14 10 1969 Musikhalle (poss. Star Club) Hamburg West Germany
UK #3
- 22 10 1969 Baths Hall Ipswich UK
- 24 10 1969 Lyceum London UK
- 25 10 1969 Winter Gardens Weston-super-Mare UK
- 30 10 1969 University Leeds UK
- 1 11 1969 Mayfair Ballroom Bristol UK
- 2 11 1969 Lyceum London UK
- 7 11 1969 Venue unknown Romford UK
- 8 11 1969 Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone UK
- 10 11 1969 Art College Bath UK
- 13 11 1969 Regency Theatre Newport UK
- 14 11 1969 Aston View Birmingham UK
- 15 11 1969 University Leeds UK
- 16 11 1969 Kinema Glasgow UK
- 17 11 1969 Kinema Glasgow UK
- 21 11 1969 Avery Hill Eltham UK
- 22 11 1969 University Bradford UK
- 23 11 1969 Groovesville Epping UK
- 29 11 1969 Imperial College London UK
- 30 11 1969 Roundhouse London UK
- 4 12 1969 Venue unknown Worthing UK
- 5 12 1969 Polytechnic Sunderland UK
- 6 12 1969 UMIST Manchester UK
- 7 12 1969 St Georges Hall Bradford UK
- 9 12 1969 Keele University Stafford UK
- 10 12 1969 University College London UK
- 11 12 1969 Rye Ballroom Bournemouth UK
- 12 12 1969 The Flamingo Hereford UK
- 15 12 1969 The Cosmopolitan Carlisle UK
- 18 12 1969 The Flamingo Redruth UK
- 19 12 1969 Van Dyke Club Plymouth UK
- 20 12 1969 The Roundhouse Dagenham UK
- 28 12 1969 Greyhound Croydon UK
- 5 1 1970 Anciennes Paris France
- 6 1 1970 Assembly Hall Worthing UK
- 10 1 1970 University Reading UK
- 19 1 1970 Civic Hall Dunstable UK
- 21 1 1970 Newcastle Music Hall UK
- 23 1 1970 University of Lancaster Lancaster UK
- 30 1 1970 Royal Albert Hall London UK
- 31 1 1970 Lawns Centre Cottenham UK
- 6 2 1970 Technical College Waltham Forest UK
- 7 2 1970 Union Hall, University Leicester UK
- 8 2 1970 Mothers Club Birmingham UK
- 13 2 1970 University Cardiff UK
- 14 2 1970 Free Trade Hall Manchester UK
- 15 2 1970 Boat Club Nottingham UK
- 16 2 1970 Kings Head Romford UK
- 19 2 1970 BBC Studios London UK
- 20 2 1970 Civic Hall Preston UK
- 21 2 1970 St Mary's College Twickenham UK
- 22 2 1970 Greyhound Croydon UK
- 24 2 1970 Imperial College London UK
- 25 2 1970 University Bristol UK
- 27 2 1970 Polytechnic Leeds UK
- 28 2 1970 Philharmonic Hall Liverpool England
Switzerland
- 4 3 1970 Volkshaus Zurich Switzerland
- 6 3 1970 St Jakob Sporthalle Basel Switzerland
- 7 3 1970 Verkehrshaus Luzern Switzerland
UK #4
- 13 3 1970 Winter Gardens Blackpool UK
- 14 3 1970 Winter Gardens Weston-super-Mare UK
- 15 3 1970 Wake Arms Epping UK
- 17 3 1970 University Exeter UK
- 20 3 1970 Odeon Edinburgh UK
- 21 3 1970 Caird Hall Dundee UK
- 22 3 1970 Kinema Ballroom Dunfermline UK
- 23 3 1970 Music Hall Aberdeen UK
- 24 3 1970 Electric Garden Glasgow UK
- 25 3 1970 Town Hall Hamilton UK
- 28 3 1970 Roundhouse Dagenham UK
West Germany & Austria #2
- 30 3 1970 Sportpalast West Berlin West Germany
- 4 4 1970 Mulheim Sporthalle Cologne West Germany
- 6 4 1970 Konzerthaus Vienna Austria
UK #5
- 11 4 1970 Central Hall Chatham UK
- 18 4 1970 Technical College Ewell UK
- 24 4 1970 Venue unknown Bath UK
- 1 5 1970 Art College Bath UK
- 9 5 1970 Roundhouse Dagenham UK
- 11 5 1970 De Montfort Hall Leicester UK
- 15 5 1970 Venue unknown Chelmsford UK
- 16 5 1970 Town Hall Birmingham UK
- 17 5 1970 Colston Hall Bristol UK
- 18 5 1970 Civic Hall Dunstable UK
- 25 5 1970 Queen Elizabeth Hall London UK
Germany & Switzerland #3
- 28 5 1970 Ostseehalle Kiel West Germany
- 29 5 1970 Neue Welt West Berlin West Germany
- 30 5 1970 Circus Krone Munich West Germany Postponed
- 1 6 1970 Rheinhalle Düsseldorf West Germany
- 2 6 1970 Musikhalle Hamburg West Germany
- 4 6 1970 Bedford Town FC Bedford UK
- 7 6 1970 Eisstadion Munich West Germany
- 8 6 1970 St Jakob Sportalle Basel Switzerland
- 9 6 1970 Venue unknown Cologne West Germany
UK #6
- 12 6 1970 Eel Pie Island Twickenham UK
- 14 6 1970 Fairfield Hall Croydon UK
- 16 6 1970 Jesus College Cambridge UK
- 19 6 1970 John Dalton College Manchester UK
- 20 6 1970 University College Oxford UK
- 21 6 1970 Radstadion Frankfurt West Germany
Setlist
During the tour, half of the setlist included MKI hits with the other half consisting of new MKII songs. "Speed King", "Child In Time" and "Into the Fire" were premiered on the tour, before being released on the In Rock album.[3]
- And The Address {opening bars only}
- Kneel And Pray (early version of Speed King with different lyrics)
- Into the Fire
- Kentucky Woman (only occasionally)
- Child In Time
- Mandrake Root
- Wring That Neck aka Hard Road
- Ritchie's Blues
- Paint It Black, instrumental (The Rolling Stones)
- ~Drum solo
Tour diary & notable live dates
Deep Purple MKII kicked off their first tour at the London Speakeasy Club. In a recent interview, Ian Gillan named this show to be favourite live performance of his career, as it was his first show with Deep Purple.[4]
After a few UK dates, the band headed to Belgium, where they headlined the Bilzen Jazz Festival, and then again returned to the UK.
On the 24th of September, the band played at London's Royal Albert Hall, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold. This was one of the earliest examples of a rock band collaborating with an orchestra. The show was called Concerto for Group and Orchestra and was later officially released. The Concerto and album itself was influential, with many rock bands following in Deep Purple's steps and playing with orchestras. Rock band Metallica made their orchestral debut in 2000 and named Purple's 1969 show as the main influence.[5] The orchestral parts were written by Jon Lord and included three movements.
- Opening set - first part (without Orchestra):
- Hush
- Wring That Neck
- ~Jingle Bells instrumental
- Child In Time
- Concerto For Group And Orchestra (second part)
- First Movement - Allegro moderato
- Second Movement - Andante
- Third Movement - Vivace presto
- ~Drum solo
- Encore:
- Third Movement (2nd half)
- ~Drum solo
In April 1969, Deep Purple headlined the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland as well as the Pop & Blues festival in Germany. Other festival acts included Pink Floyd and The Nice. Ritchie Blackmore jammed with The Nice's Keith Emerson[6]
On February 19, they performed at the BBC's Studios, with the show later being released on CD. They then returned to Germany, Switzerland and Austria, before again returning to the UK. The tour ended at Frankfurt's Radstadion on June 21, 1970.
Live albums and DVDs
Several live albums from the tour were later released.
- Concerto for Group and Orchestra CD/DVD
- Gemini Suite Live CD
- Kneel & Pray CD
- Live in Montreux 69 CD
- Scandinavian Nights CD/DVD
- Deep Purple in Concert CD/DVD
- Live in Stockholm CD/DVD
- Space Vol 1 & 2
- Doing Their Thing DVD
- Heavy Metal Pioneers (Tour documentary)
Line up
- Ian Gillan - vocals
- Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
- Jon Lord - keyboard, hammond organ
- Roger Glover - bass
- Ian Paice - drums
References
- ^ http://www.deeppurpleliveindex.com
- ^ http://deep-purple.net/tree/mk2.htm
- ^ http://www.thehighwaystar.com/rosas/discog/dpsetlists1.html
- ^ http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/hit_the_lights/ian_gillan_morocco_could_be_my_naughty_weekend_away.html
- ^ http://www.dustbury.com/music/dppurple.html
- ^ http://www.deep-purple-ticketmuseum.co.uk/691011.htm
External links
- Deep Purple setlists - 1969-2005
- List of all Deep Purple gigs - full gigography
- Deep Purple Tour Page - 1968-2010
Categories:- Deep Purple concert tours
- 1969 concert tours
- 1970 concert tours
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