Deep Purple European 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 United Kingdom shows, also covering Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands 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.

Deep Purple European Tour
Tour by Deep Purple
Associated albumDeep Purple, In Rock
Start date10 July 1969
End date21 June 1970
Legs11
No. of shows138 (143 scheduled)
Deep Purple concert chronology

Tour pre-history

In 1969, cofounders Ritchie Blackmore and Jon Lord decided to replace vocalist Rod Evans with Ian Gillan. Gillan declined to join Purple without his former bandmate Roger Glover. Lord and Blackmore accepted and, in 1969, Gillan and Glover, replaced Evans and bassist Nick Simper. This new line-up, known as MKII, immediately went on tour throughout Europe and the United Kingdom.[2]

"I remember back in 1969 when Roger and I did our first show with Purple at the Speakeasy," recalled Gillan. "There were only twelve people there; well, twenty if you counted Keith Moon. But I looked at Roger and said, 'Oh man, this is it.' It was the kind of band we had both been dreaming of."[3]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
10 July 1969LondonEnglandSpeakeasy Club
18 July 1969RedcarRedcar Jazz Club
20 July 1969ErdingtonMothers
26 July 1969 London Klooks Kleek
13 August 1969Revolution Club
15 August 1969NewcastleMayfair Ballroom
16 August 1969BirminghamRebeccas
20 August 1969LondonRevolution Club
22 August 1969BilzenBelgiumJazz Festival
23 August 1969AmsterdamNetherlandsParadiso
24 August 1969
26 August 1969LondonEnglandKlooks Kleek
29 August 1969Lyceum Ballroom
30 August 1969GravesendKent Pop Festival
3 September 1969GothenburgSwedenQue Club
5 September 1969 Lund Store Salen
7 September 1969CopenhagenDenmarkClub 6
9 September 1969 London England Marquee Club
12 September 1969BarnstapleQueen's Theatre
13 September 1969NarbethWalesQueens Hall
20 September 1969MalvernEnglandWinter Gardens
21 September 1969RedcarRedcar Jazz Club
24 September 1969LondonRoyal Albert Hall
27 September 1969NottinghamNottingham College
28 September 1969 London The Roundhouse
4 October 1969MontreuxSwitzerlandMontreux Casino
9 October 1969AugsburgGermanyPfarrsaal
10 October 1969Stuttgart
11 October 1969EssenGrugahalle
12 October 1969AmsterdamNetherlands Amsterdam Concert Hall
14 October 1969HamburgGermanyMusikhalle Hamburg
22 October 1969IpswichEnglandBaths Hall
24 October 1969LondonLyceum Ballroom
25 October 1969Weston-super-MareWinter Gardens
30 October 1969LeedsUniversity of Leeds Refectory
1 November 1969BristolMayfair Ballroom
2 November 1969LondonLyceum Ballroom
3 November 1969 The Roundhouse
7 November 1969RomfordKing's Head
8 November 1969FolkestoneLeas Cliff Hall
10 November 1969BathBath Pavilion
13 November 1969NewportRegency Theatre
14 November 1969BirminghamAston View
15 November 1969LeedsUniversity of Leeds Refectory
16 November 1969GlasgowScotlandKinema
17 November 1969
21 November 1969ElthamEnglandAvery Hill
22 November 1969BradfordUniversity of Bradford
23 November 1969EppingGroovesville
24 November 1969 Birmingham Bennett Concert Hall
28 November 1969 Guildford Guildford Civic Hall
29 November 1969LondonImperial College
30 November 1969Roundhouse
4 December 1969WorthingWorthing Assembly Hall
5 December 1969SunderlandPolytechnic
6 December 1969ManchesterUniversity of Manchester
7 December 1969BradfordSt George's Hall
9 December 1969StaffordKeele University
10 December 1969LondonUniversity College London
11 December 1969BournemouthRye Ballroom
12 December 1969HerefordThe Flamingo
15 December 1969CarlisleThe Cosmopolitan
18 December 1969RedruthThe Flamingo
19 December 1969PlymouthVan Dyke Club
20 December 1969DagenhamDagenham Roundhouse
21 December 1969 Birmingham Mothers Club
28 December 1969CroydonGreyhound
5 January 1970ParisFranceAnciennes
6 January 1970WorthingEnglandAssembly Hall
10 January 1970ReadingUniversity of Reading
19 January 1970DunstableDunstable Civic Hall
21 January 1970NewcastleNewcastle Music Hall
23 January 1970LancasterUniversity of Lancaster
24 January 1970 Hatfield Curzon Cinema
30 January 1970LondonRoyal Albert Hall
31 January 1970CottenhamLawns Centre
6 February 1970Waltham ForestTechnical College
7 February 1970LeicesterUnion Hall
8 February 1970ErdingtonMothers
13 February 1970CardiffWalesCardiff University
14 February 1970ManchesterEnglandFree Trade Hall
15 February 1970NottinghamBoat Club
16 February 1970RomfordKings Head
19 February 1970LondonParis Theater
20 February 1970PrestonPreston Civic Hall
21 February 1970TwickenhamSt. Mary's University College
22 February 1970CroydonGreyhound
24 February 1970LondonImperial College London
25 February 1970BristolUniversity of Bristol
27 February 1970LeedsPolytechnic
28 February 1970LiverpoolPhilharmonic Hall
4 March 1970ZurichSwitzerlandVolkshaus
6 March 1970BernTanzdiele Matte
7 March 1970LucerneVerkehrshaus
13 March 1970BlackpoolEnglandWinter Gardens
14 March 1970Weston-super-MareWinter Gardens
15 March 1970EppingWake Arms
17 March 1970ExeterUniversity of Exeter
20 March 1970EdinburghScotlandOdeon
21 March 1970DundeeCaird Hall
22 March 1970DunfermlineKinema Ballroom
23 March 1970AberdeenMusic Hall Aberdeen
24 March 1970GlasgowElectric Garden
25 March 1970HamiltonHamilton Townhouse
28 March 1970DagenhamEnglandDagenham Roundhouse
29 March 1970 Hamburg Germany Ernst-Merck Hall
30 March 1970BerlinBerlin Sportpalast
4 April 1970CologneMulheim Sporthalle
6 April 1970ViennaAustriaKonzerthaus
11 April 1970ChathamEnglandCentral Hall
18 April 1970EwellTechnical College
24 April 1970 Stoke King's Hall
25 April 1970Bath
1 May 1970Art College
9 May 1970DagenhamRoundhouse Dagenham
11 May 1970LeicesterDe Montfort Hall
15 May 1970Chelmsford
16 May 1970BirminghamBirmingham Town Hall
17 May 1970BristolColston Hall
18 May 1970DunstableDunstable Civic Hall
22 May 1970 Brighton Brighton Dome
25 May 1970LondonQueen Elizabeth Hall
28 May 1970KielGermanyOstseehalle
29 May 1970BerlinNeue Welt
31 May 1970 Mannheim Rosengarten
1 June 1970DüsseldorfRheinhalle
2 June 1970HamburgMusikhalle
4 June 1970BedfordEnglandBedford Town FC
6 June 1970 Cologne Germany Sartory-Saal
7 June 1970MunichEisstadion
8 June 1970BaselSwitzerlandSt Jakob Sportalle
9 June 1970OffenbachGermanyStadthalle
10 June 1970HanoverNiedersachsenhalle
12 June 1970TwickenhamEnglandEel Pie Island
14 June 1970CroydonFairfield Halls
16 June 1970CambridgeJesus College
19 June 1970ManchesterJohn Dalton College
20 June 1970OxfordUniversity College
21 June 1970FrankfurtGermanyRadstadion

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.[4]

  1. And the Address {opening bars only}
  2. Kneel and Pray (early version of Speed King with different lyrics)
  3. Into the Fire
  4. Kentucky Woman (only occasionally)
  5. Child in Time
  6. Mandrake Root
  7. Wring That Neck aka Hard Road
  8. Ritchie's Blues
  9. Paint It Black, instrumental (The Rolling Stones cover)
  10. ~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.[5]

After a few United Kingdom dates, the band headed to Belgium, where they headlined Jazz Bilzen, and then again returned to the United Kingdom.

On 24 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.[6] The orchestral parts were written by Jon Lord and included three movements.

  • Opening set - first part (without Orchestra):
  1. Hush
  2. Wring That Neck
  3. ~Jingle Bells instrumental
  4. Child In Time
  • Concerto For Group And Orchestra (second part)
  1. First Movement - Allegro moderato
  2. Second Movement - Andante
  3. Third Movement - Vivace presto
  4. ~Drum solo
  • Encore:
  1. Third Movement (2nd half)
  2. ~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[7]

On 19 February, 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 21 June 1970.

Live albums and DVDs

Several live albums from the tour were later released.

  1. Concerto for Group and Orchestra CD/DVD
  2. Gemini Suite Live CD
  3. Kneel & Pray CD
  4. Live in Montreux 69 CD
  5. Scandinavian Nights CD/DVD
  6. Deep Purple in Concert CD/DVD
  7. Live in Stockholm CD/DVD
  8. Space Vol 1 & 2
  9. Doing Their Thing DVD
  10. Heavy Metal Pioneers (Tour documentary)

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References
  1. http://www.deeppurpleliveindex.com
  2. http://deep-purple.net/tree/mk2.htm
  3. Rees, Paul (April 2017). "To Infinity… and Beyond?". Classic Rock #234. p. 36.
  4. http://www.thehighwaystar.com/rosas/discog/dpsetlists1.html
  5. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/hit_the_lights/ian_gillan_morocco_could_be_my_naughty_weekend_away.html
  6. http://www.dustbury.com/music/dppurple.html
  7. http://www.deep-purple-ticketmuseum.co.uk/691011.htm
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