Deep Purple Secret Mexican Tour
Deep Purple Secret Mexican Tour was a small warm-up tour of British hard rock band Deep Purple with new guitarist Steve Morse and consisted of two shows in Mexico and one show in the USA
| Tour by Deep Purple | |
| Legs | 2 |
|---|---|
| No. of shows | 3 |
Tour Background
In 1993, because of the constant disagreements, musical differences, fights and tensions between vocalist Ian Gillan and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, Blackmore left the band during a show in Helsinki, Finland on 17 November, just days before the Japanese leg of the tour was set to start. The band hired Joe Satriani as a temporary replacement for Blackmore, to play the remaining gigs in Japan and Europe. After the tour, Satriani continued his solo career and the band asked Steve Morse to join. As the band were unsure of how audiences would react to the new permanent replacement, a "secret warm-up" tour of 3 shows were played. Audiences responded positively to Morse.[1][2]
Tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 November 1994 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes |
| 25 November 1994 | Monterrey | Auditorio Coca-Cola | |
| 26 November 1994 | Corpus Christi, Texas | United States | Johnnyland Auditorium |
Setlist
- Highway Star
- Ramshackle Man
- Maybe I'm a Leo
- Fireball (ended with Into the Fire)
- Perfect Strangers
- Pictures of Home
- Keyboard Solo
- Knockin' at Your Back Door
- Guitar Solo
- Anyone's Daughter
- Child in Time
- Anya
- The Battle Rages On
- When a Blind Man Cries
- Lazy
- Drum Solo
- Space Truckin'
- Woman from Tokyo
- Paint it Black
Encores:
- Speed King
- Smoke on the Water
Line-up
- Ian Gillan - vocals
- Steve Morse - guitars
- Jon Lord - Hammond organ, keyboards
- Roger Glover - bass
- Ian Paice - drums
References
- Siegler, Joe. "Corpus Christi, Texas, USA". Johnnyland. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
