In Rock World Tour

The In Rock World Tour was a successful worldwide concert tour by British hard rock group Deep Purple. The tour began in July 1970, after the release of their album In Rock, and lasted 15 months, until September 1971. The band visited 3 continents (Europe, North America and Australia), with dates in the UK, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Iceland, Luxembourg, Canada, USA and Australia.[1]

In Rock World Tour

Tour by Deep Purple
Associated album	In Rock
Start date	4 July 1970
End date	24 October 1971
Legs	15
No. of shows	157 (168 scheduled)
Deep Purple concert chronology

Pre-history

In July 1970, Deep Purple's MKII released In Rock. The album became a worldwide hit, with hits like "Black Night", "Into the Fire", "Speed King" and "Child in Time". It was the band's first hard rock album. In Rock put the band into the list of pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal, alongside Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. The album sold several million copies worldwide. Increasing popularity and commercial success resulted in a worldwide tour, including an Australian leg, as In Rock charted at number one there.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
4 July 1970	Bedford	England	Bedford Town Football Ground
5 July 1970	London		Lyceum Ballroom
10 July 1970	Aachen	Germany	Reiterstadion
12 July 1970	Munich		Eissportstadion
31 July 1970	Newcastle	England	Mayfair Ballroom
1 August 1970		France	Château de Saint-Pons
8 August 1970	Saint Raphael		Stade Municipal
9 August 1970	Plumpton	United Kingdom	National Jazz & Blues Festival
North America
15 August 1970	Greeley	United States	The Greeley Stampede Rodeo Arena
22 August 1970	Salt Lake City		Terrace Ballroom
25 August 1970	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl
28 August 1970	San Antonio		Jam Factory
29 August 1970	Albuquerque		Albuquerque Civic Auditorium
30 August 1970	Pasadena		Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Europe Leg 2
6 September 1970	Arras	France
25 September 1970	Romford	England	Romford Odeon
2 October 1970	Cardiff	Wales	UWIST
3 October 1970	Southampton	England	University of Southampton
4 October 1970	Lausanne	Switzerland	Pop Festival Symbad
6 October 1970	Leeds	England	University of Leeds Refectory
10 October 1970	Sheffield		University of Sheffield
12 October 1970	Edinburgh	Scotland	Tiffanys
13 October 1970	Glasgow		Electric Garden
14 October 1970	Aberdeen		Music Hall Aberdeen
15 October 1970	Dundee		Caird Hall
16 October 1970	Sunderland	England	Top Rank
17 October 1970	Manchester		University of Manchester
21 October 1970	Swansea	Wales	Top Rank Suite
25 October 1970	Lyon	France	Theatre du Huitieme
26 October 1970	Chambéry		Maison de la Culture
27 October 1970	Sochaux		Maison des Arts
28 October 1970	Mulhouse		Maison de la Culture
30 October 1970	Le Havre		Maison de la Culture
31 October 1970	Dourges		Club Piblokto
1 November 1970	Paris		Olympia
2 November 1970	Elbeuf		Cinema-Theatre
3 November 1970	Brest		Cinema Le Celtic
6 November 1970	Bournemouth	England	Bournemouth Winter Gardens
7 November 1970	Margate		Dreamland Margate
11 November 1970	Oslo	Norway	Njårdhallen
12 November 1970	Stockholm	Sweden	Konserthus
14 November 1970	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen
15 November 1970	Gothenburg	Sweden	Konserthuset
16 November 1970	Odense	Denmark	Fyns Forum
18 November 1970	Liverpool	England	St. George's Hall
19 November 1970	Manchester		Belle Vue
20 November 1970	Hull		University of Hull
21 November 1970	London		University College London
22 November 1970	Croydon		Fairfield Halls
23 November 1970	Wolverhampton		Wolverhampton Civic Hall
24 November 1970	Bradford		Saint George's Hall
27 November 1970	Offenbach am Main	Germany	Stadthalle Offenbach
28 November 1970	Heidelberg		Neue Universitat
29 November 1970	Düsseldorf		Rheinhalle
30 November 1970	Duisburg		Mercatorhalle
1 December 1970	Hanover		Messehalle
2 December 1970	Hamburg		Planten un Blomen Halle
3 December 1970
4 December 1970	Münster		Halle Münsterland
5 December 1970	Munich		Circus Krone-Bau
6 December 1970	Saarbrücken		Saarlandhalle
7 December 1970	Nuremberg		Meistersingerhalle
8 December 1970	Lüdenscheid		Schützenhalle
9 December 1970	Wuppertal		Stadthalle
11 December 1970	Würzburg		Huttenhalle
12 December 1970	Stuttgart		Sporthalle
17 December 1970	Brighton	England	Brighton Dome
19 December 1970	London		Dagenham Roundhouse
1 January 1971	Rotterdam	Netherlands	De Doelen
2 January 1971	Amsterdam		RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre
29 January 1971	Leeds	England	Leeds Town Hall
30 January 1971	Liverpool		Philharmonic Hall
1 February 1971	London		Royal Albert Hall
5 February 1971	Kingston upon Hull		ABC Cinema
6 February 1971	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
7 February 1971	Bournemouth		Winter Gardens
8 February 1971	Southampton		Southampton Guildhall
9 February 1971	Portsmouth		Portsmouth Guildhall
12 February 1971	Birmingham		Birmingham Town Hall
13 February 1971	Bristol		Colston Hall
14 February 1971	Plymouth		ABC Cinema
19 February 1971	Manchester		Kings Hall
20 February 1971	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall
21 February 1971	Coventry		Coventry Theatre
22 February 1971	Purley		The Orchid
25 February 1971	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
27 February 1971	Brighton		Big Apple
5 March 1971	Glasgow	Scotland	Greens Playhouse
6 March 1971	Edinburgh		Empire Theatre
7 March 1971	Dundee		Caird Hall
8 March 1971	Aberdeen		Aberdeen Music Hall
7 April 1971	Oldenburg	Germany	Weser-Ems Halle
8 April 1971	Essen		Grugahalle
10 April 1971	Offenbach am Main		Stadthalle Offenbach
11 April 1971	Hamburg		Planten un Blomen Halle
16 April 1971	Montreux	Switzerland	Montreux Casino
17 April 1971
19 April 1971	Brussels	Belgium	Palais des Beaux-Arts
21 April 1971	Stockholm	Sweden	Konserthus
22 April 1971
23 April 1971	Copenhagen	Denmark	KB Hallen
24 April 1971	Aarhus		Vejlby-Risskov Hallen
25 April 1971	Aalborg		Aalborghallen
26 April 1971	Oslo	Norway	Njårdhallen
28 April 1971	London	England	Roundhouse
Australia
6 May 1971	Perth	Australia	Beatty Park Aquatic Centre
7 May 1971	Melbourne		Festival Hall
8 May 1971	Adelaide		Apollo Stadium
9 May 1971	Sydney		Randwick Racecourse
10 May 1971	Brisbane		Brisbane Festival Hall
Europe Leg 3
21 May 1971	Berlin	Germany	Deutschlandhalle
25 May 1971 (2 shows – 2 pm & 9.30 pm)	Rome	Italy	PalaEUR (or Palazzo dello Sport)
27 May 1971	Bologna		Palasport Two shows
29 May 1971	Zürich	Switzerland	Eishalle Pop-Monster 1971
6 June 1971	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Football Stadium "Union"
18 June 1971	Reykjavík	Iceland	Laugardalshöll
24 June 1971	Birmingham	England	Kinetic Circus
25 June 1971	Newcastle		Mayfair Ballroom
North America Leg 2
2 July 1971	Toronto	Canada	St. Lawrence Market
3 July 1971	Buffalo	United States	Gilligan's
4 July 1971	Memphis		Overton Park
6 July 1971	Hamilton	Canada	Hamilton Forum
7 July 1971	London		Wonderland Gardens
8 July 1971	New York City	United States	Philharmonic Hall
9 July 1971	Philadelphia		Spectrum
10 July 1971	Cleveland		Cleveland Public Hall
11 July 1971	Minneapolis		Minneapolis Auditorium
14 July 1971	Milwaukee		Milwaukee Auditorium
16 July 1971	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque
17 July 1971	Trotwood		Hara Arena
18 July 1971	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
20 July 1971	Chicago		Auditorium Theater
21 July 1971
23 July 1971	Dania		Pirates World
24 July 1971	Orlando		Orlando Sports Stadium
25 July 1971	New Orleans		The Warehouse
27 July 1971	San Antonio		San Antonio Municipal Auditorium
28 July 1971	Houston		Sam Houston Coliseum
29 July 1971	Wichita		Sgt. Pepper's
30 July 1971	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
31 July 1971	Salt Lake City		Terrace Ballroom
Europe Leg 4
1 September 1971	Berlin	Germany	Messehalle
4 September 1971	Vienna	Austria	Stadthalle
5 September 1971	Speyer	Germany	Stadthalle
13 September 1971	Portsmouth	England	Portsmouth Guildhall
19 September 1971	Leicester		De Montford Hall
22 September 1971	Manchester		Free Trade Hall
23 September 1971	Liverpool		Philharmonic Hall
24 September 1971	Glasgow	Scotland	Greens Playhouse
25 September 1971	Edinburgh		Empire Theatre
26 September 1971	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
29 September 1971	Bournemouth		Winter Gardens
30 September 1971	Bristol		Colston Hall
4 October 1971	London		Royal Albert Hall
5 October 1971	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
10 October 1971	Coventry		Coventry Theatre
11 October 1971	Southampton		Southampton Guildhall
North America Leg 3
22 October 1971	New York City	United States	Felt Forum
23 October 1971	Williamsburg		William and Mary Hall
24 October 1971	Chicago		Auditorium Theater

Setlist

1. "Speed King"
2. "Hush"
3. "Into The Fire"
4. "Child in Time"
5. "Living Wreck" (occasionally)
6. "Wring That Neck" (Instrumental)~Brubeck's Unsquare Dance~Bach's Violin Partita no.3 in E Major~Bach's Gavotte en Rondeau~Grieg's Morning Mood~Greensleeves instrumental (composed by Henry VIII)~White Christmas instrumental
7. "Mandrake Root"~The Mule riff~You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
8. "Paint It Black" (Instrumental only)
9. "Drum solo"

Encores:

1. "Black Night"
2. "Lucille" (Little Richard)

• They also played a "Down the Line" jam with Keith Emerson (from The Nice) on 30 March 1970 at the Berlin Peace Pop World Concert (Sportpalast).[2]

Tour diary & notable live dates

Deep Purple kicked off the tour at the Bedford Town football ground in Bedford, UK, and soon visited German stadiums.

MK II's first USA leg followed, Purples headlined "National Pop&Blues festival". 25 August, Deep Purple made the USA premiere of Concerto for Group and Orchestra with Los Angeles Philharmonic, at Los Angeles's Hollywood Bowl, in front of 15,000 people.[3] setlist for the show was:

• First set (without Orchestra)

1. Speed King
2. Hush
3. Wring That Neck
4. Mandrake Root
5. Child in Time
6. Black Night

• Second set – Concerto For Group And Orchestra (edited):

1. First Movement – Allegro moderato
2. Second Movement – Andante
3. Third Movement – Vivace presto

They returned to Europe in August, and played their first full tour of France, including one show in Paris's legendary Olympia hall.

Scandinavia saw Purple shows after French Tour, Live album was recorded at K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen. This was the first rock live for Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich. Ulrich remembers the show as one of the greatest live he has ever seen, and says that this show, and Ian Paice's drumming influenced him to become a rock-drummer. Lars: "That was the famous gig where in a newspaper article the day after everybody talked about Deep Purple, I remember they played a lot of new songs, I was all of nine years old".[4]

After many European dates, the band headed to their first Australian Tour. Deep Purple first visited Australia as part of an groundbreaking, sell-out package tour with Free and Manfred Mann, supported by local Santana-inspired Latin-rock band Pirana. The tour played four states in as many days, breaking all previous attendance records for rock shows in Australia. It was an influential tour for the local scene, giving Aussie audiences their first direct experience of the heavy-rock style being pioneered by bands such as the headliners, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Up to that time, fans had been reliant on records, and on cover versions performed by local bands like The Dave Miller Set.

The tour played to capacity crowds for one night each in Perth and Adelaide on 6 and 8 May respectively, followed by Sydney on 9 May with two nights in Melbourne at the Festival Hall on 7 and 9 May. The first Melbourne show on Friday 7 May ran overtime by more than two hours, finishing after 1.00am. Over 5000 fans were turned away, so a second show on the Sunday 9 May was hastily arranged for the benefit of fans who missed the first performance. According to GO-SET, Deep Purple's first Melbourne performance was troubled by equipment problems, as was Free's set at the Sydney concert.

Earlier on 9 May the four groups had played at a rapturously-received outdoor daytime performance at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, attended by over 30,000 people. Segments of the concert were filmed by the ABC's GTK, and the tour received extensive coverage in the GO-SET edition of 22 May, with reviews of both the Melbourne and Sydney shows by Ed Nimmervoll and David Elphick.[5]

(NB: Note that dates given on MILESAGO website are out of sequence and ten days later than what actually happened).

On 18 June band played their first gig in Iceland, Reykjavík at Laugardalls Hall.

Another massive North American leg followed, then Europe again and then back to USA, including one show at New York City's Felt Forum (nowadays known as The Theatre at Madison Square Garden). The 28 August 1970 show at the Jam Factory in San Antonio, Texas featured a guitar fill-in by Christopher Cross, ten years before his own rise to fame, after Blackmore had a bad reaction to a flu shot. The In Rock Tour ended in Chicago's Auditorium Theater.[1][2]

Live albums

• Live in Stockholm – CD – recorded 12 November 1970
• Scandinavian Nights – CD – recorded 12 November 1970
• Deep Purple in Concert – CD – recorded 1970–1972

Line-Up

• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Jon Lord – hammond organ, keyboards
• Roger Glover – bass
• Ian Paice – drums

References

1. "The Deep Purple Live Index". Deeppurpleliveindex.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
2. "Set Lists 1968 to 1976". Thehighwaystar.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
3. "Set Lists 1968 to 1976". Thehighwaystar.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "MILESAGO - Performance - Tours by overseas artists - Deep Purple / Free / Manfred Mann / Pirana". Milesago.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

External links

• Deep Purple Tour Page – 1968 until today