The Songs That Built Rock Tour

Deep Purple: The Songs That Built Rock Tour

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Concert tour by Deep Purple
Location North America, Europe, UK
Start date 3 June 2011
End date 10 December 2012
Legs 6
Shows 100
(33 in North America
51 in Europe
16 in South America)
Deep Purple concert chronology
Rapture of the Deep World Tour
(2006–2011)		 The Songs That Built Rock Tour
(2011–2012)		 Now What? World Tour
(2013-2014)

The Songs That Built Rock Tour was a 2011-12 world concert tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple.

Overview

Along with the band, the tour featured a 38-piece orchestra. It was the first time Deep Purple toured North America in four years. It took place at the world's largest arenas, such as the O2 Arena in London and Arena di Verona in Verona, Italy.

The official management's press-release said the show would include Deep Purple's biggest hits, such as "Smoke on the Water", Highway Star", "Woman from Tokyo" etc, covering the 42-year history of the band.[1][2]

Tour history

Announcements

Ticket sales

Deep Purple in Mendoza, Argentina.

Tour dates

[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Date City Country Venue
North America
3 June 2011Orillia, OntarioCanadaCasino Rama
4 June 2011Quebec City, QuebecAgora
6 June 2011Montreal, QuebecPlace des Arts
7 June 2011Boston, MassachusettsUnited StatesWang Centre
8 June 2011Hartford, ConnecticutBushnell Center for the Performing Arts
10 June 2011Holmdel, New JerseyPNC Bank Arts Center
11 June 2011Atlantic City, New JerseyTropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City
12 June 2011Bethel, New YorkBethel Performing Arts Centre
14 June 2011New York City, New YorkBeacon Theatre
15 June 2011
17 June 2011Detroit, MichiganFox Theatre
18 June 2011Highland Park, IllinoisRavinia
19 June 2011Minneapolis, MinnesotaOrpheum
23 June 2011Paradise, NevadaPalms Casino Resort
24 June 2011Los Angeles, CaliforniaGreek Theatre
25 June 2011Concord, CaliforniaConcord Pavilion
Europe
8 July 2011LondonUnited KingdomSunFlower SuperJam, Royal Albert Hall
15 July 2011MainzGermanyNordmole am Zollhafen
16 July 2011MontreuxSwitzerlandMontreux Jazz Festival, Stravinski Hall
18 July 2011VeronaItalyArena di Verona
20 July 2011GelsenkirchenGermanyAmphitheatre
22 July 2011KunzelsauSchlosspark
23 July 2011DresdenElbufer
24 July 2011SlupskPolandDolina Charlotty
27 July 2011VienneFranceTheatre Antique
29 July 2011TienenBelgiumSuikerock Festival
South America
4 October 2011BelémBrazilCidade Folia
7 October 2011FortalezaSiara
8 October 2011Nova OdessaExpo America
10 October 2011São PauloVia Funchal
11 October 2011Belo HorizonteChevrolet Hall
12 October 2011CuritibaTeatro Positivo
14 October 2011RosarioArgentinaMetropolitano
15 October 2011Buenos AiresLuna Park
16 October 2011
18 October 2011CordobaOrfeo Superdomo
19 October 2011MendozaAuditorio Angel Bustelo
21 October 2011SantiagoChileMovistar Arena
22 October 2011Viña del MarQuinta Vergara Amphitheater
23 October 2011TemucoGimnasio Olimpico UFRO
25 October 2011ConcepciónColiseo Monumental La Tortuga
28 October 2011QuitoEcuadorAgora
Europe
26 November 2011GlasgowUnited KingdomSECC
27 November 2011BirminghamLG Arena
29 November 2011ManchesterMEN Arena
30 November 2011LondonO2 Arena
2 December 2011ArnhemNetherlandsGelreDome
3 December 2011HalleGermanyGerry Weber Stadion
4 December 2011SchwerinSport- und Kongresshalle
7 December 2011HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Areena
9 December 2011StockholmSwedenHovet
10 December 2011GothenburgScandinavium
13 December 2011OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum
15 December 2011HorsensDenmarkForum Horsens
Canada
(Smoke on the Nation Tour)
2 February 2012St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCanadaMile One Stadium
4 February 2012Moncton, New BrunswickMoncton Casino
5 February 2012Halifax, Nova ScotiaHalifax Metro Centre
6 February 2012Moncton, New BrunswickMoncton Casino
8 February 2012Ottawa, OntarioOttawa Civic Centre
9 February 2012Kingston, OntarioK-Rock Centre
11 February 2012London, OntarioJohn Labatt Centre
12 February 2012Toronto, OntarioMassey Hall
13 February 2012Hamilton, OntarioHamilton Place Theatre
15 February 2012Winnipeg, ManitobaMTS Centre
16 February 2012Regina, SaskatchewanBrandt Centre
17 February 2012Saskatoon, SaskatchewanTCU Place
19 February 2012Calgary, AlbertaSouthern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
21 February 2012Edmonton, AlbertaRexall Place
23 February 2012Prince George, British ColumbiaCN Centre
25 February 2012Victoria, British ColumbiaSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
26 February 2012Vancouver, British ColumbiaQueen Elizabeth Theatre
Europe
24 October 2012YekaterinburgRussiaDIVS Arena
27 October 2012Saint PetersburgIce Palace
28 October 2012MoscowOlympic Stadium
30 October 2012KrasnodarArena
2 November 2012KievUkrainePalace of Sports
8 November 2012Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourgRockhal
9 November 2012GrenobleFrancePalais des Sports
11 November 2012Saint-Herblain (near Nantes)Le Zénith
12 November 2012CaenLe Zénith
13 November 2012ParisZénith de Paris-La Villette
15 November 2012CologneGermanyLanxess Arena
16 November 2012BremenHalle 7
17 November 2012HanoverAWD Hall
20 November 2012KielSparkassen-Arena
22 November 2012FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt
23 November 2012OberhausenKönig Pilsener Arena
24 November 2012HamburgO2 World
26 November 2012LeipzigArena Leipzig
27 November 2012BerlinO2 World
29 November 2012AugsburgSchwabenhalle
30 November 2012MunichOlympiahalle
1 December 2012StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
3 December 2012BrusselsBelgiumForest National
4 December 2012AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo Dome
6 December 2012ToulouseFranceLe Zénith
7 December 2012MâconLe Spot
8 December 2012BernSwitzerlandBern Expo
10 December 2012Clermont-FerrandFranceLe Zénith

Songs performed

First leg

  1. "Deep Purple Overture" (performed by the Orchestra) (performed only on concerts with the Orchestra)
  2. "Highway Star" (From Machine Head)
  3. "Hard Lovin' Man" (From Deep Purple in Rock)
  4. "Maybe I'm a Leo" (From Machine Head) / "Silver Tongue" (From Bananas) (4 June 2011 only)
  5. "Fireball" (From Fireball) (15 December 2011 only)
  6. "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
  7. "Rapture of the Deep" (From Rapture of the Deep)
  8. "Woman from Tokyo" (From Who Do We Think We Are) or "Mary Long" (From Who Do We Think We Are) (in South America)
  9. "Contact Lost" (From Bananas)
  10. Steve Morse Guitar Solo
  11. "When a Blind Man Cries" (From Machine Head) or "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (From Purpendicular) (in South America)
  12. "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (From Rapture of the Deep - Tour Edition) (it's after the Guitar Solo for some Canadian shows in 2012)
  13. "The Mule" (From Fireball) (with Ian Paice Drum Solo) or "Knocking at Your Back Door" (From Perfect Strangers) or "Mary Long"
  14. "Lazy" (From Machine Head)
  15. "No One Came" (or "Fireball" in some Canadian shows in 2012) (From Fireball)
  16. Don Airey Keyboard Solo
  17. "Perfect Strangers" (From Perfect Strangers)
  18. "Space Truckin'" (From Machine Head)
  19. "Smoke on the Water" (From Machine Head)

Encore :

  1. "Green Onions" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or "Going Down" (Don Nix cover) or "Time is Tight" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or other covers intros to "Hush" or "Knocking At Your Back Door" (4 December 2011 only)
  2. "Hush" (Billy Joe Royal cover) (From Shades of Deep Purple) (occasionally with Drum Solo)
  3. Roger Glover Bass Solo
  4. "Black Night" (From Deep Purple in Rock)

Second leg (late 2012)

  1. Intro tape: "Dance Of The Knights" (Prokofiev, arr. by Don Airey)
  2. "Fireball" (From Fireball)
  3. "Into The Fire" (From Deep Purple In Rock)
  4. "Hard Lovin' Man" (From Deep Purple in Rock)
  5. "Maybe I'm a Leo" (From Machine Head)
  6. "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
  7. "The Battle Rages On" (From The Battle Rages On)
  8. "Contact Lost" (From Bananas)
  9. Steve Morse Guitar Solo
  10. "Wasted Sunsets" (From Perfect Strangers) or "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (From Purpendicular) or "When a Blind Man Cries" (From Machine Head)
  11. "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (From Rapture of the Deep - Tour Edition)
  12. "The Mule" (From Fireball) (with Ian Paice Drum Solo)
  13. "Lazy" (From Machine Head)
  14. "No One Came" (From Fireball)
  15. Don Airey Keyboard Solo
  16. "Perfect Strangers" (From Perfect Strangers)
  17. "Space Truckin'" (From Machine Head)
  18. "Smoke on the Water" (From Machine Head)

Encore :

  1. "Highway Star" (From Machine Head) (first two gigs in Russia only) or "Speed King" (From Deep Purple in Rock) (in some European shows at the end of the tour)
  2. "Green Onions" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or "Going Down" (Don Nix cover) or "Time is Tight" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or other covers intros to "Hush"
  3. "Hush" (Billy Joe Royal cover) (From Shades of Deep Purple)
  4. Roger Glover Bass Solo
  5. "Black Night" (From Deep Purple in Rock)

Line-up

Deep Purple
Other

Notes

References

  1. ↑ http://www.deep-purple.com/latest/thesongsthabuiltrock.php
  2. ↑ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=156028
  3. ↑ http://www.thesunflowerjam.com/
  4. ↑ Jane Cassidy (15 June 2011). "Lobby Watch: The College of Medicine". British Medical Journal 343. doi:10.1136/bmj.d3712. PMID 21677014.
  5. ↑ http://www.theo2.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=122&eventId=1693
  6. ↑ http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/section/concerts?tm_link=tm_homeA_moremusic
  7. ↑ http://www.deep-purple.net/tourdates2001/Tourdates2011.html
  8. ↑ http://www.deep-purple.com/tour-dates-2/
  9. ↑ http://www.thehighwaystar.com/tourdates/
  10. ↑ http://www.deeppurple.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/430562
  11. ↑ http://71.agendaculturel.fr/concert/macon/le-spot-macon/deep-purple.html
  12. ↑ "DEEP PURPLE Confirm Wacken Headline for 2013". www.MetalMouth.Net. 2012-08-04.