The Long Goodbye Tour
| Concert by Deep Purple | |
| Location | Europe, North America, South America |
|---|---|
| Associated album | Infinite |
| Start date | May 13, 2017 |
| End date | December 15, 2017 |
| Legs | 4 |
| No. of shows | 65 |
| Deep Purple concert chronology | |
The Long Goodbye Tour is an ongoing concert tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple in support for their 20th studio album, Infinite.
Background
Drummer Ian Paice suffered a minor stroke in June 2016, which affected his right hand and fingers.[1] This led to some Deep Purple concerts in Scandinavia being cancelled, and were the first of the band's shows he had missed since Deep Purple's formation in 1968.[2]
At the time of the Long Goodbye Tour's announcement in December 2016, Paice told the Heavyworlds website it "may be the last big tour", adding that the band "don't know". He described the tour as being long in duration, and said: "We haven't made any hard, fast plans, but it becomes obvious that you cannot tour the same way you did when you were 21. It becomes more and more difficult. People have other things in their lives, which take time. But never say never."[3]
Deep Purple's latest studio album, Infinite, was released on 7 April 2017 and the Long Goodbye Tour will serve as support for the record.
Musicians
Deep Purple will tour, as it has done since 2002, with its 'MK VIII' line-up, comprising:
- Ian Gillan – vocals
- Steve Morse – guitars
- Roger Glover – bass
- Ian Paice – drums
- Don Airey – keyboards
- Band members at The Long Goodbye Tour
Ian Gillan
Steve Morse
Roger Glover
Ian Paice
Don Airey
Special guests
- Europe (United Kingdom dates, 2017)
- Alice Cooper (North America 2017)
- The Edgar Winter Band (North America 2017)
- Monster Truck (Europe 2017)
- Divlje jagode ft. Tony Martin and Andy LaRocque (Europe, 2017, Zagreb only)
Tour dates
Setlist
First leg
- "Time For Bedlam" (From Infinite)
- "Fireball" (From Fireball)
- "Bloodsucker" (From Deep Purple In Rock)
- "Strange Kind Of Woman" (From Fireball)
- "Johnny's Band" (From Infinite)
- "Uncommon Man" (From Now What?!)
- "The Surprising" (From Infinite)
- "Lazy" (From Machine Head)
- "Birds Of Prey" (From Infinite)
- "Hell To Pay" (From Now What?!)
- Don Airey Keyboard Solo
- "Perfect Strangers" (From Perfect Strangers)
- "Space Truckin'" (From Machine Head)
- "Smoke On The Water" (From Machine Head)
Encore :
- "Highway Star" (From Machine Head) (not on every show)
- "Hush" (From Shades of Deep Purple)
- "Black Night" (From Deep Purple In Rock)
Notes
- ↑ The December 12, 2017 concert at the Pedreira Paulo Leminski in Curitiba was part of the Solid Rock Festival.
- ↑ The December 13, 2017 concert at the Allianz Parque in São Paulo was part of the Solid Rock Festival.
- ↑ The December 15, 2017 concert at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro was part of the Solid Rock Festival.
References
- ↑ Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice suffers stroke - Team Rock. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Message from Ian Paice - DeepPurple.com. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ IAN PAICE: DEEP PURPLE Hasn't Decided Yet If 'Long Goodbye' Will Be Band's Last Big Tour - Blabbermouth.net. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Current Tour Dates". Deep Purple Official Website.
- ↑ "Deep Purple - The Long Goodbye - Official Event". facebook.com. December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ↑ "Line up". rockfestbarcelona.com. 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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