Rapture of the Deep World Tour
Tour by Deep Purple
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The Rapture of the Deep Tour is an ongoing worldwide concert tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple. It takes place in support of their 2005 studio album Rapture of the Deep. It is supposed to be one of the most successful and long-lasting tour the band has ever done. In 2007 it was voted #6 tour of the year by listeners of the Planet Rock radio station.^[1]

During the tour Deep Purple covered 5 continents and played in more than 50 countries.^[2] They did over 28 legs in Europe, UK, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia, playing almost 500 shows in 6 years.^[3] Venue sizes varied from big concert halls, to the world's largest arenas and stadiums.

During the tour Deep Purple headlined several of the world's biggest festivals, including:

• Monsters of Rock at Milton Keynes Bowl (UK) (40,000 attended),
• Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland) (80,000 attended),
• Fête de l'Humanité (France) (100,000 attended),
• Sweden Rock Festival (Sweden) (50,000 attended),
• Monsters of Rock (Spain) (30,000 attended),
• Cosquin Rock (Argentina) (100,000 attended),
• Rock Over The Volga (Russia) (200,000 attended), the biggest crowd in Deep Purple history together with rock music festival California Jam of 1974.

Although some fans called the 2010 leg simply "World Tour" (since by that point only one song from Rapture Of The Deep (the title track) remained in the set list), Don Airey, band's keyboardist said it's still Rapture of the Deep Tour.

Overview [link]

In 2005 Deep Purple released a new studio album titled Rapture of the Deep. The CD enjoyed a modest success, especially in Europe, where it charted TOP 20 in several countries.

2006 [link]

The Rapture of the Deep Tour kicked off with an intimate sold-out show at London's Astoria hall, and quickly moved on to a sold-out European tour, booked in the continent's biggest arenas.

After two sold out shows at Argentina's Luna Park Stadium, the band played one festival date in Chile and after a one month break they moved straight to Australia. The 10 dates on the Australian leg proved to be extremely successful; tickets sold out very quickly and promoters had to add more dates. The band sold over 50,000 tickets for the Australian leg and moved to Japan with 5 concerts.

A second huge European leg followed in summer. Deep Purple kicked it off with the extremely successful gig at Milton Keynes Bowl, in front of over 50,000 people. Besides the single shows, they played many festival dates as headliners, such as Sweden Rock Festival (attendance: 50,000) and Montreux Jazz Festival. The Montreux show was recorded professionally and later released on CD/DVD called They All Came Down to Montreux. The European leg lasted over 6 months and they played Europe's biggest arenas, all sold-out.

Deep Purple ended the 2006 tour with a successful South American leg, 11 arena + stadium dates.

2007 [link]

2007 began with a huge European tour again. After visiting Italy and France, they moved to the full UK Arena tour, playing at sold-out Wembley Arena, LG Arena and Windsor Hall, overall 10 dates in the UK. However, singer Ian Gillan announced at a Wembley show that it was the last time they would play at the arena, because of the rudeness of security guards, who beat several fans during the show.^[4]

Summer 2007 saw Deep Purple overseas, on a full North American tour. 27 dates in USA and 3 in Canada. In the USA they mostly played at a big arenas and amphitheaters, plus several theaters and two sold out dates at the legendary House of Blues of Chicago. After playing at Montreal's Bell Centre in front of 10,000 people, they moved to New York to play in the legendary Radio City Music Hall. The North American leg ended with a sold-out intimate show at Dallas's House of Blues

2007's last leg was Europe again. Deep Purple kicked it off at Bucharest's National Stadium and the tour lasted over one month.

At the end of year Deep Purple received a special award in France, for selling 150,000 concert tickets in the country in one year. Officials said Deep Purple sold more tickets than any music artist has ever done in one year in France.^[5]

2008 [link]

2008 began with a second full South American leg, with 13 dates in 6 countries. Tickets for the show at Buenos Aires's Luna Park Stadium sold out quickly, prompting promoters to announce a second date at the same stadium.

A European festival tour followed in the summer. The first gig was Monsters of Rock in Spain. Deep Purple was due to headline the festival's first day (the second day to be headlined by Iron Maiden). Unfortunately, a severe rain storm washed out tens of thousands people and damaged the stage. So, promoters had to cancel the whole festival.^[6] After two sold-out shows at Teatro Smeraldo in Milan, Deep Purple headlined Montreux Jazz Festival for the second time on the Rapture Tour. Festival dates also included Deep Purple as a headliner at: "British Motorshow & Music Festival", UK, "Festival de la cite de Carcassonne", "Les Nuits de la Guitare", France "Zweite Classic Rocknacht", "Magic Night of Rock" Germany and "Steinkjer Rock" Norway.

The Israel fall tour proved to be phenomenally successful for the band. Deep Purple's last gig in the country was in 1991, when the band was led by Joe Lynn Turner. This time, led by Ian Gillan promoters announced one show at Caesarea Amphiteatre. The first gig was sold out in three days, so promoters added a second one, which sold-out in one week. That prompted promoters to add a third gig at the same arena, and one at Tel-aviv. Israeli press called Deep Purple's tour a "Phenomenal Success", and the band sold the most tickets in the country that have ever sold in the same year. After the 4 sold-out shows, the press called it the "event of the year" ^[7]

The 2008 tour ended with a Russia/Ukraine/Germany Arena tour, in 10,000-15,000 capacity arenas, all sold-out.

2009 [link]

2009's first gig saw Deep Purple as a headliner band on the World Ski Chempionship. after this one-off show they quickly moved to South America. Although Ian Gillan caught a flu and was extremely ill, with the 11 dates in South America Deep Purple sold over 250,000 tickets (including 150 000 tickets at Cosquin Rock festival, 50,000 at Antofagasta's velodrome, 20,000 tickets at two sold-out shows at Luna Park Stadium and 15,000 tickets at two sold-out shows at Sao Paulo's Via Funchall hall). Ian Gillan released a special video-message about his illness, as fans were worried by his vocal conditions caused by the flu.^[8]

After headlining the "Dubai Bike Week 2009" in front of some 30,000 people, Deep Purple moved to their second Japanese tour during the Rapture Tour with the legendary guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen as a support act.

Spring/summer saw the band at a huge European arena tour again. Deep Purple made a one show at Istanbul's Kurucesme Arena. This was particular show, as 500 fans (out of the 20,000) had travelled from Georgia, Tbilisi and Ian Gillan made a very special meet&greet with Georgian fans. Later in an interview Gillan called it one of the most wonderful day on the tour, as he has a very special memories from Georgia, where he married with his wife Bron Gillan, in 1990.^[9]

After playing their own festival dates, suddenly Deep Purple were called by the promoter of Rock Am See and 1-Day Milano Urban Festival. The festival was supposed to be headlined by Oasis, but they split. So, the promoters had to replace them with another headliner. They Choose Deep Purple. According to the bassist Roger Glover, they were not sure what was going to happen, as Oasis plays different kind of music and most of the ticket holders were fans of different music than Deep Purple plays.^[10] Fortunatelly, everything went fantastic. The promoter later announced that The band saved a festival. 90% of Oasis' fans watched Deep Purple's concert and after the show, they were posting on the forum that they were overwhelmed by the gig. Kasabians's leader was watching the show from backstage and later said that it was the greatest concert he has ever seen.^[11]

At the end of the leg Deep Purple played at a notorious French political gig La fête de l'Huma in Paris, France. the concert was attended by 110,000 people.

For the fall 2009 the band went on a small UK Tour, visiting several theaters (including two sold out gigs at the legendary Hammersmith Apollo, + one big show at LG Arena.

20 dates European leg followed and the 2009 tour ended at Bologna. The show was broadcast live on italian RAI radio1 and was quickly heavily bootleged.

2010 [link]

Deep Purple played 79 dates: Mexico, South East Asia, Australia, South Africa & Europe.

2011 [link]

Deep Purple fan, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosted the band in the Moscow Kremlin on 23 March 2011.

After a 4-date tour in Mexico in February, Deep Purple has planned to play the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eastern Europe & Israel in spring (14 dates).

Tour dates [link]

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
17 January 2006	London	England	London Astoria
19 January 2006	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
21 January 2006	Madrid	Spain	Plaza de Toros, La Cubierta, Leganes
22 January 2006	Barcelona		Vall dHebron
24 January 2006	Paris	France	Le Zénith
25 January 2006	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
26 January 2006	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
28 January 2006	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen
29 January 2006	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
31 January 2006	Jyväskylä	Finland	Icehall with Crazy World
1 February 2006	Helsinki		Helsinki Ice Hall with Crazy World
2 February 2006	Tallinn	Estonia	Saku Arena with Nazareth
3 February 2006	Vilnius	Lithuania	Siemens Arena with Nazareth
6 February 2006	Berlin	Germany	Max-Schmeling-Halle with Alice Cooper
7 February 2006	Kiel		Ostseehalle with Alice Cooper
9 February 2006	Nuremberg		Nuremberg Arena with Alice Cooper
10 February 2006	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen with Alice Cooper
11 February 2006	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle with Alice Cooper
12 February 2006	Erfurt		Messehalle with Alice Cooper
14 February 2006	Trier		Trier Arena with Alice Cooper
15 February 2006	Wetzlar		Mittelhessen Arena with Alice Cooper
17 February 2006	Mannheim		SAP Arena with Alice Cooper
18 February 2006	Munich		Olympiahalle with Alice Cooper
19 February 2006	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
21 February 2006	Linz	Austria	Intersportarena
22 February 2006	Brno	Czech Republic	Hala Rondo
23 February 2006	Liberec		Tipsport Arena
24 February 2006	Katowice	Poland	Spodek with SBB
26 February 2006	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sports Arena
27 February 2006	Belgrade	Serbia and Montenegro	Belgrade Fair – Hall 1
1 March 2006	Rome	Italy	Tendastriscie
2 March 2006	Milan		Palalido
South America
24 March 2006	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Luna Park
25 March 2006	Santiago	Chile	Cristal en Vivo Festival
Oceania
26 April 2006	Wellington	New Zealand	Wellington Convention Centre
27 April 2006	Auckland		Logan Campbell Centre
29 April 2006	St Kilda	Australia	Palais Theatre
30 April 2006
1 May 2006	Torrensville		Thebarton Theatre
3 May 2006	Mount Claremont		Challenge Stadium
7 May 2006	South Brisbane		Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
9 May 2006	Sydney		Hordern Pavilion
10 May 2006
12 May 2006	Wollongong		Wollongong Entertainment Centre
13 May 2006	Newcastle		Newcastle Entertainment Centre
14 May 2006	Canberra		Royal Theatre
Asia
17 May 2006	Fukuoka	Japan	Mielparque Hall
18 May 2006	Osaka		Koseinenkin Kaikan
19 May 2006	Nagoya		Shi Kokaido
21 May 2006	Tokyo		Shibuya-AX
22 May 2006			Tokyo International Forum
Europe
3 June 2006	Milton Keynes	England	Milton Keynes Bowl with Alice Cooper and others Monsters of Rock Tour
5 June 2006	Rostock	Germany	Parkbühne IGA with Uriah Heep
6 June 2006	Emden		Nordseehalle
8 June 2006	Sölvesborg	Sweden	Sweden Rock Festival with Journey and others
9 June 2006	Lichtenvoorde	Netherlands	Arrow Rock Festival with Status Quo and others
10 June 2006	Middlefart	Denmark	Rock Under Broen with Status Quo and others
12 June 2006	Grefrath	Germany	Eissporthalle
13 June 2006	Osnabrück		Stadthalle with Krypteria
15 June 2006	Bonn		Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle
16 June 2006	Bad Brückenau		Staatsbad, Kurpark with Uriah Heep and Krypteria
17 June 2006	Gräfenhainichen		Ferropolis with Alice Cooper and Krypteria Stadt aus Eisen
21 June 2006	Tromsø	Norway	Polarhallen
22 June 2006	Bodø		Bodø Kulturhus
23 June 2006	Hell		Hell Music Festival
24 June 2006	Bergen		Koengen
6 July 2006	Innsbruck	Austria	Hafen
7 July 2006	Trento	Italy	Stadio Briamasco with Uriah Heep Summer Music Festival
8 July 2006	Wiesen	Austria	Festivalgelände
10 July 2006	Cattolica	Italy	Arena della Regina
11 July 2006	Latina		Francioni Stadium
12 July 2006	Brescia		Piazza del Duomo
14 July 2006	Zottegem	Belgium	Rock Zottegem
15 July 2006	Montreux	Switzerland	Montreux Jazz Festival
17 July 2006	Monte Carlo	Monaco	Sporting Club
18 July 2006
20 July 2006	Zaragoza	Spain	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe Cancelled due to rain
22 July 2006	Faro	Portugal	Concentração Motard de Faro Alan Parsons Project
24 July 2006	Athens	Greece	Melina Merkouri Theatre
Europe
3 October 2006	Salzburg	Austria	Arena
4 October 2006	Bratislava	Slovakia	Incheba Hall
5 October 2006	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Tivoli Hall
7 October 2006	Košice	Slovakia	Stell Arena
8 October 2006	Ostrava	Czech Republic	ČEZ Aréna
9 October 2006	Warsaw	Poland	Torwar Hall with SBB
11 October 2006	Kiev	Ukraine	Palace of Sports
13 October 2006	Almaty	Kazakhstan	Palace of the Republic
14 October 2006
16 October 2006	Yekaterinburg	Russia	Kosmos Concert Hall
18 October 2006	Kazan		Palace of Sports
19 October 2006	Moscow		Olympic Stadium
20 October 2006	Saint Petersburg		Ice Arena
4 November 2006	Lille	France	Zenith Arena
5 November 2006	Caen		Zenith de Caen
7 November 2006	Amnéville		Le Galaxie
8 November 2006	Dijon		Zenith de Dijon
9 November 2006	Toulouse		Zenith de Toulouse
11 November 2006	Bruz		Musikhall
12 November 2006	Clermont-Ferrand		Zenith D'Auvergne
13 November 2006	Nice		Palais Nikaia
14 November 2006	Marseille		Le Dome
South America
23 November 2006	Montevideo	Uruguay	Velodromo
25 November 2006	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Gigantinho
26 November 2006	Curitiba		Master Hall
28 November 2006	São Paulo		Tom Brasil
29 November 2006
1 December 2006	Rio de Janeiro		Rio Centro
2 December 2006	Vitória		Praza Do Papa
3 December 2006	Belo Horizonte		Chevrolet Hall
5 December 2006	Rosario	Argentina	Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys
6 December 2006	Córdoba		Estadio General Paz Juniors
7 December 2006	Buenos Aires		Arena Obras Sanitarias
9 December 2006	Viña del Mar	Chile	Quinta Vergara
Asia
17 December 2006	Bangalore	India	Cathedral Grounds
Europe
4 March 2007	Tirana	Albania	Congress Palace
7 March 2007	Parma	Italy	PalaRaschi
9 March 2007	Palermo		Palasport
10 March 2007	Acireale		PalaTupparello
12 March 2007	Reggio Calabria		PalaCalafiore
13 March 2007	Andria		Palasport
16 March 2007	Reims	France	Parc Expo
17 March 2007	Tours		Grand Hall De Tours
19 March 2007	Nantes		Zenith
20 March 2007	Rouen		Zenith
22 March 2007	La Rochelle		Parc Expo
23 March 2007	Pau		Zenith
25 March 2007	Strasbourg		Hall Rhenus
26 March 2007	Beauvais		Festival Debout Sur Le Zinc, Elispace
28 March 2007	Bordeaux		Patinoire
29 March 2007	Saint-Étienne		Palais Des Spectacle
30 March 2007	Grenoble		Palais Des Spectacle
31 March 2007	Limoges		Zenith
21 April 2007	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena with Thin Lizzy
22 April 2007	Manchester		MEN Arena with Thin Lizzy
24 April 2007	Nottingham		Nottingham Arena with Thin Lizzy
25 April 2007	Cardiff	Wales	CIA Arena with Thin Lizzy
27 April 2007	Bournemouth	England	Windsor Hall with Thin Lizzy
28 April 2007	London		Wembley Arena with Thin Lizzy
29 April 2007	Brighton		Brighton Centre with Thin Lizzy
1 May 2007	Glasgow	Scotland	Clyde Auditorium with Thin Lizzy
2 May 2007	Sheffield	England	Hallam FM Arena with Thin Lizzy
3 May 2007	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre with Thin Lizzy
5 May 2007	Genoa	Italy	Palasport
7 May 2007	Auxerre	France	Parc Expo
8 May 2007	Montpellier		Zenith Sud
9 May 2007	Nancy		Zenith
11 May 2007	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
12 May 2007	Geneva		Arena
16 May 2007	Sandnes	Norway	Classic Rock Festival
18 May 2007	Antwerp	Belgium	Lotto Arena
19 May 2007	Hellendoorn	Netherlands	Dauwpop
20 May 2007	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	The Rockhal
23 May 2007	Helsinki	Finland	Jäähalli
24 May 2007	Joensuu		Areena
26 May 2007	Jelling	Denmark	Jelling Festival
27 May 2007	Reykjavík	Iceland	Laugardalshöll
North America
12 July 2007	Atlanta, Georgia	United States	Chastain Park Amphitheatre
13 July 2007	Orlando, Florida		House of Blues with Edgar Winter
14 July 2007	Boca Raton, Florida		Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
15 July 2007	Clearwater, Florida		Ruth Eckerd Hall
18 July 2007	South Bend, Indiana		Morris Civic Performing Arts Center
19 July 2007	Cadott, Wisconsin		Rock Fest
21 July 2007	Farwell, Michigan		Mountain Rock Music Festival
22 July 2007	Chicago, Illinois		House of Blues
23 July 2007
24 July 2007	St. Louis, Missouri		The Pageant
26 July 2007	London, Ontario	Canada	Hawk Rocks the Park
27 July 2007	Clarkston, Michigan	United States	DTE Energy Music Theatre
28 July 2007	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Bell Centre with Hamadryad
29 July 2007	Quebec City, Quebec		Pavilion de la Jeunesse
31 July 2007	Boston, Massachusetts	United States	Bank of America Pavilion
2 August 2007	Wallingford, Connecticut		Chevrolet Theatre
4 August 2007	Atlantic City, New Jersey		House of Blues
7 August 2007	New York City, New York		Radio City Music Hall
8 August 2007	Hampton Beach, New Hampshire		Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
9 August 2007	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania		Musikfest with John Kay & Steppenwolf
12 August 2007	Costa Mesa, California		Pacific Amphitheatre
13 August 2007	Ventura, California		Ventura Theater
15 August 2007	San Francisco, California		The Warfield
16 August 2007	San Diego, California		4th & B Concert Theater
17 August 2007	Phoenix, Arizona		Maricopa Event Center
18 August 2007	Paradise, Nevada		The Joint / Hard Rock Hotel
21 August 2007	Denver, Colorado		Fillmore Auditorium
23 August 2007	San Antonio, Texas		Majestic Theater
24 August 2007	Houston, Texas		Verizon Wireless Theater
25 August 2007	Dallas, Texas		House of Blues
Europe
31 October 2007	Bucharest	Romania	National Stadium
1 November 2007	Sofia	Bulgaria	Festivalna Hall
3 November 2007	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Olympic Hall Zetra
4 November 2007	Split	Croatia	Sporthall
6 November 2007	Budapest	Hungary	Sportaréna
8 November 2007	Graz	Austria	Eishalle
9 November 2007	Pordenone	Italy	Palasport Forum
10 November 2007	Mantua		PalaBam
12 November 2007	Varese		PalaWhirlpool
14 November 2007	Châteauroux	France	Le Tarmac
15 November 2007	Toulon		Zenith
16 November 2007	Perpignan		Parc des Expos
18 November 2007	Paris		Olympia
19 November 2007	Liège	Belgium	Country Hall
21 November 2007	Le Havre	France	Docks Oceane
22 November 2007	Angers		Amphitea 4000
23 November 2007	Brest		Parc de Penfeld
25 November 2007	Le Mans		Antarès
26 November 2007	Orléans		Zenith
27 November 2007	Angoulême		Espace Carat
28 November 2007	Besançon		Micropolis
North America
14 February 2008	Monterrey	Mexico	Monterrey Arena
16 February 2008	Mexico City		Plaza de Toros
17 February 2008	Guadalajara		Plaza de Toros
20 February 2008	Lima	Peru
22 February 2008	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Citibank Hall
23 February 2008	Curitiba		Hellooch
24 February 2008	São Paulo		Credicard Hall
26 February 2008	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Luna Park
28 February 2008	Concepción	Chile	Estadio Regional with Peter Ron
1 March 2008	Santiago		Teatro Caupolicán
2 March 2008	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Luna Park
6 March 2008	Quito	Ecuador	Luna Park
8 March 2008	Caracas	Venezuela	Anfiteatro del Centro Sambil
Europe
11 July 2008	Zaragoza	Spain	Monsters of Rock, Feria de Muestras Cancelled due to a rain storm
12 July 2008	Pistoia	Italy	Duomo Square
13 July 2008	Turin		Colonia Sonora Open Air
15 July 2008	Milan		Teatro Smeraldo
16 July 2008
18 July 2008	Verona		Castello de Villafranca
19 July 2008	Montreux	Switzerland	Montreux Jazz Festival
20 July 2008	Carcassonne	France	Festival de la cite de Carcassonne
22 July 2008	Patrimonio, Corsica		Les Nuits de la Guitare
26 July 2008	Cologne	Germany	Zweite Classic Rocknacht, Open Air am Tanzbrunnen
27 July 2008	Tienen	Belgium	Suikerrock
30 July 2008	London	England	British Motorshow & Music Festival, ExCeL London
1 August 2008	Siegen	Germany	Siegerlandhalle
2 August 2008	Ravensburg		Magic Night of Rock, Oberschwabenhalle
3 August 2008	Benediktbeuern		Magic Night of Rock, Kloster
6 August 2008	Copenhagen	Denmark	KB Hallen
8 August 2008	Linköping	Sweden	Cloetta Center
9 August 2008	Ystad		Öja Slott
10 August 2008	Odense	Denmark	Arena Fyn (OCC)
12 August 2008	Helsinki	Finland	Jäähalli with Nazareth
13 August 2008	Kuopio		Kuopio Arena with Nazareth
15 August 2008	Steinkjer	Norway	Steinkjer Rock, Guldbergaunet Stadion
17 August 2008	Tallinn	Estonia	Saku Suurhall Arena
18 August 2008	Riga	Latvia	Arena Riga
5 September 2008	Khanty-Mansiysk	Russia	City Square
Middle East
8 September 2008	Caesarea	Israel	Caesarea Amphitheater
9 September 2008	Tel Aviv		Hangar 11
17 September 2008	Caesarea		Caesarea Amphitheater (Postponed from 7 September)
18 September 2008			Caesarea Amphitheater
Europe
12 October 2008	Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine
13 October 2008	Odessa
15 October 2008	Kiev
17 October 2008	Cherkasy
19 October 2008	Rostov-on-Don	Russia
20 October 2008	Voronezh
21 October 2008	Nizhny Novgorod
23 October 2008	Novosibirsk
24 October 2008	Perm
25 October 2008	Kazan
27 October 2008	Moscow
28 October 2008	Saint Petersburg
31 October 2008	Leipzig	Germany	Arena Leipzig
1 November 2008	Hanover		AWD Hall
2 November 2008	Kassel		Eissporthalle
4 November 2008	Erfurt		Messehalle
6 November 2008	Kiel		Sparkassen-Arena
7 November 2008	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
8 November 2008	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
11 November 2008	Berlin		Max-Schmeling-Halle
13 November 2008	Oberhausen		König Pilsener Arena
14 November 2008	Karlsruhe		Europahalle
15 November 2008	Munich		Olympiahalle
17 November 2008	Bamberg		Jako Arena
18 November 2008	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakobshalle
18 February 2009	Liberec	Czech Republic	Tipsport Arena
South America
20 February 2009	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Luna Park
21 February 2009	Córdoba		Cosquin Rock (Festival de Montaña)
22 February 2009	Buenos Aires		Luna Park
24 February 2009	Puerto Montt	Chile	Arena
26 February 2009	Santiago		Teatro Caupolicán
28 February 2009	Antofagasta		Club Hipico
2 March 2009	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Teatro do Bourbon Country
3 March 2009
5 March 2009	Florianópolis		Floripa Music Hall
6 March 2009	São Paulo		Via Funchal
7 March 2009
Middle East
20 March 2009	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Bike Week 2009
Asia
8 April 2009	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo International Forum with Yngwie Malmsteen
9 April 2009	Nagoya		Zepp with Yngwie Malmsteen
10 April 2009	Hiroshima		Koseinenkin Kaikan with Yngwie Malmsteen
12 April 2009	Kanazawa		Kanko Kaikan with Yngwie Malmsteen
13 April 2009	Osaka		Koseinenkin Kaikan with Yngwie Malmsteen
15 April 2009	Tokyo		Tokyo International Forum with Yngwie Malmsteen
Europe
18 April 2009	Moscow	Russia	B1 Maximum
19 April 2009
1 May 2009	Wrocław	Poland	City Square
2 May 2009	Ostrava	Czech Republic	ČEZ Aréna
3 May 2009	Bratislava	Slovakia	NTC
4 May 2009	Prague	Czech Republic	Tesla Arena
10 June 2009	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
12 June 2009	Oberhof		Rennsteig Arena
13 June 2009	Mühldorf		Trabrennbahn with Status Quo
9 July 2009	Locarno	Switzerland	Moon and Stars Festival
10 July 2009	Wiesen	Austria	Lovely Days Festival, Festivalgelände
11 July 2009	Lakselv	Norway	Midtnattsrocken Festival
13 July 2009	Copenhagen	Denmark	KB-Hallen
14 July 2009	Västerås	Sweden	Bombardier Arena
15 July 2009	Göteborg	Trädgårdsföreningen
17 July 2009	Kotka	Finland	Kotka Sea Days, Kotkan Meripäivät Festival
18 July 2009	Tampere		Tampereen Jäähalli
20 July 2009	Istanbul	Turkey	Turkcell Kuruçeşme Arena
22 July 2009	Athens	Greece	Terra Vibe Park
23 July 2009	Thessaloniki		Moni Lazariston
25 July 2009	Baalbek	Lebanon	Baalbeek International Festival
28 August 2009	Arbon	Switzerland
29 August 2009	Konstanz	Germany	Bodenseestadion
30 August 2009	Milan	Italy	1-Day Milano Urban Festival
31 August 2009	Rho		I-Day Festival
11 September 2009	Le Noirmont	Switzerland
12 September 2009	Paris	France	Fête de l'Humanité, La Courneuve
14 September 2009	Barcelona	Spain
15 September 2009	Madrid
18 September 2009	Sochi	Russia
10 November 2009	Manchester	England	Manchester Apollo
11 November 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	Clyde Auditorium
13 November 2009	Birmingham	England	LG Arena, The National Exhibition Centre
14 November 2009	London		Hammersmith Apollo
15 November 2009
17 November 2009	Amsterdam	Netherlands
18 November 2009	Antwerp	Belgium
21 November 2009	Aarhus	Denmark	Scandinavian Congress Centre
22 November 2009	Oslo	Norway
24 November 2009	Helsinki	Finland
25 November 2009	Oulu	Finland	Club Teatria
27 November 2009	Jönköping	Sweden
28 November 2009	Leksand
1 December 2009	Amiens	France	Le Zénith
2 December 2009	Nantes		Le Zénith
3 December 2009	Toulouse		Le Zénith
5 December 2009	Marseille		Le Dôme
7 December 2009	Chambéry		Le Phare
8 December 2009	Montbéliard		L'Axone
10 December 2009	Bolzano	Italy	Palaonda
11 December 2009	Venice		Palasport Jesolo
12 December 2009	Rome		PalaLottomatica
14 December 2009	Perugia		PalaEvangelisti
15 December 2009	Milan		Mediolanum Forum
16 December 2009	Bologna		Paladozza
North America
5 April 2010	Zacatecas	Mexico	Festival Cultural de Zacatecas
Australia & Asia
27 April 2010	Brisbane	Australia	Convention Centre with Electric Mary
28 April 2010	Sydney		Entertainment Centre with Electric Mary
29 April 2010	Newcastle		Entertainment Centre with Electric Mary
1 May 2010	Canberra		Royal Theatre with Electric Mary
2 May 2010	Melbourne		Festival Hall with Electric Mary
3 May 2010	Adelaide		Entertainment Centre with Electric Mary
5 May 2010	Perth		Challenge Stadium with Electric Mary
8 May 2010	Nangang[disambiguation needed ]	Taiwan	Nangang Exhibition Hall
10 May 2010	Hong Kong	China	AsiaWorld Expo - Hall 10
12 May 2010	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium
14 May 2010	Bangkok	Thailand	Thunder Dome
16 May 2010	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Arena of Stars (Genting Highlands)
18 May 2010	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnasium
21 May 2010	Vladivostok	Russia	FESCO-HALL
22 May 2010	Khabarovsk		Platinum Arena
25 May 2010	Yerevan	Armenia	Karen Demirchyan Sports and Music Complex
South Africa supported by Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash
28 May 2010	Johannesburg	South Africa	Coca-Cola Dome
30 May 2010	Durban		Indoor Arena, International Convention Centre
1 June 2010	Cape Town		Grand Arena, Grandwest Casino & Entertainment World
Europe
4 June 2010			StarGarden Festival Open Air with Mezzoforte, Osibisa, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Blood Sweat & Tears, John Mayall, Kool & The Gang and others
5 June 2010	Zagreb	Croatia	Dom Športova
7 June 2010	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Križanke
8 June 2010	Dornbirn	Austria	Dornbirner Messe
9 June 2010	Crans-près-Céligny	Switzerland	Caribana Festival
12 June 2010	Samara	Russia	Rock nad Volgoi
28 June 2010	Belfast	Northern Ireland	St Georges Market
30 June 2010	Cork	Ireland	Live at the Marquee
3 July 2010	Sønderborg	Denmark	Mølleparken
5 July 2010	Turku	Finland	Turkuhalli with Peer Günt
6 July 2010	Joensuu		Areena with Peer Günt Cancelled
8 July 2010	Langesund	Norway	Krogshavn
9 July 2010	Sarpsborg		Kulåsparken
10 July 2010	Söderhamn	Sweden	Rockweekend (Moheds Flygfält)
12 July 2010	Argelès-sur-Mer	France	Parc de Valmy Festival les Deferlantes
14 July 2010	Lisbon	Portugal	Coliseu dos Recreios
17 July 2010	Córdoba	Spain	30º Festival de la Guitarra de Córdoba
18 July 2010	Valencia		Explanada Jardines Viveros
21 July 2010	Varese	Italy	Stadio delle Azalee Gallarate
22 July 2010	Reggio Emilia		Spazio Mirabello
23 July 2010	Arezzo		Play Arezzo Art Festival
25 July 2010	Sogliano al Rubicone		Piazza Matteotti
26 July 2010	Pescara		Stadio Adriatico
27 July 2010	Brindisi		Foro Boario Ostuni
29 July 2010	Messina		Teatro Antico Taormina
30 July 2010	Palermo		Gran Teatro Torre Roccella Campofelice di Roccella
26 October 2010	Prague	Czech Republic	Arena
27 October 2010	Olomouc		Rocková Olomouc Zimní Stadion
28 October 2010	Rzeszów	Poland	Hala Podpromie
30 October 2010	Katowice		Spodek
31 October 2010	Wrocław		Hala Stulecia
3 November 2010	Marche-en-Famenne	Belgium	Wex - Wallonie Expo
5 November 2010	Lyon	France	La Halle Tony Garnier
6 November 2010	Montpellier		Zenith
7 November 2010	Bordeaux		Patinoire Meriadeck
9 November 2010	Rennes		Le Liberte
10 November 2010	Paris		Zenith
12 November 2010	Huttwil	Switzerland	Nationales Sportcenter
13 November 2010	Trier	Germany	Arena with Marillion
14 November 2010	Freiburg im Breisgau		Rothaus Arena with Marillion
16 November 2010	Mannheim		SAP Arena with Marillion
18 November 2010	Memmingen		Eissporthalle with Marillion
19 November 2010	Munich		Olympiahalle with Marillion
20 November 2010	Nuremberg		Arena with Marillion
22 November 2010	Berlin		Max-Schmeling-Halle with Marillion
23 November 2010	Rostock		Stadthalle L with Marillion
24 November 2010	Braunschweig		Volkswagenhalle with Marillion
26 November 2010	Oldenburg		Weser-Ems-Halle with Marillion
27 November 2010	Hamburg		Sporthalle with Marillion
28 November 2010	Essen		Grugahalle with Marillion
30 November 2010	Stuttgart		Schleyerhalle with Marillion
1 December 2010	Strasbourg	France	Zénith Europe
2 December 2010	Dijon		Zénith
4 December 2010	Troyes		Le Cube Parc des Expos
5 December 2010	Rouen		Zénith
6 December 2010	Lanester		Parc des Expositions - Lorient
8 December 2010	Toulon		Zénith Omega
9 December 2010	Pau		Zénith
10 December 2010	Limoges		Zénith
12 December 2010	Tours		Parc des Expositions Grand Hall
13 December 2010	Lille		Zénith Arena
North America
22 February 2011	Mexico City	Mexico	Mexico DF Auditorio Nacional
23 February 2011
24 February 2011	Monterrey		Monterrey Arena
27 February 2011	Guadalajara		Guadalajara Auditorio Telmex
Europe
18 March 2011	Ekaterinburg	Russia	DIVS Arena
21 March 2011	Saint Petersburg		Ice Palace Saint Petersburg
23 March 2011	Moscow		Olympic Stadium
25 March 2011	Kiev	Ukraine	International Exhibition Center
27 March 2011	Minsk	Belarus	Dvorets Sporta
6 May 2011	Heraklion	Greece	Pankritio Stadium
8 May 2011	Nicosia	Cyprus	Eleftheria Stadium
14 May 2011	Caesarea	Israel	Roman Amphitheatre
15 May 2011
18 May 2011	Istanbul	Turkey	Macka Kucukciftlik
20 May 2011	Athens	Greece	Hellinikon Basketball Arena
21 May 2011	Patras		Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
23 May 2011	Thessaloniki		P.A.O.K. Sports Arena
25 May 2011	Ioannina		Castle

Notable live dates [link]

In June 2006 Deep Purple headlined the Monsters of Rock festival at Milton Keynes Bowl (UK), in front of more than 30,000 people. Two weeks later the band played at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival (40th anniversary). A year after that, this show was released as a Live CD and DVD, called: They All Came Down To Montreux. The Montreux 2006 show included a jam session with Claude Nobs, several jazz/funky artists and a jazz version of Deep Purple's world hit Smoke on the Water. In 2006, during the North American tour, the band played in Rock Fest Cadott, Wisconsin USA; and also participated in Musikfest Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA, with John Kay and Steppenwolf. In July 2008, Deep Purple headlined the Montreux Jazz Festival for the second time during the Rapture of the Deep tour, the band also participated in 3 Rock Festivals in Germany.
Tickets for the band's first Israeli dates in over a decade sold out within a few days and resulted in the addition of two more dates.

During the entire Rapture of the Deep tour, Deep Purple headlined more than 30 world-known music festivals, including headlining the Monsters of Rock and the Montreux Jazz Festival twice each.

Musicians [link]

Deep Purple is nowadays touring and recording as the MK VIII line-up. The band comprises:

• Ian Gillan - vocals
• Steve Morse - guitars
• Roger Glover - bass
• Ian Paice - drums
• Don Airey - keyboards

In 2011, Roger Glover had to leave the band for a few weeks due to personal reasons. During the shows in Cyrpus, Greece, Israel and Turkey the bass parts were played by bassist Nick Fyffe.

Typical set-lists [link]

The setlist varied from the beginning of the tour. In the first year of the tour Deep Purple played 7-8 songs from the new album, while during the next 3 years five songs remained in the setlist (mainly Rapture of the Deep, Things I Never Said, Wrong Man, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye and Well Dressed Guitar). (songs from the new album and other new songs are in bold)

Early 2006 [link]

1. Pictures of Home
2. Things I Never Said
3. Wrong Man
4. Ted The Mechanic
5. Livin' Wreck
6. Rapture of the Deep
7. Back To Back (or Mary Long)
8. Before Time Began
9. Contact Lost
10. Steve Morse Guitar Solo
11. The Well-Dressed Guitar
12. Lazy
13. Don Airey Keyboard Solo
14. Perfect Strangers
15. Junkyard Blues
16. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
17. Space Truckin'
18. Highway Star
19. Smoke On The Water

Encores:

20. Speed King (or Hush) (including Ian Paice drum solo)
21. Roger Glover bass solo / Black Night

Late 2006 and early 2007 [link]

1. Pictures of Home
2. Things I Never Said
3. Strange Kind of Woman
4. Rapture of the Deep
5. Wrong Man
6. Steve Morse Solo
7. The Well-Dressed Guitar
8. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
9. When A Blind Man Cries
10. Lazy
11. The Battle Rages On (2007 only)
12. Don Airey Solo
13. Perfect Strangers
14. Space Truckin'
15. Highway Star
16. Smoke On The Water

Encores:

17. Hush (occasionnally Speed King) (including Ian Paice solo)
18. Too Much Fun (2006 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Wiesen, Milton Keynes Bowl, Lichtenvoorde, Grefrath, Trento)
19. bass solo / Black Night

Late 2007 and early 2008 [link]

1. Pictures of Home
2. Things I Never Said
3. Into The Fire
4. Strange Kind Of Woman
5. Rapture of the Deep
6. Mary Long
7. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
8. Contact Lost
9. Steve Morse solo
10. The Well-Dressed Guitar
11. The Battle Rages On
12. Lazy
13. Loosen My Strings
14. Don Airey solo
15. Perfect Strangers
16. Space Truckin'
17. Highway Star
18. Smoke On The Water

Encores:

19. Hush (including Ian Paice solo)
20. bass solo / Black Night

2008 [link]

1. Fireball
2. Into The Fire
3. Strange Kind of Woman
4. Rapture of the Deep
5. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
6. Contact Lost
7. Steve Morse solo
8. The Well-Dressed Guitar
9. Knocking At Your Back Door (occasionnally)
10. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
11. Wring That Neck
12. The Battle Rages On
13. Don Airey solo
14. Perfect Strangers
15. Space Truckin'
16. Highway Star
17. Smoke On The Water

Encores:

18. Hush (or Speed King) (including Ian Paice solo)
19. bass solo / Black Night

2009 [link]

1. "Highway Star"
2. "Things I Never Said"
3. "Into The Fire" (or "Wrong Man" or "Not Responsible" or "Maybe I'm A Leo" or "Bloodsucker")
4. "Strange Kind of Woman"
5. "Wasted Sunsets" (occasionnally)
6. "Rapture of the Deep"
7. "Fireball" (or "Mary Long") ("Woman From Tokyo" in Japan)
8. "Contact Lost"
9. Steve Morse guitar solo
10. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (or "When A Blind Man Cries")
11. "The Well-Dressed Guitar"
12. "Wring That Neck"
13. "The Battle Rages On" (or "No One Came")
14. Don Airey solo
15. "Perfect Strangers" (or "The Battle Rages On")
16. "Space Truckin'"
17. "Smoke On The Water"

Encores:

18. "Speed King" (occasionnally)
19. "Green Onions" (intro only) / Hush" (occasionnally Drum Solo)
20. bass solo / "Black Night"

2010 [link]

1. Highway Star (or Hard Lovin Man)
2. Hard Lovin' Man (or Things I Never Said)
3. Maybe I'm A Leo
4. Strange Kind of Woman
5. Rapture of the Deep
6. Fireball
7. Silver Tongue
8. Contact Lost
9. Steve Morse solo
10. When A Blind Man Cries (or Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming)
11. The Well-Dressed Guitar
12. Almost Human (or Mary Long) (or Knocking At Your Backdoor)
13. Lazy
14. No One Came
15. Don Airey Keyboard Solo
16. Perfect Strangers
17. Space Truckin'
18. Smoke On The Water

Encores:

19. Going Down (intro) - Hush (occasionnally Drum Solo)
20. bass solo / Black Night
21. Speed King

2011 [link]

1. Highway Star
2. Hard Lovin' Man
3. Maybe I'm A Leo
4. Strange Kind of Woman
5. Rapture of the Deep
6. Silver Tongue
7. Contact Lost
8. Steve Morse solo
9. When A Blind Man Cries
10. The Well-Dressed Guitar
11. Almost Human
12. Lazy
13. No One Came
14. Don Airey Keyboard Solo
15. Perfect Strangers
16. Space Truckin'
17. Smoke On The Water

Encores:

18. Hush (occasionnally Drum Solo)
19. bass solo / Black Night

Opening acts [link]

This section requires expansion with: list.

• The Answer (London Astoria, 17 January 2006)
• Thin Lizzy and Styx (British tour April/May 2007)
• Edgar Winter (North American tour)
• Steppenwolf (North American tour)
• Blue Öyster Cult (North American tour)
• Hamadryad (Montreal City, 28 July 2007)
• Alice Cooper (German tour dates)
• Krypteria (German tour dates)
• La Carga (Argentina, 24 March 2006)
• Yngwie Malmsteen Japan tour dates April 2009
• Galeej Gurus (Bangalore. December 2006)
• Status Quo (Australian tour)
• Uriah Heep (Iceland, German tour dates, South Africa 2010)
• Stella Maris^{[disambiguation needed ]} (Israel Caesarea Amphitheatre tour dates)
• Peter Ron (Chile, 28 February 2008)
• Europe (Sweden, 14–15 July 2009)
• The Milestones (Finland, 17 & 18 July 2008)
• SBB (Katowice, Poland, 24 February 2006, and Warsaw, Poland, 9 October 2006)
• The Crave - UK tour, November 2009
• Electric Mary - Australian tour dates, April/May 2010
• Marillion - German tour dates, November 2010
• Philip Sayce or Puggy - France tour dates, December 2010

References [link]

External links [link]

• Tour dates
• Concert Reviews
• Live At Budapest 6.XI.07 Review in Romanian Language
• Deep Purple Tour Page