Sadly Ian Gillan's illness forced Deep Purple to postpone the second half of their longest UK tour in many years starting with the second London show. Many people have expressed concern for Ian, and in his honour Garry Smith juggled a few words into a fitting tribute to Ian. You'll all know the melody...

The first couple of weeks of the tour got fantastic reviews (see below) as the band not only pre-viewed new songs off the forthcoming album, but also re-visited some rarely played old classics.

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The re-scheduled dates

This photo taken by Manfred Stoffer at Harrogate. See more photos from the tour. If you want your concert photos on The Highway Star, please send them to Svante only.

The Guardian conducted a Q&A session with Ian Gillan which spawned some peculiar answers.

Rasmus Heide, reviews editor

* include setlists - possibly unconfirmed.

This page last updated: March 17, 2002 (117 reviews)