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Georgia is on their minds
On November 16, Deep Purple have played their first gig in 5 months, and that happened in Tbilisi, Georgia. Several pieces of video evidence have already surfaced on them intertubes. Here is what appears to be a complete show. The quality is not bad for an audience recording; starts a little shaky, but get better as the gig progresses. Check out Gillan’s headgear on the encores.
Setlist:
Intro tape: Mars, the Bringer of War (Gustav Holst)
Highway Star
A Bit on the Side
Hard Lovin’ Man
Into the Fire
Guitar Solo
Uncommon Man (Dedicated to Jon Lord)
Lazy Sod
Lazy (with extended keyboard intro)
When a Blind Man Cries
Anya
Keyboard Solo
Bleeding Obvious
Space Truckin’
Smoke on the Water
Green Onions (Booker T. & the MG’s cover)
Hush (Joe South cover)
Black Night
Thanks to Bootlegs In Purple for posting the video, and to Ivica for bringing it to your attention.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Looks like Ian Gillan had his head stuck in the fairy floss machine. Maybe he needs a little sweetening up. It’s Bleeding Obvious, a great song, progressive rock rules. More in that vein for the next album, here’s hoping. Not too many cobwebs to shake off it seems. Unless that was what Ian had his head stuck in, cobwebs. Cheers.
November 18th, 2025 at 06:31