2008.7.26

Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany

Yesterday i went to my first purple concert.
Purple were in great form and their new setlist rocks.
Gillan was in great form, as were Morse and Glover.
Airey was difficult to hear at times (from were i stood).
Setlist (don´t renember the right running order):
Fireball (1st)interpolating:
– Into the Fire (in full)
Mary Long (i think, 3rd)
Wring that neck (great, only wished that they would play it like in the old days)
Sometimes i feel like screaming (cccccoooooooolllll!)
The Battle rages on (This song kicks ass!)
Contact Lost (Beautiful, simply beautiful!)
Space Truckin (if they only would jam, it would be perfect!)
Highway Star (weaker, but still good!)
Smoke on the Water (when you´re there, it´s amazing!)

Encores:
Hush (great!)
-Drum Solo
Black Night (great end to an fantastic show,

greetings from germany, david

P.S
Highlights:

Fireball
Into the fire
The battle rages on
Sometimes i feel like screaming
Wring that Neck
Space Truckin
Smoke on the Water
Hush
Black Night

I came to see D.P. in Vienne (France); this nice little town in the Alps is a really beautiful place with a castle and a roman arena where the concert took place. It was an open air concert, the weather was perfect, a nice summer night and several thousand people where there.

Set list :

Fireball – Into the fire – Strange kind of woman – Rapture of the deep –– Mary Long – Kiss tomorrow goodbye – Contact lost & Steve Morse solo – Sometimes I feel like screaming – Wring that neck & The well dressed guitar –The battle rages on – Airey solo & Perfect strangers – Space truckin’ – Highway star – Intro of the Aviator & Smoke on the water.

Encore : Speed king – Hush – Black night.

I saw DP twenty times and the set list was a good surprise: it was nice to hear “Wring that neck”. It’s a real fine instrumental and Paice, Airey & Morse were brilliant. “Mary Long” was an excellent moment and it was good to see the band play a Purpendicular track like “Sometimes I feel like screaming”.

From the last album, “Kiss tomorrow goodbye” and “Rapture of the deep” were played with a lot of power, it was two excellent versions.

During his solo, Don Airey played several notes of “La Marseillaise” our national hymn, and a synthesiser theme of Jean Michel Jarre, the French musician: he was really well welcomed.

Steve Morse played the intro of “the aviator” and was joined by the rest of the band, just before “Smoke on the water”. It was a cool intro and a nice moment.

The whole band seemed always really happy on stage and they received a huge good reaction of the crowd. Ian Gillan was wearing a big pair of glasses: he explained that he has problem with one eye. He was in good voice, (the only moment where he struggled a little bit was “speed king”). The instrumental passages between Morse and Airey were good and long during “Speed King and “Black night” and the band played for two hours.

A very good evening in a marvellous place.

Lionel Bouvet – Annecy (France)

bouvetlionel@hotmail.com

Just home from a trip to Montreux where me and my wife got to witness an incredible performance by Deep Purple at the closing of the 42nd Jazz Festival.

The set list already given by others. What struck me was how heavy they sounded all the way through.

Highlights for me were several. Into the fire, Sometimes, Perfect Strangers, The Battle Rages On, Smoke, Highway Star, and the jam part with Claude Nobs which was great fun! Also the encores were excellent.

The audience in a fully-packed Stravinski Auditorium were very enthusiastic through the whole concert – it was an evening we will remember for long. Great!

Now we look forward to the concert in Norway in August. And of course an new album next year….

Sold Out: 10:30 – 12:10
Deep Purple playing solid concert
Gillan voice with problems
Set list:

Fireball
Into the Fire
Strange Kind of Woman
Rapture of the Deep
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Contact Lost
Steve Morse Solo
Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
Wring that Neck
Well Dressed Guitar
The Battle Rages On
Don Airey solo
Perfect Strangers
Space Truckin’
Highway Star
Jazzy Smoke on the Water
Smoke on the Water

Encores:
Hush including Ian Paice solo
Black Night including Roger Glover bass solo and Funky Claude Nobs with harmonica

Not playing my favorite song: Pictures Of Home

Jon Lord felt he need to make some clarifications regarding his upcoming Summer Proms concerts, so he asked us to post this information:

Hi All

I [would like to] clear up what appears to be a bit of confusion about what I am gonna play at these three UK “Summer Proms” gigs I’m doing, on next Saturday the 26th July at Weston Park in Staffordshire, then on 16th August at Castle Howard in Yorkshire, and on 23rd August at Marble Hill near Twickenham.

It has been variously reported that I’m playing the Concerto for Group and Orchestra, and/or that
I am just doing a “warm-up” set with the Gemini Band before the “main event”.

So here’s the reality:-

I am playing three pieces:- The Telemann Experiment, The Road from Lindisfarne and Bourree (from Sarabande). I will be playing piano and will have Steve White on drums and Mark Cox on guitar, (and a bass guitarist I haven’t met yet!) plus all three pieces will be with the full orchestra, and will be closing the first half of the evening.

Much as I try really hard not to get too puffed up, and get myself into a hissy fit about my position on the bill, I also have to confirm the following:- I am NOT the “warm-up act”!!

Peace, love, music and all that good stuff

Jon

Reports are coming in about an amazing gig at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival. The band switched some stuff around and brought in some surprises into the set.

The full setlist:
Fireball
Into the Fire
Strange Kind of Woman
Rapture of the Deep
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Contact Lost
Steve Morse Solo
Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
Wring that Neck
Well Dressed Guitar
The Battle Rages On
Don Airey solo
Perfect Strangers
Space Truckin’
Highway Star

Jazzy Smoke on the Water
Smoke on the Water
Hush including Ian Paice Solo
Black Night including Roger Glover bass solo intro+”amazing jam” [according to our reporter] with Montreux Jazz Festival General and “Smoke …” legend Claude Nobs playing harmonica

Thanks to Andrey Gusenkov.

from Don’s record company, Mascot Records:

07/16/08 M- Don Airey Tour Cancelled

The recently announced tour of Don Airey has been cancelled due to his busy touring schedule with Deep Purple.

Off course the tour will be rescheduled, we’ll keep you updated on any news regarding Mr. Airey.

The ones I remember:

Pictures of Home (with a bit of Child In Time)
Things I Never Said
Into the Fire
Strange Kind of Woman (with duet between Ian & Steve)
Rapture of the Deep
Demon\’s Eye (nice replacement)
Contact Lost
Steve Morse Solo
The Well Dressed Guitar
The Battle Rages On
Don Airey Solo
Perfect Strangers
Space Truckin’
Steve Morse and Glover Jam
Highway Star
Smoke on the Water

Encore:

Hush with Ian Paice Solo
Roger Glover Intro
Black Night

Very nice evening with the band in top form.

Introduced by one of the most boring shows I’ve ever seen (by Andy Timmons), the guys hit the stage at about 22.20 P.M. Not so good in the beginning, the P.A. balancing got o.k. very quickly.

Every one seemed in excellent shape, big Ian sung as good as usual, but let me tell you this: Paicey played the best drumming ever, in dozens of Purple shows I’ve seen in the past. We got a drummer for the next 40 years!

The only little disappointing thing was about the tracklist which hasn’t been changing that much in the last 2 years. At least, “Things I never said” it’s about to become a live classic so….

No doubt I’ll be there next time, but then we all want a new studio record!

Nick Simper will perform in Austria in November this year with the local band called Nasty Habits. They will play a special set of Deep Purple Mk1 numbers.

Shows booked so far:
November 14 — Orpheum, Graz
November 16 — Viper Room, Vienna

We’ve been informed that more dates in Germany are in the works.

Thanks to Peter Brkusic for the info.