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<h2 align="center">Tour Reviews 1968 - 1995<br>
</h2>
<p align="left"><font size="2">This is the tour reviews archive page from the 
  early days of The Highway Star - and before. New reviews are always welcome 
  - please <a href="mailto:reviews@thehighwaystar.com">send them to us.</a></font></P>
<p align="left"> <font size="2"><i>This page last updated March 22, 2003</i></font></p>
<H3><font size="2">1969</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b>Autumn 1969. Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, 
    USA.</b><BR>
    <a href="69cfgola.html">Gary Parker</a> - Stateside live version of Concerto 
    for Group and Orchestra<BR>
    </font>
</UL>
<h3 align="left"><font size="2">1970</font></h3>
<ul>
  <li><font size="2"><b>August 15. Island Grove, Greeley, Colorado, USA</b> <img align="TOP" src="/rosas/icons/new01.gif" width="28" height="15" border="0" alt="[NEW]"> 
    <br>
    <a href="700815.html">Larry Bolt</a> - including contemporary flyer</font> 
</ul>
<H3><font size="2">1971</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b>July 20. and 21. Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Ill., USA</b><br>
    <a href="71072021.html">Part one</A> of Mark B. Weber's recollections of Deep 
    Purple gigs in Chicago. </font> 
  <LI><font size="2"><b>[Fall]. Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Ill., USA</b><br>
    <a href="71fall.html">Part two</A> of Mark B. Weber's recollections of Deep 
    Purple gigs in Chicago. A very special gig - Ian Gillan had been sent off 
    to hospital with hepatitis, and the band did a mostly instrumental gig, with 
    Roger doing some singing. </font> 
</UL>
<H3><font size="2">1972</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b>January 22. Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Ill., USA</b><br>
    <a href="720122.html">Part three</A> of Mark B. Weber's recollections of Deep 
    Purple gigs in Chicago. </font> 
  <LI><font size="2"><b>January 28. Swing Auditorium, San Bernadino, CA, USA</b> 
    <br>
    <a href="720128.html">Dave Linck</A> </font>
</UL>
<H3><font size="2">1973</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b>June 1. New Haven Veteran's Colloseum, U.S.A.</b><br>
    <a href="73billjo.html">Part one</A> of Bill Jones' recollections. </font> 
  <LI><font size="2"><b> June 5. or 6. Chicago, Amphitheatre, U.S.A.</b> <br>
    <a href="730605-6.html">Mark Zimmerman</A> </font> 
  <LI><font size="2"><b> June 7. Cleveland, Ohio, USA<br>
    </b><a href="730607.html">Dave K.</A> </font> 
</UL>
<H3><font size="2">1974</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> March 17. Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, Long Island, NY, 
    USA</b> <br>
    <a href="740317.html">John Rolfe</A> </font>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> May 26. Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, UK</b> <img align="TOP" src="/rosas/icons/new01.gif" width="28" height="15" border="0" alt="[NEW]"><br>
    <a href="740526.html">Dave Bonner</A> </font>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> August 26. Dillon Stadium, Hartford, Connecticut, USA</b><br>
    <a href="73billjo.html#740826">Part two</A> of Bill Jones' recollections. 
    </font> 
</UL>
<H3><font size="2">1976</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> January 23. Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA</b><br>
    <a href="nyc760123.html">David McGee, Rolling Stone</A> </font>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> January 26. Springfield Civic Center in Massachusetts, 
    USA</b><br>
    <a href="73billjo.html#760126">Part three</A> of Bill Jones' recollections. 
    </font> 
</UL>
<H3><font size="2">1980</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> August 14. Quebec City, Canada</b><br>
    <a href="800814qc.html">Gary Poronovich</A> saw Rod Evans' bogus version of 
    Deep Purple </font>
</UL>
<H3><font size="2">1985</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> February 13. Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri, USA</b><br>
    <a href="jim850213.html">Jim Collins</A> </font>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> March 16. Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida, 
    USA</b> <br>
    <a href="850316.html">Anton Jacik</A> </font>
</UL>
<H3><font size="2">1987</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> March 8. Birmingham Expo Center, England</b><br>
    <a href="bec030887.html">Chris Dvoran</A> </font>
</UL>
<H3><font size="2"><a name="1993"></a>1993</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b>November 15. Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway</b><br>
    <a href="931115ts.html"> Trond Str&oslash;m</A> saw the second to last Mk 
    2 gig with Blackmore </font> 
  <LI><font size="2"><b> November 17. Helsinki Icehall, Helsinki, Finland</b><br>
    <a href="931117ka.html">Kari T Ahokas</A> saw the last Mk 2 gig </font> 
</UL>
<H3><font size="2">1994</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> June 11. Heden, G&ouml;teborg, Sweden</b><br>
    <a href="940611.html">Trond Str&oslash;m</A> saw DP with Satriani on guitar 
    </font> 
  <LI><font size="2"><b> November 26. Johnnylands, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA</b><br>
    <a href="941126js.html">Joe Siegler</A> saw Steve Morse's third gig with DP 
    </font> 
</UL>
<H3><font size="2">1995</font></H3>
<UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> March 3. Tupperware Convention Center(!), Kissimee, Orlando, 
    Florida, USA</b> </font> 
    <UL>
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950303bd.html">Brad DeMoranville</A> </font> 
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950303ee.html">Eric A. Eisenstein</A> </font> 
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950303st.html">"Stratman" (AOL)</A> </font> 
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950303s6.html">"Stratman64" (AOL)</A> - same 
        guy, different review </font> 
    </UL>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> March 4. Sunrise Theater, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA</b> 
    </font> 
    <UL>
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950304sh.html">Scott A. Holman</A> </font> 
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950304bg.html">Bobby Gervais</A> </font> 
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ram.org/music/reviews/purple.html">Ram 
        Samudrala</A> </font>
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950304fm.html">"Forms Man" (AOL)</A> </font> 
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950304br.html">Brendan Johnston</A> </font> 
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950304ac.html">Adamm Conish</A> </font> 
    </UL>
</UL>
<P><font size="2"> (Deep Purple thought these two gigs would be "secret shows". 
  Thanks to the internet, they ended up being the best documented gigs in the 
  history of alt.music.deep-purple) </font>
<ul>
  <p> 
  <li><font size="2"><b> March 24. Pretoria, South Africa</b><br>
    <a href="950324.html">Michael R.</A> </font> 
</ul>
<ul>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> March 25. The Village Green, Durban, South Africa</b> 
    </font> 
    <UL>
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950325.html">Mark Davies</A> </font> 
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950325dr.html">Dereck Ramsay</A> </font> 
    </UL>
</ul>
<ul>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> April 1. Johannesburg Concert Review</b> <a href="950401.html"><br>
    Michael Robinson</A> </font>
</ul>
<ul>
  <LI><font size="2"><b> April 8. Bombay</b> </font> 
    <UL>
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950408.html">Sujit via Mahesh Srinivas</A> </font> 
      <LI><font size="2"><a href="950408jag.html">Jagdeep Singh</A> </font> 
    </UL>
</ul>
<p><font size="2"><i><a href="mailto:rasmus@thehighwaystar.com">Rasmus Heide</a>, 
  reviews editor</i></font></p>
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