![]() ![]() The first gig was Monsters of Rock in Spain. ![]() 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.Ī European festival tour followed in the summer. 2008 Ģ008 began with a second full South American leg, with 13 dates in 6 countries. Officials said Deep Purple sold more tickets than any music artist has ever done in one year in France. Deep Purple kicked it off at Bucharest's National Stadium and the tour lasted over one month.Īt the end of year Deep Purple received a special award in France, for selling 150,000 concert tickets in the country in one year. The North American leg ended with a sold-out intimate show at Dallas's House of BluesĢ007's last leg was Europe again. After playing at Montreal's Bell Centre in front of 10,000 people, they moved to New York to play in the Radio City Music Hall. In the USA they mostly played at big arenas and amphitheaters, plus several theaters and two sold out dates at the House of Blues of Chicago. Summer 2007 saw Deep Purple overseas, on a full North American tour. 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. 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. ĭeep Purple ended the 2006 tour with a successful South American leg, 11 arena + stadium dates.Ģ007 began with a huge European tour again. On 17 December 2006, Deep Purple played a gig at Cathedral School Grounds, Bangalore, India. The European leg lasted over 6 months and they played Europe's biggest arenas, all sold-out. The Montreux show was recorded professionally and later released on CD/DVD called They All Came Down to Montreux. Besides the single shows, they played many festival dates as headliners, such as Sweden Rock Festival (attendance: 50,000) and Montreux Jazz Festival. Deep Purple kicked it off with the extremely successful gig at Milton Keynes Bowl, in front of over 50,000 people. The band sold over 50,000 tickets for the Australian leg and moved to Japan with 5 concerts.Ī second huge European leg followed in summer. 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 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.Īfter 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. Rock Over The Volga (Russia) (200,000 attended), the biggest crowd in Deep Purple history together with rock music festival California Jam of 1974.Īlthough some fans called the 2010 leg simply "World Tour" (since at that time only one song from Rapture of the Deep – the title track – remained in the set list), Don Airey, the band's keyboardist, said it's still the Rapture of the Deep tour.Cosquin Rock ( Argentina) (100,000 attended),.Monsters of Rock (Spain) (30,000 attended),.Sweden Rock Festival (Sweden) (50,000 attended),.Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland) (80,000 attended),.Monsters of Rock at Milton Keynes Bowl (UK) (40,000 attended),.Venue sizes varied from big concert halls to the world's largest arenas and stadiums.ĭuring the tour, Deep Purple headlined several of the world's biggest festivals, including: They did over 28 legs in Europe, UK, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia, playing almost 500 shows in six years. In support of their new studio album, Deep Purple embarked in a world tour during which they covered five continents and played in more than 50 countries. In 2005, Deep Purple released the Rapture of the Deep studio album which enjoyed a modest success, especially in Europe where it charted Top 20 in several countries. In 2007, it was voted #6 tour of the year by listeners of the Planet Rock radio station. It is supposed to be one of the most successful and long-lasting tours the band has ever done. It took place in support of their 2005 studio album Rapture of the Deep. The Rapture of the Deep tour was a worldwide concert tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple. Rapture of the Deep World Tour Concert by Deep PurpleĮurope, South America, Oceania, Asia, North America, Middle East
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