The Songs That Built Rock Tour Explained

The Songs That Built Rock Tour was a 2011–12 world concert tour by English hard rock band Deep Purple.

Overview

Along with the band, the tour featured a 38-piece orchestra. It was the first time Deep Purple toured North America in four years. It took place at the world's largest arenas, such as the O2 Arena in London and Arena di Verona in Verona, Italy.

The official management's press-release said the show would include Deep Purple's biggest hits, such as "Smoke on the Water", Highway Star", "Woman from Tokyo" etc, covering the 42-year history of the band.^[1]

Tour history

Announcements

• The first few European dates of the orchestral tour were announced in January 2011, including shows in Germany and the Arena di Verona, Italy. It was billed as just "Orchestral Tour".
• Billed as "Deep Purple: The Songs That Built Rock", the tour was officially announced at the end of February 2011, with North American dates being first, followed by European ones. The North American tour includes three show in Canada and three shows in the New York City area. (New York area concerts combine 20,000 tickets for sale.)
• At the beginning of April, Jacky Paice, the wife of Deep Purple's drummer Ian Paice, announced the 2011 edition of The Sunflower Jam, the annual charity event hosted by the actor Jeremy Irons. This edition includes Deep Purple appearing at London's Royal Albert Hall among some of the biggest names in the history of rock, such as Jon Lord, Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Joe Bonamassa, Neuton Faulkner and members of the rock band Thunder. (with more names to be confirmed, as promised).^[2] The Sunflower Jam has been criticised in the British Medical Journal for fundraising in support of The College of Medicine, an alternative medicine lobby group in the UK linked to Prince Charles.^[3]
• 12 April saw the band announcing four UK arena dates, including their first ever show at London's O2 Arena.^[4]

Ticket sales

• According to Ticketmaster, on 16 April Deep Purple reached #2 in the list of week's biggest ticket-selling artists in the UK. (Download Festival being #1). The band sold nearly 70,000 tickets in two days. The fourth day of ticket sales saw them as the #1 bestseller artists of the week in the UK.^[5]
• The LG Arena show in Birmingham sold out after one week of ticket sales.

Tour dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
3 June 2011	Orillia	Canada	Casino Rama
4 June 2011	Quebec City		Agora
6 June 2011	Montreal		Place des Arts
7 June 2011	Boston	United States	Wang Center
8 June 2011	Hartford		Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
10 June 2011	Holmdel
11 June 2011	Atlantic City		Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City
12 June 2011	Bethel		Bethel Performing Arts Centre
14 June 2011	New York City		Beacon Theatre
15 June 2011
17 June 2011	Detroit		Fox Theatre
18 June 2011	Highland Park		Ravinia Park
19 June 2011	Minneapolis		Orpheum Theatre
23 June 2011	Paradise		Palms Casino Resort
24 June 2011	Los Angeles		Greek Theatre
25 June 2011	Concord		Concord Pavilion
Europe
8 July 2011	London	United Kingdom	SunFlower SuperJam, Royal Albert Hall
15 July 2011	Mainz	Germany	Nordmole am Zollhafen
16 July 2011	Montreux	Switzerland	Montreux Jazz Festival, Stravinski Hall
18 July 2011	Verona	Italy	Arena di Verona
20 July 2011	Gelsenkirchen	Germany	Amphitheatre
22 July 2011	Künzelsau		Schlosspark
23 July 2011	Dresden		Elbufer
24 July 2011	Słupsk	Poland	Dolina Charlotty
27 July 2011	Vienne	France	Theatre Antique
29 July 2011	Tienen	Belgium	Suikerock Festival
South America
4 October 2011	Belém	Brazil	Cidade Folia
7 October 2011	Fortaleza		Siara
8 October 2011	Nova Odessa		Expo America
10 October 2011	São Paulo		Via Funchal
11 October 2011	Belo Horizonte		Chevrolet Hall
12 October 2011	Curitiba		Teatro Positivo
14 October 2011	Rosario	Argentina	Metropolitano
15 October 2011	Buenos Aires		Luna Park
16 October 2011
18 October 2011	Córdoba		Orfeo Superdomo
19 October 2011	Mendoza		Auditorio Angel Bustelo
21 October 2011	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena
22 October 2011	Viña del Mar		Quinta Vergara Amphitheater
23 October 2011	Temuco		Gimnasio Olimpico UFRO
25 October 2011	Talcahuano		Coliseo Monumental La Tortuga
28 October 2011	Quito	Ecuador	Agora
Europe
26 November 2011	Glasgow	United Kingdom	SECC
27 November 2011	Birmingham		LG Arena
29 November 2011	Manchester		MEN Arena
30 November 2011	London		O2 Arena
2 December 2011	Arnhem	Netherlands	GelreDome
3 December 2011	Halle	Germany	Gerry Weber Stadion
4 December 2011	Schwerin		Sport- und Kongresshalle
7 December 2011	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena
9 December 2011	Stockholm	Sweden	Hovet
10 December 2011	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
13 December 2011	Oslo	Norway
15 December 2011	Horsens	Denmark	Forum Horsens
North America (Smoke on the Nation Tour)
2 February 2012	St. John's	Canada	Mile One Stadium
4 February 2012	Moncton		Moncton Casino
5 February 2012	Halifax		Halifax Metro Centre
6 February 2012	Moncton		Moncton Casino
8 February 2012	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Centre
9 February 2012	Kingston		K-Rock Centre
11 February 2012	London		John Labatt Centre
12 February 2012	Toronto		Massey Hall
13 February 2012	Hamilton		Hamilton Place Theatre
15 February 2012	Winnipeg		MTS Centre
16 February 2012	Regina		Brandt Centre
17 February 2012	Saskatoon		TCU Place
19 February 2012	Calgary		Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
21 February 2012	Edmonton		Rexall Place
23 February 2012	Prince George		CN Centre
25 February 2012	Victoria		Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
26 February 2012	Vancouver		Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Europe
24 October 2012	Yekaterinburg	Russia	DIVS Arena
27 October 2012	Saint Petersburg		Ice Palace
28 October 2012	Moscow		Olympic Stadium
30 October 2012	Krasnodar		Arena
2 November 2012	Kyiv	Ukraine	Palace of Sports
8 November 2012	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal
9 November 2012	Grenoble	France	Palais des Sports
11 November 2012	Saint-Herblain (near Nantes)		Le Zénith
12 November 2012	Caen		Le Zénith
13 November 2012	Paris		Zénith de Paris-La Villette
15 November 2012	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena
16 November 2012	Bremen		Halle 7
17 November 2012	Hanover		AWD Hall
20 November 2012	Kiel		Sparkassen-Arena
22 November 2012	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
23 November 2012	Oberhausen		König Pilsener Arena
24 November 2012	Hamburg		O2 World
26 November 2012	Leipzig		Arena Leipzig
27 November 2012	Berlin		O2 World
29 November 2012	Augsburg		Schwabenhalle
30 November 2012	Munich		Olympiahalle
1 December 2012	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
3 December 2012	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
4 December 2012	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome
6 December 2012	Toulouse	France	Le Zénith
7 December 2012	Mâcon		Le Spot
8 December 2012	Bern	Switzerland	Bern Expo
10 December 2012	Clermont-Ferrand	France	Le Zénith

Line-up

Deep Purple:

• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Steve Morse – guitar
• Roger Glover – bass
• Ian Paice – drums
• Don Airey – keyboards

Other

• The 38-piece Orchestra, Europe tour: Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt
• The Sunflower Superjam 2011 line up includes Jon Lord, Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Joe Bonamassa, Newton Faulkner, alongside Deep Purple

Notes

• Concord, California concert on 25 June 2011 is without the Orchestra, guest Joe Satriani plays the guitar on "Smoke on the Water"
• The SunFlower SuperJam concert on 8 July 2011 is without the orchestra and with guests Jack Moore, the son of Gary Moore on guitar, Bill Bailey on cowbell and Joe Bonamassa on guitar on "Smoke on the Water", Joe Bonamassa also played guitar on "Maybe I'm a Leo"
• Montreux, Switzerland concert on 16 July has been recorded and was released on DVD and CD as Live at Montreux 2011 on 7 November 2011
• The Słupsk concert "Rock Legends Festival" on 24 July 2011 is without the Orchestra
• The South American concerts in October 2011, the concerts in Canada in February 2012 and the final European Concerts in October, November and December 2012 were played without the orchestra.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Deep Purple - the Songs That Built Rock . 2011-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110414001808/http://www.deep-purple.com/latest/thesongsthabuiltrock.php . 14 April 2011.
2. Web site: Home . Thesunflowerjam.com.
3. British Medical Journal . 343 . d3712 . 10.1136/bmj.d3712 . 15 June 2011 . Lobby Watch: The College of Medicine . Jane Cassidy . 21677014.
4. Web site: The O2. Theo2.co.uk.
5. Web site: Tickets for concerts, festivals, music, gigs, clubs. . Ticketmaster.co.uk.
6. Web site: Deep Purple Tour Dates 2011. Deep-purple.net.
7. Web site: The Highway Star — Tour dates. Thehighwaystar.com.
8. Web site: Deep Purple | Deep Purple - 2011 Tour Dates . 2011-04-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110120001750/http://www.deeppurple.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/430562 . 20 January 2011.
9. Web site: Concert Deep Purple à Macon - le spot Macon - Parc des expositions à Macon - vendredi 7 décembre 2012 . 2012-06-24 . dead . https://archive.today/20130213122321/http://71.agendaculturel.fr/concert/macon/le-spot-macon/deep-purple.html . 13 February 2013.