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Tours 2005
Scandinavia plus
North America summer

Tours 2004
UK 2004
Russia & Ukraine
North America 2
Europe
Down Under
Asia
North America 1

Tours 2003
Europe
South America & Mexico
Ripening Tour part 2
Ripening Tour part 1

Tours 2002
Andrew Summerhayes' 31 years of DP
Solo shows: Paice, Glover, Lord
UK (rescheduled) + CH, Dubai, Greece
Germany
USA, part 2
USA, part 1
Asia
Russia, Ukraine & The Baltics
Ireland & UK

Tours 2001
Paice and York
Europe
North America
Australia, Japan, India

Concerto Tour 1999-2000
South America & Europe
Royal Albert Hall 1999

A.Band.On.Tour 1998-2000
1 - Europe-1 98
2 - USA 98
2a - Editor's Tour Special
3 - UK & Europe-2 98
4 - South America, Australia, Asia 99
5 - Europe-3 99
6 - Japan, Finland, Greece, etc 2000

Purpendicular Tours 1996-1997
UK, Europe-1 96
Europe-2 96
Europe-3, Japan 96
North America 96
South America 97
Europe-4 & Canada 97
House of Blues, USA 97-98
Ian Paice clinics UK 98

Much older tours...
1968-1995

Deep Purple toured with Ted Nugent and Lynyrd Skynyrd. We have reviews of all the shows, including a charity show in Italy in May hosted by Luciano Pavarotti at which Deep Purple were special guests. Ian Gillan and Pavarotti did a duet!

Go straight to the condensed tour highlights or browse the complete reviews below. View the setlists.

Photo this page by Brian Caseau (Mansfield, MA June 16, 2001) - see more photos from the tour.

Only a few weeks after Deep Purple came off the tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd, LS's bass player Leon Wilkeson sadly died. Read Roger Glover's memories of his colleague.

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This page last updated: August 1, 2001 (224 reviews)

Italy 2001 - with Luciano Pavarotti Parco Novi Sad, Modena, Italy May 29, 2001
Andrea Cimaglia   Carlo Alberto Migliazza	Francesco Colombo [Italian]
North America 2001 Tweeter Center, Tinley Park, IL, USA June 2, 2001
Randy Engman*   Chris Parsons*   Joe Skinnell*   Rick Carlson   Brian R. Slack   Steve L.S.	Ray J. Marschke Hans Albers Joe Steger* Steve Heaven Mike Despeghel
Sunrise Musical Theatre, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA June 5, 2001 This show was filmed for a possible DVD release.
Frank Eckert*   Donald J. Fahey   Yoshi Yamamoto*   Thomas J Siravo   Chris Niforatos   John Mascaro   Stephen Weimer   John Doe	Noel Aronson Larry Steiner* Jim Howe Del Ferguson Scott Fansler Carlos Danny Ferguson Tracy Heyder
Century Tel Center, Bossier City, LA, USA June 7, 2001
Phillip Baxter*   John S. Vinet   Brent Soileau*   Jean-Pierre Harrison	Sammy Romeo Ted McKinney* Kenneth Thomas Carter
Kansas Coliseum, Valley Center, KS, USA June 8, 2001
Peter Burns
Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, USA June 9, 2001
Michael Atkins*   Jim Collins*   Cindy Probst	Jay Denne Mike Sokolik
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA June 10, 2001
Pavel*   Jeff Engelen   Randy Wheadon   Steve Hanson	Stephen Berg* Tim McCray Fraser Raven Michael Carnevale
Coors Light Amphitheatre at Montage Mountain, Scranton, PA, USA June 12, 2001
Angie Zinn   David Drury   Rex Mundi   Brian Stephen   Eric Robeson*   Travis Huhn	Suzanne Quinn Alex Curtis Bob Gardinor Eli Narvaez Dale Findlay
Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY, USA June 14, 2001
Akiko Hada*   Steve Guidice   Brendan Johnston   Bobby Giampia   Mitch Lesovoy*   Al Johnston*   Aleksey Gnilitskiy	Glen King Joey Gioielli Bejan Rafii Dave Scharf** Constantinos E. Scaros J.R. Taylor
P.N.C. Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA June 15, 2001
Peter Kulpa   Akiko Hada*   Rich Rollo   Joe Nardi   Charlie Koci   Kevin Bird   Leon Muhudin	Scott Williams* Brendan Johnston Micheal Zaleski Bill Moln Anthony Losito Eric A. Eisenstein
Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA, USA June 16, 2001
Frank Fitzgerald   Rich Shailor*   Rick Wells*   Paul Wollmann*   Mark Jagger*   John Isaac   Bruce Sullivan	John B Graves Pat Stratton* Dean Notesfield* Brett Milano Brian Caseau's daughter sang onstage with DP
Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA June 17, 2001
Keith Fotheringham*   Jim Corrigan   Mike Sims   Paul Nunzio Maceli	Dan Gilliam Gary Poronovich* D. Nichols Greg Piekarz
Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON, Canada June 19, 2001
Glen Miller   Jim Irons   Kris Borzym   Brian Wormington   Norangie Carballo   Terry Wong   Steve Driscoll   Rod Sein   Pat Valente   Mark Schmitting	Richard Hutton* Ronald Gaerlan Will Walton Grant Roadknight Matt Sullivan Darren Abernethy Bob Burgess Geoff Houlton S. Bray
Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA June 20, 2001
Ed Alisauskas   Andrew Hecht   Brendan Clutton	Mike Ruff Geoff Jones* Tom Bopp
Post-Gazette Pavillion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA, USA June 22, 2001
Dave Ohliger*   Gordon Thrasher   John Grosskaus   David L. Blinn	Tammy Milose Jeff Burton Dan Becker*
Meadows Music, Hartford, CT, USA June 23, 2001
Steven Redd   Chris Karamon   David Greenberg   Ken Young   Bruce Sullivan	Adam Dolan Sebastian Doh* Jim Paidas Brendan Johnston Jim Sherridan
Darien Lake Six Flags Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY, USA June 24, 2001
Bill Emanuelli   Daniel J. Lasnick   Richard Woodhouse	Rich S.* Debbie Mettler Gary Entler
Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA June 26, 2001
Dave Heitmeyer*   Jerry Pieschel*	Steve Jobe Ken Ballinger
DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI, USA June 28, 2001
Laurens van't Zelfde   James Gemmell*   Paul G. Steinmayer   Mark S. Gray	Eric Andrews* Amit Roy Matthew Di Flumeri Chris St.Germain
Verizon Wireless Music Centre, Noblesville, IN, USA June 29, 2001
Chris Parsons*   Jayson Wyatt*   Ronnie S.M. Whittington	Jimmy Cain Jason Dyer
Polaris Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH, USA June 30, 2001
Kara Cassels   Chris Parsons   Ivica & Anne Lukenda   Larry Powell*   Tracy Heyder	Andy Sevenfornine Bradley Jay Smith Phillip C. Cray Somesh Nagthan
Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS, USA July 3, 2001
D. P. Roberts   Jim Collins*   Bob Loughbom	Ashutosh Agte Michael Freeman Ram Swaminathan
Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, OK, USA July 5, 2001
Douglas Patterson   Gayle Albin   Nicolas Venjean*	Milan Milatovic Phil Brown Lyndal Skaggs
Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas, TX, USA July 6, 2001
Westerlund Family   Ralph Brosius   Greg Hollis   Bob King   Gary King	Alec Richards* Dallas Morning News Fenlaw Rogelio Matamoros Paul Kaun
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, San Antonio, TX, USA July 7, 2001
Lance Farley   Mike Frederick   Russ Davis   Jack Collins*	Tom Scheppke* Scott Holman* Mark Campbell Alan York
C.W. Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX, USA July 8, 2001
David Montgomery*   Derek Singleton   Bob King   Harold Favret   Steve Kapp	Scott Holman* Jean-Pierre Harrison Mark Hoffman Alexander Kamburov Bob Ruggiero