# The Songs That Built Rock Tour

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.

## 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). 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.
* 12 April saw the band announcing four UK arena dates, including their first ever show at London's O2 Arena.

### 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.
* The LG Arena show in Birmingham sold out after one week of ticket sales.

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| North America ||||
| 3 June 2011 | Orillia | Canada | Casino Rama |
| 4 June 2011 | Quebec City | Canada | Agora |
| 6 June 2011 | Montreal | Canada | Place des Arts |
| 7 June 2011 | Boston | United States | Wang Center |
| 8 June 2011 | Hartford | United States | Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts |
| 10 June 2011 | Holmdel | United States | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| 11 June 2011 | Atlantic City | United States | Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City |
| 12 June 2011 | Bethel | United States | Bethel Performing Arts Centre |
| 14 June 2011 | New York City | United States | Beacon Theatre |
| 15 June 2011 | New York City | United States | Beacon Theatre |
| 17 June 2011 | Detroit | United States | Fox Theatre |
| 18 June 2011 | Highland Park | United States | Ravinia Park |
| 19 June 2011 | Minneapolis | United States | Orpheum Theatre |
| 23 June 2011 | Paradise | United States | Palms Casino Resort |
| 24 June 2011 | Los Angeles | United States | Greek Theatre |
| 25 June 2011 | Concord | United States | 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 | Germany | Schlosspark |
| 23 July 2011 | Dresden | Germany | 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 | Brazil | Siara |
| 8 October 2011 | Nova Odessa | Brazil | Expo America |
| 10 October 2011 | São Paulo | Brazil | Via Funchal |
| 11 October 2011 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | Chevrolet Hall |
| 12 October 2011 | Curitiba | Brazil | Teatro Positivo |
| 14 October 2011 | Rosario | Argentina | Metropolitano |
| 15 October 2011 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Luna Park |
| 16 October 2011 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Luna Park |
| 18 October 2011 | Córdoba | Argentina | Orfeo Superdomo |
| 19 October 2011 | Mendoza | Argentina | Auditorio Angel Bustelo |
| 21 October 2011 | Santiago | Chile | Movistar Arena |
| 22 October 2011 | Viña del Mar | Chile | Quinta Vergara Amphitheater |
| 23 October 2011 | Temuco | Chile | Gimnasio Olimpico UFRO |
| 25 October 2011 | Talcahuano | Chile | Coliseo Monumental La Tortuga |
| 28 October 2011 | Quito | Ecuador | Agora |
| Europe ||||
| 26 November 2011 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | SECC |
| 27 November 2011 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | LG Arena |
| 29 November 2011 | Manchester | United Kingdom | MEN Arena |
| 30 November 2011 | London | United Kingdom | O2 Arena |
| 2 December 2011 | Arnhem | Netherlands | GelreDome |
| 3 December 2011 | Halle | Germany | Gerry Weber Stadion |
| 4 December 2011 | Schwerin | Germany | Sport- und Kongresshalle |
| 7 December 2011 | Helsinki | Finland | Hartwall Areena |
| 9 December 2011 | Stockholm | Sweden | Hovet |
| 10 December 2011 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium |
| 13 December 2011 | Oslo | Norway | Oslo Spektrum |
| 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 | Canada | Moncton Casino |
| 5 February 2012 | Halifax | Canada | Halifax Metro Centre |
| 6 February 2012 | Moncton | Canada | Moncton Casino |
| 8 February 2012 | Ottawa | Canada | Ottawa Civic Centre |
| 9 February 2012 | Kingston | Canada | K-Rock Centre |
| 11 February 2012 | London | Canada | John Labatt Centre |
| 12 February 2012 | Toronto | Canada | Massey Hall |
| 13 February 2012 | Hamilton | Canada | Hamilton Place Theatre |
| 15 February 2012 | Winnipeg | Canada | MTS Centre |
| 16 February 2012 | Regina | Canada | Brandt Centre |
| 17 February 2012 | Saskatoon | Canada | TCU Place |
| 19 February 2012 | Calgary | Canada | Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium |
| 21 February 2012 | Edmonton | Canada | Rexall Place |
| 23 February 2012 | Prince George | Canada | CN Centre |
| 25 February 2012 | Victoria | Canada | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre |
| 26 February 2012 | Vancouver | Canada | Queen Elizabeth Theatre |
| Europe ||||
| 24 October 2012 | Yekaterinburg | Russia | DIVS Arena |
| 27 October 2012 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Ice Palace |
| 28 October 2012 | Moscow | Russia | Olympic Stadium |
| 30 October 2012 | Krasnodar | Russia | 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) | France | Le Zénith |
| 12 November 2012 | Caen | France | Le Zénith |
| 13 November 2012 | Paris | France | Zénith de Paris-La Villette |
| 15 November 2012 | Cologne | Germany | Lanxess Arena |
| 16 November 2012 | Bremen | Germany | Halle 7 |
| 17 November 2012 | Hanover | Germany | AWD Hall |
| 20 November 2012 | Kiel | Germany | Sparkassen-Arena |
| 22 November 2012 | Frankfurt | Germany | Festhalle Frankfurt |
| 23 November 2012 | Oberhausen | Germany | König Pilsener Arena |
| 24 November 2012 | Hamburg | Germany | O2 World |
| 26 November 2012 | Leipzig | Germany | Arena Leipzig |
| 27 November 2012 | Berlin | Germany | O2 World |
| 29 November 2012 | Augsburg | Germany | Schwabenhalle |
| 30 November 2012 | Munich | Germany | Olympiahalle |
| 1 December 2012 | Stuttgart | Germany | 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 | France | Le Spot |
| 8 December 2012 | Bern | Switzerland | Bern Expo |
| 10 December 2012 | Clermont-Ferrand | France | Le Zénith |

## Songs performed

* "Deep Purple Overture" (performed by the Orchestra)
* "Highway Star" (from Machine Head)
* "Hard Lovin' Man" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* "Maybe I'm a Leo" (from Machine Head) or "Silver Tongue" (from Bananas) (4 June 2011 only)
* "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
* "Rapture of the Deep" (From Rapture of the Deep)
* "Woman from Tokyo" (from Who Do We Think We Are)
* "Contact Lost" (from Bananas)
* Steve Morse guitar solo
* "When a Blind Man Cries" (from Machine Head)
* "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (from Rapture of the Deep – Tour Edition)
* "Knocking at Your Back Door" (from Perfect Strangers)
* "Lazy" (from Machine Head)
* "No One Came" (from Fireball)
* Don Airey Keyboard solo
* "Perfect Strangers" (from Perfect Strangers)
* "Space Truckin'" (from Machine Head)
* "Smoke on the Water" (from Machine Head)
Encore:
* "Green Onions" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or "Going Down" (Don Nix cover) or "Time is Tight" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or other covers intros to "Hush"
* "Hush" (from Shades of Deep Purple) (Billy Joe Royal cover) (occasionally with a drum solo)
* Roger Glover bass solo
* "Black Night" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* "Highway Star" (from Machine Head)
* "Maybe I'm A Leo" (from Machine Head) (with Joe Bonamassa)
* "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
* "Contact Lost" (from Bananas)
* "When A Blind Man Cries" (from Machine Head)
* "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (from Rapture of the Deep – Tour Edition)
* "Black Night" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* "Smoke on the Water" (from Machine Head) (with Bill Bailey, Joe Bonamassa & Jack Moore)
* "Deep Purple Overture" (performed by the Orchestra)
* "Highway Star" (from Machine Head)
* "Hard Lovin' Man" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* "Maybe I'm a Leo" (from Machine Head)
* "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
* "Rapture of the Deep" (From Rapture of the Deep)
* "Woman from Tokyo" (from Who Do We Think We Are)
* "Contact Lost" (from Bananas)
* Steve Morse guitar solo
* "When a Blind Man Cries" (from Machine Head)
* "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (from Rapture of the Deep – Tour Edition)
* "Knocking at Your Back Door" (from Perfect Strangers)
* "Lazy" (from Machine Head)
* "No One Came" (from Fireball)
* Don Airey Keyboard solo
* "Perfect Strangers" (from Perfect Strangers)
* "Space Truckin'" (from Machine Head)
* "Smoke on the Water" (from Machine Head)
Encore:
* "Green Onions" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or "Going Down" (Don Nix cover) or "Time is Tight" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or other covers intros to "Hush"
* "Hush" (from Shades of Deep Purple) (Billy Joe Royal cover) (occasionally with a drum solo)
* Roger Glover bass solo
* "Black Night" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* "Deep Purple Overture" (performed by the Orchestra)
* "Highway Star" (from Machine Head)
* "Hard Lovin' Man" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* "Maybe I'm a Leo" (from Machine Head)
* "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
* "Rapture of the Deep" (From Rapture of the Deep)
* "Mary Long" or "Woman From Tokyo" (from Who Do We Think We Are)
* "Contact Lost" (from Bananas)
* Steve Morse guitar solo
* "When a Blind Man Cries" (from Machine Head) or "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (from Purpendicular)
* "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (from Rapture of the Deep – Tour Edition)
* "Knocking at Your Back Door" (from Perfect Strangers) or "Mary Long" (from Who Do We Think We Are)
* "Lazy" (from Machine Head)
* "No One Came" (from Fireball)
* Don Airey Keyboard solo
* "Perfect Strangers" (from Perfect Strangers)
* "Space Truckin'" (from Machine Head)
* "Smoke on the Water" (from Machine Head)
Encore:
* "Green Onions" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or "Going Down" (Don Nix cover) or "Time is Tight" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or other covers intros to "Hush"
* "Hush" (from Shades of Deep Purple) (Billy Joe Royal cover) (occasionally with a drum solo)
* Roger Glover bass solo
* "Black Night" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* "Deep Purple Overture" (performed by the Orchestra)
* "Highway Star" (from Machine Head)
* "Hard Lovin' Man" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* "Maybe I'm a Leo" (from Machine Head)
* "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
* "Rapture of the Deep" (From Rapture of the Deep)
* "Woman from Tokyo" (from Who Do We Think We Are)
* "Contact Lost" (from Bananas)
* Steve Morse guitar solo
* "When a Blind Man Cries" (from Machine Head)
* "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (from Rapture of the Deep – Tour Edition)
* "Knocking at Your Back Door" (from Perfect Strangers) or "The Mule" (From Fireball) (with Ian Paice drum solo)
* "Lazy" (from Machine Head)
* "No One Came" (from Fireball)
* Don Airey Keyboard solo
* "Perfect Strangers" (from Perfect Strangers)
* "Space Truckin'" (from Machine Head)
* "Smoke on the Water" (from Machine Head)
Encore:
* "Green Onions" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or "Going Down" (Don Nix cover) or "Time is Tight" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or other covers intros to "Hush"
* "Hush" (from Shades of Deep Purple) (Billy Joe Royal cover) (occasionally with a drum solo)
* Roger Glover bass solo
* "Black Night" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* Intro tape: "Dance of the Knights" (Prokofiev, arr. by Don Airey)
* "Fireball" (From Fireball)
* "Into The Fire" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* "Hard Lovin' Man" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
* "Maybe I'm a Leo" (from Machine Head)
* "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
* "The Battle Rages On" (from The Battle Rages On...)
* "Contact Lost" (from Bananas)
* Steve Morse guitar solo
* "Wasted Sunsets" (from Perfect Strangers) or "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (from Purpendicular) or "When a Blind Man Cries" (from Machine Head)
* "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (from Rapture of the Deep – Tour Edition)
* "The Mule" (From Fireball) (with Ian Paice drum solo)
* "Lazy" (from Machine Head)
* "No One Came" (From Fireball)
* Don Airey keyboard solo
* "Perfect Strangers" (from Perfect Strangers)
* "Space Truckin'" (from Machine Head)
* "Smoke on the Water" (from Machine Head)
Encore :
* "Highway Star" (from Machine Head) (first two gigs in Russia only) or "Speed King" (from Deep Purple in Rock) (in some shows at the end of the tour)
* "Green Onions" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or "Going Down" (Don Nix cover) or "Time is Tight" (Booker T. & the M.G.s cover) or other cover intros to "Hush" (not for the shows where "Highway Star" or "Speed King" were played)
* "Hush" (Billy Joe Royal cover) (from Shades of Deep Purple)
* Roger Glover bass solo
* "Black Night" (from Deep Purple in Rock)

## 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