The Songs That Built Rock Tour

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.

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First leg

1. "Deep Purple Overture" (performed by the Orchestra) (performed only on concerts with the Orchestra)
2. "Highway Star" (from Machine Head, 1972)
3. "Hard Lovin' Man" (from Deep Purple in Rock, 1970)
4. "Maybe I'm a Leo" (from Machine Head) / "Silver Tongue" (from Bananas, 2003) (4 June 2011 only)
5. "Fireball" (From Fireball, 1971) (15 December 2011 only)
6. "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
7. "Rapture of the Deep" (From Rapture of the Deep, 2005)
8. "Woman from Tokyo" or "Mary Long" (both from Who Do We Think We Are, 1973) (in South America)
9. "Contact Lost" (from Bananas)
10. Steve Morse guitar solo
11. "When a Blind Man Cries" (from Machine Head) or "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (from Purpendicular, 1996) (in South America)
12. "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (from Rapture of the Deep – Tour Edition, 2005) (it's after the guitar solo for some Canadian shows in 2012)
13. "The Mule" (with Ian Paice drum solo) (from Fireball) or "Knocking at Your Back Door" (from Perfect Strangers, 1984) or "Mary Long"
14. "Lazy" (from Machine Head)
15. "No One Came" (or "Fireball" in some Canadian shows in 2012) (both from Fireball)
16. Don Airey Keyboard solo
17. "Perfect Strangers" (from Perfect Strangers)
18. "Space Truckin'" (from Machine Head)
19. "Smoke on the Water" (from Machine Head)

Encore:

20. "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" (from Shades of Deep Purple, 1968) or "Knocking at Your Back Door" (4 December 2011 only)
21. "Hush" (Billy Joe Royal cover) (occasionally with a drum solo)
22. Roger Glover bass solo
23. "Black Night" (from Deep Purple in Rock)

Second leg (late 2012)

1. Intro tape: "Dance of the Knights" (Prokofiev, arr. by Don Airey)
2. "Fireball" (from Fireball)
3. "Into The Fire" (from Deep Purple In Rock)
4. "Hard Lovin' Man" (from Deep Purple in Rock)
5. "Maybe I'm a Leo" (from Machine Head)
6. "Strange Kind of Woman" (from Fireball)
7. "The Battle Rages On" (from The Battle Rages On..., 1993)
8. "Contact Lost" (from Bananas)
9. Steve Morse guitar solo
10. "Wasted Sunsets" (from Perfect Strangers) or "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (from Purpendicular) or "When a Blind Man Cries" (from Machine Head)
11. "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (from Rapture of the Deep – Tour Edition)
12. "The Mule" (with Ian Paice drum solo) (from Fireball)
13. "Lazy" (from Machine Head)
14. "No One Came" (from Fireball)
15. Don Airey keyboard solo
16. "Perfect Strangers" (from Perfect Strangers)
17. "Space Truckin'" (from Machine Head)
18. "Smoke on the Water" (from Machine Head)

Encore :

19. "Highway Star" (from Machine Head) (first two gigs in Russia only) or "Speed King" (from Deep Purple in Rock) (in some European shows at the end of the tour)
20. "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"
21. "Hush" (Billy Joe Royal cover) (from Shades of Deep Purple)
22. Roger Glover bass solo
23. "Black Night" (from Deep Purple in Rock)

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