Deep Purple Secret Mexican Tour
| Tour by Deep Purple | |
| Legs | 2 |
|---|---|
| No. of shows | 3 |
Deep Purple Secret Mexican Tour was a small warm-up tour of British Hard Rock band Deep Purple with new guitarist Steve Morse and consisted of two shows in Mexico and one show in the USA
Tour pre-history
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In 1993, because of the constant disagreement, musical differences, fights and tensions between vocalist Ian Gillan and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, Blackmore left the band during a show in Helsinki, Finland on 17 November, just days before the Japanese leg of the tour was set to start. Deep Purple hired Joe Satriani as the temporal replacement for Ritchie, to play the remaining gigs in Japan and Europe. After the tour, Joe continued his solo career and Deep Purple asked Steve Morse to join the band. As Ritchie was their founding member and very popular in fans, other members didn't know how will new guitarist work for the audience. So they decided to held a small secret warm-up tour, in order to see the audience reactions during the live. Steve fit the band quite well and audience responded. Thus, they asked Steve to stay in the band.[1][2]
Tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 November 1994 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes |
| 25 November 1994 | Monterrey | Auditorio Coca Cola | |
| 26 November 1994 | Corpus Christi, Texas | United States | Johnnyland Auditorium |
Setlist
- Highway Star
- Ramshackle Man
- Maybe I'm a Leo
- Fireball (ended with Into the Fire)
- Perfect Strangers
- Pictures of Home
- Keyboard Solo
- Knockin' at Your Back Door
- Guitar Solo
- Anyone's Daughter
- Child in Time
- Anya
- The Battle Rages On
- When a Blind Man Cries
- Lazy
- Drum Solo
- Space Truckin'
- Woman from Tokyo
- Paint it Black
Encores:
Line-up
- Ian Gillan - vocals
- Steve Morse - guitars
- Jon Lord - Hammond organ, keyboards
- Roger Glover - bass
- Ian Paice - drums
References
- ^ Siegler, Joe. "Corpus Christi, Texas, USA". Johnnyland. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+kingdom/london/deep+purple
