Shades of Deep Purple Tour is a short tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple to support their debut album Shades of Deep Purple. Tour lasted over 1 month and included only 8 dates (7 in the UK and 1 in the Switzerland). It was the band's first home-tour.
Pre-History
After a short
debut tour the band recorded their first album in just one weekend and then confirmed their first
UK dates.. Album was realased only in the
USA and charted #24 there. It included hit single
Hush which peaked #4 and threw
Deep Purple in the
USA mainstream. Though
Shades of Deep Purple Tour included only
UK dates.
No Live recordings from this tour are realased yet.
Tour Dates
Day/Month/Year/Venue/City/Country
- 3/8/1968- The Lion, Warrington, UK
- ?/8/1968- Venue unknown, Ramsgate, UK
- ?/8/1968-Roundhouse, London, UK
- ?/8/1968- Venue unknown, Berne, Switzerland
- ?/8/1968- ILEA College, Battersea, UK
- 10/8/1968- National Jazz Festival, Sunbury, UK
- 27/9/1968- Mothers Club, Birmingham, UK
- 28/9/1968- Van Dyke Club, Plymouth, UK
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