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

External links

• All tour dates of Deep Purple from 1968 till 2007

References