The Long Goodbye Tour

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The Long Goodbye Tour is a concert tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple in support for their 20th studio album, Infinite.

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Background

Drummer Ian Paice suffered a minor stroke in June 2016, which affected his right hand, knuckles, thumbs and fingers. This led to some Deep Purple concerts in Scandinavia being cancelled, and were the first of the band's shows he had missed since Deep Purple's formation in 1968.

At the time of the Long Goodbye Tour's announcement in December 2016, Paice told the Heavyworlds website it "may be the last big tour", adding that the band "don't know". He described the tour as being long in duration, and said: "We haven't made any hard, fast plans, but it becomes obvious that you cannot tour the same way you did when you were 21. It becomes more and more difficult. People have other things in their lives, which take time. But never say never."

Deep Purple's latest studio album, Infinite, was released on 7 April 2017 and the Long Goodbye Tour will serve as support for the record.

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Musicians

Deep Purple will tour, as it has done since 2002, with its 'MK VIII' line-up, comprising:

• Ian Gillan - vocals
• Steve Morse - guitars
• Roger Glover - bass
• Ian Paice - drums
• Don Airey - keyboards

• Band members at The Long Goodbye Tour

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Special guests

• Europe (United Kingdom dates, 2017)
• Cats In Space (United Kingdom dates, 2017)
• Cheap Trick and Tesla (South America 2017)
• Alice Cooper (North America 2017)
• The Edgar Winter Band (North America 2017)
• Monster Truck (Europe 2017)
• Divlje jagode ft. Tony Martin and Andy LaRocque (Europe, 2017, Zagreb only)
• Tiebreaker (Europe 2017, Oslo only)

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Tour dates

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Setlist

During the tour, the band performed five song from the new album Infinite: "Time For Bedlam", "All I Got Is You", "The Surprising", "Johnny's Band" and "Birds of Prey". The song "Hip Boots" was played a few times late 2015 before the release of the album.

First leg: Europe

1. "Time For Bedlam" (From Infinite)
2. "Fireball" (From Fireball)
3. "Bloodsucker" (From Deep Purple In Rock)
4. "Strange Kind Of Woman" (From Fireball)
5. "Johnny's Band" (From Infinite) (not on the Hellfest gig)
6. "Uncommon Man" (From Now What?!)
7. "The Surprising" (From Infinite)
8. "Lazy" (From Machine Head)
9. "Birds Of Prey" (From Infinite)
10. "Hell To Pay" (From Now What?!)
11. Don Airey Keyboard Solo
12. "Perfect Strangers" (From Perfect Strangers)
13. "Space Truckin'" (From Machine Head)
14. "Smoke On The Water" (From Machine Head)

Encore:

15. "Highway Star" (From Machine Head) (not on every show)
16. "Hush" (From Shades of Deep Purple)
17. Roger Glover Bass Solo (not on the Hellfest gig)
18. "Black Night" (From Deep Purple In Rock)

Second leg: North America

1. "Highway Star" (From Machine Head)
2. "Fireball" (From Fireball)
3. "Strange Kind Of Woman" (From Fireball)
4. "Uncommon Man" (From Now What?!)
5. "Lazy" (From Machine Head)
6. "Knocking At Your Back Door" (From Perfect Strangers) (not on every show)
7. "The Surprising" (From Infinite) or "Pictures of Home" (From Machine Head)
8. Don Airey Keyboard Solo
9. "Perfect Strangers" (From Perfect Strangers)
10. "Space Truckin'" (From Machine Head)
11. "Smoke On The Water" (From Machine Head) (sometimes played after "Hush")

Encore:

12. "Time for Bedlam" (From Infinite)
13. "Hush" (From Shades of Deep Purple)

Third leg: Europe

1. "Time For Bedlam" (From Infinite)
2. "Fireball" (From Fireball)
3. "Bloodsucker" (From Deep Purple In Rock)
4. "Strange Kind Of Woman" (From Fireball) (not on the British shows)
5. "All I Got Is You" (From Infinite)
6. "Uncommon Man" (From Now What?!)
7. "The Surprising" (From Infinite)
8. "Lazy" (From Machine Head)
9. "Birds Of Prey" (From Infinite)
10. "Knocking At Your Back Door" (From Perfect Strangers)
11. Don Airey Keyboard Solo
12. "Perfect Strangers" (From Perfect Strangers)
13. "Space Truckin'" (From Machine Head)
14. "Smoke On The Water" (From Machine Head) (with Europe's John Norum on the London show)

Encore:

15. "Hush" (From Shades of Deep Purple)
16. Roger Glover Bass Solo
17. "Black Night" (From Deep Purple In Rock)

Fourth leg: South America

1. "Highway Star" (From Machine Head)
2. "Pictures of Home" (From Machine Head)
3. "Bloodsucker" (From Deep Purple In Rock)
4. "Strange Kind of Woman" (From Fireball)
5. "Uncommon Man" (From Now What?!)
6. "Lazy" (From Machine Head)
7. "Birds Of Prey" (From Infinite)
8. "Knocking at Your Back Door" (From Perfect Strangers)
9. Don Airey Keyboard Solo
10. "Perfect Strangers" (From Perfect Strangers)
11. "Space Truckin'" (From Machine Head)
12. "Smoke On The Water" (From Machine Head)

Encore:

13. "Hush" (From Shades of Deep Purple)
14. Roger Glover Bass Solo
15. "Black Night" (From Deep Purple In Rock)

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