Iron Maiden singer, Bruce Dickinson, is on the road in Europe with a series of special performances celebrating Deep Purple’s 1969 album, Concerto For Group And Orchestra, and Jon Lord’s greatest hits.
The shows feature Bruce Dickinson on vocals, who leads a band featuring John O’Hara (Jethro Tull) on keyboards, Tanya O’Callaghan (Whitesnake) on bass, Kaitner Z Doka (Jon Lord, Ian Paice) on guitar, Bernard Welz (Jon Lord, Don Airey) on drums and Mario Argandonia (Scorpions) on percussion. Check out fan-filmed video from the March 18th show at the National Palace Of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The setlist was as follows:
“Concerto for Group and Orchestra, First Movement: Moderato – Allegro” (Deep Purple)
“Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Second Movement: Andante”
(Deep Purple)
“Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Third Movement: Vivace – Presto” (Deep Purple)
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Bruce Dickinson and Deep Purple songs
“Bourée” (Jon Lord)
“Ergen Deda” (Petar Liondev – Bulgarian folk song)
“Tears of the Dragon”
“Jerusalem”
“Pictures of Home”
“When a Blind Man Cries”
“Hush” (Joe South)
“Perfect Strangers”
Encore:
“Smoke on the Water”
Tour dates:
March
22 – Sports Hall Mirza Delibasic – Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
24 – Hall Drazen Petrovic – Zagreb, Croatia
25 – Cancarjev Dom – Ljubljana, Slovenia
April
2 – Hala University Palacheho – Olomouc, Czech Republic
15 – Vibra – Sao Paulo, Brazil
19 – Teatro Positiva – Curitiba, Brazil
21 – Vivo Rio – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
25 – Auditorio Araujo Vianna – Porto Alegre, Brazil
