Dussledorf 2003

Date
2nd November 2003

Venue
Philipshalle, Dussledorf, Germany

Show Details
Highway Star goes a bit off the rails halfway through, but they recover well. Gillan says " And can you pick up that wheel that fell off on the way back to the hotel" "Its about my first wife" intros Strange Kind Of Woman. Gillan name checks the venue at the end of SKOW. "If you go to the Blarney Stone, grease up, sit on it, get on board and feel a lovely little sensation, its probably the Silver Tongue" "if you slip around a little bit you might find youself involved with another song with a similar theme, this one not quite so legal" precedes Knocking At Your Back Door, nice solo from Steve on this one. Gillans legendry tambourine solo is closely followed by a cool lunch wrapper break leading into House Of Pain. Gillan gives a few examples of places with the house of pain at the end including The Island Of Dr Moreau and Aussie rules football!!. Short keyboard into leads into a run of the mill Lazy. Cries of "Oh My God,I've just seen whats next precedes Bananas. Gillan informs the audience about STS 107 prior to Contact Lost which seques into Haunted. Brief
guitar intro from Steve launches Space Truckin'. I Got Your Number follows introduced as "Its All About A Sudden Awareness". Nice solo from Steve precedes The Well Dressed Guitar. Followed quickly on by Dons solo with an excerpt of the German national anthem instead of the usual Star Wars. Good version of Perfect Strangers. Steve starts his guitar parade but then goes straight into Smoke On The Water. Encores begin with Hush, Hit The Road Jack then onto Black Night. "I never thought we'd be back here at the Philipshalle...from Molly Hatchet & Deep Purple we love you byebye"

Actual Set List
Highway Star
Strange Kind Of Woman
Silver Tongue
Knocking at your backdoor
House Of Pain
Lazy
Bananas
Contact Lost
Haunted
Space Trucking
I've got your number
Well dressed guitar
Perfect Strangers
Smoke on the Water
Hush
Black Night

Bootleg
Good quality audience recording, nice and clear. Complete show over two discs. No faults or edits.

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