<big>Montreux 2004</big>

Montreux 2004

Date
4th July 2004

Venue
Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Switzerland

Show Details
I just got back from Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline...

Deep Purple came one stage at midnight and left at 1.45. They had their work cut out for them after two great support acts.

Cheap Trick was as eclectic as ever with Rick Neilson changing guitar almost every number his 5 neck has to be seen to be believed...

Status Quo really put on a show with a 90 minute set of classic hits from their boogie days.... great stuff..

Purple came on at Midnight. I had been informed that the headline act came on second and it was advertised as such in the programme. But Purple were last on the bill and had to play to a audience who were already exhausted by Quo's performance and standing since 7.00pm (in most cases longer).

I was a bit worried that they wouldn't pull it off and had visions of Wembley 2003 when the support clearly won the day but this was not to be the case.

They were superbe..

Steves prolonged solo spot, Demons Eye and the jazz improvisation before Smoke were personal highlights for me.

The sound was excellent & the performance was tremendous especially considering the band were playing their 3rd back to back show.

Live feed to the large screens at the side of the stage gave a great view of the proceedings to all..(even those who stayed in the bar)

All in all a fantastic show..

Set List
Silver Tongue
Woman From Tokyo
I Got Your Number
Strange Kind Of Woman (dedicated to a Local Police C*ntstable in Gillans home town...no idea what that refers too...:-))
Bananas
Knockin' At Your Back Door
Demons Eye
Contact Lost/Steves Solo/Well Dressed Guitar
Dons Solo (No Star Wars)
Perfect Strangers
Space Truckin'
Smoke On The Water
(Fantastic improvised Jazz Jam based around the Smoke riff before the start of the number proper)
Hush
Hit The Road Jack (I love My Wife I love My Dog etc.....)
Black Night
Gillan yells at the end "do you know what time it is...get outta here" (It was 1.45am)

Bootleg
Complete show over two discs. Ripped from webcast. Sound quality good.

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