Deep Purple has started a <Whoosh!> Europe tour in Israel on May 22nd. Guitarist Steve Morse did not participate in this, and the first performance was held this evening with Simon McBride on behalf of him.
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Mose revealed last month that his wife was fighting cancer, saying, "I don't know what the complications will be, and given the rest of our lives, I need to be close to her now. I'm not leaving. I'd like to go back to the tour once her health is guaranteed, "he said, saying he wouldn't take the tour in May-July.
At the first day performance held in Tel Aviv on the 22nd, 18 songs such as "Highway Star", "Pictures Of Home", "Hush", "Smoke On The Water" and "Black Night" were performed, and "When A Blind Man Cries" was performed in 2014. It is said that it was played for the first time since the year.
Although there have been several solo performances, the Deep Purple tour will be the first since <The Long Goodbye>, which ended in December 2019. <Whoosh!> The European tour will continue until the beginning of November this year, with a break.
