1985

1985 was the first full year of Deep Purple Mk 2’s reunion and Perfect Strangers World Tour.

The set list was generally as follows but some variations did occur. Highway Star / Nobody’s Home / Strange Kind of Woman / A Gypsy’s Kiss / Perfect Strangers / Under the Gun / Lazy / Child in Time / Knocking at Your Back Door / Difficult to Cure inst. / Space Truckin’. Encore: Woman From Tokyo / Smoke on the Water

March 29 1985 : Colisée De Quebec, Quebec City, Canada.

Deep Purple March 1985 tickets Canada sent by Vince Chong

March 31 1985 : Forum, Montreal, Quebec. Canada

Deep Purple Forum Canada March 31 1985

Thanks to Vince Chong for the Canada ticket scans.

June 22 1985 : Knebworth Fayre Festival, Stevenage, England

Deep Purple decided to play just one big open-air show in Britain during the reunion tour. It rained all day!

Kneb-85-poster-

You can read one fan’s thoughts 35 years on here on the site.