Unchain Your Brain; Are You Sure; Mr.
Universe; If You Believe Me; Trouble; No Easy Way; Nervous; Vengeance;
Sleeping On The Job; Smoke On The Water
band line up
Gillan
Ian Gillan (vocs)
John McCoy (bass) Janick
Gers
(guitar)
Mick Underwood (drums) Colin Towns (keys)
Spider
Dave Bryce (guitar) Colin
Harkness (vocs/guitar) Brian Burrows (bass) Rob Burrows (drums
gig poster and flyer (click to
enlarge flyer)
ticket
memories
webmaster
One of the planned last gigs by Ian Gillan due to apparent voice
issues. I’d seen him at Friars in 1980 and he was superb. Fast forward to
this Thursday night to this farewell tour (which included Wembley Arena)
and a surprisingly poor crowd (rumoured to be financially damaging for
Friars) saw a half decent gig, but if it had only been 1980 then this
would have been a far more fitting way to remember him.
press cuttings
what
happened next
A popular turn at Friars, it was no surprise
that
Gillan
made four headlining appearances including the 1982 date on
his farewell tour as he had been advised that his voice could be under
threat. Gillan the band fell apart and subsequently (after vocal cord
surgery) went on to front a reformed Deep Purple who still tour to this day
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