[hand] [face]
The Original Deep Purple Web Pages
The Highway Star

Hypnotised in Israel

I wanted to share with you an incredible experience from last week’s DP gig in Caesarea Israel. Excluding the incredible venue – a real Roman Amphitheatre aged 2000 years – in front of the Mediterranean and with splendid acoustics, I treated myself to a 1st row ticket, just in front of the mike, perfect middle of the stage…

So I was a few feet away from Ian singing is lungs out, thin, with a clear voice and barefoot of course… I just couldn’t believe being there so close – singing my lungs away myself too in Space Truckin’, Mary Long Strange Kind Of Woman, Pictures Of Home and more…

They were so connected to the public, so happy, giving it all away, superb bass from Roger, that made me a “you give me the chills” sign and threw me his pick! And Steve that just hypnotized 20 thousand people with his riffs and solo, and Don that included in his solo a quick rock-version of “Hava Nagilla” for the laughs of the israeli public, and Ian Paice who was splendid like always – and the public – I must say – was surprisingly fantastic and warm and frenzy, singing along all the gig, and bringing the house down at the two encore’s end with Smoke On The Water and Lazy…

We had the time of our lives, they made us feel like teens again, even though we’re 50…

So long everybody, we’ll cherish this gig and we’ll keep on rockin’ with DP 4ever.

Shalom from Israel, Machi



13 Comments to “Hypnotised in Israel”:

  1. 1
    Kuba says:

    Did they recorded this show for live DVD & CD there ?!

    Anybody knows anything ?

  2. 2
    Arik says:

    let me correct u,
    Caesarea contaim only 4k sits.
    anyway great band great show

    thank u so much deep purple

    Arik

  3. 3
    DeepPurpleGeorgia says:

    wow, Lazy and Smoke as encores? that’s great 🙂

    could you post the full setlist? please 🙂

  4. 4
    Sami From Israel says:

    let me corect Arik : Caesarea contains 4,700 but when it’s realy at the Max it contains 5,500 and that how it was last wednesday…

    What a great band !! what a great show !!

  5. 5
    andresihotang says:

    Set list please…

    They should go to Iran, play a rock concert to people there, shake the oil on earth, and bring their houses down. It will be a blast! And of course will be exploded more dangerous than the nuclear bomb Iran try to develop these days.

    And of course, Uncle Sam will not pay attention to that one… (hehehe)

  6. 6
    yaron granit says:

    deep purple was bean in israel at year
    1990? and i was buy a drum set “peal blx”
    6 part drum’s’, the serial wat’s ian pase
    sit of there in the show. the colore of the pearl drum set is blak. the set was categorized in pearl production plant.
    so have good year and good luck and success to all the group band “deep purple”.
    yaron – israel

  7. 7
    Arik says:

    set list israel 17-09-2008

    Pictures of home
    The thing i never said
    Into the fire
    Strange kind of woman
    Rapture of the Deep
    The battle rages on
    Demon’s eye
    Contact lost
    The well dressed guitar
    Don solo
    Perfect strangers
    Space truckin
    Highway star
    Smoke on the water
    Hush
    Black night

  8. 8
    Eyal says:

    It was the best concert i have ever seen.

    it was full of love pasion and great vibrations !!

    the public surround the band with love and excitement like i have never seen here or anywhere.

    wonderful !!!

  9. 9
    PurpleElefant says:

    Sorry, but it seems I’m another one who should correct something

    Setlist (I believe it more correct:))
    17-09-2008
    Pictures of home
    The thing i never said
    Into the fire
    Strange kind of woman
    Rapture of the Deep
    Contact Lost
    Well Dressed Guitar
    Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
    Wring That Neck
    The battle rages on
    Don solo
    Perfect strangers
    Space truckin
    Highway star
    Smoke on the water
    Hush
    Black night

    18-09-2008
    Fireball
    Into the fire
    Strange kind of woman
    Rapture of the Deep
    Contact Lost
    Well Dressed Guitar
    When a blind man cries
    Lazy
    The battle rages on
    Don solo
    Perfect strangers
    Space truckin
    Highway star
    Smoke on the water
    Hush
    Black night

    Also I heard they did Demon’s eye Mary Long on two anothers shows here in Israel.

    About these shows – there are no words that to describe it!!!

  10. 10
    PurpleElefant says:

    Absolutely agree with Eyal!

  11. 11
    omer zohar says:

    I have posted a Concert review of the deep purple show in israel in ‘Through your eyes’ – my photo concert review blog.
    it’s a new blog so your comment are appreciated!
    btw, the review is in hebrew, but photos are still photos 🙂

    http://www.omerzohar.com/blog

  12. 12
    Nadim Estephan says:

    Dp How close were u but how far ….
    Singing in Israel near Lebanon
    It would bwe a dream will come true to thousands of Lebanese if u’ll come to Lebanon after ur cancellation of the gig in 2006 ….
    Best band for ever

  13. 13
    kotel says:

    at the last show in israel in 1989, i had to fight alot of fans to get the best thing you can ever get in a deep purple show. i got RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S GUITAR. that he smashed at the end . it was amazing

Add a comment:

Preview no longer available -- once you press Post, that's it. All comments are subject to moderation policy.

||||Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
© 1993-2024 The Highway Star and contributors
Posts, Calendar and Comments RSS feeds for The Highway Star