Tour Dates


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  • Tourdates Japan:

  • 17.06.2016 Loreley Freilichtbühne, Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
  • 18.06.2016 Festplatz am Viadukt, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
  • 18.06.2016 Genting Arena, Birmingham, UK





  • Setlist:

  • Spotlight Kid
  • I Surrender
  • Mistreated
  • Since You Been Gone
  • Man on the Silver Mountain
  • Perfect Strangers
  • Difficult to Cure
  • All Night Long
  • Child in Time
  • Stargazer
  • Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
  • Catch the Rainbow
  • Black Night
  • Burn
  • Smoke on the Water

  • Setlist Rarities:

  • "16th Century Greensleeves" and "Temple of the King" were played only in Glasgow, no "Catch the Rainbow" this show
  • "Carry On Jon" was only played in Birmingham





  • Support Acts Stone Free Festival:

  • The Sweet
      The Sweet is a British glam rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s. Only guitaris Andy Scott is part of the line-up these days.
  • Blue Öyster Cult
      Blue Öyster Cult (often abbreviated BÖC) is an American rock band from Long Island, New York, best known for such hard rock and heavy metal songs as "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Godzilla" and "Burnin' for You". Rainbow was the support act for them on their 1979 & 1983 US tours.
  • The Answer
      The Answer is a Northern Irish hard rock and blues-rock band from Newcastle and Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. They have achieved success with their debut album Rise (2006) and opened for AC/DC on the 2008 and 2009 legs of the Black Ice World Tour,.
  • GUN
      Gun is a hard rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. They are best known for the song "Better Days" as well as their cover of Cameo's "Word Up!".
  • The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
      Arthur Wilton Brown is an English rock singer best known for his flamboyant theatrical performances, powerful wide-ranging operatic voice and his number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, "Fire", in 1968. Brown has been lead singer of various groups, most notably The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
  • Bang Bang Romeo
      Bang Bang Romeo is a Sheffield-based group. Their music has a soulful blues rrock 'n' roll style.
  • Support Act Glasgow:

  • Mostly Autumn
      Mostly Autumn are an English rock band. The group formed in 1995 and have built their reputation through constant touring, never signing to a major label. They produce music heavily influenced by 1970s progressive rock. According to the BBC, Mostly Autumn "fuse the music of Genesis and Pink Floyd with Celtic themes, hard rock and strong, emotional melodies". They have also been compared with other progressive bands from the same era such as Jethro Tull and Camel, blended with traditional folk music.
  • Support Act Birmingham:

  • The Sweet
      The Sweet is a British glam rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s. Only guitaris Andy Scott is part of the line-up these days.