A Day at the Races Tour
A Day at the Races Tour
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Tour by Queen | |
| Associated album | A Day at the Races |
|---|---|
| Start date | 13 January 1977 |
| End date | 7 June 1977 |
| Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 41 in North America 19 in Europe 60 in Total (63 scheduled) |
Queen concert chronology | |
The A Day at the Races Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Queen, supporting their late 1976 album A Day at the Races.
This tour was the first in which the band played "Somebody to Love" and many others. "Brighton Rock" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" were performed full-length for the first time. Also, singer Freddie Mercury performed a vocal canon between "White Man" and "The Prophet's Song".
"When people started singing along, we found it kind of annoying…" recalled Brian May. "There there was an enormous realisation, at Bingley Hall in the Midlands. They sang every note of every song. Freddie and I looked at each other and went, 'Something's happening here. We've been fighting it, and we should be embracing it.' That's where 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' came from. It was an epoch-making moment."[1]
The opening act for most of the North American concerts was Thin Lizzy. In New York City, the concert at Madison Square Garden sold out within moments of tickets going on sale.[2]
The final two shows at Earls Court were recorded, with the band using an expensive lighting rig in the shape of a crown for the first time.[3] Both shows were also professionally filmed on video and the first can be found on many bootlegs.[citation needed] Of one such release – Top Fax, Pix And Info[4] – photographer Ross Halfin said: "It was a Silver Jubilee show. This had excellent soundboard quality. I actually shot this show as a much younger man."[5]
Contents
1 Setlist
2 Tour dates
3 Notes
4 Tour band
5 References
6 External links
Setlist[edit]
First Leg – North America
- Procession
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Ogre Battle
- White Queen (As It Began)
- Somebody to Love
- Killer Queen
- The Millionaire Waltz
- You're My Best Friend
- Bring Back that Leroy Brown
- Sweet Lady
- Brighton Rock
- '39
- You Take My Breath Away
- White Man
- Freddie Mercury Vocal Canon
- The Prophet's Song
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Stone Cold Crazy
- Keep Yourself Alive
- Liar
In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited
Encore
- Now I'm Here
- Big Spender
- Jailhouse Rock
God Save The Queen (tape)
Songs played scarcely:
Stupid Cupid (Portland, Oregon) (played before Jailhouse Rock)
Be Bop A Lula (Portland, Oregon) (played after Big Spender)
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (Seattle)
Second Leg – Europe
- A Day At The Races (album intro)
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
- "Ogre Battle"
- "White Queen (As It Began)"
- "Somebody to Love"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"
- "The Millionaire Waltz"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Bring Back That Leroy Brown"
- "Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...)"
- "Sweet Lady"
- "Brighton Rock"
- Guitar Solo
- "Brighton Rock" (reprise)
- "'39"
- "You Take My Breath Away"
- "White Man"
- "The Prophet's Song"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Stone Cold Crazy"
- "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
Encore
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Liar"
- "Big Spender" (Replaced by "I'm A Man" on 13 May 1977)
- "Jailhouse Rock"
- "God Save The Queen"
Song played scarcely:
- "Doing All Right"
- "Mannish Boy" (possibly)
- "Lucille" (Replaced "I'm A Man" in Earls Court)
- "Stupid Cupid"
- "Be Bop A Lula"
- "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting"
- "Procession" opened the two shows at Earls Court as well as the "A Day at the Races (intro)"
Tour dates[edit]
| Date | City | Country | Venue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | |||||
| 13 January 1977 | Milwaukee | United States | Milwaukee Auditorium | ||
| 14 January 1977 | Madison | Dane County Coliseum | |||
| 15 January 1977 | Columbus | St. John Arena | |||
| 16 January 1977 | Indianapolis | Indiana Convention Center | |||
| 18 January 1977 | Detroit | Cobo Hall | |||
| 20 January 1977 | Saginaw | Saginaw Civic Center | |||
| 21 January 1977 | Louisville | Louisville Gardens | |||
| 22 January 1977 | Kalamazoo | Wings Stadium | |||
| 23 January 1977 | Richfield | Richfield Coliseum | |||
| 25 January 1977 | Ottawa | Canada | Ottawa Civic Centre | ||
| 26 January 1977 | Montreal | Montreal Forum | |||
| 28 January 1977 | Chicago | United States | Chicago Stadium | ||
Dayton, Ohio | Hara Arena | ||||
| 30 January 1977 | Toledo | Toledo Sports Arena | |||
| 1 February 1977 | Toronto | Canada | Maple Leaf Gardens | ||
| 3 February 1977 | Springfield | United States | Springfield Civic Center | ||
| 4 February 1977 | College Park | Cole Field House | |||
| 5 February 1977 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | |||
| 6 February 1977 | Uniondale | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | |||
| 8 February 1977 | Syracuse | Onondaga County War Memorial | |||
| 9 February 1977 | Boston | Boston Garden | |||
| 10 February 1977 | Providence | Providence Civic Center | |||
| 11 February 1977 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Civic Center | |||
| 19 February 1977 | Hollywood | Hollywood Sportatorium | |||
| 20 February 1977 | Lakeland | Lakeland Civic Center | |||
| 21 February 1977 | Atlanta | Omni Coliseum | |||
| 22 February 1977 | Birmingham | Boutwell Memorial Auditorium | |||
| 23 February 1977 | St.Louis | Kiel Auditorium | |||
| 24 February 1977 | Norman | Lloyd Noble Center | |||
| 25 February 1977 | University Park | Moody Coliseum | |||
| 26 February 1977 | Houston | Sam Houston Coliseum | |||
| 1 March 1977 | Phoenix | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | |||
| 2 March 1977 | Inglewood | The Forum | |||
| 3 March 1977 | |||||
| 5 March 1977 | San Diego | San Diego Sports Arena | |||
| 6 March 1977[a] | San Francisco | Winterland Ballroom | |||
Sacramento | Sacramento Memorial Auditorium | ||||
Fresno | Selland Arena | ||||
| 11 March 1977 | Vancouver | Canada | Pacific Coliseum | ||
| 12 March 1977 | Portland | United States | Paramount Theatre | ||
| 13 March 1977 | Seattle | Seattle Center Arena | |||
| 16 March 1977 | Calgary | Canada | Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium | ||
| 17 March 1977 | |||||
| 18 March 1977 | Edmonton | Northlands Coliseum | |||
| Europe | |||||
| 8 May 1977 | Stockholm | Sweden | Johanneshovs Isstadion | ||
| 10 May 1977 | Gothenburg | Scandinavium | |||
| 12 May 1977 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Brøndby Hall | ||
| 13 May 1977 | Hamburg | West Germany | Congress Centrum Hamburg | ||
| 14 May 1977[b] | Frankfurt | Festhalle Frankfurt | |||
| 16 May 1977 | Düsseldorf | Philipshalle | |||
| 17 May 1977 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Ahoy Rotterdam | ||
| 19 May 1977 | Basel | Switzerland | Sporthalle | ||
| Jubilee Tour | |||||
| 23 May 1977 | Bristol | England | Bristol Hippodrome | ||
| 24 May 1977 | |||||
| 26 May 1977 | Southampton | Gaumont Theatre | |||
| 27 May 1977 | |||||
| 29 May 1977 | Stafford | Bingley Hall | |||
| 30 May 1977 | Glasgow | Scotland | Apollo Theatre | ||
| 31 May 1977 | |||||
| 2 June 1977 | Liverpool | England | Liverpool Empire Theatre | ||
| 3 June 1977 | |||||
| 6 June 1977[c] | London | Earls Court | |||
| 7 June 1977 | |||||
Notes[edit]
^ Originally scheduled to take place on 5 March.
^ Originally scheduled to take place at Jahrhunderthalle.
^ Originally scheduled to take place on 5 June.
The 1/29/1977 date at Hara Arena in Dayton, OH was cancelled. Never heard official reason for the cancellation but heard Brian May was injured.
Tour band[edit]
Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals, piano, tambourine.
Brian May: Guitar, backing vocals, banjo ("Bring Back That Leroy Brown").
Roger Taylor: Drums, backing vocals.
John Deacon: Bass guitar, additional vocals, triangle.
References[edit]
^ "Queen: Living Legends 2015", Classic Rock #217, December 2015, p15
^ Tiven, Jon (1977). "Queen's Live Act Stuns City". Circus..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Hilburn, Robert (1978-12-20). "Pop Music Review: Putting Queen in Audio Seat Queen for a Night". Los Angeles Times.
^ discogs.com/Queen-Top-Fax-Pix-And-Info/master/688139
^ Halfin, Ross (May 2015). "Who's Who". Classic Rock #209. p. 69.
External links[edit]
- Queen Concerts (North America)
- Queen Concerts (Europe)
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