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A Day at the Races Tour

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





  • Summer Gigs
    (1976)




  • A Day at the Races Tour
    (1977)




  • News of the World Tour
    (1977–78)



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



  1. Procession

  2. Tie Your Mother Down

  3. Ogre Battle

  4. White Queen (As It Began)

  5. Somebody to Love

  6. Killer Queen

  7. The Millionaire Waltz

  8. You're My Best Friend

  9. Bring Back that Leroy Brown

  10. Sweet Lady

  11. Brighton Rock

  12. '39

  13. You Take My Breath Away

  14. White Man

  15. Freddie Mercury Vocal Canon

  16. The Prophet's Song

  17. Bohemian Rhapsody

  18. Stone Cold Crazy

  19. Keep Yourself Alive

  20. Liar


  21. In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited
    Encore

  22. Now I'm Here

  23. Big Spender

  24. Jailhouse Rock


  25. 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



  1. A Day At The Races (album intro)

  2. "Tie Your Mother Down"

  3. "Ogre Battle"

  4. "White Queen (As It Began)"

  5. "Somebody to Love"

  6. "Killer Queen"

  7. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

  8. "The Millionaire Waltz"

  9. "You're My Best Friend"

  10. "Bring Back That Leroy Brown"

  11. "Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...)"

  12. "Sweet Lady"

  13. "Brighton Rock"

  14. Guitar Solo

  15. "Brighton Rock" (reprise)

  16. "'39"

  17. "You Take My Breath Away"

  18. "White Man"

  19. "The Prophet's Song"

  20. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

  21. "Keep Yourself Alive"

  22. "Stone Cold Crazy"

  23. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
    Encore

  24. "Now I'm Here"

  25. "Liar"

  26. "Big Spender" (Replaced by "I'm A Man" on 13 May 1977)

  27. "Jailhouse Rock"

  28. "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

29 January 1977

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

8 March 1977

Sacramento

Sacramento Memorial Auditorium

9 March 1977

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]





  1. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on 5 March.


  2. ^ Originally scheduled to take place at Jahrhunderthalle.


  3. ^ 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]





  1. ^ "Queen: Living Legends 2015", Classic Rock #217, December 2015, p15


  2. ^ 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}


  3. ^ Hilburn, Robert (1978-12-20). "Pop Music Review: Putting Queen in Audio Seat Queen for a Night". Los Angeles Times.


  4. ^ discogs.com/Queen-Top-Fax-Pix-And-Info/master/688139


  5. ^ 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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