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News of the World Tour

World tour by Queen
Associated album News of the World
Start date 6 October 1977
End date 13 May 1978
Legs 2

No. of shows		 26 in North America
21 in Europe
46 in Total

Queen concert chronology





  • A Day at the Races Tour
    (1977)




  • News of the World Tour
    (1977-78)




  • Jazz Tour
    (1978-79)

The News of the World Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Queen, supporting their successful 1977 album News of the World.


It was the first to feature "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" and "Love of My Life" – three of the anthems that helped make Queen well known for their concerts.


This tour was the first the band performed without an opening act.[1]


One of the shows on the North American leg – at The Summit in Houston, Texas – was filmed and is widely available among fans. The Houston concert is considered one of their best bootlegs.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Tour dates


  • 2 Setlists


    • 2.1 Europe #1


    • 2.2 North America


    • 2.3 Europe #2




  • 3 Tour band


  • 4 Reception and recollections


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





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Date
 City
 Country
 Venue
 Tickets Sold
 Box Office

Europe
6 October 1977
 London
 England
New London Theatre Centre

North America
11 November 1977
Portland, Maine
 United States
Cumberland County Civic Center
 8,600 (Sold Out)
 $55,649
12 November 1977
Boston
Boston Garden
 15,411 (Sold Out)
 $122,959
13 November 1977
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield Civic Center
15 November 1977
Providence
Providence Civic Center
16 November 1977
New Haven
Memorial Coliseum
 9,900 (Sold Out)
 $71,259
18 November 1977
Detroit
Cobo Hall
 22,323
 $184,477
19 November 1977
21 November 1977
Toronto
 Canada
Maple Leaf Gardens
23 November 1977
Philadelphia
 United States
The Spectrum
24 November 1977
25 November 1977
Norfolk
Norfolk Scope
27 November 1977
Richfield
Richfield Coliseum
29 November 1977
Landover
Capital Centre
1 December 1977
New York City
Madison Square Garden
2 December 1977
4 December 1977
Dayton
University of Dayton Arena
5 December 1977
Chicago
Chicago Stadium
8 December 1977
Atlanta
Omni Coliseum
10 December 1977
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Convention Center
11 December 1977
Houston
The Summit
15 December 1977
Las Vegas
Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts
16 December 1977
San Diego
San Diego Sports Arena
17 December 1977
Oakland
Oracle Arena
20 December 1977
Long Beach
Long Beach Arena
21 December 1977
22 December 1977
Inglewood
The Forum

Europe
12 April 1978
Stockholm
 Sweden
Johanneshovs Isstadion
13 April 1978
Copenhagen
 Denmark
Falkoner Center
14 April 1978
Hamburg
West Germany
Ernst-Merck-Halle
 5,600/5,600 (100%)
16 April 1978
Brussels
 Belgium
Forest National
17 April 1978
19 April 1978
Rotterdam
 Netherlands
Ahoy Rotterdam
20 April 1978
21 April 1978
 Brussels
 Belgium
 Forest National
23 April 1978
 Paris
 France
Pavillon de Paris
24 April 1978
26 April 1978
Dortmund
West Germany
Westfalenhallen
28 April 1978
 Berlin
Deutschlandhalle
30 April 1978
Zürich
 Switzerland
Hallenstadion
2 May 1978
Vienna
 Austria
Stadthalle
3 May 1978
Munich
 West Germany
Olympiahalle
6 May 1978
Stafford
 England
Bingley Hall
7 May 1978
11 May 1978
 London
Wembley Arena
12 May 1978
13 May 1978


Setlists[edit]



Europe #1[edit]




6 October – England



  1. "We Are The Champions"

  2. "Tie Your Mother Down"

  3. "Keep Yourself Alive"

  4. "Somebody To Love"

  5. "White Man"

  6. "The Prophet's Song"

  7. "Liar"

  8. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

  9. "Now I'm Here"

  10. "Jailhouse Rock"


Encore





  2. "See What A Fool I've Been"





North America[edit]




















































































Europe #2[edit]


































































Tour band[edit]




  • Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals and piano.


  • Brian May: Electric guitar, acoustic guitar and backing vocals.


  • Roger Taylor: drums, lead vocals (on I'm In Love With My Car) backing vocals, tambourine on '39


  • John Deacon: Bass guitar and additional vocals.



Reception and recollections[edit]


In the book The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience, novelist Tracy Chevalier recalls attending one of this tour's concerts at the age of 15:


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The band wisely didn't dare attempt to reproduce in its entirety the long, baroque confection that is Bohemian Rhapsody. For the infamous operatic middle section, the band members left the stage as the studio recording played. Freddie and Brian then changed costume, and, at the word "Beelzebub", all four men popped out of a door in the stage floor and joined live again for the heavy metal section, fireworks going off, dry ice pouring out, everyone going berserk, me in tears of excitement. It was one of the best live moments I've ever witnessed. Indeed, I was spoiled by seeing Queen play live before anyone else; for sheer exuberant theatricality, no one else has come close.[3]


Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called this concert tour the band's "most spectacularly staged and finely honed show yet".[1]


"We arrived in Las Vegas on Monday," recalled Old Grey Whistle Test presenter Bob Harris, who was travelling with the band for a filmed piece, "and the band weren't playing until Thursday, so we had three days to party… On the Thursday, when the band were playing, they got the four limos to park at the back of the Aladdin. Each of them got in, then the limos drove them round to the front, where they got out and walked into the hotel for the gig. You have to do it; it's the rock 'n' roll way. You can't just walk into the lobby!"[4]



References[edit]





  1. ^ ab Hilburn, Robert (1977-12-20). "Pop Music Review: Queen's Royal Achievement". Los Angeles Times..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}


  2. ^ "Concert: Queen live in Summit, Houston, Texas, USA". Queen Concerts. Retrieved 26-5-2012


  3. ^ Chevalier, Tracy (2007-01-27). "These were the gigs of our lives". The Times.


  4. ^ Yates, Henry: "Ever meet Hendrix?"; Classic Rock #148, August 2010, p40




External links[edit]



  • Queen Concerts (North America)

  • Queen Concerts (Europe)













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