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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





Tour dates[edit]










































































































































































































































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





  1. "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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