Born to Run tours

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Born to Run tours
Tour by Bruce Springsteen
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Associated album
Start dateSeptember 19, 1974 (1974-09-19)
End dateMarch 25, 1977 (1977-03-25)
Legs7
No. of shows
  • 207 in North America
  • 3 in Europe
  • 210 in total
Bruce Springsteen concert chronology

The Born to Run tours were the unofficially-named concert tours surrounding the release of Bruce Springsteen's 1975 album Born to Run which occurred between 1974 and 1977. The album represented Springsteen's commercial breakthrough, and was marked by a grueling and meticulous recording process. To make ends meet Springsteen and the E Street Band toured constantly during the first set of recording sessions for it, performing his new songs as he developed them. Financial success was short-lived, however, as he was soon plunged into legal battles with his former manager Mike Appel and enjoined from further studio recording. Touring continued as a means of making a living, long after the conventional period of playing in connection with an album's release was over; only when his legal issues were finally resolved in 1977 did these tours conclude.

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Tours

Prelude

Throughout 1974, as in previous years, Springsteen toured extensively between recording sessions for Born to Run. He had written the title track early in the year, and is known to have been playing it in concert by May if not earlier. Early versions of album tracks "She's the One" (with parts of what would become "Backstreets") and "Jungleland" (without the Clarence Clemons' later-famous saxophone solo and with an extra section at the end) were beginning to appear in set lists. By the summer of that year, Springsteen's career fortunes had begun to turn; he played his last-ever gig as an opening act on August 3, becoming a headliner from then on. On August 14, he played his last show with David Sancious and Ernest "Boom" Carter in the band.

New Members Tour

On September 19 he played his first show, at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, with Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan in the band; this also marked the point from which the band was explicitly billed as the E Street Band.

Violinist and stage foil Suki Lahav joined the band in early October. Shows were played up and down the East Coast to help integrate the new members' sound into the band as well as to provide some income while recording sessions dragged on — finances were often tight and manager Mike Appel often had to borrow money to pay the road crew. An advanced, slightly different mix of "Born to Run" was given to certain progressive rock radio stations throughout November; it made an immediate impression and stimulated interest in Springsteen's first two albums and his concerts. On February 5, 1975, another Main Point show was broadcast in its entirety by Philadelphia's WMMR; "Thunder Road" made its first, work-in-progress appearance under the title "Wings for Wheels", and the 2 hour 40 minute show overall is often regarded by fans as one of Springsteen's best ever. It was frequently bootlegged soon thereafter, beginning a pattern that would continue for much of Springsteen's career.

This tour came to a close on March 9, 1975 after two shows in Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall. It is thought that Steven Van Zandt appeared in both shows, but in any case these were the final appearances of Suki Lahav, who moved back to Israel soon thereafter.

Born to Run Tour

The Born to Run Tour proper began more than a month ahead of the album's release date, on July 20, 1975 at the Palace Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island. Van Zandt was now a full-fledged member of the band. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" made its first appearance, but the shows were still dominated by older material. Playing mostly the Northeast, by early August "Backstreets" itself had appeared. Since Springsteen was a prolific songwriter at the time, numerous original songs were performed, many of which would not be released in any official capacity.

Beginning on August 13 was a key 5-night stand at New York City's The Bottom Line club. Columbia Records had put up posters of Springsteen around the city, the audience was heavy with press and music industry types, and an August 15 show was broadcast live by influential WNEW-FM. The shows were judged a success and further paved the way for Springsteen's big time emergence; many years later, Rolling Stone magazine would name the stand as one of the 50 Moments That Changed Rock and Roll. [1] A similar four-night, six-show, stand was conducted beginning October 16 at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, which was attended by Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Cher, Ryan O'Neal, and Carole King, and various entertainment industry executives. By October 27 the publicity push had reached its climax and Springsteen was on the covers of both Time and Newsweek .

The tour ended with a New Year's Eve 1975 show at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, which was recorded on multitrack and released as a bootleg. The show includes a rare performance of "Night" and a ballad version of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out."

European Leg

In November 1975, Springsteen made his first tour of Western Europe; a brief visit performing only in London (twice), Stockholm, and Amsterdam. The opening night's performance was captured on video (later released on DVD as Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 ); before which Springsteen in a "nervous rage" reportedly tore down promotional posters bearing his image. [2] Springsteen would not return to Europe for six years.

Chicken Scratch Tour

This colorfully named tour began on March 25, 1976; Born in the U.S.A. Tour guides of 1984-85 would state of that date, "The fabled 'Chicken Scratch Tour' begins, taking Springsteen and E Streeters on an extremely meandering route through the south, midwest, and northeast United States." The name was actually given by the band's road crew, due to many of the shows being in secondary markets in the South.

After the April 29 show in Memphis' Ellis Auditorium, Springsteen decided to catch a taxi to Graceland. Upon arrival he had noticed a light on in the house and proceeded to jump the gates and walk to the front door. Security intervened at which point Springsteen asked if Elvis Presley was home, but Presley was in fact in Lake Tahoe. The guards not having any idea who this visitor was, even after Springsteen tried to explain it to them and state that he had been on the covers of Time and Newsweek, politely escorted him to the street. Years later Springsteen would tell the story in concerts and reminisce about what he would have said to Presley had he answered the door. [3]

Then, of this tour's end on May 28, 1976, the officially chronology stated: "Chicken Scratch Tour draws to a merciless conclusion with a show at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, which features a rousing version of Frankie Ford's 'Sea Cruise'."

Interlude

This likely would have been the end of touring until a new album was out. However, during 1976 the relationship between Springsteen and his now former manager and producer, Mike Appel, had deteriorated, and during July Appel threatened action against Springsteen. Springsteen filed suit against Appel, and Appel countersued.

Meanwhile, in August Springsteen and the band played some local shows, mostly in Red Bank, New Jersey, with The Miami Horns on loan from Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Three new songs intended for the next album, Darkness on the Edge of Town were performed; "Something in the Night", "The Promise" and "Rendezvous" were debuted in live form. The first would make the album, the second remained unreleased until 1999, and the third became a modest hit for Greg Kihn. [4] On September 15, the judge in the lawsuits case ruled that Springsteen was enjoined from any further recording with Columbia Records until Appel's suit was resolved; proceeds from Born to Run sales were also tied up in accounting disputes, leaving touring as Springsteen and the band's primary means of making income.

U.S. Tour a/k/a Lawsuit Tour

What the official Springsteen chronology called the U.S. Tour ran from September 26 through November 4, 1976, starting at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix and ending with a six-night stand at The Palladium in New York. This tour was also with a horn section, also billed as The Miami Horns, but different from the previous group and unrelated to the Asbury Jukes. Along the way Springsteen played his first headlining shows in an arena, The Spectrum in Philadelphia, but he used curtains to partition off part of the venue.

1977 Legs

The court cases carried on, with battles being fought over various procedural rulings, and still Springsteen could not enter the studio. So back out he went, for a group of shows that the official chronology does not even attempt to label. This run began on February 7, 1977 at the Palace Theatre in Albany, New York, and continued for 33 shows in the U.S. and Canada.

By now Springsteen was quite disheartened, and before a February 15 show in Detroit, he for the first time in his life did not want to get up on stage. "At that moment, I could see how people get into drinking or into drugs, because the one thing you want at a time like that is to be distracted—in a big way", he later told writer Robert Hilburn. Nonetheless, he rebounded, and eventually this run concluded on March 25, 1977 at the Music Hall in Boston.

Postlude

Meanwhile, the lawsuits had moved toward their conclusion, and a final settlement was reached on May 28, 1977. Springsteen entered the studio three days later to begin recording sessions for Darkness on the Edge of Town . The Born to Run tours were finally over.

The shows

It was during these tours that the Springsteen concert image took form. He had stopped wearing sunglasses on stage and was now more accessible. His baggy pants, T-shirt, worn leather jacket and sloppy headwear look was now offset by two frontline visual foils, as both saxophonist Clarence Clemons and guitarist Steven Van Zandt were stylishly dressed in suits and distinctive hats.

Musically, the E Street Band now had its fullest sound, with two keyboards and a saxophone augmenting two guitars and the usual bass and drums. Springsteen did not just play songs as they were on his records — they were often rearranged or extended with playful, poignant, or angry spoken narratives. Oldies from the early to mid-1960s were often brought in to supplement Springsteen's own material; The Animals' "It's My Life" was one such example, slowed down to try to increase the song's tension factor and preceded by what would become a Springsteen concert staple, the long bitter story about how he and his father did not get along at all with respect to the course Springsteen's life took as a teenager.

Springsteen's performances were also frenetic, with him jumping into crowds and singing on tables during the shows held in clubs.

Material from Born to Run grew in importance as the tour went on, but even the newest material could be quickly recast. Most notably, "Thunder Road" was changed from the spirited, sweeping album version into a surprisingly quiet and pleading show opener, featuring Springsteen singing while standing still at the microphone stand, guitar slung behind him, with only Roy Bittan's piano and Danny Federici's electronic glockenspiel accompanying him. (Producer Jon Landau later said that the stark presentation was partly due to the full band having trouble playing the album's arrangement.) "Backstreets" was augmented with a guitar line far more prominent than on record, while "Night", one of the least visible tracks on the album, became a show opener for a spell as well.

As the later tours took place and Springsteen became frustrated with his legal situation, the shows became his only outlet. Horn sections were added, songs further arranged, and more oldies pulled out. Performances sometimes reached the three- or four-hour mark. New material such as the bitter "The Promise" would appear out of nowhere, then disappear again.

Songs performed

Originals
Cover songs

Commercial and critical reaction

The high-profile August 1975 The Bottom Line shows won raves from music critics. Rolling Stone said that a star had been born and that "Springsteen is everything that has been claimed for him", while the E Street Band "may very well be the great American rock & roll band." The New York Times said that the shows "will rank among the great rock experiences of those lucky enough to get in." The Bottom Line co-owner Alan Pepper said that Springsteen "brought the house to a fever pitch again and again and again, and the band stayed with him all the way. It was absolutely amazing, and I mean that. In all my years in the music business, I have never seen anything like those performances."

Reaction was similar in other locations; Los Angeles Times writer Robert Hilburn later stated that "the Born to Run shows were hailed in city after city as among the finest ever in rock."

Broadcasts and recordings

In addition to the Main Point and The Bottom Line shows already mentioned, the October 17, 1975 show at The Roxy in West Hollywood was broadcast live on KWST-FM. Springsteen also made some visits to radio stations during the tours in which interviews and performances were conducted.

The 1986 Live/1975–85 box set contained just one selection from any of the Born to Run tours, the "solo piano" (and electronic glockenspiel) "Thunder Road" taken from the following night's show at The Roxy. (The lack of further coverage of the tours was one reason for fans' dissatisfaction with the box set at the time; Springsteen management said the available recordings did not have good enough sound quality).

In 2005, as part of the Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition re-release package, a full-length concert film was assembled of the notorious November 18, 1975 Hammersmith Odeon show in London and included as a DVD. This was subsequently also released as the CD Hammersmith Odeon London '75 .

Several shows have been released as part of the Bruce Springsteen Archives:

Personnel

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
North America
September 19, 1974 [a] Philadelphia United States The Main Point
September 20, 1974 [a] Upper Darby Township
September 21, 1974 [a] Oneonta Hunt Union Ballroom
September 22, 1974 [a] Union Kean College of New Jersey
October 4, 1974 [a] New York City Avery Fisher Hall
October 5, 1974 [a] Reading Bollman Center
October 6, 1974 [a] Worcester Atwood Hall
October 11, 1974 [a] Washington Shady Grove Music Fair
October 12, 1974 [a] Princeton Alexander Hall
October 18, 1974 [a] Passaic Capitol Theatre
October 19, 1974 [a] Albany Memorial Chapel
October 20, 1974 [a] Harrisburg Dickinson College Dining Hall
October 25, 1974 [a] Claremont Spaulding Auditorium
October 26, 1974 [a] Springfield Julia Sanderson Theater
October 29, 1974 [a] Boston Boston Music Hall
November 1, 1974 [a] Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania Tower Theater
November 2, 1974 [a]
November 6, 1974 [a] Austin Armadillo World Headquarters
November 7, 1974 [a]
November 8, 1974 [a] Corpus Christi Ritz Music Hall
November 9, 1974 [a] Houston Houston Music Hall
November 15, 1974 [a] Easton Kirby Field House
November 16, 1974 [a] Washington Leonard Gym
November 17, 1974 [a] Charlottesville Memorial Gymnasium
November 21, 1974 [a] Philadelphia Lincoln Hall Auditorium
November 22, 1974 [a] Hollinger Field House
November 23, 1974 [a] Boston Salem State College Auditorium
November 29, 1974 [a] Trenton Trenton War Memorial
November 30, 1974 [a]
December 6, 1974 [a] New Brunswick State Theatre
December 7, 1974 [a] Rochester Geneva Theater
December 8, 1974 [a] Burlington Burlington Memorial Auditorium
January 5, 1975 [a] Asbury Park The Stone Pony
January 12, 1975 [a]
January 19, 1975 [a]
February 5, 1975 [a] Philadelphia The Main Point
February 6, 1975 [a] Widener Field House
February 7, 1975 [a]
February 18, 1975 [a] Cleveland John Carroll Gymnasium
February 19, 1975 [a] State College The Auditorium
February 20, 1975 [a] Pittsburgh Syria Mosque
February 23, 1975 [a] New York City Westbury Music Fair
March 7, 1975 [a] Baltimore Painters Mill Music Fair
March 8, 1975 [a] Washington DAR Constitution Hall
March 9, 1975 [a]
North America
July 20, 1975 [b] Providence United States Palace Concert Theater
July 22, 1975 [b] Geneva Geneva Theater
July 23, 1975 [b] Lenox Music Inn
July 25, 1975 [b] Kutztown Keystone Hall
July 26, 1975 [b]
July 28, 1975 [b]Washington, D.C. Carter Barron Amphitheatre
July 29, 1975 [b]
July 30, 1975 [b]
August 1, 1975 [b] Richmond The Mosque
August 2, 1975 [b] Norfolk Chrysler Hall
August 8, 1975 [b] Akron Akron Civic Theatre
August 9, 1975 [b] Pittsburgh Syria Mosque
August 10, 1975 [b] Cleveland Allen Theatre
August 13, 1975 [b]New York City The Bottom Line
August 14, 1975 [b]
August 15, 1975 [b]
August 16, 1975 [b]
August 17, 1975 [b]
August 21, 1975 [b] Atlanta Electric Ballroom
August 22, 1975 [b]
August 23, 1975 [b]
September 4, 1975 [b] Bryn Mawr The Main Point
September 6, 1975 [b] New Orleans Theater for the Performing Arts
September 7, 1975 [b]Ya Ya Lounge
September 12, 1975 [b] Austin Municipal Auditorium
September 13, 1975 [b] Houston Houston Music Hall
September 14, 1975 [b]
September 16, 1975 [b] Dallas Dallas Convention Center Theatre
September 17, 1975 [b] Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall
September 20, 1975 [b] Grinnell Darby Gymnasium
September 21, 1975 [b] Minneapolis Guthrie Theater
September 23, 1975 [b] Ann Arbor Hill Auditorium
September 25, 1975 [b] Chicago Auditorium Theatre
September 26, 1975 [b] Iowa City Hancher Auditorium
September 27, 1975 [b] St. Louis Ambassador Theatre
September 28, 1975 [b] Kansas City Memorial Hall
September 30, 1975 [b] Omaha Civic Auditorium Music Hall
October 2, 1975 [b] Milwaukee Uptown Theater
October 4, 1975 [b] Detroit Michigan Palace Theater
October 10, 1975 [b] Red Bank Monmouth Arts Center
October 16, 1975 [b] West Hollywood Roxy Theatre
October 17, 1975 [b]
October 18, 1975 [b]
October 19, 1975 [b]
October 23, 1975 [b]New York City Gerde's Folk City
October 25, 1975 [b] Portland Paramount Theatre
October 26, 1975 [b] Seattle Paramount Theatre
October 29, 1975 [b] Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
October 31, 1975 [b] Oakland Paramount Theatre
November 1, 1975 [b] Santa Barbara Robertson Gymnasium
November 3, 1975 [b] Tempe Gammage Memorial Auditorium
November 4, 1975 [b]
November 6, 1975 [b]
November 10, 1975 [b] Tampa Jai Alai Fronton
November 11, 1975 [b] Miami
Europe
November 18, 1975 [b]LondonEngland Hammersmith Odeon
November 21, 1975 [b] Stockholm Sweden Konserthuset
November 23, 1975 [b] Amsterdam Netherlands RAI Congrescentrum Theater
November 24, 1975 [b]LondonEnglandHammersmith Odeon
North America
December 2, 1975 [b] Boston United States Boston Music Hall
December 3, 1975 [b]
December 5, 1975 [b]Washington, D.C. McDonough Gymnasium
December 6, 1975 [b]
December 7, 1975 [b]
December 10, 1975 [b] Lewisburg Davis Gym
December 11, 1975 [b] South Orange Walsh Gymnasium
December 12, 1975 [b] Brookville C.W. Post Dome Auditorium
December 16, 1975 [b] Oswego Laker Hall
December 17, 1975 [b] Buffalo Kleinhans Music Hall
December 19, 1975 [b] Montreal Canada Théâtre Maisonneuve
December 20, 1975 [b] Ottawa NAC Opera House
December 21, 1975 [b] Toronto Seneca College Field House
December 27, 1975 [b] Upper Darby Township United States Tower Theater
December 28, 1975 [b]
December 30, 1975 [b]
December 31, 1975 [b]
North America
March 25, 1976 [c] Columbia United StatesTownship Auditorium
March 26, 1976 [c] Atlanta Fox Theatre 4,000 / 4,000$26,000 [6]
March 28, 1976 [c] Durham Cameron Indoor Stadium
March 29, 1976 [c] Charlotte Ovens Auditorium
April 1, 1976 [c] Athens Memorial Auditorium
April 2, 1976 [c] Louisville Macauley's Theatre
April 4, 1976 [c] East Lansing MSU Auditorium
April 5, 1976 [c] Columbus Ohio Theatre
April 7, 1976 [c] Cleveland Allen Theatre
April 8, 1976 [c]
April 9, 1976 [c] Hamilton Cotterell Court
April 10, 1976 [c] Wallingford Paul Mellon Arts Center
April 12, 1976 [c] Johnstown Cambria County War Memorial Arena
April 13, 1976 [c] University Park Rec Hall
April 15, 1976 [c] Pittsburgh Syria Mosque
April 16, 1976 [c] Meadville Shafer Auditorium
April 17, 1976 [c] Rochester Strong Auditorium
April 20, 1976 [c] Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center
April 21, 1976 [c] Knoxville Knoxville Civic Auditorium
April 22, 1976 [c] Blacksburg Burruss Auditorium
April 24, 1976 [c] Boone Varsity Gymnasium
April 26, 1976 [c] Chattanooga Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
April 28, 1976 [c] Nashville Grand Ole Opry House 2,900$15,039 [7]
April 29, 1976 [c] Memphis Ellis Auditorium
April 30, 1976 [c] Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
May 3, 1976 [c] Little Rock Robinson Municipal Auditorium
May 4, 1976 [c] Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
May 6, 1976 [c] Shreveport Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
May 8, 1976 [c] Baton Rouge LSU Assembly Center
May 9, 1976 [c] Mobile Mobile Municipal Theater
May 10, 1976 [c]
May 11, 1976 [c] Auburn Memorial Coliseum
May 13, 1976 [c] New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
May 27, 1976 [c] West Point Eisenhower Hall Auditorium
May 28, 1976 [c] Annapolis Halsey Field House
North America
September 26, 1976 [d] Phoenix United States Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,062$42,783 [8]
September 29, 1976 [d] Santa Monica Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
September 30, 1976 [d]
October 2, 1976 [d] Oakland Paramount Theatre 2,902$19,821 [9]
October 3, 1976 [d] Santa Clara Toso Pavilion
October 5, 1976 [d] Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl 3,013$24,207 [10]
October 9, 1976 [d] Notre Dame Athletic & Convocation Center
October 10, 1976 [d] Oxford Millett Hall
October 12, 1976 [d] New Brunswick College Avenue Gymnasium 3,000$22,500 [11]
October 13, 1976 [d] Union Township Wilkins Theatre
October 16, 1976 [d] Williamsburg William & Mary Hall
October 17, 1976 [d]Washington, D.C. McDonough Gymnasium
October 18, 1976 [d]
October 25, 1976 [d] Philadelphia The Spectrum
October 27, 1976 [d]
October 25, 1976 [d] Philadelphia The Spectrum
October 27, 1976 [d]
October 28, 1976 [d]New York City The Palladium
October 29, 1976 [d]
October 30, 1976 [d]
November 2, 1976 [d]
November 3, 1976 [d]
November 4, 1976 [d]
North America
February 7, 1977 [e] Albany United States Palace Theatre
February 8, 1977 [e] Rochester Rochester Auditorium Theatre
February 9, 1977 [e] Buffalo Kleinhans Music Hall
February 10, 1977 [e] Utica Utica Memorial Auditorium
February 12, 1977 [e] Ottawa Canada Ottawa Civic Centre
February 13, 1977 [e] Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
February 15, 1977 [e] Detroit United States Masonic Temple Theatre
February 16, 1977 [e] Columbus Veterans Memorial Auditorium
February 17, 1977 [e] Richfield Township Coliseum at Richfield
February 19, 1977 [e] Saint Paul Civic Center Theatre
February 20, 1977 [e] Madison Dane County Coliseum 5,000 / 5,000$27,679 [12]
February 22, 1977 [e] Milwaukee Milwaukee Auditorium 4,795$33,250 [13]
February 23, 1977 [e] Chicago Auditorium Theatre
February 25, 1977 [e] West Lafayette Elliott Hall of Music
February 26, 1977 [e] Indianapolis ICC Ballroom
February 27, 1977 [e] Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
February 28, 1977 [e] St. Louis Fox Theatre 4,433 / 4,433$29,389 [14]
March 2, 1977 [e] Atlanta Atlanta Civic Center 3,653$26,588 [14]
March 4, 1977 [e] Jacksonville Civic Auditorium
March 5, 1977 [e] Orlando Jai Alai Fronton
March 6, 1977 [e] Miami Miami Jai Alai Fronton
March 10, 1977 [e] Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
March 11, 1977 [e] Latrobe Saint Vincent College Gymnasium 3,200 / 3,200$24,000 [15]
March 13, 1977 [e] Towson Towson Center
March 14, 1977 [e] Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center
March 15, 1977 [e] Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
March 18, 1977 [e] New Haven New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,969$51,265 [16]
March 19, 1977 [e] Lewiston Central Maine Youth Center 4,400$30,150 [16]
March 20, 1977 [e] Providence Alumni Hall
March 22, 1977 [e] Boston Boston Music Hall
March 23, 1977 [e]
March 24, 1977 [e]
March 25, 1977 [e]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

October 21, 1974 Blackwood, New Jersey Lincoln Hall AuditoriumRescheduled to November 21, 1974
October 27, 1974 Millersville, Pennsylvania Millersville State College Campus Grounds Cancelled
November 10, 1974 Dallas, Texas Dallas Sportatorium Cancelled
February 21, 1975 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Johnston Hall Cancelled
February 27, 1975 University Heights, Ohio John Carroll GymnasiumRescheduled to February 18, 1975
March 1, 1975 Syracuse, New York Syracuse Repertory Theater Cancelled
March 2, 1975 Plattsburgh, New York Memorial Hall Cancelled
March 9, 1975 New York City, New York Felt Forum Cancelled
August 29, 1975 Coral Gables, Florida University Center Patio Cancelled
September 9, 1975Dallas, TexasElectric BallroomRescheduled to September 16, 1975 and moved to the Dallas Convention Center Theatre
September 11, 1975 Arlington, Texas Texas Hall Cancelled
October 10, 1975 Red Bank, New Jersey Monmouth Arts CenterRescheduled to October 11, 1975
October 14, 1975 Miami, FloridaJai Alai FrontonRescheduled to November 14, 1975
October 28, 1975 Eugene, Oregon Beall Concert Hall Cancelled
November 9, 1975 Tampa, Florida Jai Alai FrontonRescheduled to November 10, 1975
November 14, 1975Miami, FloridaJai Alai FrontonRescheduled to November 11, 1975
December 21, 1975 Toronto, Canada Minkler Auditorium Moved to the Seneca College Field House
April 26, 1976 Chattanooga, Tennessee Tivoli Theatre Moved to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium

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The Hot Space Tour was the ninth headlining concert tour by the British rock band Queen in support of their 1982 album Hot Space. The tour started on the 9th of April in Gothenburg, Sweden and ended, after sixty-nine concerts, in Tokorozawa, Japan on the 3rd of November.

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The Rock and Roll Over Tour was a concert tour by the American heavy metal group Kiss. It began November 24, 1976 and ended April 4, 1977.

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The Who by Numbers Tour was a concert tour by the English rock band the Who, in support of their seventh album, The Who by Numbers (1975). It began on 3 October 1975, ended on 21 October 1976 and consisted of 79 concerts split between North America and Europe. Despite being named after The Who by Numbers, few songs from the album were actually performed during the tour.

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  3. ↑ "The Night Bruce Springsteen Jumped the Fence at Graceland", Elvis Australia, September 1, 2003.
  4. ↑ Later shows would feature additional new material – "Action in the Streets" remains unreleased and it is unknown if it was ever recorded, "Don't Look Back" and "Frankie" would not be released until 1998 on Tracks .
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