| Tour by Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin | |||||||||||||
 A poster advertising two shows on September 4, 1973 | |||||||||||||
| Associated album | Love Devotion Surrender | ||||||||||||
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| Start date | August 26, 1973 | ||||||||||||
| End date | March 14, 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Legs | 2 | ||||||||||||
| No. of shows | 20 (approximately) | ||||||||||||
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The Love Devotion Surrender Tour was a concert tour in 1973 and 1974 by guitarists Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, supporting their album Love Devotion Surrender .
The tour band was: [1]
The 1973 tour lasted from August 26, 1973 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York to September 14, 1973 at the Honolulu International Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. This is an average set list for this tour: [2]
The 1974 tour began on March 5, 1974 at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago and ended on March 14, 1974 at the Kabuki Theater in San Francisco. The only available set list from the 1974 tour is from March 14: [3]
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 [4] | |||
| August 26, 1973 | Saratoga Springs | United States | Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
| August 27, 1973 | New York City | Sheep Meadow | |
| August 28, 1973 (2 shows) | Boston | Music Hall | |
| August 29, 1973 | Toronto | Canada | Maple Leaf Gardens |
| August 30, 1973 | Cincinnati | United States | Cincinnati Gardens |
| August 31, 1973 | Ann Arbor | Crisler Arena | |
| September 1, 1973 | Chicago | International Amphitheatre | |
| September 4, 1973 (2 shows) | Santa Monica | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium | |
| September 5, 1973 (2 shows) | Berkeley | Berkeley Community Theatre | |
| September 7, 1973 | Seattle | Seattle Center Arena | |
| September 9, 1973 | Portland | Paramount Theatre | |
| September 12, 1973 (2 shows) | Phoenix | Celebrity Theatre | |
| September 14, 1973 | Honolulu | Honolulu International Center | |
| 1974 [5] | |||
| March 5, 1974 | Chicago | United States | Auditorium Theatre |
| March 6, 1974 | New York City | Assembly Hall | |
| March 14, 1974 | San Francisco | Kabuki Theater | |
Carlos Santana
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