Sad Wings of Destiny Tour

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Sad Wings of Destiny Tour
Concert by Judas Priest
Associated album Sad Wings of Destiny
Start date 25 March 1976
End date 15 May 1976
No. of shows 37 (38 scheduled)
Judas Priest concert chronology

The Sad Wings of Destiny Tour was a 1976 concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest which was in support of the album Sad Wings of Destiny . It ran from 25 March 1976 until 27 May 1976 through England.

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Previous drummer John Hinch departed the band due to being "musically inadequate", as explained by guitarist Glenn Tipton. [1] Drummer Alan Moore, who was with the band for a short time in the early 1970s, was his replacement for the album and tour.

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Setlist

  1. "Prelude"
  2. "Tyrant"
  3. "The Ripper"
  4. "Dreamer Deceiver"
  5. "Deceiver"
  6. "Victim of Changes"
  7. "Island of Domination"
  8. "Guitar Solo"
  9. "Cheater"
  10. "Genocide"
  11. "Rocka Rolla"

Encore:

  1. "Never Satisfied"

[2]

Tour dates

The band would tour once again with Jailbait. [3]

DateCityCountryVenue
25 March 1976 Cleethorpes England Cleethorpes Winter Gardens
26 March 1976 Ipswich Manor Ballroom
27 March 1976 Cromer Cromer Links Pavilion
28 March 1976 Chelmsford Chancellor Hall
31 March 1976 Lincoln Lincoln Drill Hall
1 April 1976 Wigan Wigan Casino
4 April 1976 Chipping Sodbury Yate Centre
5 April 1976 Bournemouth Village Bowl
6 April 1976 Truro The Plaza
7 April 1976 Plymouth Plymouth Fiesta
9 April 1976 Cambridge Cambridge Corn Exchange
10 April 1976 Liverpool Liverpool Stadium
11 April 1976 Nottingham Playhouse Theater
12 April 1976 Birmingham Birmingham Town Hall
13 April 1976 Cardiff WalesTop Rank
14 April 1976 Great Malvern EnglandMalvern Winter Gardens
15 April 1976 Cheltenham Cheltenham Town Hall
16 April 1976 Nelson The Column
17 April 1976 St Albans St. Albans City Hall
18 April 1976 Croydon The Greyhound
19 April 1976 Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Music Hall
20 April 1976 Brighton Top Rank Suite
22 April 1976 Peterborough Wirrina Stadium
23 April 1976 Hastings Hastings Pier Pavilion
24 April 1976 Northampton Northampton Cricket Club
25 April 1976 Swindon Wyvern Theatre
26 April 1976 Queensferry Wales Deeside Lesiure Center
29 April 1976 Middlesbrough England Middlesbrough Town Hall
30 April 1976 Newcastle Mayfair Ballroom
4 May 1976 Blackburn King George's Hall
6 May 1976 Leeds Leeds Polytechnic
8 May 1976 Essex Harlow College
9 May 1976 Guildford Civic Hall
11 May 1976 Dunstable Queensway Hall
12 May 1976 Southend-on-Sea Kursaal
13 May 1976 Maidenhead Skindles
14 May 1976 Slough Slough College
15 May 1976 Woolwich Thames Polytechnic
Post-tour shows
22 May 1976 Aberdeen Scotland Aberdeen University
27 May 1976 London England Apollo Victoria Theatre
28 May 1976 Braintree Braintree Technical College
6 June 1976 Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead Pavilion
20 June 1976LondonRoundhouse
25 June 1976 Saarijärvi Finland Midsummer Special

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References

  1. ↑ "Judas Priest Info Pages – The Best of Judas Priest". thexquorum.com. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Average setlist for tour: Sad Wings of Destiny". Setlist.fm. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "British Tour (1976)". chmetal.info. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
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