Selling England by the Pound Tour

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Selling England by the Pound Tour
Tour by Genesis
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Poster to the concert in Cleveland, USA
Location
Associated album Selling England by the Pound
Start date19 September 1973
End date6 May 1974
Legs3
No. of shows112 (115 scheduled)
Genesis concert chronology

The Selling England by the Pound Tour was a concert tour by the English rock band Genesis, to promote their album Selling England by the Pound . The tour began on 19 September 1973 in Paris, France, and concluded on 6 May 1974 in New York City, USA.

Contents

Background

Initially the band were to perform with a new and more elaborate stage set than before, that included inflatable objects with projected images, but a change in fire regulations following the Summerland disaster in August 1973 led to the idea being scrapped. [1] Gabriel devised new stories before songs, and wore a full costume with a helmet and shield representing the Britannia character for "Dancing With the Moonlit Knight" and sang "The Battle of Epping Forest" with a stocking over his head. [2]

The tour began with a sold-out tour of the UK, [3] but had to cancel the first date at the Green's Playhouse, Glasgow due to electrical safety issues minutes before its start. [4] [2] The group realised they were substantially in debt and needed better management, so recruited Tony Smith (no relation to Charisma boss Tony Stratton Smith). [4] In October 1973 a pair of dates in the tour were filmed by Charisma for a possible cinema release, but the plan was rejected by the band who felt the film was not up to standard. [5] Instead, the band performed a five-song set in front of an invited audience at Shepperton Studios that was filmed and broadcast as Tony Stratton Smith Presents Genesis in Concert. [6] The group returned to the U.S. in December 1973 to perform six shows in three nights at The Roxy in Los Angeles, [7] and a performance of "Watcher of the Skies" and "The Musical Box" on the late-night television show The Midnight Special . [2] January 1974 saw the band perform five nights at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, at which Gabriel was lifted in the air by a wire during "Supper's Ready". [8]

Set list

  1. "Watcher of the Skies"
  2. "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight"
  3. "The Cinema Show"
  4. "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"
  5. "Firth of Fifth"
  6. "The Musical Box"
  7. "More Fool Me" or "Horizons"
  8. "Supper's Ready"

Other songs that were performed during this tour:

Tour dates

List of 1973 concerts
DateCityCountryVenue
19 September 1973 Paris France Olympia Theatre
22 September 1973 Hamburg Germany Musikhalle
23 September 1973 Osnabruck Stadttheater Osnabruck
25 September 1973
26 September 1973 Hamm Kurhaus
27 September 1973 Darmstadt Staatstheater Darmstadt
29 September 1973 Lausanne Switzerland Palais de Beaulieu
30 September 1973 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
5 October 1973 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo
6 October 1973 Manchester England Manchester Opera House
7 October 1973 Oxford New Theatre Oxford
9 October 1973GlasgowScotland The Apollo
11 October 1973 Southampton EnglandGaumont Theatre
12 October 1973 Bournemouth Bournemouth Winter Gardens
15 October 1973 Brighton Brighton Dome
16 October 1973 Bristol Colston Hall
18 October 1973 Leicester DeMontfort Hall
19 October 1973 London Rainbow Theatre
20 October 1973
23 October 1973 Liverpool Liverpool Empire Theatre
25 October 1973 Sheffield Sheffield City Hall
26 October 1973 Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle City Hall
28 October 1973 Birmingham Birmingham Hippodome
7 November 1973 Quebec City Canada Capitole Theatre
8 November 1973 Toronto Massey Hall
9 November 1973 Kingston Queen's University
10 November 1973 Montreal University of Quebec Sports Arena
11 November 1973 Buffalo United StatesState University Auditorium
13 November 1973 Lawrence Kosh Auditorium
15 November 1973 Upper Darby Township Tower Theater
17 November 1973 Medford Tufts University
18 November 1973 Paramus Bergen Community College
22 November 1973 New York City Felt Forum
24 November 1973 Princeton McCarter Theatre
26 November 1973 Miami Gusman Hall
27 November 1973 Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology
29 November 1973 Columbus The Agora
30 November 1973 Cleveland Allen Theatre
1 December 1973Buffalo University of Buffalo
3 December 1973 Evanston Northwestern University Cahn Auditorium
7 December 1973 Fort Wayne Purdue University Fort Wayne, Student Union Ballroom
8 December 1973 Ypsilanti Pease Auditorium
9 December 1973 Toledo Hara Theatre
10 December 1973 Detroit Ford Auditorium
17 December 1973 West Hollywood Roxy Theatre
18 December 1973
19 December 1973
List of 1974 concerts
DateCityCountryVenue
13 January 1974BristolEnglandBristol Hippodome
15 January 1974London Theatre Royal
16 January 1974
18 January 1974
19 January 1974
20 January 1974
26 January 1974 Brussels Belgium Forest National
28 January 1974 Winterthur Switzerland Eulachhalle
30 January 1974 Dusseldorf Germany Philipshalle
31 January 1974 Offenbach am Main Stadthalle Offenbach
3 February 1974 Turin Italy PalaRuffini
4 February 1974 Reggio Emilia Palasport
5 February 1974 Rome Palazzetto dello Sport
6 February 1974 Naples Teatro Mediterraneo
8 February 1974 Winterthur Switzerland Salle Vaubier
9 February 1974 Marseille France Palais des Sports
10 February 1974 Lyon Palais d'Hiver
1 March 1974 Passaic United States Capitol Theatre
2 March 1974Upper Darby TownshipTower Theater
3 March 1974
4 March 1974 Baltimore East Wind Ballroom
5 March 1974 Washington, D.C. Warner Theatre
7 March 1974Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
8 March 1974 Atlanta Fox Theatre
9 March 1974 Coral Gables University of Miami, Maurice Gusman Concert Hall
12 March 1974 Nashville Muther's Music Emporium
13 March 1974 Memphis Ellis Auditorium
17 March 1974 Austin Armadillo World Headquarters
20 March 1974 Phoenix Phoenix Civic Plaza
21 March 1974 Santa Monica Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
22 March 1974
24 March 1974 San Francisco Winterland Ballroom
26 March 1974 Seattle Seattle Center Arena
27 March 1974 Vancouver Canada PNE Garden Auditorium
2 April 1974New York CityUnited States Avery Fisher Hall
3 April 1974 Davenport RKO Orpheum Theater
4 April 1974Fort Wayne Embassy Theatre
5 April 1974National Guard Armory
6 April 1974ToledoUniversity of Toledo, Student Union Auditorium
7 April 1974ColumbusAgora Ballroom
10 April 1974 Philadelphia Spectrum
11 April 1974 Chicago Auditorium Theatre
12 April 1974 Indianapolis Indiana Convention Center
13 April 1974 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
14 April 1974 Kansas City Memorial Hall
16 April 1974DetroitFord Auditorium
17 April 1974Evanston McGaw Memorial Hall
18 April 1974Quebec CityCanadaCentre Municipal des Congres
19 April 1974 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
20 April 1974Montreal CEPSUM
21 April 1974
22 April 1974RochesterUnited StatesAuditorium Theater
24 April 1974 Boston Music Hall
25 April 1974 Allentown Allentown Fairgrounds
27 April 1974Buffalo Century Theatre
28 April 1974ClevelandAllen Theatre
29 April 1974
1 May 1974New York City Academy of Music
2 May 1974TorontoCanadaMassey Hall
3 May 1974 Pittsburgh United States Syria Mosque
4 May 1974New York CityAcademy of Music
6 May 1974

Personnel

References

Citations

  1. Welch, Chris (6 October 1973). "Genesis: Chapter and verse". Melody Maker. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Platts 2001, p. 71.
  3. Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 82.
  4. 1 2 Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 83.
  5. Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 84.
  6. Hewitt 2001, p. 39.
  7. Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 85.
  8. Hewitt 2001, p. 40.

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