Street Survivors Tour

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Street Survivors Tour and Tour of the Survivors
Tour by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Associated album Street Survivors
Start dateJanuary 1, 1977 (Street Survivors Tour)
October 15, 1977 (Tour of the Survivors)
No. of shows60
Lynyrd Skynyrd concert chronology

The Street Survivors Tour was the sixth major concert tour by American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The tour took place in North America, Europe and for the first time Asia.

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What turned out to be the final tour of the original band had the ominous title, "Tour of the Survivors", and truly was as three band members were killed in a plane crash on October 20, 1977, the day after their show on October 19, 1977, in Greenville, South Carolina, which was the fourth date of their forty-five day tour. The band was flying to the next date of its tour in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Typical setlist

Tour dates

Date [1] [2] CityCountryVenue
North America
January 1, 1977 San Diego United States San Diego Sports Arena
January 2, 1977 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
January 5, 1977 Honolulu Bladsell Arena
Asia
January 14, 1977 Tokyo Japan Nakano Sun Plaza
January 15, 1977
January 16, 1977
January 18, 1977 Osaka Festival Hall
January 21, 1977Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza
Europe
January 27, 1977 London England Rainbow Theater
January 28, 1977
January 29, 1977
January 31, 1977 Bristol Colston Hall
February 1, 1977 Portsmouth Portsmouth Guildhall
February 2, 1977 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
February 3, 1977 Sheffield Sheffield Town Hall
February 4, 1977 Manchester Free Trade Hall
February 5, 1977 Sheffield Sheffield Town Hall
February 6, 1977 Liverpool Empire Theater
February 8, 1977 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
February 9, 1977 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Apollo
February 10, 1977
February 12, 1977 Lancaster England Lancaster University
February 13, 1977 Leeds University of Leeds
February 14, 1977 Leicester De Montfort Hall
February 17, 1977 Rotterdam Netherlands Grote Zaal De Doelen
February 20, 1977 Zürich Switzerland Volkshaus
February 22, 1977 Munich West Germany Brienner Theater
February 24, 1977 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach
February 25, 1977 Ludwigshafen Pfalzbau
March 1, 1977 Hamburg Musikhalle
North America
April 22, 1977 Johnson City United States Freedom Hall Civic Center
April 23, 1977 Louisville Louisville Gardens
April 24, 1977 Dayton University of Dayton Arena
April 26, 1977 Wheeling Wheeling Civic Center
April 27, 1977 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
April 29, 1977 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
April 30, 1977 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena
May 11, 1977 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
May 13, 1977 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
May 14, 1977 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
May 15, 1977 Dothan Dothan Civic Center
May 17, 1977 Athens Georgia Coliseum
May 20, 1977 Lexington Rupp Arena
May 21, 1977 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
May 23, 1977 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium
May 24, 1977 Columbus Columbus Municipal Auditorium
June 11, 1977 Philadelphia JFK Stadium
June 12, 1977 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
June 14, 1977 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
June 15, 1977 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
June 16, 1977 Hempstead Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 18, 1977 Hyannis Cape Cod Coliseum
June 19, 1977 Buffalo Rich Stadium
June 26, 1977 Denver Mile High Stadium
June 27, 1977 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
July 2, 1977 Oakland Oakland Coliseum
July 3, 1977 Tulsa Tulsa Fairgrounds Speedway
July 7, 1977 Madison Dane County Coliseum
July 8, 1977 Springfield Hammons Student Center
July 10, 1977 Chicago Soldier Field
July 12, 1977 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center
July 13, 1977 Asbury Park Convention Hall
August 24, 1977 Fresno Selland Arena
August 27, 1977 Anaheim Anaheim Stadium
August 29, 1977 Las Vegas Aladdin Theater
October 13, 1977 Statesboro Georgia Southern College
Tour of the Survivors
October 15, 1977 Hollywood United States Sportatorium
October 16, 1977 St. Petersburg Bayfront Center
October 18, 1977 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center
October 19, 1977 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium

Personnel

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