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- Landover (16 August), Pittsburgh (19 August): "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 89, no. 35. 3 September 1977. p. 30. ISSN 0006-2510.
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- Indianapolis (30 August), Milwaukee (1 September), Chicago (2–3 September): "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 89, no. 37. 17 September 1977. p. 39. ISSN 0006-2510.
- Vancouver (17 September), Seattle (18 September): "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 89, no. 39. 1 October 1977. p. 60. ISSN 0006-2510.
- Portland (20 September), Oakland (21–22 September), Inglewood (23–24 September), San Diego (25 September): "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 89, no. 40. 8 October 1977. p. 58. ISSN 0006-2510.
- El Paso (29 September): "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 89, no. 41. 15 October 1977. p. 46. ISSN 0006-2510.
- St. Louis (4–5 October), Kansas City (6 October), Memphis (7 October), Jackson (8 October): "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 89, no. 42. 22 October 1977. p. 58. ISSN 0006-2510.
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