A Night at the Opera Tour
World tour by Queen | |
File:ANATOTOUR.jpg Poster for a concert in Detroit. | |
Associated album | A Night at the Opera |
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Start date | 14 November 1975 |
End date | 22 April 1976 |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 26 in Europe 33 in North America 11 in Asia 8 in Australia 78 total |
Queen concert chronology |
The A Night at the Opera Tour (advertised as A Night at the Opera with Queen) was the third headlining concert tour by Queen to promote A Night at the Opera. It spanned 1975 and 1976, and covered the UK, the US, Japan, and Australia. It marked the debut of "Bohemian Rhapsody", which would be played at every Queen gig thereafter.
The DVD A Night at the Odeon is taken from the Christmas Eve concert at the Hammersmith Odeon. "It's quite something to watch", said Brian May. "We were just a four-piece, but we made a lot of noise. I'm quite shocked at how good it was. We were incredibly tight and, at the same time – because we knew each other so well – very loose in terms of improvisation."[1]
Tour band
- Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals, piano, tambourine.
- Brian May: Guitar, backing vocals, banjo ("Bring Back That Leroy Brown").
- Roger Taylor: Drums, backing vocals.
- John Deacon: Bass guitar, additional vocals, triangle.
Opening acts
- Mr Big (Europe)
- Cate Brothers (North America, select dates)
- Ray Burton (Australia, select dates)
- The Bellamy Brothers (Detroit)
- Foghat (Cincinnati)
- Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (Saginaw, St. Louis, Indianapolis)
- Leslie West (Fort Wayne, Milwaukee)
- John Sebastian (Berkeley)
- Lucifer (Perth)
- Cold Chisel (Adelaide)
- Taste (Sydney, Melbourne)
Set list
This set list is representative of the performance on 13 December 1975 in Dundee, Scotland. It does not represent all the setlists for the duration of the tour.
- "Ogre Battle" (contains elements of "Bohemian Rhapsody")
- "Sweet Lady"
- "White Queen"
- "Flick of the Wrist"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Killer Queen"
- "The March of the Black Queen"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (reprise)
- "Bring Back That Leroy Brown"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Son and Daughter"
- "The Prophet's Song"
- "Stone Cold Crazy"
- "Doing All Right"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Seven Seas of Rhye"
- "Liar"
- "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
- "Now I'm Here"
- Encore
- "Seven Seas of Rhye" was not performed on select dates.
- "Brighton Rock" was not performed in Liverpool and Coventry.
- "Big Spender" was not performed in Manchester and the first Osaka concert.
- "See What a Fool I've Been" was performed in London and the third show in Tokyo.
- During the show in London, "Sweet Lady", "Flick of the Wrist", "The Prophet's Song", "Stone Cold Crazy", and "Doing All Right", were removed from the set list.
- During shows in Boston, Santa Monica, and New York City, the band performed "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon". It was later permanately added to the set list on 5 February 1975.
- "Hangman" was performed in Milwaukee and the third show in Tokyo.
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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Europe | |||
14 November 1975 | Liverpool | England | Liverpool Empire Theatre |
15 November 1975 | |||
16 November 1975 | Coventry | Coventry Theatre | |
17 November 1975 | Bristol | Colston Hall | |
18 November 1975 | |||
19 November 1975 | Cardiff | Wales | Capitol Theatre |
21 November 1975 | Taunton | England | Odeon Theatre |
23 November 1975 | Bournemouth | Winter Gardens | |
24 November 1975 | Southampton | Gaumont Theatre | |
26 November 1975[A] | Manchester | Free Trade Hall | |
29 November 1975 | London | Hammersmith Odeon | |
30 November 1975 | |||
1 December 1975 | |||
2 December 1975 | |||
3 December 1975 | |||
7 December 1975 | Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton Civic Hall | |
8 December 1975 | Preston | Preston Guild Hall | |
9 December 1975 | Birmingham | Odeon Theatre | |
10 December 1975 | |||
11 December 1975 | Newcastle | Newcastle City Hall | |
13 December 1975 | Dundee | Scotland | Caird Hall |
14 December 1975 | Aberdeen | Capitol Theatre | |
15 December 1975 | Glasgow | The Apollo | |
16 December 1975 | |||
24 December 1975 | London | England | Hammersmith Odeon |
North America | |||
27 January 1976 | Waterbury | United States | Palace Theatre |
29 January 1976 | Boston | Music Hall | |
30 January 1976 | |||
31 January 1976 | Upper Darby | Tower Theater | |
1 February 1976 | |||
2 February 1976 | |||
5 February 1976 | New York City | Beacon Theatre | |
6 February 1976 | |||
7 February 1976 | |||
8 February 1976 | |||
11 February 1976 | Detroit | Masonic Auditorium | |
12 February 1976 | |||
13 February 1976 | Cincinnati | Riverfront Coliseum | |
14 February 1976 | Cleveland | Music Hall | |
15 February 1976 | Toledo | Toledo Sports Arena | |
18 February 1976 | Saginaw | Saginaw Civic Center | |
19 February 1976 | Columbus | Veterans Memorial Auditorium | |
20 February 1976 | Pittsburgh | Stanley Theater | |
22 February 1976 | Chicago | Auditorium Theatre | |
23 February 1976 | |||
24 February 1976 | |||
26 February 1976 | St. Louis | Convention Hall | |
27 February 1976 | Indianapolis | Indiana Convention Exposition Center | |
28 February 1976 | Madison | Dane County Memorial Coliseum | |
29 February 1976 | Fort Wayne | War Memorial Coliseum | |
2 March 1976 | Milwaukee | Milwaukee Auditorium | |
3 March 1976 | Saint Paul | St. Paul Auditorium | |
7 March 1976 | Berkeley | Berkeley Community Theatre | |
9 March 1976[A] | Santa Monica | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium | |
10 March 1976 | |||
11 March 1976 | |||
12 March 1976 | San Diego | San Diego Sports Arena | |
Asia | |||
22 March 1976 | Tokyo | Japan | Nippon Budokan |
23 March 1976 | Nagoya | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | |
24 March 1976 | Himeji | Himeji Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan | |
26 March 1976[A] | Fukuoka | Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium | |
29 March 1976[A] | Osaka | Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan | |
31 March 1976 | Tokyo | Nippon Budokan | |
1 April 1976 | |||
2 April 1976 | Sendai | Miyagi Prefectural Sport Center | |
4 April 1976 | Tokyo | Nihon University Auditorium | |
Oceania | |||
11 April 1976 | Perth | Australia | Perth Entertainment Centre |
14 April 1976 | Adelaide | Apollo Stadium | |
15 April 1976 | |||
17 April 1976 | Sydney | Hordern Pavilion | |
18 April 1976 | |||
19 April 1976 | Melbourne | Festival Hall | |
20 April 1976 | |||
23 April 1976 | Brisbane | Festival Hall |
- Notes
- A This date includes a matinee performance
References
- ^ "Queen: Living Legends 2015", Classic Rock #217, December 2015, p15
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