- News of the World Tour
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News of the World Tour 
World tour by Queen Associated album News of the World Start date October 6, 1977 End date May 13, 1978 Legs 2 Shows 46 Queen tour chronology A Day at the Races Tour
(1977)News of the World Tour
(1977-1978)Jazz Tour
(1978-1979)The News of the World Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Queen, and supported their successful 1977 album News of the World.
This tour was the first to use the songs We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions and Love of My Life, three of the famous anthems that helped make Queen well-known for their concerts. The tour also marked the first time where a song (I'm In Love With My Car) would not have Mercury on lead vocals, which were, instead, provided by Taylor. It was also the first time the band toured without an opening act.[1]
In the book The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience, novelist Tracy Chevalier recalls attending one of this tour's concerts at the age of 15:
The band wisely didn’t dare attempt to reproduce in its entirety the long, baroque confection that is Bohemian Rhapsody. For the infamous operatic middle section, the band members left the stage as the studio recording played. Freddie and Brian then changed costume, and, at the word “Beelzebub”, all four men popped out of a door in the stage floor and joined live again for the heavy metal section, fireworks going off, dry ice pouring out, everyone going berserk, me in tears of excitement. It was one of the best live moments I’ve ever witnessed. Indeed, I was spoiled by seeing Queen play live before anyone else; for sheer exuberant theatricality, no one else has come close.[2]Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called this concert tour the band's "most spectacularly staged and finely honed show yet".[1]
One of the shows on the North American leg at The Houston Summit was filmed and is widely traded among fans. Also, that show saw the band not play "Spread Your Wings" and was the one show where Brian May did his guitar solo spot in normal tuning as the solo would segue into "Now I'm Here" instead of "The Prophet's Song (Reprise)".
Contents
Track listing
New London Theatre 1977- We Are the Champions (video shooting)
- We Are the Champions
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Keep Yourself Alive
- Somebody to Love
- White Man
- Liar
- Brighton Rock
- Now I'm Here
- Bohemian Rhapsody (first part)
- See What a Fool I've Been
- Bohemian Rhapsody (opera and hard rock parts)
First Leg- We Will Rock You (slow/fast)
- Brighton Rock
- Somebody to Love
- It's Late
- Death on Two Legs
- Killer Queen
- Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
- I'm In Love With My Car
- Get Down, Make Love
- The Millionaire Waltz
- You're My Best Friend
- Liar
- Love of My Life
- '39
- My Melancholy Blues
- White Man
- Guitar Solo
- Now I'm Here
- Stone Cold Crazy
- Keep Yourself Alive
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Tie Your Mother Down
Encores:
Second Leg- We Will Rock You (slow/fast)
- Brighton Rock
- Somebody To Love
- White Queen (London only)
- Death On Two Legs
- Killer Queen
- Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy
- I'm In Love With My Car
- Get Down Make Love
- Millionaire Waltz
- You're My Best Friend
- Spread Your Wings
- Liar
- Now I'm Here
- Love of my Life
- '39
- My Melancholy Blues
- White Man
- Instrumental Inferno
- The Prophet's Song (reprise)
- Stone Cold Crazy
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Keep Yourself Alive
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Sheer Heart Attack
- Jailhouse Rock
- We Will Rock You
- We Are The Champions
- God Save The Queen (tape)
Tour dates
Date City Country Venue First Leg October 6, 1977 London England New London Theatre November 11, 1977 Portland United States Cumberland County Civic Center November 12, 1977 Boston Boston Garden November 13, 1977 Springfield Springfield Civic Center November 15, 1977 Providence Providence Civic Center November 16, 1977 New Haven Memorial Coliseum November 18, 1977 Detroit Cobo Hall November 19, 1977 November 21, 1977 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens November 23, 1977 Philadelphia United States The Spectrum November 24, 1977 November 25, 1977 Norfolk Norfolk Scope November 27, 1977 Richfield Richfield Coliseum November 29, 1977 Landover Capital Centre December 1, 1977 New York City Madison Square Garden December 2, 1977 December 4, 1977 Dayton University of Dayton Arena December 5, 1977 Chicago Chicago Stadium December 8, 1977 Atlanta Omni Coliseum December 10, 1977 Fort Worth Fort Worth Convention Center December 11, 1977 Houston The Summit December 15, 1977 Paradise Aladdin Hotel December 16, 1977 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena December 17, 1977 Oakland Boston Garden December 20, 1977 Long Beach Long Beach Arena December 21, 1977 December 22, 1977 Inglewood The Forum February 19, 1978 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium February 20, 1978 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center February 21, 1978 Atlanta Omni Coliseum February 22, 1978 Birmingham Auditorium February 25, 1978 University Park Moody Coliseum February 26, 1978 Huntsville Sam Houston March 1, 1978 Phoenix Coliseum March 2, 1978 Inglewood The Forum March 3, 1978 Second Leg April 12, 1978 Stockholm Sweden Ice Stadium April 13, 1978 Copenhagen Denmark Folketeatret April 14, 1978 Hamburg West Germany Ernst-Merck Halle April 16, 1978 Brussels Belgium Forest National April 17, 1978 April 19, 1978 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Hall April 20, 1978 April 21, 1978 Brussels Belgium Forest National April 23, 1978 Paris France Pavillon de Paris April 24, 1978 April 26, 1978 Dortmund West Germany Westfalenhalle April 28, 1978 Berlin Deutschlandhalle April 30, 1978 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion May 2, 1978 Vienna Austria Stadthalle May 3, 1978 Munich West Germany Olympiahalle May 6, 1978 Stafford England New Bingley Hall May 7, 1978 May 11, 1978 London Empire Pool May 13, 1978 References
- ^ a b Hilburn, Robert (1977-12-20). "Pop Music Review: Queen's Royal Achievement". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/650333162.html?dids=650333162:650333162&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Dec+20%2C+1977&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=POP+MUSIC+REVIEW.
- ^ Chevalier, Tracy (2007-01-27). "These were the gigs of our lives". The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1272040.ece.
External links
Categories:- 1977 concert tours
- 1978 concert tours
- Queen (band) concert tours
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