Louder Than Concorde Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:Louder Than Concorde Tour
Album:Rock of the Westies
Artist:Elton John
Start Date:29 April 1976
End Date:17 August 1976
Number Of Legs:2
Last Tour:Rock of the Westies Tour
(1975)
This Tour:Louder Than Concorde Tour
(1976)
Next Tour:A Single Man Tour
(1979)

The Louder Than Concorde Tour was a concert tour by English musician and composer Elton John, in support of his 10th studio album Rock of the Westies. the tour included two legs (United Kingdom and North America) and a total of 62 shows.

Tour

John and his band recorded the Blue Moves album (and No. 1 hit single "Don't Go Breaking My Heart") in Toronto in March 1976, and began touring the UK on 29 April in Leeds. This leg of the tour, which included a midnight show in Glasgow, ended on 4 June in Cardiff. On 29 June 1976 in Landover, Maryland, the eastern half of the US got the newly named "Louder Than Concorde (But Not Quite As Pretty)" tour, a testament to the onslaught John and his ferocious band were delivering to a country in the midst of its Bicentennial celebration.

On 4 July 1976, John played Schaefer Stadium near Boston. Billie Jean King sang backing vocals and John slipped "Holiday Inn" in to the 20-song set list, a unique event on this tour. Part-way through this leg of the tour, Ray Cooper fell ill and was forced to miss roughly a dozen shows. Ever the punsmith, John declared that the missing percussionist was "Ray Cooper-ating from surgery."

The tour concluded in mid-August with a record-breaking seven sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden. For these shows, John and the band shared the stage with the New York Community Choir and performed encores with Kiki Dee, Alice Cooper and Divine. As this week was winding down, John notified the band that he was taking a break from touring and the group soon disbanded.[1]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe[2]
29 April 1976LeedsEnglandLeeds Grand
30 April 1976
1 May 1976ManchesterManchester Bellevue
2 May 1976PrestonPreston Guildhall
3 May 1976LiverpoolLiverpool Empire
4 May 1976
5 May 1976LeicesterDe Montfort Hall
6 May 1976HanleyVictoria Hall
7 May 1976WolverhamptonThe Civic Hall
9 May 1976CroydonFarfield Hall
11 May 1976LondonEarls Court
12 May 1976
13 May 1976
14 May 1976WatfordBaileys
16 May 1976BirminghamBirmingham Odeon
17 May 1976
18 May 1976SheffieldSheffield City Hall
20 May 1976NewcastleNewcastle City Hall
21 May 1976EdinburghScotlandUsher Hall
22 May 1976DundeeCaird Hall
24 May 1976GlasgowApollo Theatre
25 May 1976
27 May 1976CoventryEnglandNew Theatre
28 May 1976
29 May 1976SouthamptonGaumont Theatre
30 May 1976TauntonTaunton Odeon
31 May 1976BristolBristol Hippodrome
1 June 1976
3 June 1976CardiffCardiff Capitol
4 June 1976
North America[3]
29 June 1976LandoverUnited StatesCapital Centre
30 June 1976
1 July 1976
4 July 1976FoxboroughSchaefer Stadium
6 July 1976PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum
7 July 1976
8 July 1976
11 July 1976PontiacPontiac Silverdome
13 July 1976GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum
14 July 1976CharlotteCharlotte Coliseum
16 July 1976AtlantaOmni Coliseum
18 July 1976TuscaloosaMemorial Coliseum
20 July 1976LouisvilleFreedom Hall
21 July 1976IndianapolisMarket Square Arena
24 July 1976Saint PaulSaint Paul Civic Center
26 July 1976ChicagoChicago Stadium
27 July 1976
28 July 1976
29 July 1976
1 August 1976RichfieldRichfield Coliseum
2 August 1976
3 August 1976CincinnatiRiverfront Coliseum
7 August 1976BuffaloRich Stadium
10 August 1976New York CityMadison Square Garden
11 August 1976
12 August 1976
13 August 1976
15 August 1976
16 August 1976
17 August 1976

Set list

  1. Grow Some Funk of Your Own
  2. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  3. Island Girl
  4. Rocket Man
  5. Hercules
  6. Bennie and the Jets
  7. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  8. Love Song (Lesley Duncan cover)
  9. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (The Beatles cover)
  10. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  11. Empty Sky
  12. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  13. Don't Go Breaking My Heart
  14. I've Got the Music in Me (Kiki Dee cover)
  15. Philadelphia Freedom
  16. We All Fall in Love Sometimes
  17. Curtains
  18. Tell Me When the Whistle Blows

Encore:

  1. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  2. Your Song
  3. Pinball Wizard (The Who cover)[4]

Personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 1975–1976. EltonJohn.com. 2017-06-29. en-US.
  2. Web site: Elton John Concerts. www.eltonography.com. 2017-06-29.
  3. Web site: Elton John Concerts. www.eltonography.com. 2017-06-29.
  4. Web site: Elton John Concerts. www.eltonography.com. 2017-06-29.
  5. News: 1975–1976. EltonJohn.com. 2017-06-29. en-US.