UK dates for July had to be scrapped as the album wasn't finished
US dates starting at the end of July through to September were referred to in interviews but had also been scrapped
Tour rehearsals were held in September at Shepperton Studios in the UK during the week prior to the Scandinavian dates
13.08.1977 Rich Stadium, Buffalo NY, USA
cancelled
09.09.77 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles CA, USA
cancelled
10.09.77 Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi TX, USA
[M]
cancelled
14.09.77 Civic Center Jones Hall, Houston TX, USA
[M]
cancelled
18.09.77 Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
[M]
cancelled - rescheduled for November
19.09.77 Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
cancelled - rescheduled for November
20.09.77 Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
cancelled - rescheduled for November
21.09.77 Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
cancelled - rescheduled for November
23.09.77 Finlandia Hall, Helsinki Finland
[M]
[N]
cancelled - reason: the gear was held up at Customs
25.09.1977 Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[P]
[T]
[R]
no support act - start delayed by an hour, no guitar demolition
26.09.1977 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
support act: Vikivaki
27.09.1977 Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[P1]
[P2]
[T]
[M]
support act: Kingfish - no rainbow arch, venue too small
28.09.1977 Nidarøhallen, Trondheim, Norway
[S]
[SA]
[P]
[T]
[R]
support act: Kingfish - riot between the fans and roadies
the show started half an hour late and was done without the rainbow which hadn't arrived from Oslo
30.09.1977 Idraettens Hus, Vejle, Denmark
[S]
[SA]
support act: Kingfish
01.10.1977 Falkoner Teatret, Copenhagen, Denmark
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[M]
[P1]
[P2]
support act: Kingfish
02.10.1977 Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark
[S]
[SA]
support act: Kingfish
04.10.1977 Congresgebouw, The Hague, The Netherlands
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[P1]
[P2]
[P3]
[M]
[R1]
[R2]
support act: Kingfish - no guitar demolition
05.10.1977 Halle Münsterland, Münster, Germany
[M]
cancelled
06.10.1977 Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[P]
[M]
[R]
support act: Kingfish - not on original itinerary
during the demolition, one guitar goes into the audience intact
07.10.1977 Eissporthalle, Berlin, Germany
cancelled - rescheduled for October 15
08.10.1977 Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[P]
[M]
support act: Kingfish - guitar demolition during encore
09.10.1977 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
cancelled
10.10.1977 Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[M]
support act: Kingfish
11.10.1977 Friedrich-Eberthalle, Ludwigshafen, Germany
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
[P]
support act: Kingfish
12.10.1977 Messegelände Halle 1, Friedrichshafen, Germany
[M]
support act: Kingfish - possibly cancelled
13.10.1977 Sporthalle, Stuttgart, Germany
[S]
[SA]
support act: Kingfish
14.10.1977 Sporthalle, Hannover, Germany
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[M]
[P]
originally scheduled for October 15 - support act: Kingfish - no encore
band not on stage in time for the "over the rainbow" intro tape ending
15.10.1977 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
Replaced Berlin Eissporthalle originally scheduled for October 7 - support act: Kingfish
16.10.1977 Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[M]
support act: Kingfish
17.10.1977 Rhein-Main-Hallen, Wiesbaden, Germany
rescheduled for October 21
18.10.1977 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[R]
[R2]
support act: Kingfish - Ritchie arrested after the show and jailed, after an alleged scuffle
resulted in a security man getting a broken jaw. He was later fined over £ 5,000
19.10.1977 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
postponed - rescheduled for October 20
20.10.1977 Freiheitshalle, Hof, Germany
[M]
most like cancelled as the Munich show was postponed
20.10.1977 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
[R]
originally scheduled for October 19 - support act: Kingfish
with bail refused in Vienna, the Munich show had to be rearranged. Ritchie was late arriving from Austria
the start of the concert was considerably delayed. After Kingfish's set, refunds were offered
it wasn't until midnight that Rainbow finally took to the stage. Filmed by Rockpalast
Official DVD release in 2007
21.10.1977 Yugoslavia
unconfirmed/rumoured - city: unknown - venue: unknown
21.10.1977 Messehalle, Nürnberg, Germany
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
originally scheduled for October 18, possible at first replaced to October 20 as stub shows
rescheduled to fit in the Vienna gig - support act: Kingfish
22.10.1977 Stadthalle, Dornbirn, Austria
unconfirmed - rumoured to be replaced by the earlier Vienna gig
22.10.1977 Rhein-Main-Halle, Wiesbaden, Germany
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
originally scheduled for October 17 - support act: Kingfish
23.10.1977 Eulach Halle, Wintherthur, Switzerland
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[P]
[M]
support act: Kingfish
24.10.1977 Salle Vallier, Marseilles, France
[M]
cancelled
26.10.1977 Bourse Du Travail, Lyon, France
[S]
[SA]
[M]
support act: Kingfish - date could have been October 25
27.10.1977 Porte De Pantin - Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
[P]
[N]
[R]
rumoured to be originally scheduled for October 26 - support act: Kingfish
28.10.1977 Parc des Expositions, Colmar, France
[T]
[M]
[N]
according to a fan this was cancelled - also rumoured to be on October 24
31.10.1977 City Hall, Newcastle, UK
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
[P]
support act: Kingfish
01.11.1977 City Hall, Newcastle, UK
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[R]
support act: Kingfish
03.11.1977 Guildhall Lockley Grand Hall, Preston, UK
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[R]
support act: Kingfish - no encore
04.11.1977 Empire Theatre, Liverpool, UK
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
[R]
support act: Kingfish
05.11.1977 Empire Theatre, Liverpool, UK
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[P1]
[P2]
[M]
support act: Kingfish - during the encore Ritchie appeared in the "royal" box
guitar demolishing in the royal box, the venue banned Rainbow after assessing the damage done
07.11.1977 Capitol Theatre, Aberdeen Scotland, UK
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[M]
support act: Kingfish
09.11.1977 Apollo Theatre, Glasgow Scotland, UK
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[R]
support act: Kingfish
11.11.1977 Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[M]
[P]
[R]
support act: Kingfish
12.11.1977 Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[M]
support act: Kingfish
13.11.1977 Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[M]
[R]
support act: Kingfish
14.11.1977 Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
support act: Kingfish
16.11.1977 New Theatre, Oxford, UK
[S]
[SA]
[T]
support act: Kingfish
17.11.1977 Granby Halls, Leicester, UK
[S]
[SA]
[T]
[M]
[R]
support act: Kingfish - a guitar went intact completely over the rainbow during the encore
18.11.1977 New Bingley Hall, Stafford, UK
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[M]
[R]
support act: Kingfish - encore with guitar demolition
20.11.1977 Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[P]
[R]
support act: Kingfish - no encore
21.11.1977 Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
[R]
support act: Kingfish - encore with guitar demolition
22.11.1977 Capitol Theatre, Cardiff Wales, UK
[S]
[SA]
[B]
[T]
support act: Kingfish - no rainbow arch as stage was too small
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