Tourdates:
20.02.1981 Peppermint Beach Club, Virginia Beach VA, USA
21.02.1981 Empire Theater, Richmond VA, USA
22.02.1981 Louis Rock City, Alexandria VA, USA
25.02.1981 J.B. Scotts, Albany NY, USA
10.03.1981 Banff AB, Canada
14.03.1981 Concert Bowl, Edmonton AB, Canada
16.03.1981 Coliseum Concert Bowl, Vancouver, Canada
18.03.1981 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle WA, USA
19.03.1981 Memorial Coliseum Complex, Portland OR, USA
21.03.1981 Cow Palace, Dale City, San Francisco CA, USA
22.03.1981 The Forum, Inglewood CA, USA
23.03.1981 Sports Arena, San Diego CA, USA
24.03.1981 Coliseum, Phoenix AZ, USA
25.03.1981 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino CA, USA
26.03.1981 Selland Arena, Fresno CA, USA
27.03.1981 Memorial Arena, Sarcamento, CA, USA
29.03.1981 Salt Palace Expo Hall, Salt Lake City UT, USA
30.03.1981 University Arena, Denver OH, USA
02.04.1981 Convention Center, San Antonio TX, USA
03.04.1981 Moody Coliseum, Dallas TX, USA
04.04.1981 Fair Park Coliseum, Beaumont TX, USA
05.04.1981 Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston TX, USA
07.04.1981 Municipal Coliseum, Lubbock TX, USA
08.04.1981 Brady Theater, Tulsa OK, USA
09.04.1981 University of Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman OK, USA
10.04.1981 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis MO, USA
11.04.1981 Ellis Auditorium North Hall, Memphis TN, USA
12.04.1981 Municipal Auditorium Arena, Nashville TN, USA
15.04.1981 Civic Center, St. Paul-Minneapolis MN, USA
16.04.1981 International Amphitheatre, Chicago IL, USA
17.04.1981 Cobo Arena, Detroit MI, USA
18.04.1981 Convention Center, Indianapolis IN, USA
19.04.1981 Louisville Gardens, Louisville KY, USA
21.04.1981 Palmer College Alumni Auditorium, Davenport IA, USA
22.04.1981 Prairie Capital Convention Center, Springfield IL, USA
24.04.1981 Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison WI, USA
25.04.1981 Auditorium, Milwaukee WI, USA
27.04.1981 Music Hall, Cleveland OH, USA
28.04.1981 IMA Auditorium, Flint MI, USA
30.04.1981 Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh PA, USA
01.05.1981 McDonough Arena, Georgetown Campus, Washington DC, USA
02.05.1981 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Nassau - Long Island NY, USA
03.05.1981 Palace Theate, Waterbury CT, USA
05.05.1981 Auditorium Theater, Rochester NY, USA
06.05.1981 Orpheum Theater, Boston MA, USA
07.05.1981 Orpheum Theater, Boston MA, USA
08.05.1981 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ, USA
09.05.1981 Tower Theater, Philadelphia Upper Darby PA, USA
10.05.1981 Tower Theater, Philadelphia Upper Darby PA, USA
12.05.1981 Palace Theater, Albany NY, USA
13.05.1981 Civic Arena, Springfield MA, USA
Tourdates Europe:
03.06.1981 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
04.06.1981 Johanneshov Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden
05.06.1981 Brøndby-Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
07.06.1981 UKK Halli, Helsinki, Finland
10.06.1981 Gruga-Halle, Essen, Germany
11.06.1981 Patinoire de Boulogne, Paris, France
12.06.1981 Palais Saint-Saveur, Lille, France
13.06.1981 Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
14.06.1981 Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover, Germany
16.06.1981 Carl-Diem-Halle, Würzburg, Germany
17.06.1981 Eissporthalle, Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg
18.06.1981 Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany
19.06.1981 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
??.06.1981 Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
21.06.1981 Theatre de Plein Air du Parc Expo, Colmar, France
23.06.1981 Messehalle, Stuttgart Sindelfingen, Germany
25.06.1981 Ernst-Merck Halle, Hamburg, Germany
26.06.1981 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
27.06.1981 Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich, Germany
29.06.1981 Rhein-Neckar Halle, Eppelheim-Heidelberg, Germany
30.06.1981 Palais Du Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland
01.07.1981 Parc des Expositions Alexpo Hall, Grenoble, France
03.07.1981 Plaza Toros Monumental, Barcelona, Spain
04.07.1981 Estadio Roman Valero, Madrid, Spain
05.07.1981 Velodromo de Anoeta, San Sebastian, Spain
Tourdates U.K.:
08.07.1981 Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
09.07.1981 Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
10.07.1981 Ingliston Exhibition Hall, Edinburgh Scotland, UK
11.07.1981 Ingliston Exhibition Hall, Edinburgh Scotland, UK
13.07.1981 Queens Hall, Leeds, UK
14.07.1981 Queens Hall, Leeds, UK
15.07.1981 Granby Halls, Leicester, UK
16.07.1981 Granby Halls, Leicester, UK
18.07.1981 Bingley Hall, Stafford, UK
19.07.1981 Bingley Hall, Stafford, UK
20.07.1981 Coliseum, St. Austell, UK
22.07.1981 Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK
23.07.1981 City Hall, Newcastle, UK
24.07.1981 City Hall, Newcastle, UK
26.07.1981 Hammersmith Odeon,London, UK
27.07.1981 Hammersmith Odeon,London, UK
Tourdates Japan:
18.08.1981 Sun Palace, Fukuoka, Japan
20.08.1981 Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
21.08.1981 Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
23.08.1981 Shi Kokaido, Nagoya, Japan
24.08.1981 Kaikan Daiichi Hall, Kyoto, Japan
26.08.1981 Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
27.08.1981 Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
28.08.1981 Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Final 1981 Tourdate:
05.09.1981 Andrews Amphitheater, Honolulu, Hawaii
Setlist:
Spotlight Kid
Love's No Friend
I Surrender
Can't Happen Here
Catch The Rainbow
Man On The Silver Mountain
Lost In Hollywood
Difficult To Cure
Long Live Rock'n'Roll
Smoke On The Water
Setlist Rarities/Rumours:
"No Release" was played live during some February try-outs shows (bootlegs exists)
"All Night Long" was added to the setlist at the start of the European Tour.
"Maybe Next Time", "Rule Britannia", "Since You been Gone", "Fire" were played sometimes as encore
Co-Headliner U.S.A:
Pat Travers
Patrick Henry "Pat" Travers is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s. Pat Travers did in 1981 a co-headlining tour with Rainbow, the two bands performed in major arenas across North America.
Support Acts U.S.A.:
Headpins
Headpins are a Canadian rock group, founded as a side project in the late 1970s by then Chilliwack members Ab Bryant and Brian MacLeod. Darby Mills provided lead vocals. Headpins were support act in Edmonton AB, Canada
4 Out Of 5 Doctors
4 Out of 5 Doctors was a Washington D.C. based power pop band. The Doctors toured the United States extensively, and were involved in several early 1980s films. 4 Out Of 5 Doctors were support act in Inglewood CA.
Lightning
Lightning was a Minnesota-based rock band that grew out of White Lightning. Lightning was support act on some shows in Utah and Texas when Pat Travers & Rainbow co-headlined.
Krokus
Krokus is a hard rock band from Switzerland. They enjoyed moderate success in North America during the 1980s. Former Eazy Money vocalist Marc Storace joined the band as frontman in time for their Metal Rendez-vous album in 1980. Storace did an audition for Rainbow in 1978/1979 but was not hired. Krokus was support-act on several dates when Pat Travers & Rainbow co-headlined.
Jon Butcher Axis
Jon Butcher is an American rock, blues songwriter, guitarist and freelance multimedia producer. He created Jon Butcher Axis in 1979. Jon Butcher Axis was support act for the two shows in Boston MA.
Support Acts Europe :
The EF Band
The EF Band was a hardrockband from Sweden. They were named after founding members - vocalist/bassist Par Ericson and guitarist Bengt Fischer - en were linked to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The EF Band was support act in Stockholm, Sweden.
Dynamoe
Dynamoe was a hardrockband from Denmark. Dynamoe was support act in Copenhagen, Denmark
Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. The band's strongest commercial success came between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. Def Leppard was support-act for the complete European Tour except the 2nd and 3rd shows. They played the show in Madrid after Rainbow (Ritchie did not want to play after midnight).
UFO
UFO is an English heavy metal and hard rock band that was formed in 1969. UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. UFO was support act on two shows in Spain where they replaced The Scorpions. UFO went on after Rainbow in Barcelona (Ritchie did not want to play after midnight) and opened in Madrid.
Support Act U.K.:
Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo is an Australian rock and roll band, led by Angry Anderson, that was formed in Sydney in 1976. Their sound is hard rock mixed with blues rock influences. Rose Tattoo was support act on the complete U.K. Tour.
Support Act Japan:
Ma-Ma-Doo
Ma-Ma-Doo was a power pop trio from Japan. Ma-Ma-Doo was the support act for all the shows in Japan on this tour.
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