Sin After Sin Tour

The Sin After Sin Tour was a 1977 concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest which was in support of their album Sin After Sin. It ran from 22 April until 24 July 1977 venturing through England with a date in Wales plus making their first time visit in the United States.

Sin After Sin Tour
Concert by Judas Priest
Associated albumSin After Sin
Start date22 April 1977
End date24 July 1977
No. of shows44 (45 scheduled)
Judas Priest concert chronology

Fancy drummer Les Binks, an acquaintance of Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover, was hired as the band's new member after session drummer Simon Phillips declined to join the band full-time as he had commitments to another band. Binks was able to play double bass and was one of the few drummers who could replicate Phillips' sound live.

Setlist

The typical setlist for the headlining UK leg of the tour consisted of:[1]

  1. "Let Us Prey/Call for the Priest"
  2. "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover)
  3. "Victim of Changes"
  4. "Raw Deal"
  5. "Here Come the Tears"
  6. "Dissident Aggressor"
  7. "The Ripper"
  8. "Sinner"
  9. "Genocide"
  10. "Starbreaker"
  11. "Tyrant"

The US leg featured a shortened setlist, consisting of:

  1. "Let Us Prey/Call for the Priest"
  2. "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover)
  3. "Victim of Changes"
  4. "The Ripper"
  5. "Genocide"
  6. "Starbreaker"

Tour dates

The band would tour with REO Speedwagon and Foreigner.[2] They would open for Led Zeppelin in Oakland, California and the 1977 Superjam, headlined by REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, before an audience of 45,000. The European leg saw the band being the support act to Status Quo on some dates.[3]

Date City Country Venue
Europe
22 April 1977 Cambridge England Cambridge Corn Exchange
23 April 1977 Southend-on-Sea Kursaal
24 April 1977 Maidenhead Skindles
25 April 1977 Bournemouth Bournemouth Village Bowl
26 April 1977 Cardiff Wales Top Rank
27 April 1977 Crewe England Dane Bank College
29 April 1977 West Runton West Runton Pavilion
30 April 1977 Northamptonshire Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
1 May 1977 Croydon The Greyhound
2 May 1977 Plymouth Top Rank Suite
3 May 1977 Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead Pavilion
5 May 1977 Cleethorpes Winter Gardens
6 May 1977 Glasgow University of Glasgow
7 May 1977 Liverpool Liverpool Empire Theatre
8 May 1977 Sheffield Top Rank
9 May 1977 Birmingham Birmingham Town Hall
12 May 1977 Manchester Manchester Apollo
13 May 1977 Newcastle Mayfair Ballroom
14 May 1977 Redcar Coatham Bowl
15 May 1977 Blackpool Imperial Hotel
16 May 1977 Leeds Leeds Beckett University
17 May 1977 Lincoln Lincoln Drill Hall
18 May 1977 Guildford Guildford City Hall
19 May 1977 Newcastle Mayfair Ballroom
20 May 1977 Swindon Brunel Rooms
21 May 1977 Hastings Hastings Pier
22 May 1977 London Apollo Victoria Theatre
North America
17 June 1977 Amarillo United States Amarillo Civic Center
19 June 1977 Arlington Texas Hall
20 June 1977 Houston Houston Music Hall
21 June 1977 San Antonio San Antonio Municipal Auditorium
22 June 1977 Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
28 June 1977 Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall
30 June 1977 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
1 July 1977 Dothan Dothan Civic Center
2 July 1977 Atlanta Fox Theatre
5 July 1977 Charleston Gaillard Municipal Auditorium
6 July 1977 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center
7 July 1977 Lexington Rupp Arena
8 July 1977 Wheeling Haymaker's
9 July 1977 St. Louis Busch Memorial Stadium
16 July 1977 Yarmouth Cape Cod Coliseum
18 July 1977 New York City Palladium
23 July 1977 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
24 July 1977

References
  1. "Average setlist for tour: Sin After Sin". Setlist.fm. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. "Heavy – The Story Of Metal – Episode II : British Steel FULL DOCUMENTARY | Karma's little spanker". Elementulhuliganic.wordpress.com. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. "SIN AFTER SIN TOUR (1977)". chmetal.info. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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