Stained Class Tour

The Stained Class Tour was a 1978 concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest where they toured in Europe, North America and Asia for the first time from 19 January to 5 August 1978 in support of the album Stained Class.

Stained Class Tour
Concert by Judas Priest
LocationEurope
North America
Asia
Associated albumStained Class
Start date19 January 1978
End date5 August 1978
Legs4
No. of shows76 (77 scheduled)
Judas Priest concert chronology

Overview

Europe

The English Assassins were the opening act.

North America

On 10 and 11 March the band supported Angel at Palladium in New York City. After that, the band supported Foghat and B.T.O. throughout the rest of March. The band then supported Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush.

The 1979 singles "Take On the World" and "Evening Star" feature live performances of "Beyond the Realms of Death," "Starbreaker," and "White Heat, Red Hot" recorded at the 9 May 1978 show in Cleveland. These same tracks are also featured on Priest, Live and Rare. "Better By You, Better Than Me" appears as a bonus track on the 2001 release of Stained Class which was recorded live at The Forum in Inglewood, California on 13 September 1990.

Japan

Personnel
  • Rob Halford – Lead vocals
  • Glenn Tipton – Lead/rhythm guitar and background vocals
  • K.K. Downing – Rhythm/lead guitar and background vocals
  • Ian Hill – Bass and background vocals
  • Les Binks – Drums

Setlist

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

  1. "1812 Overture" (Tchaikovsky song) [audio intro]
  2. "Exciter"
  3. "White Heat, Red Hot"
  4. "The Ripper"
  5. "Savage" (Only on European leg)
  6. "Sinner"
  7. "Beyond the Realms of Death"
  8. "Victim of Changes"
  9. "Better by You, Better than Me" (Spooky Tooth cover)
  10. "Stained Class" (Dropped after 20 January 1978)
  11. "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover)
  12. "Genocide"
  13. "Let Us Prey/Call for the Priest" (Dropped after 20 January 1978)
  14. "Starbreaker"
  15. "Tyrant"

Supporting shows on the North American leg had a shortened setlist, consisting of:

  1. "Exciter"
  2. "White Heat, Red Hot"
  3. "The Ripper"
  4. "Sinner"
  5. "Beyond the Realms of Death"
  6. "Victim of Changes"
  7. "Genocide"
  8. "Starbreaker"
  9. "Tyrant"

"Dissident Aggressor" was also played once.

Tour dates
Date[2] City Country Venue
UK leg [A]
19 January 1978 West Runton England West Runton Pavilion
20 January 1978 Cambridge Cambridge Corn Exchange
21 January 1978 Leeds University of Leeds Refectory
22 January 1978 Coventry Coventry Theatre
23 January 1978 Sheffield Sheffield City Hall
24 January 1978 Cardiff Wales Top Rank Suite
25 January 1978 Swansea Brangwyn Hall
26 January 1978 Stoke England Victoria Hall
27 January 1978 Lancaster Lancaster University
28 January 1978 Southend Kursaal
30 January 1978 Portsmouth Portsmouth Guildhall
31 January 1978 Bristol Colston Hall
1 February 1978 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall
2 February 1978 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
3 February 1978 Aberdeen Scotland Music Hall Aberdeen
4 February 1978 Edinburgh Edinburgh Odeon
5 February 1978 Glasgow The Apollo
6 February 1978 Manchester England Free Trade Hall
7 February 1978 Leicester De Montfort Hall
9 February 1978 Dunstable Dunstable Civic Hall
10 February 1978 London Hammersmith Odeon
11 February 1978 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
12 February 1978 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Town Hall
23 February 1978 Liverpool Liverpool Empire Theatre
24 February 1978 Derby King's Hall
25 February 1978 Bradford St. George's Hall
27 February 1978 Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead Pavilion
28 February 1978 Oxford New Theatre Oxford
1 March 1978 Southampton Top Rank Suite
2 March 1978 Guildford Guildford Civic Hall
3 March 1978 Malvern Malvern Winter Gardens
North America
10 March 1978 [B] New York City United States Palladium
11 March 1978 [B]
12 March 1978 Boston Orpheum Theatre
14 March 1978 [C] [D] Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
15 March 1978 [C] [D] Tulsa Tulsa Assembly Center
16 March 1978 [C] [D] Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
17 March 1978 [C] [D] Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center
18 March 1978 [C] [D] Lubbock Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
19 March 1978 [C] [D] El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
20 March 1978 [C] [D] Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center
21 March 1978 [C] [D] Abilene Taylor County Expo Center
22 March 1978 [C] [D] Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
23 March 1978 [C] [D] Austin Austin Municipal Auditorium
24 March 1978 [C] [D] San Antonio San Antonio Municipal Auditorium
25 March 1978 [C] [D] Houston Sam Houston Coliseum
26 March 1978 [C] [D]
28 March 1978 Killeen Crazy Horse Saloon
5 April 1978 San Francisco Old Waldorf
6 April 1978 West Hollywood Whisky a Go Go
7 April 1978
8 April 1978
12 April 1978 Schaumburg B'Ginnings
14 April 1978 [F] Seattle Paramount Theatre
15 April 1978 [E] St. Louis Fox Theatre
19 April 1978 [F] Fresno Warnors Theatre
22 April 1978 [F] San Bernardino Swing Auditorium
23 April 1978 [F] San Diego San Diego Civic Theatre
24 April 1978 [F] Santa Monica Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
28 April 1978 San Antonio San Antonio Municipal Auditorium
2 May 1978 Kansas City Catch A Rising Star
4 May 1978 Milwaukee Electric Ballroom
5 May 1978 [H] Hammond Hammond Civic Center
6 May 1978 Madison Stone Hearth
7 May 1978 [G] Youngstown Tomorrow Club
9 May 1978 Cleveland Agora Ballroom
10 May 1978 New York City The Bottom Line
11 May 1978 Fort Wayne Indiana Memorial Coliseum
12 May 1978 [I] Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
13 May 1978 Allentown Rockne Hall
14 May 1978
Asia
25 July 1978 Tokyo Japan Nakano Sun Plaza
29 July 1978 Mielparque Tokyo
31 July 1978
2 shows		 Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
3 August 1978 Nagoya Aichi Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
5 August 1978 Osaka Festival Hall
A This show was supported by the English Assassins
B This show was in support of Angel
C This show was in support of Foghat
D This show was in support of Bachman–Turner Overdrive
E This show was supported by Pat Travers
F This show was in support of Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
G This show was in support of Canned Heat
H This show was in support of Ten Years After
I This show was in support of Rush

References
  1. "Average setlist for tour: Stained Class". Setlist.fm. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. "STAINED CLASS TOUR (1978)". chmetal.info. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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