Stained Class Tour
The Stained Class Tour was a 1978 concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest which was in support of the album Stained Class. It ran from 19 January 1978 until 5 August 1978 venturing through the UK and the United States plus making their first time visit in Japan.
Setlist
- "Exciter"
- "White Heat, Red Hot"
- "The Ripper"
- "Sinner"
- "Beyond the Realms of Death"
- "Victim of Changes"
- "Better By You, Better Than Me" (Spooky Tooth cover)
- "[...]"
Encore 1:
- "Tyrant"
Encore 2:
- "Starbreaker"
Tour Dates
The band would tour with support act The English Assassins on the UK leg and with Angel, Foghat and B.T.O. on the North American leg as the support act.
Date |
City |
Country |
Venue |
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UK Leg |
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19 January 1978 |
Cromer |
England |
Royal Links Pavilion |
20 January 1978 |
Cambridge |
Cambridge Corn Exchange |
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21 January 1978 |
Leeds |
Leeds University Union |
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22 January 1978 |
Coventry |
Coventry Theatre |
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23 January 1978 |
Sheffield |
Sheffield City Hall |
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24 January 1978 |
Cardiff |
Wales |
Top Rank |
26 January 1978 |
Hanley |
England |
Victoria Hall |
27 January 1978 |
Lancaster |
Lancaster University |
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30 January 1978 |
Portsmouth |
Portsmouth Guildhall |
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31 January 1978 |
Bristol |
Colston Hall |
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1 February 1978 |
Wolverhampton |
The Civic Hall |
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2 February 1978 |
Newcastle |
Newcastle City Hall |
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3 February 1978 |
Aberdeen |
Scotland |
Music Hall Aberdeen |
4 February 1978 |
Edinburgh |
Odeon Theatre |
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5 February 1978 |
Glasgow |
The Apollo |
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6 February 1978 |
Manchester |
England |
Free Trade Hall |
7 February 1978 |
Leicester |
De Montfort Hall |
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9 February 1978 |
Dunstable |
Queensway Hall |
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10 February 1978 |
London |
Hammersmith Odeon |
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11 February 1978 |
Birmingham |
Birmingham Odeon |
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12 February 1978 |
Middlesbrough |
Middlesbrough Town Hall |
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23 February 1978 |
Liverpool |
Liverpool Empire Theatre |
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24 February 1978 |
Derby |
King's Hall |
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25 February 1978 |
Bradford |
St George's Hall, Bradford |
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27 February 1978 |
Hemel Hempstead |
Hemel Hempstead Pavilion |
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28 February 1978 |
Oxford |
New Theatre Oxford |
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2 March 1978 |
Guildford |
Guildford Civic Hall |
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3 March 1978 |
Great Malvern |
Malvern Winter Gardens |
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North American Leg |
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10 March 1978 |
New York City, New York |
United States |
The Palladium |
11 March 1978 |
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15 March 1978 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Cox Business Center |
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17 March 1978 |
Fort Worth, Texas |
Tarrant County Convention Center |
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18 March 1978 |
Lubbock, Texas |
City Bank Coliseum |
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19 March 1978 |
El Paso, Texas |
El Paso County Coliseum |
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20 March 1978 |
Amarillo, Texas |
Amarillo Civic Center |
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21 March 1978 |
Abilene, Texas |
Taylor County Coliseum |
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22 March 1978 |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
Memorial Coliseum |
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23 March 1978 |
Austin, Texas |
Long Center for the Performing Arts |
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24 March 1978 |
San Antonio, Texas |
San Antonio Municipal Auditorium |
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25 March 1978 |
Houston, Texas |
Sam Houston Coliseum |
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26 March 1978 |
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28 March 1978 |
Killeen, Texas |
Crazy Horse Saloon |
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19 April 1978 |
Fresno, California |
Warnors Theatre |
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22 April 1978 |
San Bernardino, California |
Swing Auditorium |
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23 April 1978 |
San Diego, California |
San Diego Civic Theatre |
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28 April 1978 |
San Antonio, Texas |
San Antonio Municipal Auditorium |
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2 May 1978 |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Catch a Rising Star |
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4 May 1978 |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
The Electric Ballroom |
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6 May 1978 |
Madison, Wisconsin |
Stone Hearth |
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7 May 1978 |
Youngstown, Ohio |
State Theater |
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9 May 1978 |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Agora Theater |
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10 May 1978 |
New York City, New York |
The Bottom Line |
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11 May 1978 |
Dover, Delaware |
The Showplace |
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12 May 1978 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
Riverfront Coliseum |
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13 May 1978 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Rockne Hall |
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14 May 1978 |
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Asia Leg |
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25 July 1978 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
Nakano Sun Plaza |
29 July 1978 |
Mielparque Tokyo |
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31 July 1978 |
Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan |
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3 August 1978 |
Nagoya |
Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan |
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5 August 1978 |
Osaka |
Osaka Festival Hall |
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