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Sheer Heart Attack Tour
Tour by Queen
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Poster for the concert at the Palace Theatre
Associated albumSheer Heart Attack
Start date30 October 1974
End date1 May 1975
Legs3
No. of shows30 in Europe
40 in North America
8 in Asia
78 Total
Queen concert chronology

The Sheer Heart Attack Tour was the first world tour by the British rock band Queen, and supported their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack.[1]

Background[edit]

The year 1974 had started with their first trip outside of Europe and an appearance at the Sunbury Music Festival in Australia. Although the band headlined the event on 2 February, their appearance the next day was canceled. In March, the band commenced on a UK tour to promote their new album Queen II, and then embark on their first trip to the USA. Once again, they supported Mott The Hoople on a four-week tour beginning in April. The band paid more attention to their look on stage and employed the services of Zandra Rhodes to design some of their costumes. Queen's slot came to an abrupt halt, however, when May collapsed from hepatitis after the New York show on 11 May, and they all had to fly home so that he could recover.

The band were soon back on the road and commenced their second tour as the headlining act, with nineteen concerts at eighteen different venues around the UK. The band Hustler was the support band, and the setlist contained much of the material from the new album 'Sheer Heart Attack'. With more money to invest in a new stage show, the band wore new costumes for this tour and added an additional lighting rig, complete with state of the art stage effects. To conclude Queen's touring for the year, they embarked on a European tour consisting of ten shows in six countries, performing over a two-and-a-half-week period. The year 1975 started with the American leg of the tour, before transferring to Japan. The tour would have been longer, but an accident involving the truck that transported their equipment meant it was not able to reach the remaining scheduled venues, which would have been a second American leg for the tour.[2]

There were slight differences between the UK, US and Japanese tour. The Japanese shows were a bit longer (Queen even played Doing All Right and See What A Fool I've Been sometimes as well as Hangman on the final night of the tour), possibly due to the warm welcome they received from the Japanese fans.[3]

Opening acts[edit]

Setlist[edit]

Europe
North America
Japan

Tour dates[edit]

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe[4]
30 October 1974ManchesterEnglandPalace Theatre
31 October 1974HanleyVictoria Hall
1 November 1974LiverpoolLiverpool Empire Theatre
2 November 1974LeedsUniversity of Leeds Refectory
3 November 1974CoventryCoventry Theatre
5 November 1974SheffieldSheffield City Hall
6 November 1974BradfordSt George's Hall
7 November 1974NewcastleNewcastle City Hall
8 November 1974GlasgowScotlandThe Apollo
9 November 1974LancasterEnglandThe Great Hall
10 November 1974PrestonPreston Guild Hall
12 November 1974BristolColston Hall
13 November 1974BournemouthWinter Gardens
14 November 1974SouthamptonGaumont Theatre
15 November 1974SwanseaWalesBrangwyn Hall
16 November 1974BirminghamEnglandBirmingham Town Hall
18 November 1974OxfordNew Theatre
19 November 1974LondonRainbow Theatre
20 November 1974
23 November 1974GothenburgSwedenGothenburg Concert Hall
25 November 1974HelsinkiFinlandKulttuuritalo
27 November 1974LundSwedenOlympen
2 December 1974MunichWest GermanyTheater an der Brienner Straße
4 December 1974FrankfurtPalmengarten
5 December 1974HamburgMusikhalle
6 December 1974CologneSartory-Saal
8 December 1974The HagueNetherlandsNederlands Congresgebouw
10 December 1974SchaerbeekBelgiumThéâtre 140
13 December 1974BarcelonaSpainPalau dels Esports
North America[4]
5 February 1975ColumbusUnited StatesAgora Ballroom
7 February 1975DaytonPalace Theatre
8 February 1975[A]ClevelandMusic Hall
9 February 1975South BendMorris Civic Auditorium
10 February 1975DetroitFord Auditorium
11 February 1975ToledoStudent Union Auditorium
14 February 1975WaterburyPalace Theater
15 February 1975[A]BostonOrpheum Theatre
16 February 1975[A]New York CityAvery Fisher Hall
17 February 1975TrentonTrenton War Memorial Theater
19 February 1975LewistonLewiston Armory
21 February 1975PassaicCapitol Theatre
22 February 1975HarrisburgState Farm Show Arena
23 February 1975[A]PhiladelphiaErlanger Theatre
24 February 1975Washington, D.C.Kennedy Center Concert Hall
5 March 1975La CrosseSawyer Auditorium
6 March 1975MadisonDane County Coliseum
7 March 1975MilwaukeeUptown Theatre
8 March 1975ChicagoAragon Ballroom
9 March 1975St. LouisConvention Hall
10 March 1975Fort WayneAllen County War Memorial Coliseum
12 March 1975AtlantaMunicipal Auditorium
13 March 1975CharlestonCharleston Coliseum
17 March 1975MiamiMiami Marine Stadium
18 March 1975ChalmetteSt. Bernard Parish Civic Auditorium
20 March 1975San AntonioSan Antonio Municipal Auditorium
21 March 1975HoustonHouston Music Hall
22 March 1975DallasMcFarlin Memorial Auditorium
23 March 1975
25 March 1975TulsaTulsa Municipal Theater
29 March 1975[A]Santa MonicaSanta Monica Civic Auditorium
30 March 1975San FranciscoWinterland Ballroom
2 April 1975EdmontonCanadaKinsmen Field House
3 April 1975CalgaryStampede Corral
6 April 1975SeattleUnited StatesParamount Northwest Theatre
Asia[4]
19 April 1975TokyoJapanNippon Budokan
22 April 1975NagoyaAichi Prefectural Gymnasium
23 April 1975KobeKokusai Kaikan Hall
25 April 1975FukuokaFukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium
28 April 1975OkayamaKenritsu Taiikukan
29 April 1975KakegawaYamaha Tsumagoi Hall
30 April 1975YokohamaYokohama Cultural Gymnasium
1 May 1975TokyoNippon Budokan
Notes
A This tour date includes a matinee performance
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
28 November 1974CopenhagenTivoli GardensCancelled
29 November 1974OsloChateau NeufCancelled
4 December 1974FrankfurtJahrhunderthalleMoved to the Palmengarten
7 December 1974SingenScheffelhalleCancelled according to a local newspaper report from Dec 10, 1974.
10 December 1974BrusselsAncienne BelgiqueMoved to Théâtre 140 in Schaerbeek, Belgium
6 February 1975CincinnatiReflectionsCancelled
25 February 1975PittsburghStanley TheatreCancelled[5]
26 February 1975KutztownKeystone HallCancelled[5]
27 February 1975BuffaloKleinhans Music HallCancelled[5]
28 February 1975TorontoMassey HallCancelled[5]
1 March 1975KitchenerKitchener Memorial AuditoriumCancelled[5]
2 March 1975LondonLondon GardensCancelled[5]
4 March 1975DavenportRKO Orpheum TheaterCancelled[5]
14 March 1975St. PetersburgSunshine SpeedwayCancelled
15 March 1975MiamiMiami Marine StadiumRescheduled to 17 March 1975
16 March 1975Winter HavenFlorida Citrus ShowcaseCancelled
22 March 1975AustinArmadillo World HeadquartersCancelled[5]
26 March 1975Kansas CityMunicipal AuditoriumCancelled
28 March 1975San DiegoOpen Air TheatreCancelled
5 April 1975VancouverOrpheum TheatreCancelled
7 April 1975PortlandParamount TheatreCancelled[5]
12 August 1975PhiladelphiaSpectrumCancelled[6]
13 August 1975New York CityFelt ForumCancelled[6]
14 August 1975LandoverCapital CentreCancelled[6]
15 August 1975HartfordHartford Civic CenterCancelled[6]
16 August 1975BostonBoston GardenCancelled[6]
17 August 1975ProvidenceProvidence Civic CenterCancelled[6]
19 August 1975HenriettaDome ArenaCancelled[6]
20 August 1975BuffaloBuffalo Memorial AuditoriumCancelled[6]
21 August 1975DetroitCobo ArenaCancelled[6]
22 August 1975CincinnatiCincinnati GardensCancelled[6]
23 August 1975Richfield TownshipThe Coliseum at RichfieldCancelled[6]
24 August 1975ToledoToledo Sports ArenaCancelled[6]
26 August 1975PittsburghSyria MosqueCancelled[6]
27 August 1975SaginawSaginaw County Event CenterCancelled[6]
28 August 1975KalamazooWings StadiumCancelled[6]
29 August 1975ChicagoInternational AmphitheatreCancelled[6]
30 August 1975Saint PaulSt. Paul AuditoriumCancelled[6]
31 August 1975DuluthDuluth AuditoriumCancelled[6]

External links[edit]

  • QueenConcerts.com – Sheer Heart Attack Tour

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Queen – Sheer Heart Attack Tour 74'-75'". NME. IPC Magazines Ltd. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Live 1974". Queen Official Website. February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Queen live on tour: Sheer Heart Attack". Queen Concerts. January 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Brooks, Greg (9 May 2005). "Queen" Live!: A Concert Documentary. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9781844496600.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Cancelled and rescheduled concerts". Queen - Live Recordings. January 2005. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Queen American Tour Dates - August 1975". International Queen Fan Club. July 1975. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019 – via Queen Concerts.