Sin After Sin Tour

Sin After Sin Tour

Concert by Judas Priest
Associated album	Sin After Sin
Start date	22 April 1977
End date	24 July 1977
No. of shows	41
Judas Priest concert chronology

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 1977 until 24 July 1977 venturing through England with a date in Wales plus making their first time visit in the United States. 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. Binks was able to play double bass and was one of the few drummers who could replicate Phillips' sound live.

Setlist

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

Encore:

1. "Starbreaker"

Tour dates

The band would tour with support acts 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, Missouri before an audience of 45,000. The UK leg saw the band being the support act to Status Quo on some dates.

Date	City	Country	Venue
UK Leg
22 April 1977	Cambridge	England	Cambridge Corn Exchange
23 April 1977	Southend-on-Sea		Kursaal
24 April 1977	Maidenhead		Skindles
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
7 May 1977	Liverpool		Liverpool Empire Theatre
8 May 1977	Sheffield		Top Rank
9 May 1977	Birmingham		Birmingham Town Hall
12 May 1977	Manchester		O2 Apollo Manchester
14 May 1977	Redcar		Coatham Bowl
15 May 1977	Blackpool		The Imperial Hotel Blackpool
16 May 1977	Leeds		Leeds Beckett University
17 May 1977	Lincoln		Lincoln Drill Hall
18 May 1977	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 American Leg
17 June 1977	Amarillo, Texas	United States	Amarillo Civic Center
19 June 1977	Arlington, Texas		Texas Hall Auditorium
20 June 1977	Houston, Texas		Houston Music Hall
21 June 1977	San Antonio, Texas		Freeman Coliseum
22 June 1977	Corpus Christi, Texas		Memorial Coliseum
28 June 1977	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Civic Center Music Hall
30 June 1977	Jackson, Mississippi		Mississippi Coliseum
1 July 1977	Dothan, Alabama		Dothan Civic Center
2 July 1977	Atlanta, Georgia		Fox Theater
5 July 1977	Charleston, South Carolina		Gaillard Municipal Auditorium
6 July 1977	Johnson City, Tennessee		Freedom Hall Civic Center
7 July 1977	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena
8 July 1977	Wheeling, Illinois		Haymaker's
9 July 1977	St. Louis, Missouri		Busch Memorial Stadium
18 July 1977	New York City, New York		The Palladium
23 July 1977	Oakland, California		Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
24 July 1977

References

1. "Average setlist for tour: Sin After Sin". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
2. "Heavy – The Story Of Metal – Episode II : British Steel FULL DOCUMENTARY | Karma's little spanker". Elementulhuliganic.wordpress.com. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2014-05-19.