The Gray Race Tour

The Gray Race Tour

Tour by Bad Religion
Associated album	The Gray Race
Start date	February 29, 1996
End date	February 23, 1997
Legs	7
No. of shows	39 in Europe 56 in United States 3 in Canada 8 in Japan 8 in Australia 3 in South America 114 in total
Bad Religion concert chronology

The Gray Race Tour was a concert tour by punk rock band Bad Religion, in support of The Gray Race.

As a show of their gaining popularity, MTV sponsored their European Tour.^[1] Despite this, the band tried to play smaller club shows on their tour, to give their fans a sense of intimacy.^[2]

The majority of this tour was recorded for the live album, Tested.^[3]

At the time, it was the longest Bad Religion tour, with 7 legs and 114 shows in the span of little under a year.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Notes
European Leg 1[4]
February 29, 1996	Berlin	Germany	The Loft
March 1, 1996	Hamburg		Fabrik
March 2, 1996	Cologne		Luxor	Support from Axel Sweat
March 3, 1996	Frankfurt		Batschkapp
March 4, 1996	Munich		Backstage
March 5, 1996	Vienna	Austria	Messepalast
March 7, 1996	Zürich	Switzerland	Rote Fabrik
March 8, 1996	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre	Support from Mush
March 9, 1996	Utrecht	Netherlands	Central Studios	Support from Heideroosjes and The Undeclinable Ambuscade
March 10, 1996	Ghent	Belgium	Vooruit
March 12, 1996	Copenhagen	Denmark	The Grey Hall
March 13, 1996	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum Scene	Bad Religion's first show in Norway Support from Frantic Salad
March 14, 1996	Stockholm	Sweden	Gino
March 15, 1996	London	United Kingdom	London Astoria	Support from Snuff
North American Leg 1[5]
March 30, 1996	Seattle	United States	Board Stiff	Snowboarding event that was sponsored by KNDD Supported by Goodness, Candlebox and Possum Dixon
March 31, 1996	Las Vegas		The Joint
April 1, 1996
April 1, 1996	Mesa		Mesa Amphitheatre	Cancelled so the band could play a second date in Las Vegas
April 2, 1996	Albuquerque		UNM Ballroom
April 4, 1996	Austin		Music Hall
April 5, 1996	Dallas		Deep Ellum
April 6, 1996	Houston		International Ballroom	Support from Dance Hall Crashers
April 8, 1996	New Orleans		Tipitina's
April 10, 1996	St. Petersburg		Jannus Landing
April 11, 1996	Fort Lauderdale		The Edge	Support from Dance Hall Crashers and Unwritten Law
April 12, 1996	Orlando		The Edge
April 13, 1996	Atlanta		The Masquerade
April 15, 1996	Philadelphia		Electric Factory	Support from Dance Hall Crashers and Unwritten Law
April 16, 1996	Washington, D.C.		The Capital Ballroom
April 17, 1996	New York City		Roseland Ballroom
April 19, 1996	Asbury Park		The Stone Pony
April 20, 1996	Providence		Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
April 21, 1996	Boston		Avalon Ballroom
April 22, 1996	Montreal	Canada	Verdun Auditorium	Support from Dance Hall Crashes and Unwritten Law
April 24, 1996	Toronto		RPM Warehouse
April 25, 1996	Detroit	United States	State Theater	Support from Dance Hall Crashers and Unwritten Law
April 26, 1996	Cleveland		Agora Theatre
April 27, 1996	Cincinnati		Bogart's
April 28, 1996	Chicago		Riviera Theatre
April 30, 1996	Minneapolis		First Avenue
May 3, 1996	Portland		La Luna
May 4, 1996	Vancouver	Canada	Plaza of Nations	Support from Dance Hall Crashers and Unwritten Law
May 6, 1996	Davis	United States	Freeborn Hall
May 8, 1996	San Francisco		Warfield Theater
May 9, 1996	Santa Cruz		Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium	Support from Dance Hall Crashers and Unwritten Law
May 10, 1996	Fresno		Wilson Theater
May 11, 1996	San Bernardino		Citrus Pavilion
May 12, 1996	Tempe		Club Rio
May 14, 1996	San Diego		SOMA	Support from Dance Hall Crashers and Unwritten Law
May 15, 1996
May 17, 1996	Denver		Paramount Theatre
May 18, 1996	Salt Lake City		Salt Air Theater
European Leg 2[6]
June 14, 1996	Hultsfred	Sweden	Hembygdspark	Part of the Hultsfred Festival On the overall line-up, Bad Religion were seventh on the line-up, behind Blur, Björk, Ministry, The Cure, Iggy Pop and Pulp Also appearing were The Prodigy, Bruce Dickinson, Fear Factory, Emmylou Harris, Frank Black and Skunk Anansie
June 15, 1996	Aarhus	Denmark	Open Air Festival
June 16, 1996	Bielefeld	Germany	PC69
June 18, 1996	Erlangen		Stadthalle Erlangen
June 19, 1996	Munich		Circus Krone Building	Support from Face to Face and No Fun at All
June 20, 1996	Prague	Czech Republic	Koupaliště Džbán	Part of Jam '96 Festival Bad Religion's first show in Czech Republic
June 21, 1996	Lahti	Finland	Messilä Manor	Part of the Messilä Festival
June 22, 1996	Munich	Germany	Olympia-Reitstadion Riem	The band was originally meant to play a festival called the Helter Skelter festival, but pulled out to play the Lorely Festival, instead
June 22, 1996	Sankt Goarshausen		Freilichtbühne Loreley	Part of the Loreley Festival Recorded for Rockpalast Bad Religion were second on the bill, behind David Bowie Other bands that appeared included Iggy Pop, Pulp, Heather Nova, Frank Black, Crown of Thorns and Placebo
June 24, 1996	Stuttgart		Congresszentrum B	Support from No Fun At All
June 25, 1996	Linz	Austria	Posthof
June 26, 1996	Berlin	Germany	Treptow Arena
June 27, 1996	Roskilde	Denmark	Festivalpladsen	Part of the Roskilde Festival Out of the 43 bands playing, Bad Religion were 20th on the list, behind Björk, David Bowie, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Patti Smith, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Cui Jian Band, Cocteau Twins, Cypress Hill, D-A-D, Grant Lee Buffalo, Khaled, Ministry, Alanis Morissette, Pulp, Rage Against the Machine, Sepultura, Slayer and Baaba Maal Other acts included Black Grape, Bush, Chumbawamba, The Fall, The Flaming Lips, Front Line Assembly, H-Blockx, Massive Attack, Moby, Heather Nova, Joan Osborne, Paradise Lost, The Presidents of the United States of America, Fred Schneider, Skunk Anansie, Sugar Ray, Taraf de Haïdouks, Tindersticks, Toots and the Maytals, Tortoise, Type O Negative and Underworld
June 29, 1996	Oslo	Norway	Isle of Calf Festival
June 30, 1996	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
July 2, 1996	Nottingham	United Kingdom	Rock City	Cancelled due to the band's annoyance with the British promoters
July 3, 1996	Glasgow		Barrowlands
July 4, 1996	London		Brixton Academy
July 6, 1996	Bremen	Germany	Uniseegelände	Part of the Hard Pop Days festival Bad Religion headlined with the bands Die Fantastischen Vier, Biohazard, Selig, Such a Surge, Deine Lakaien, GZA/Genius, Millencolin, The Flaming Lips, Dead Moon, Dub War, No Doubt, among others on the line-up
July 7, 1996	Tallinn	Estonia	Lauluväljak	Bad Religion's first show in Estonia
July 8, 1996	Winterthur	Switzerland	Eulachhalle
July 10, 1996	Rome	Italy	Stadio Olimpico	Part of the Live Link Festival Sex Pistols headlined Other bands that played included: Iggy Pop, Slayer, Massive Attack, Sepultura, Frank Black, Paradise Lost and Moloko
July 11, 1996	Milan		Arena Spettacoli Parco	The same line-up as the July 10th date
July 13, 1996	Athens	Greece	Drapetsona Dock	Part of the Rock of Gods festival Bad Religion's first show in Greece Bad Religion played the Saturday night and were third on the line-up, behind Violent Femmes and The Jesus and Mary Chain Other acts included Paradise Lost, Dead Moon and Bokomolech
July 14, 1996	Escalarre	Spain	El Pla de Santa Maria	Part of the Doctor Music Festival Other acts at the festival included David Bowie, Suede, Sepultura, Blur, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed
North American Leg II[7]
September 6, 1996	Miami Beach	United States	Club Nu	Support from Goldfinger and Subliminal Criminal
September 7, 1996	Melbourne		Holiday Pavilion
September 8, 1996	Jacksonville		Shades
September 10, 1996	Winston-Salem		Ziggy's
September 11, 1996	Raleigh		Button South
September 12, 1996	Baltimore		Hammerjacks
September 13, 1996	Asbury Park		Stone Pony
September 14, 1996	Port Chester		Capitol Theatre	Support from Goldfinger
September 15, 1996	Danbury		Tuxedo Junction
September 17, 1996	Syracuse		Lost Horizon
September 18, 1996	Buffalo		Ogden St. Concert Hall	Support from Goldfinger and Weston
September 19, 1996	Pittsburgh		Metropol Club
September 20, 1996	Columbus		Newport Music Hall
September 21, 1996	Milwaukee		The Rave
September 25, 1996	Palo Alto		The Edge
September 26, 1996	Los Angeles		The Palace	Support by Samiam and Swingin' Utters
September 27, 1996				Support by Down by Law and Sucker Punch
September 28, 1996				Support by The Meatmen and Screw 32
Asian Leg[8]
November 12, 1996	Tokyo	Japan	Akasaka Blitz
November 13, 1996
November 15, 1996	Niigata		Faze
November 16, 1996	Nagano		Matsumoto Hall
November 18, 1996	Fukuoka		Crossing Hall
November 19, 1996	Osaka		Imperial Hall
November 21, 1996	Nagoya		Diamond Hall
November 22, 1996	Sapporo		Penny Lane 24
South American Leg[9]
November 29, 1996	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Praça da Apoteose	Bad Religion's first show in Brazil Part of the Close Up Planet Festival Other acts included Sex Pistols, Cypress Hill, Silverchair, Spacehog, Marky Ramone and the Intruders, among others
November 30, 1996	São Paulo		Ibirapuera Park	Part of the Close Up Planet Festival The line-up was the same as the Rio de Janeiro show
December 1, 1996	Curitiba		Aeroanta	Support from Resist Control
Australian Leg[10]
February 14, 1997	Melbourne	Australia	Palace Theatre	Bad Religion's first show in Australia Support from SNFU
February 15, 1997
February 16, 1997	Adelaide		Thebarton Theatre
February 17, 1997	Perth		Metro City
February 19, 1997	Canberra		Australian National University
February 21, 1997	Brisbane		Brisbane Festival Hall
February 22, 1997	Sydney		Selinas
February 23, 1997			The Metro Theatre

Band members

• Greg Graffin – Vocals
• Brian Baker – Guitar and back-up vocals
• Jay Bentley – Bass and back-up vocals
• Greg Hetson – Guitar
• Bobby Schayer – Drums

References

1. "MTV – The Answer – The Bad Religion Page – Since 1995". Retrieved 17 March 2016.
2. Bad Religion – Interview German TV 1996. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via YouTube.
3. "Tested (album) – The Answer – The Bad Religion Page – Since 1995". Retrieved 17 March 2016.
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5. "1996 – The Gray Race – North American Tour 1st leg – Tours & shows – The Bad Religion Page – Since 1995". Retrieved 17 March 2016.
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