Hell Bent for Leather Tour

The Hell Bent for Leather Tour was a 1979 concert tour by British heavy metal band, Judas Priest, in support of the album, Hell Bent for Leather. The band toured in Asia, North America and Europe from 9 February until 15 December 1979. This was the last tour to feature Les Binks on drums before being replaced by Dave Holland. The live album Unleashed in the East was recorded during the Asian leg of this tour.

Hell Bent for Leather Tour
Concert by Judas Priest
Location
  • Asia
  • North America
  • Europe
Associated albumsHell Bent for Leather
Start date9 February 1979
End date15 December 1979
Legs5
No. of shows137 (141 scheduled)
Judas Priest concert chronology

Personnel

Setlist

The typical setlist for the tour consisted of:

  1. "Exciter"
  2. "Running Wild"
  3. "Delivering the Goods"
  4. "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover)
  5. "Hell Bent for Leather"
  6. "Beyond the Realms of Death"
  7. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
  8. "Rock Forever"
  9. "White Heat, Red Hot"
  10. "Evil Fantasies"
  11. "Victim of Changes"
  12. "Starbreaker"
  13. Drum solo
  14. "The Ripper"
  15. "Take On the World"
  16. "Tyrant"

Supporting shows had a shorter setlist, consisting of:

  1. "Hell Bent for Leather"
  2. "Delivering the Goods"
  3. "Running Wild"
  4. "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover)
  5. "Beyond the Realms of Death"
  6. "The Green Manalishi (Fleetwood Mac cover)
  7. "Victim of Changes"
  8. "Starbreaker"
  9. "Tyrant"

Also occasionally played were:

Information

• "Exciter" would be played again on the Retribution Tour.[1]

Tour dates
Date[2] City Country Venue
Asia
9 February 1979 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan (2 shows on 10th)
10 February 1979
13 February 1979 Osaka Festival Hall (2 shows on 14th)
14 February 1979
15 February 1979 Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
North America
27 February 1979 [A] Allentown United States Agricultural Hall
28 February 1979 Falls Church Louie's Rock City
1 March 1979 [B] [C] Wheeling Capitol Theatre
2 March 1979 [B] [C] Salem Salem Civic Center
3 March 1979 [B] Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena
4 March 1979 [B] Charlotte Charlotte Park Center
6 March 1979 [B] Frederick Weinberg Center
8 March 1979 [B] Atlanta Fox Theatre
9 March 1979 Gainesville Great Southern Music Hall
11 March 1979 New York City Mudd Club
14 March 1979 Austin Austin Opera House
15 March 1979 [B] Houston Houston Music Hall
16 March 1979 [B] Beaumont Beaumont City Auditorium
17 March 1979 [B] Wichita Falls Wichita Falls Memorial Auditorium
18 March 1979 [B] Arlington Texas Hall
19 March 1979 [B] Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center
20 March 1979 [B] Lubbock Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
21 March 1979 [B] Midland Chaparral Theater
22 March 1979 [B] San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center
23 March 1979 [B] Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
29 March 1979 West Hollywood Starwood
30 March 1979
31 March 1979
2 April 1979 [B] San Diego San Diego Civic Theatre
3 April 1979 [B] Bakersfield Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
4 April 1979 [B] Reno Centennial Coliseum
5 April 1979 [B] San Jose San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
9 April 1979 [B] Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
10 April 1979 [B] Sacramento Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
11 April 1979 [B] Medford Medford Armory
12 April 1979 [B] Portland Paramount Theater
13 April 1979 [B] Seattle Paramount Theatre
14 April 1979 [B] Yakima Yakima Valley Community College
15 April 1979 [B] Boise Idaho State Fairgrounds
21 April 1979 New York City Palladium
23 April 1979 Cleveland Agora Ballroom
24 April 1979 Toronto Canada El Mocambo
27 April 1979 Albany United States J.B. Scott's
30 April 1979 [B] Kansas City Memorial Hall
1 May 1979 [B] St. Louis Kiel Opera House
2 May 1979 [B] Normal ISU Union Auditorium
3 May 1979 [B] Bloomington Met Center
4 May 1979 [B] Chicago International Amphitheatre
6 May 1979 [B] Milwaukee Mecca Auditorium
Europe [D]
12 May 1979 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo
13 May 1979 Liverpool England Liverpool Empire Theatre
14 May 1979 Derby Derby Assembly Rooms
15 May 1979 Manchester Manchester Apollo
16 May 1979 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
17 May 1979
18 May 1979 Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Hall
19 May 1979 Oxford New Theatre Oxford
20 May 1979 Bristol Colston Hall
21 May 1979 Leicester De Montfort Hall
22 May 1979 Preston Preston Guild Hall
23 May 1979 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
24 May 1979
25 May 1979 Sheffield Sheffield City Hall
26 May 1979
27 May 1979 Southampton Gaumont Theatre
28 May 1979 London Hammersmith Odeon
29 May 1979
31 May 1979 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
Europe
Dalymount Park Festival [E]
1 July 1979 Dublin Ireland Dalymount Park
North America
1 September 1979 [A] Uniondale United States Nassau Coliseum
2 September 1979 Boston Paradise Theater
3 September 1979 [A] New Haven New Haven Coliseum
5 September 1979 [A] Springfield Springfield Civic Center
6 September 1979 Portland Paris Theater
7 September 1979 [A] Philadelphia Spectrum
8 September 1979 Asbury Park Paramount Theatre
9 September 1979 Youngstown Agora Theater
10 September 1979 [A] Huntington Huntington Civic Center
12 September 1979 [A] Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
13 September 1979 Atlanta Electric Ballroom
14 September 1979 [A] Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
16 September 1979 [A] Louisville Freedom Hall
18 September 1979 [A] Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
19 September 1979 Columbus Agora Ballroom
20 September 1979 [A] Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
22 September 1979 [A] Chicago International Amphitheatre
24 September 1979 [A] Milwaukee Mecca Auditorium
26 September 1979 [A] Madison Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum
28 September 1979 [A] Bloomington Met Center
29 September 1979 [A]
30 September 1979 [A] Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
3 October 1979 Houston Houston Music Hall
5 October 1979 Arlington Texas Hall
6 October 1979 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center
8 October 1979 Austin Austin Municipal Auditorium
11 October 1979 Laredo Laredo Civic Auditorium
14 October 1979 El Paso El Paso Civic Arena
17 October 1979 Seattle Seattle Center Arena
18 October 1979 Portland Paramount Theater
19 October 1979 Vancouver Canada PNE Garden Auditorium
21 October 1979 Santa Cruz United States Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
23 October 1979 Santa Monica Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
26 October 1979 Hammond Hammond Civic Center
27 October 1979 Milwaukee Uptown Theatre
30 October 1979 Washington, D.C. Ontario Theater
31 October 1979 Allentown Agricultural Hall
1 November 1979 Rochester Triangle Theater
3 November 1979 Passaic Capitol Theatre
4 November 1979 New York City Palladium
European leg
11 November 1979 Brussels Belgium Forest National
12 November 1979 Amsterdam Netherlands Jaap Edenhal
13 November 1979 Cologne Germany Sartory-Saal
14 November 1979 Hanover Eilenriedehalle
16 November 1979 Essen Grugahalle
17 November 1979 Kuernach Kursaalhalle
19 November 1979 Passau Nibelungenhalle
20 November 1979 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach
21 November 1979 Dortmund Westfalenhallen
22 November 1979 Bremen ÖVB Arena
23 November 1979 Hamburg Messehallen
24 November 1979 Munich Circus Krone Building
25 November 1979 Bern Switzerland Stadthalle
27 November 1979 Regensburg Germany RT Halle
28 November 1979 Ravensburg Upper Swabia Hall
29 November 1979 Hof Freiheitshalle
30 November 1979 Uhingen Haldenberghalle
1 December 1979 Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
2 December 1979 Neunkirchen Hemmerleinhalle
3 December 1979 Berlin Berlin Eissporthalle
4 December 1979 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach
6 December 1979 Villepinte France Parc des Expositions de Villepinte
7 December 1979 Reims Palais des Sports de Reims
8 December 1979 Lille Palais des Sports de Lille
9 December 1979 Paris Pavillon de Paris (2 shows)
10 December 1979 Grenoble Alp Expo Arena
12 December 1979 Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall
13 December 1979 Montpellier Palais des Sports de Montpellier
14 December 1979 Nice Théâtre de Verdure de Nice
15 December 1979
A This show was in support of KISS
B This show was in support of UFO
C This show was in support of Molly Hatchet
D This show was supported by Marseille
E This show was in support of Status Quo

Boxscore
City Venue Tickets sold Gross revenue (adjusted for inflation)
El Paso Civic Center 3,070[3] $75,434[3]
Portland Paramount Theater 2,960[4] $82,900[4]
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 3,000[5] $80,834[5]
New York City The Palladium 3,200[6] $95,729[6]
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References
  1. "Average setlist for tour: Killing Machine". setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. The French Metallian - 1979 tour dates
  3. "Billboard Magazine, 10-27-1979" (PDF).
  4. "Billboard Magazine, 11-03-1979" (PDF).
  5. "Billboard Magazine, 11-10-1979" (PDF).
  6. "Billboard Magazine, 11-17-1979" (PDF).
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