Sad Wings of Destiny Tour

The Sad Wings of Destiny Tour was a 1976 concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest which was in support of the album Sad Wings of Destiny. It ran from 25 March 1976 until 27 May 1976 through England.

Sad Wings of Destiny Tour

Concert by Judas Priest
Associated album	Sad Wings of Destiny
Start date	25 March 1976
End date	15 May 1976
No. of shows	37 (38 scheduled)
Judas Priest concert chronology

Previous drummer John Hinch departed the band due to being "musically inadequate", as explained by guitarist Glenn Tipton.[1] Drummer Alan Moore, who was with the band for a short time in the early 1970s, was his replacement for the album and tour.

"Never Satisfied" would be played again on the Epitaph World Tour.

Setlist

1. "Prelude"
2. "Tyrant"
3. "The Ripper"
4. "Dreamer Deceiver"
5. "Deceiver"
6. "Victim of Changes"
7. "Island of Domination"
8. "Guitar Solo"
9. "Cheater"
10. "Genocide"
11. "Rocka Rolla"

Encore:

1. "Never Satisfied"

[2]

Tour dates

The band would tour once again with Jailbait.[3]

Date	City	Country	Venue
25 March 1976	Cleethorpes	England	Cleethorpes Winter Gardens
26 March 1976	Ipswich		Manor Ballroom
27 March 1976	Cromer		Cromer Links Pavilion
28 March 1976	Chelmsford		Chancellor Hall
31 March 1976	Lincoln		Lincoln Drill Hall
1 April 1976	Wigan		Wigan Casino
4 April 1976	Chipping Sodbury		Yate Centre
5 April 1976	Bournemouth		Village Bowl
6 April 1976	Truro		The Plaza
7 April 1976	Plymouth		Plymouth Fiesta
9 April 1976	Cambridge		Cambridge Corn Exchange
10 April 1976	Liverpool		Liverpool Stadium
11 April 1976	Nottingham		Playhouse Theater
12 April 1976	Birmingham		Birmingham Town Hall
13 April 1976	Cardiff	Wales	Top Rank
14 April 1976	Great Malvern	England	Malvern Winter Gardens
15 April 1976	Cheltenham		Cheltenham Town Hall
16 April 1976	Nelson		The Column
17 April 1976	St Albans		St. Albans City Hall
18 April 1976	Croydon		The Greyhound
19 April 1976	Shrewsbury		Shrewsbury Music Hall
20 April 1976	Brighton		Top Rank Suite
22 April 1976	Peterborough		Wirrina Stadium
23 April 1976	Hastings		Hastings Pier Pavilion
24 April 1976	Northampton		Northampton Cricket Club
25 April 1976	Swindon		Wyvern Theatre
26 April 1976	Queensferry	Wales	Deeside Lesiure Center
29 April 1976	Middlesbrough	England	Middlesbrough Town Hall
30 April 1976	Newcastle		Mayfair Ballroom
4 May 1976	Blackburn		King George's Hall
6 May 1976	Leeds		Leeds Polytechnic
8 May 1976	Essex		Harlow College
9 May 1976	Guildford		Civic Hall
11 May 1976	Dunstable		Queensway Hall
12 May 1976	Southend-on-Sea		Kursaal
13 May 1976	Maidenhead		Skindles
14 May 1976	Slough		Slough College
15 May 1976	Woolwich		Thames Polytechnic
Post-tour shows
22 May 1976	Aberdeen	Scotland	Aberdeen University
27 May 1976	London	England	Apollo Victoria Theatre
28 May 1976	Braintree		Braintree Technical College
6 June 1976	Hemel Hempstead		Hemel Hempstead Pavilion
20 June 1976	London		Roundhouse
25 June 1976	Saarijärvi	Finland	Midsummer Special

References

1. "Judas Priest Info Pages – The Best of Judas Priest". thexquorum.com. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
2. "Average setlist for tour: Sad Wings of Destiny". Setlist.fm. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
3. "British Tour (1976)". chmetal.info. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.