The Tour of the Survivors was the seventh major concert tour by American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1977 and their last before the 1977 plane crash that abruptly halted their touring. The tour took place in North America.
What turned out to be the final tour of the original band had the ominous title, "Tour of the Survivors", and truly was as three band members were killed in a plane crash on October 20, 1977, the day after their show on October 19, 1977, in Greenville, South Carolina, which was the fifth date of their forty-five day tour. The band was flying to the next date of its tour in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Typical setlist "Workin' for MCA" "I Ain't the One" "Saturday Night Special" "Whiskey Rock-A-Roller" "That Smell" "Travelin' Man" "Ain't No Good Life" "Gimme Three Steps" "Call Me the Breeze" "T for Texas "Sweet Home Alabama "Free Bird"
Tour dates DateThe Great Rock Discography (third edition) by M.C.Strong City Country VenueReferencesNorth AmericaJanuary 1, 1977San DiegoUnited StatesSan Diego Sports ArenaJanuary 2, 1977Long BeachLong Beach ArenaJanuary 5, 1977HonoluluBladsell ArenaAsiaJanuary 14, 1977TokyoJapanNakano Sun PlazaJanuary 15, 1977January 16, 1977January 18, 1977OsakaFestival HallJanuary 21, 1977TokyoNakano Sun PlazaEuropeJanuary 27, 1977LondonEnglandRainbow TheaterJanuary 28, 1977January 29, 1977January 31, 1977BristolColston HallFebruary 1, 1977PortsmouthPortsmouth GuildhallFebruary 2, 1977BirminghamBirmingham OdeonFebruary 3, 1977SheffieldSheffield Town HallFebruary 4, 1977ManchesterFree Trade HallFebruary 5, 1977SheffieldSheffield Town HallFebruary 6, 1977LiverpoolEmpire TheaterFebruary 8, 1977NewcastleNewcastle City HallFebruary 9, 1977GlasgowScotlandGlasgow ApolloFebruary 10, 1977February 12, 1977LancasterEnglandLancaster UniversityFebruary 13, 1977LeedsUniversity of LeedsFebruary 14, 1977LeicesterDe Montfort HallFebruary 17, 1977RotterdamNetherlandsGrote Zaal De DoelenFebruary 20, 1977ZürichSwitzerlandVolkshausFebruary 22, 1977MunichWest GermanyBrienner TheaterFebruary 24, 1977OffenbachStadthalle OffenbachFebruary 25, 1977LudwigshafenPfalzbauMarch 1, 1977HamburgMusikhalle North AmericaApril 22, 1977Johnson CityUnited StatesFreedom Hall Civic CenterApril 23, 1977LouisvilleLouisville GardensApril 24, 1977DaytonUniversity of Dayton ArenaApril 26, 1977WheelingWheeling Civic CenterApril 27, 1977RichmondRichmond ColiseumApril 29, 1977CharlotteCharlotte Coliseum April 30, 1977FayettevilleCumberland County Memorial ArenaMay 11, 1977ColumbiaCarolina ColiseumMay 13, 1977GreensboroGreensboro ColiseumMay 14, 1977SavannahSavannah Civic CenterMay 15, 1977DothanDothan Civic CenterMay 17, 1977AthensGeorgia ColiseumMay 20, 1977LexingtonRupp ArenaMay 21, 1977KnoxvilleKnoxville Civic ColiseumMay 23, 1977MobileMobile Municipal AuditoriumMay 24, 1977ColumbusColumbus Municipal AuditoriumJune 11, 1977PhiladelphiaJFK StadiumJune 12, 1977CharlestonCharleston Civic CenterJune 14, 1977PortlandCumberland County Civic CenterJune 15, 1977SpringfieldSpringfield Civic CenterJune 16, 1977HempsteadNassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumJune 18, 1977HyannisCape Cod ColiseumJune 19, 1977BuffaloRich StadiumJune 26, 1977DenverMile High StadiumJune 27, 1977Salt Lake CitySalt PalaceJuly 2, 1977OaklandOakland ColiseumJuly 3, 1977TulsaTulsa Fairgrounds SpeedwayJuly 7, 1977MadisonDane County ColiseumJuly 8, 1977SpringfieldHammons Student CenterJuly 10, 1977ChicagoSoldier FieldJuly 12, 1977PoughkeepsieMid-Hudson Civic CenterJuly 13, 1977Asbury ParkAsbury Park Convention HallAugust 24, 1977FresnoSelland ArenaAugust 27, 1977AnaheimAnaheim StadiumAugust 29, 1977Las VegasAladdin TheaterOctober 13, 1977StatesboroGeorgia Southern CollegeTour of the SurvivorsOctober 15, 1977HollywoodUnited States SportatoriumOctober 16, 1977St. Petersburg Bayfront CenterOctober 18, 1977Lakeland Lakeland Civic CenterOctober 19, 1977Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
Cancelled dates All dates are cancelled due to the October 20th plane crash. DateOctober 21, 1977Baton RougeUnited StatesLSU Assembly CenterOctober 22, 1977Little RockBarton ColiseumOctober 23, 1977EvansvilleRoberts Municipal StadiumOctober 27, 1977ClarksvilleDunn CenterOctober 28, 1977ColumbusSt. John's ArenaOctober 29, 1977KalamazooWings StadiumOctober 31, 1977DetroitCobo HallNovember 10, 1977New YorkMadison Square GardenNovember 12, 1977PhiladelphiaThe SpectrumNovember 13, 1977MontrealCanadaForum de MontrealNovember 14, 1977TorontoMaple Leaf GardensNovember 16, 1977SyracuseUnited StatesOnondaga County War MemorialNovember 17, 1977New HavenNew Haven ColiseumNovember 19, 1977BostonBoston GardenNovember 24, 1977CincinnatiRiverfront ColiseumNovember 25, 1977PittsburghCivic AuditoriumNovember 27, 1977AtlantaThe OmniNovember 28, 1977The OmniDecember 8, 1977LandoverCapital Centre
Personnel Ronnie Van Zant – vocals Gary Rossington – guitars Allen Collins – guitars Steve Gaines – guitars Leon Wilkeson – bass Artimus Pyle – drums Billy Powell – keyboards
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