British_Steel_Tour

British Steel Tour
Tour by Judas Priest
Location	Europe; North America;
Associated album	British Steel
Start date	7 March 1980
End date	23 August 1980
Legs	3
No. of shows	83
Judas Priest concert chronology
	Hell Bent for Leather Tour; (1979); British Steel Tour; (1980); World Wide Blitz Tour; (1981);

British Steel Tour

1980 concert tour by Judas Priest

The British Steel Tour was a 1980 concert tour by English heavy metal band Judas Priest where the band toured in Europe and North America from 7 March to 23 August 1980 in support of their 1980 album British Steel.

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Setlist

Songs played^[1]

"Hell Bent for Leather"
"Delivering the Goods"
"The Ripper"
"Metal Gods"
"Running Wild"
"Living After Midnight"
"White Heat, Red Hot"
"Sinner"
"Beyond the Realms of Death"
"Diamonds & Rust" ("Joan Baez" cover)
"You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise"
"Exciter"
"Grinder"
"Victim of Changes"
"Steeler"
"Genocide"
"Breaking the Law"
"Tyrant"
"The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" ("Fleetwood Mac" cover) [encore]
"Starbreaker" [encore]
"Take on the World" [encore]

Typical setlist

"Hell Bent for Leather"
"The Ripper"
"Running Wild"
"Living After Midnight"
"Sinner"
"Beyond the Realms of Death"
"You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise"
"Grinder"
"Victim of Changes"
"Genocide"
"Tyrant"
"The Green Manalishi" ("Fleetwood Mac" Cover) [encore]

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"JUDAS PRIEST INFO PAGES - BRITISH STEEL". thexquorum.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

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"BRITISH STEEL TOUR (1980)". chmetal.info. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

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"Billboard Magazine, 06-28-1980" (PDF).

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"Billboard Magazine, 07-05-1980" (PDF).

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"Billboard Magazine, 07-19-1980" (PDF).

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"Billboard Magazine 07-26-1980" (PDF).

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"Billboard Magazine, 08-16-1980" (PDF).

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Date^[2]	City	Country	Venue
Europe ^[A]
7 March 1980	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff University
8 March 1980	Leeds	England	University of Leeds Refectory
9 March 1980	Bristol		Colston Hall
10 March 1980	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
11 March 1980	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
12 March 1980	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
13 March 1980	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
14 March 1980	London		Hammersmith Odeon
15 March 1980	London		Hammersmith Odeon
16 March 1980	Southampton		Gaumont Theatre
18 March 1980	Aberdeen	Scotland	Capitol Theatre
19 March 1980	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Odeon
20 March 1980	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
21 March 1980	Newcastle	England	Mayfair Ballroom
22 March 1980	Glasgow	Scotland	The Apollo
23 March 1980	Queensferry	Wales	Deeside Leisure Centre
24 March 1980	Liverpool	England	Liverpool Empire Theatre
25 March 1980	Stoke-on-Trent		Trentham Ballroom
26 March 1980	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
27 March 1980	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
1 April 1980	London		Rainbow Theatre
Europe
12 April 1980	Hamburg	West Germany	Markthalle Hamburg
13 April 1980	West Berlin		Neue Welt
14 April 1980	Hanover		Niedersachsenhalle
15 April 1980	Cologne		Sartory-Saal
16 April 1980	Neu Isenburg		Huguenottenhalle
18 April 1980	Erlangen		Heinrich-Lades-Halle
20 April 1980	Munich		Schwabinger Braü
21 April 1980	Mannheim		Mannheimer Rosengarten
22 April 1980	Karlsruhe		Stadthalle
24 April 1980	Rouen	France	Club 44
25 April 1980	Paris	France	Bataclan
26 April 1980	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
North America
25 May 1980	Fort Worth	United States	Will Rogers Auditorium
26 May 1980	Beaumont		Beaumont Civic Center
28 May 1980	McAllen		La Villa Real Convention Center
29 May 1980	Austin		Oprea House
30 May 1980	Austin		Oprea House
31 May 1980	Houston		Sam Houston Coliseum
1 June 1980	San Antonio		Convention Center Arena
2 June 1980 ^[B]	Corpus Christi		Memorial Coliseum
4 June 1980 ^[B]	Amarillo		Amarillo Civic Center
6 June 1980 ^[B]	Midland		Chaparral Arena
7 June 1980 ^[B]	El Paso		El Paso County Coliseum
9 June 1980 ^[B]	Tucson		Tucson Community Center
10 June 1980	Albuquerque		Albuquerque Civic Auditorium
12 June 1980	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13 June 1980	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
14 June 1980	San Bernardino		Orange Pavilion
15 June 1980	San Diego		SDSU Amphitheater
17 June 1980	Seattle		Seattle Center Arena
19 June 1980	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre
20 June 1980	Santa Monica		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
21 June 1980	Portland		Veterans Memorial Coliseum
24 June 1980	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
25 June 1980	Denver		Rainbow Music Hall
27 June 1980	Milwaukee		Henry Maier Festival Park
28 June 1980	Chicago		International Amphitheatre
29 June 1980 ^[C] ^[D] ^[E]	St. Louis		Busch Stadium (Superjam '80)
1 July 1980	Albany		Palace Theatre
2 July 1980	Rochester		Auditorium Theatre
3 July 1980	Asbury Park		Asbury Park Convention Hall
4 July 1980	Hartford		Agora Ballroom
5 July 1980	Hempstead		Calderone Concert Hall
6 July 1980	Allentown		Agricultural Hall
7 July 1980	Upper Darby		Tower Theater
8 July 1980	Towson		Towson Arena
12 July 1980	New York City		Palladium
20 July 1980 ^[F] ^[B]	Trotwood		Hara Arena
23 July 1980 ^[F] ^[B]	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
25 July 1980	Pekin		Pekin Memorial Arena
27 July 1980 ^[G] ^[F] ^[B] ^[H]	Rockford		Rockford Speedway (Rockford Speedway Jam '80)
28 July 1980 ^[F] ^[B]	Dubuque		Five Flags Arena
30 July 1980 ^[F] ^[B]	Cleveland		Cleveland Public Hall
31 July 1980 ^[F] ^[B]	Pittsburgh		Stanley Theater
2 August 1980 ^[F] ^[B]	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
3 August 1980 ^[F] ^[B]	Syracuse		Landmark Theatre
6 August 1980	Saint Paul		Saint Paul Civic Center
Europe
16 August 1980 ^[I] ^[F] ^[C] ^[J] ^[K]	Castle Donington	England	Donington Park (Monsters of Rock Donington 1980)
23 August 1980 ^[L] ^[M] ^[N] ^[O] ^[J] ^[P]	Nuremberg	West Germany	Zeppelin Field (Golden Summer Night Festival '80)

City	Venue	Tickets Sold	Gross Revenue (Adjusted for Inflation)
Long Beach	Long Beach Arena	6,624^[3]	$162,646^[3]
San Bernardino	Orange Showgrounds Feature Building	2,291^[3]	$62,434^[3]
San Diego	SDSU Open Air Theater	2,378^[3]	$63,673^[3]
San Francisco	Warfield Theater	1,364^[4]	$31,620^[4]
Asbury Park	Asbury Park Convention Hall	3,284^[5]	$81,014^[5]
New York City	Palladium	3,385^[6]	$92,402^[6]
Pittsburgh	Stanley Theater	2,999^[7]	$78,109^[7]
Boston	Boston Orpheum Theatre	2,800^[7]	$76,499^[7]

British_Steel_Tour

British Steel Tour

Background

Setlist

Europe

North America

Tour dates

Touring Bands

Boxscore

Cancelled dates

Personnel

References

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Judas Priest concert chronology
Tour by Judas Priest
Location	Europe North America
Associated album	British Steel
Start date	7 March 1980
End date	23 August 1980
Legs	3
No. of shows	83
Hell Bent for Leather Tour (1979) British Steel Tour (1980) World Wide Blitz Tour (1981)