Rainbow warmed up for REO Speedwagon on this tour at least on the West Coast of the USA. They also played with Cheap Trick co-headlining shows, at least on July 2nd they played before Cheap Trick. At some shows there were other bands too, they supposedly played before Rainbow every time. Most of the audience were Rainbow fans, though, and often most of the people left after the Rainbow set.
Some sources say that Long Live Rock 'N' Roll tour started already in 1977 when Rainbow played in the UK. I've listed those dates in the On Stage section of these tour date pages.
| Date | Venue | City and State | Country | Other bands | Comments |
| 09.05.1978 | Mid South Coliseum | Memphis, TN | USA | Foghat (HL), The Hounds | |
| 11.05.1978 | The Checkerdome Arena | St. Louis, MO | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL) | Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 12.05.1978 | Kemper Arena | Kansas City, MO | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL), No Dice | Capacity 15000.
Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 13.05.1978 | Kemper Arena | Kansas City, MO | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL), No Dice | Capacity 15000.
Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 18.05.1978 | Shrine Auditorium | Los Angeles, CA | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL), No Dice | Some sources say the date was 19th, some sources claim the band
played also Gates Of Babylon and Lady Of The Lake at this show.
Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 19.05.1978 | Swing Auditorium | San Berdardino, CA | USA | Ronnie Montrose, No Dice | Click here for ticket stub picture
Click here for gig ad picture |
| 20.05.1978 | Winterland Ballroom | San Francisco, CA | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL), No Dice | Some claim Blondie was one of the support acts.
Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 21.05.1978 | Warnors Theater | Fresno, CA | USA | No Dice | Capacity 2000, 1507 people in audience.
Click here for Billboard survey picture. |
| 22.05.1978 | San Diego Sports Arena | San Diego, CA | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL), No Dice | 2500 people, capacity 13000 |
| 26.05.1978 | Sports Arena | Toledo, OH | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL) | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 27.05.1978 | Gardens | Louisville, KY | USA | Henry Gross, No Dice | Click here for ticket stub picture.
Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. Click here for 3rd ticket stub picture. Click here for 4th ticket stub picture. |
| 28.05.1978 | Fairgrounds | Allentown, PA | USA | Foghat (HL) | |
| 29.05.1978 | Civic Arena | Springfield, MA | USA | Foghat | Co-headlining show. Some sources claim this would've been on May 28th instead and the venue would've been Springfield Civic Center. |
| 31.05.1978 | Hara Arena | Dayton, OH | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL), Cheap Trick | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 02.06.1978 | Capitol Theater | Passaic, NJ | USA | No Dice, Uriah Heep | Short set, L.A. Connection and Gates Of Babylon were played in the set according to person present at the show.
Click here for backstage pass picture. |
| 03.06.1978 | Palace Theatre | Albany, NY | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL) | Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 05.06.1978 | Garden | Boston, MA | USA | Date might've been 6th | |
| 07.06.1978 | Mid Hudson Civic Center Arena | Poughkeepsie, NY | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL) | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 09.06.1978 | War Memorial Auditorium | Rochester, NY | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL) | Sold out, 12000 people |
| 10.06.1978 | Commack Arena | Commack, NY | USA | The Godz, Reo Speedwagon (HL) | Same gig as some sources say Long Island, NY. Some sources claim the venue was Suffolk Forum, but according to a concert goer, it was called Commack Arena at that time. |
| 11.06.1978 | Capitol Center | Largo, MD | USA | ||
| 16.06.1978 | Civic Auditorium | Jacksonville, FL | USA | Venue could've been Veterans' Memorial Coliseum | |
| 17.06.1978 | Civic Center | Lakeland, FL | USA | Cheap Trick, Max Webster | |
| 19.06.1978 | Jai Alai Fronton | Miami, FL | USA | Press listed this as June 18th | |
| 23.06.1978 | Freedom Hall | Johnson City, TN | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL), Nantucket | Some sources list this as Greensboro, NC, but apparently that gig was cancelled. Some sources also incorrectly list this as Atlanta, GA. |
| 24.06.1978 | Omni | Atlanta, GA | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL), Nantucket | Capacity 16461, about 8000 in audience. Rainbow played a 60 minute set recorded for radio. Blackmore had a fight with Reo Speedwagon's stage manager on stage. This show was originally scheduled for the Fox Theater but was moved to a bigger venue. It might be so that the date was changed from June 8th to 24th at the same time. |
| 25.06.1978 | Charlotte Coliseum | Charlotte, NC | USA | ||
| 27.06.1978 | Civic Auditorium | Knoxville, TN | USA | ||
| 28.06.1978 | Municipal Auditorium Arena | Nashville, TN | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL) | Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 29.06.1978 | Carolina Coliseum | Columbia, SC | USA | Alice Cooper (HL) | AC/DC was supposed to open the show but did not appear.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 30.06.1978 | Barton Coliseum | Little Rock, AR | USA | Listed as Jackson, TN in the press | |
| 01.07.1978 | The Armory | Springfield, IL | USA | Max Webster, Cheap Trick | Rainbow headlined. Listed as Jackson, MS in the press, but this
may be confused to the Reo Speedwagon tour dates?
Click here for Reo Speedwagon ticket stub picture. Click here for another Reo Speedwagon ticket stub picture. |
| 02.07.1978 | International Amphitheater | Chicago, IL | USA | Max Webster, Cheap Trick (HL) | Short concert.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 04.07.1978 | Edgewater Speedway | Cleves, OH | USA | The Outlaws (HL), Rick Derringer, Rainbow, Rare Earth, Dixie Dregs | |
| 07.07.1978 | Fairgrounds Pavillion | Tulsa, OK | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL) | 9034 people, sold out.
Click here for Billboard survey picture. |
| 09.07.1978 | Civic Coliseum | Amarillo, TX | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL), Blackstone | |
| 13.07.1978 | Sam Houston Coliseum | Houston, TX | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL) | Click here for ticket stub picture.
Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. Click here for 3rd ticket stub picture. |
| 14.07.1978 | Convention Center Arena | Dallas, TX | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL) | Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 15.07.1978 | Municipal Auditorium | San Antonio, TX | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL), Max Webster | Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 16.07.1978 | Fair Park Coliseum | Beaumont, TX | USA | Reo Speedwagon (HL) | Some sources claim the show was on July 22nd, but ticket stub has July 16 as the date.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 20.07.1978 | Riverside Centroplex | Baton Rouge, LA | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL) | Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 21.07.1978 | Hirsch Coliseum | Shreveport, LA | USA | Bliss, REO Speedwagon (HL) | Some sources incorrectly list this as Louisiana State University Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, LA. This Shreveport, LA gig was originally scheduled for the smaller Municipal Auditorium (capacity about 4000). A day before the show it was moved to the larger Hirsch Coliseum (capacity 10000), although there were probably less than 2500 people in the audience. |
| 23.07.1978 | Municipal Auditorium | Austin, TX | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL) | Venue also listed as University of Texas.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. |
| 25.07.1978 | Memorial Coliseum | Corpus Christi, TX | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL), Max Webster | |
| 28.07.1978 | Richfield Coliseum | Cleveland, OH | USA | Black Oak Arkansas | Short gig. Some sources incorrectly claim this was in May 1978.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
| ??.07.1978 | Myriad | Oklahoma City, OK | USA | REO Speedwagon (HL) | |
| 02.08.1978 | Tower Theater | Upper Darby, PA | USA | Cheap Trick | Some sources claim this show was with REO Speedwagon and
Nantucket, but concert goer confirmed it was with Cheap Trick
instead. Cheap Trick opened for Rainbow at this gig. Some ticket stubs or gig ads apparently suggest that Nantucket would've been the opener.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 05.08.1978 | Leroy Concert Hall | Pawtucket, RI | USA | Cheap Trick | Venue name might've been Leroy Theater. |
| ??.08.1978 | The Royal Oak Music Theater | Royal Oak, MI | USA | The Cars | |
| ??.08.1978 | The Royal Oak Music Theater | Royal Oak, MI | USA | The Cars | |
| 14.08.1978 | The Royal Oak Music Theater | Royal Oak, MI | USA | The Cars | Unknown which of the three gigs was on 14th |
| 17.08.1978 | Stanley Theater | Pittsburgh, PA | USA | Eddie Money | Rainbow played only 45 minutes, audience almost rioted after the show.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 18.08.1978 | Calderone Concert Hall | Hempstead, NY | USA | Ac/Dc | Click here for ticket stub picture.
Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. Click here for 3rd ticket stub picture. |
| 19.08.1978 | Paramount Theater | Wilkes-Barre, PA | USA | Ac/Dc | No encore played. Apparently someone threw a firework on the stage just before the band was going to come to play encore. On the other hand, one concert goer does not remember that this would've happened. |
| 20.08.1978 | War Memorial | Johnstown, PA | USA | Ac/Dc | Click here for gig ad picture. Some claim the show was cancelled. |
| 21.08.1978 | Paradise Theater | Boston, MA | USA | Ac/Dc | Included Gates Of Babylon? Some sources claim the venue was Boston Garden, some others claim Orpheum Theater. |
| 23.08.1978 | Palace Theater | Albany, NY | USA | Ac/Dc | |
| 24.08.1978 | Palladium | New York City, NY | USA | Ac/Dc | Show ended after 3 songs, PA/rainbow interference problems, after
90 minutes of troubleshooting Ronnie announced to the audience that
the ticket price will be refunded.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
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