Hell Bent for Leather Tour

Hell Bent for Leather Tour

Concert by Judas Priest
Location	UK, Asia, United States, Europe
Associated albums	Killing Machine Unleashed in the East
Start date	25 January 1979
End date	15 December 1979
No. of shows	94 17 in UK 28 in Europe 44 in North America 5 in Asia
Judas Priest concert chronology

The Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather Tour was a 1979 concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, in support of their most recent release, Killing Machine (named Hell Bent for Leather in the US). The live album Unleashed in the East was recorded during the Japanese leg of this tour. During the second US leg of the tour, they supported KISS and on the European leg they supported AC/DC.^[1]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
UK Leg #1
25 January 1979	London	England	Top of the Pops
Asia Leg
9 February 1979	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
10 February 1979
14 February 1979	Osaka		Festival Hall
14 February 1979
15 February 1979	Tokyo		Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
North America Leg #1
27 February 1979	Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States	Agriculture Hall
28 February 1979	Falls Church, Virginia		Louie's Rock City
9 March 1979	Orlando, Florida		Great Southern Music Hall
11 March 1979	New York City		Mudd Club
14 March 1979	Austin, Texas		Austin Opera House
15 March 1979	Houston, Texas		Music Hall
22 March 1979	San Antonio, Texas		HemisFair Arena
29 March 1979	West Hollywood, California		Starwood
30 March 1979
31 March 1979
March 1979	Toronto	Canada	El Mocambo
March 1979	Bailey's	United States	Crossroads
5 April 1979	San Jose, California		Center For The Performing Arts
10 April 1979	Yakima, Washington		Yakima Valley Community College
11 April 1979	Medford, Oregon		Medford Armory
13 April 1979	Seattle, Washington		Paramount Theatre
21 April 1979	New York City		The Palladium
4 May 1979	Chicago		International Amphitheatre
6 May 1979	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	MECCA Arena
UK Leg #2
12 May 1979	Glasgow	Scotland	The Apollo
13 May 1979	Liverpool	England	Empire Theatre
14 May 1979	Derby		Assembly Rooms
15 May 1979	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
16 May 1979	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
17 May 1979
18 May 1979	Hanley		Victoria Hall
19 May 1979	Oxford		Apollo 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
28 May 1979	London		Hammersmith Odeon
29 May 1979
31 May 1979	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
1 July 1979	Dublin	Ireland	Dalymount Park Festival
North America, Leg #2
1 September 1979	Uniondale, New York	United States	Nassau Coliseum
3 September 1979	New Haven, Connecticut		New Haven Coliseum
8 September 1979	Asbury Park, New Jersey		Paramount Theatre
11 September 1979	Los Angeles		Forum Arena
14 September 1979	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
16 September 1979	Louisville, Kentucky		Kentucky Exposition Center
20 September 1979	Evansville, Indiana		Roberts Municipal Stadium
22 September 1979	Chicago, Illinois		International Amphitheatre
24 September 1979	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		MECCA Arena
28 September 1979	Bloomington, Minnesota		Met Center
30 September 1979	Kansas City, Missouri		Municipal Auditorium
3 October 1979	Houston, Texas		Houston Music Hall
5 October 1979	Arlington, Texas		Texas Hall
6 October 1979	San Antonio, Texas		HemisFair Arena
8 October 1979	Austin, Texas		Austin Municipal Auditorium
11 October 1979	Laredo, Texas		Laredo Civic Center
14 October 1979	El Paso, Texas		El Paso Civic Center
17 October 1979	Seattle, Washington		Seattle Coliseum
23 October 1979	Santa Monica, California		Santa Monica Civic Center
26 October 1979	Hammond, Indiana		Hammond Civic Center
27 October 1979	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Uptown Theater
30 October 1979	Washington, D.C.		Ontario Theater
31 October 1979	Allentown, PA		Agricultural Hall
3 November 1979	Passaic, New Jersey		Capitol Theatre
4 November 1979	New York City	Palladium
Europe 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	Würzburg		Kursaal convention centre
19 November 1979	Passau		Evansville Civic Center
20 November 1979	Offenbach am Main		Stadthalle Offenbach
21 November 1979	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen 3
23 November 1979	Hamburg		Messehallen
24 November 1979	Munich		Circus Krone Building
25 November 1979	Bern	Switzerland	Festhalle Bern
27 November 1979	Regensburg	Germany	RT Halle
28 November 1979	Ravensburg		Oberschwabenhalle
29 November 1979	Hof		Freiheitshalle
1 December 1979	Ludwigshafen		Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
2 December 1979	Neunkirchen am Brand		Hemmerleinhalle
3 December 1979	Berlin		Berlin Eissporthalle
4 December 1979	Offenbach am Main		Stadthalle Offenbach
6 December 1979	Metz	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
10 December 1979	Lyon		Palais des Sports de Gerland
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

References

1. The French Metallian - 1979 tour dates