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America are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1970 by English-born American Dewey Bunnell and Americans Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley. The trio met as sons of US Air Force personnel stationed in London, where they began performing live. Achieving significant popularity in the 1970s, the trio was famous for its close vocal harmonies ...
Wings Over the World Tour. (1975–76) Wings UK Tour 1979. (1979) The Wings Over the World tour was a series of concerts in 1975 and 1976 by the British–American rock band Wings performed in Britain, Australia, Europe, the United States and Canada. The North American leg constituted band leader Paul McCartney 's first live performances there ...
The 1974 tour was the first in North America by a former member of the Beatles since the band's 1966 visit. [5] [8] Raising expectations further among fans and the media, it marked the first live performances by Harrison since his successful staging of the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh shows, [13] which had also featured Shankar and Preston. [14]
The band were soon back on the road and commenced their second tour as the headlining act, with nineteen concerts at eighteen different venues around the UK. The band rotated supporting acts, and the setlist contained much of the material from the new album Sheer Heart Attack. With more money to invest in a new stage show, the band wore new ...
Knebworth Festival 1979. Led Zeppelin 's 1977 North American Tour was the eleventh and final concert tour of North America by the English rock band. The tour was divided into three legs, with performances commencing on 1 April and concluding on 24 July 1977. The tour was originally intended to finish on 13 August, but was cut short following ...
The tour started five months after the fire, and each concert began with a prayer for survivors and families. [89] The band raised $185,000 for the Station Family Fund during the tour. [90] The band initially retired "Desert Moon", the song they were performing when the fire began, from their concert setlist. [89] "
Rockshow is a 1980 concert film released by Paul McCartney and Wings, filmed during the band's 1976 North American tour. The film features 30 songs from segments of four concerts of the tour: New York, on 25 May (four songs); Seattle, Washington, 10 June (five songs); and Los Angeles, California, 22 June (fifteen songs) and 23 June (six songs). [2]
Diamond Dogs Tour. The Diamond Dogs Tour was a concert tour by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie in North America in 1974 to promote the studio album Diamond Dogs, which was released the same year. The first leg of the tour utilized a rock opera -style stage show format with multiple sets, costume changes, and choreography.