This is the Rainbow bootlegs, concerts and tour dates info page of my site.

This page is dedicated to the memory of The Man On The Silver Mountain, mr. Ronnie James Dio who sadly passed away on May 16th 2010...Ronnie's mystical lyrics and operatic vocals along with Ritchie's signature guitarring is what made Rainbow such a very unique and inspirational band. In live form the band truly came alive, sometimes expanding songs to near the 20 minute mark and Still I'm Sad sometimes way over it...Jams, solos and improvisations were what the band was all about. Naturally Ritche's temper and hot headedness always gave it's own special spice to the mix...one could never really know what to expect. Sadly (but luckily for Black Sabbath) Ritchie wanted the band to go commercial all the way and make radio friendly songs that were closer to pop than hard rock/metal, which again Ronnie was not willing to do so Ritchie fired him in late 1978. But the subsequent albums were lacking in every way compared to the first three studio albums, which can be considered all time classics in the world of Hard Rock and early Heavy Metal. Songs like The Man On The Silver Mountain, Sixteenth Century Greensleeves, the magnum opus Stargazer (which might very well be one of the best songs ever made), Starstruck, A Light In The Black, Long Live Rock 'n Roll, Kill The King and the masterful Gates Of Babylon, just to mention few, are suberb and should be treated as classics and they all have a very special place in my heart.

 

This page was updated last: 13.09.2011

All the dates are in European form: DD-MM-YYYY

To get further information on each show just click on the date!

Date

 Venue City/Country Length Min Sound Quality CDs  

12-11-1975 Beacon Theater [Source 1] New York USA 82 C+ 2  
12-11-1975 Beacon Theater [Source 2] New York USA 87 B 2  
15-11-1975 Tower Theater Philadelphia USA 74 B- 2  
20-11-1975 Ford Auditorium Detroit USA 82 B 2  
18-12-1975 Syria Mosque Pittsburgh USA 88 B- 2  

17-06-1976 Beacon Theater New York USA 94 B+ 2  
22-06-1976 Hara Arena Dayton USA 100 B 2  
15-07-1976 Jai Alai Fronton Miami USA 117 B+ 2  
03-08-1976 Starlight Bowl Amphitheater Burbank USA 116 B+ 2  
05-09-1976 Free Trade Hall Manchester UK 99 B 2  
07-09-1976 Hammersmith Odeon London UK 91 A- 2  
08-09-1976 Hammersmith Odeon London UK 107 B+ 2  
14-09-1976 City Hall Newcastle UK 104 B- 2  
18-10-1976 Congress Gebouw Hague NETHERLANDS 68 A 1  
09-11-1976 Festival Hall Melbourne AUSTRALIA 90 B+ 2  
02-12-1976 Taiikukan Gymnasium Tokyo JAPAN 123 B+ 2  
05-12-1976 Koseinenkin Hall Osaka JAPAN 113 A 2  
08-12-1976 Koseinenkin Hall Osaka JAPAN 43 A 1  
09-12-1976 Koseinenkin Hall Osaka JAPAN 102 B+ 2  
09-12-1976 Koseinenkin Hall Osaka JAPAN 56 A++ 1  
10-12-1976 Kaikan Daiichi Hall [Source1] Kyoto JAPAN 116 B+ 2  
10-12-1976 Kaikan Daiichi Hall [Source2] Kyoto JAPAN 124 A 2  
13-12-1976 Kyoden-Kinen Taiikukan Fukuoka JAPAN 107 A 2  
14-12-1976 Kenritsu Taiikukan Hiroshima JAPAN 110 A- 2  
16-12-1976 Budokan Tokyo JAPAN 116 A+ 2  

25-09-1977 Konserthuset Stockholm SWEDEN 102 B+ 2  
27-09-1977 Chateau Neuf Oslo NORWAY 87 B+ 2  
04-10-1977 Congress Gebouw Hague NETHERLANDS 84 A 2  
27-10-1977 Porte De Pantin Pavillion Paris FRANCE 111 B+ 2  
01-11-1977 City Hall Newcastle UK 106 B+ 2 NEW
04-11-1977 Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool UK 92 A- 2 NEW
11-01-1978 Shi Kokkaido Nagoya JAPAN 101 B+ 2  
12-01-1978 Kenritsu Taiikukan [Source1] Hiroshima JAPAN 111 B+ 2  
12-01-1978 Kenritsu Taiikukan [Source2] Hiroshima JAPAN 125 A 2  
17-01-1978 Koseinenkin Hall Osaka JAPAN 115 A+ 2  
20-01-1978 Koseinenkin Hall Osaka JAPAN 112 A 2  
21-01-1978 Budokan Tokyo JAPAN 85 B+ 2  
24-01-1978 Shimin Kaikan Koriyama JAPAN 91 A 2  
31-01-1978 Kenmin Kaikan Hall Niigata JAPAN 105 A- 2  
03-02-1978 Budokan Tokyo JAPAN 97 B+ 2  

21-05-1978 Warner Theater Fresno USA 66 B 1  
24-06-1978 The Omni Atlanta USA 50 A++ 1  
02-08-1978 Tower Theater Philadelphia USA 70 B- 1