RAINBOW LONG LIVE TO ROCK AND ROOLL TOUR 1978

Date	Venue	City and State	Country	Other bands	Comments
09.05.1978	Mid South Coliseum	Memphis, TN	USA
11.05.1978	The Checkerdome Arena	St. Louis, MO	USA	Reo Speedwagon (HL)
12.05.1978	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, MO	USA	Reo Speedwagon (HL), No Dice	Capacity 15000
13.05.1978	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, MO	USA	Reo Speedwagon (HL)	Capacity 15000
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
19.05.1978	Swing Auditorium	San Berdardino, CA	USA
20.05.1978	Winterland Ballroom	San Francisco, CA	USA	Reo Speedwagon (HL), No Dice	Some claim Blondie was one of the support acts.
21.05.1978	Warnors Theater	Fresno, CA	USA	-	Capacity about 1500
22.05.1978	San Diego Sports Arena	San Diego, CA	USA	REO Speedwagon (HL), No Dice	2500 people, capacity 13000
??.05.1978	Richfield Coliseum	Cleveland, OH	USA	Black Oak Arkansas	Short gig
26.05.1978	Sports Arena	Toledo, OH	USA
27.05.1978	Gardens	Louisville, KY	USA	Henry Gross, No Dice	Click here for ticket stub picture
28.05.1978	Fairgrounds	Allentown, PA	USA	Foghat (HL)
29.05.1978	Civic Arena	Springfield, MA	USA	Foghat	Co-headlining show
31.05.1978	Hara Arena	Dayton, OH	USA
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
03.06.1978	Palace Theatre	Albany, NY	USA	REO Speedwagon (HL)
05.06.1978	Garden	Boston, MA	USA		Date might've been 6th
07.06.1978	Mid Hudson Civic Center Arena	Poughkeepsie, NY	USA
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)
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
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
09.07.1978	Civic Coliseum	Amarillo, TX	USA	Reo Speedwagon (HL), Blackstone
13.07.1978	Sam Houston Coliseum	Houston, TX	USA	Reo Speedwagon (HL)
14.07.1978	Convention Center Arena	Dallas, TX	USA	Reo Speedwagon (HL)
15.07.1978	Municipal Auditorium	San Antonio, TX	USA	Reo Speedwagon (HL)
20.07.1978	Riverside Complex	Baton Rouge, LA	USA	REO Speedwagon (HL)
21.07.1978	Louisiana State University Assembly Center	Baton Rouge, LA	USA
22.07.1978	Fair Park Coliseum	Beaumont, TX	USA
23.07.1978	Municipal Auditorium	Austin, TX	USA	REO Speedwagon (HL)	Venue also listed as University of Texas.
25.07.1978	Memorial Coliseum	Corpus Christi, TX	USA	REO Speedwagon (HL), Max Webster
??.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.
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.
18.08.1978	Calderone Concert Hall	Hempstead, NY	USA	Ac/Dc	Click here for ticket stub picture.
19.08.1978	Paramount Theater	Wilkes-Barre, PA	USA	Ac/Dc	No encore played. Someone threw a firework on the stage just before the band was going to come to play encore.
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