RAINBOW ON STAGE TOUR 1978

Date	Venue	City and State	Country	Other bands	Comments
25.09.1977	Konserthus	Stockholm	Sweden	Kingfish
26.09.1977	Scandinavium	Gothenburg	Sweden	Kingfish
27.09.1977	Chateau Neuf	Oslo	Norway	Kingfish
28.09.1977	Nidaroehallen	Trondheim	Norway	Kingfish	Riot between the fans and roadies
30.09.1977	Idraettens Hus	Vejle	Denmark	Kingfish
01.10.1977	Falkoner Teatret	Copenhagen	Denmark	Kingfish
02.10.1977	Vejlby Risskov Hallen	Aarhus	Denmark	Kingfish
04.10.1977	Congresgebouw, Prinz Willem Alexanderzaal	The Hague	Netherlands	Kingfish
06.10.1977	Grugahalle	Essen	Germany	Kingfish
08.10.1977	Sporthalle	Cologne	Germany	Kingfish
10.10.1977	Stadthalle	Bremen	Germany	Kingfish
11.10.1977	Ebertshalle	Ludwigshafen	Germany	Kingfish
12.10.1977		Friedrichshafen	Germany	Kingfish	Most likely the same gig as the Ludwigshafen
13.10.1977	Sportshalle	Stuttgart	Germany	Kingfish
14.10.1977	Sportshalle	Hannover	Germany	Kingfish	Originally scheduled for 15th
15.10.1977	Deutschlandhalle	Berlin	Germany	Kingfish	Originally scheduled for October 7th
16.10.1977	Congresszentrum	Hamburg	Germany	Kingfish
18.10.1977	Stadthalle Theatre	Vienna	Austria	Kingfish	Ritchie Blackmore was arrested for kicking security guard
20.10.1977	Olympiahalle	Munich	Germany	Kingfish	Filmed for German TV, Ritchie arrived late and the audience was reduced to 250
21.10.1977	Messehalle K	Nurnberg	Germany	Kingfish	Originally scheduled for October 18th. Click here for ticket stub picture.
22.10.1977	Rhein-Main-Halle	Wiesbaden	Germany	Kingfish	Originally scheduled for October 17th. Click here for ticket stub picture Click here for gig poster picture
24.10.1977	Palais d' Exposition	Colmar	France	Kingfish	Venue listed also as Salle D'Exposition. Some sources also claim this was in Marseille at Salle Vallier
25.10.1977	Palais Du Sport	Lyon	France	Kingfish
27.10.1977	Porte de Pantin Pavillion	Paris	France	Kingfish	Originally scheduled for October 26th
31.10.1977	City Hall	Newcastle	UK	Kingfish	Click here for ticket stub picture.
01.11.1977	City Hall	Newcastle	UK	Kingfish	Click here for ticket stub picture
03.11.1977	Guildhall Lockley Grand Hall	Preston	UK	Kingfish
04.11.1977	Empire Theatre	Liverpool	UK	Kingfish
05.11.1977	Empire Theatre	Liverpool	UK	Kingfish	Venue banned Rainbow after damage caused by Blackmore's guitar demolishing
07.11.1977	Capitol	Aberdeen	UK	Kingfish
09.11.1977	Apollo	Glasgow	UK	Kingfish	Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture
11.11.1977	Rainbow Theatre	London	UK	Kingfish	Originally scheduled for September 18th. Click here for ticket stub picture
12.11.1977	Rainbow Theatre	London	UK	Kingfish	Originally scheduled for September 19th
13.11.1977	Rainbow Theatre	London	UK	Kingfish	Originally scheduled for September 20th
14.11.1977	Rainbow Theatre	London	UK	Kingfish	Originally scheduled for September 21st. Click here for ticket stub picture.
16.11.1977	New Theatre	Oxford	UK	Kingfish
17.11.1977	Granby Halls	Leicester	UK	Kingfish	Click here for ticket stub picture
18.11.1977	Bingley Hall	Stafford	UK	Kingfish	Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture.
20.11.1977	Apollo	Manchester	UK	Kingfish	Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for ticket stub picture.
21.11.1977	Apollo	Manchester	UK	Kingfish	Click here for ticket stub picture.
22.11.1977	Capitol Theatre	Cardiff	UK	Kingfish	Some sources list the venue as St. Davids Hall, but that venue was not yet even built then
11.01.1978	Shi Kokaido	Nagoya	Japan
12.01.1978	Kenritsu Taiikukan	Hiroshima	Japan
13.01.1978	Kenritsu Taiikukan	Kumamoto	Japan
14.01.1978	Kyuden-Kinen Taiikukan	Fukuoka	Japan
16.01.1978	Koseinenkin-Kaikan	Osaka	Japan
17.01.1978	Koseinenkin-Kaikan	Osaka	Japan
18.01.1978	Kaikan Daiichi Hall	Kyoto	Japan
20.01.1978	Koseinenkin-Kaikan	Osaka	Japan
21.01.1978	Budokan	Tokyo	Japan
22.01.1978	Budokan	Tokyo	Japan
24.01.1978	Shimin Bunka Center	Koriyama	Japan
27.01.1978	Nakajima Sports Centre	Sapporo	Japan		Fatality during crowd crush before encore
28.01.1978	Budokan	Tokyo	Japan
29.01.1978	Kenmin Kaikan	Akita	Japan
31.01.1978	Kenmin Kaikan	Niigata	Japan
01.02.1978	Shi Kanko Kaikan	Kanazawa	Japan
03.02.1978	Budokan	Tokyo	Japan