RAINBOW RISING TOUR 1976

Date	Venue	City and State	Country	Other bands	Comments
11.06.1976	Columbus Veterans Memorial	Columbus, OH	USA		According to Thin Lizzy's guitarist Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy was going to warm-up the show but cancelled because of Phil Lynott's illness.
13.06.1976	Fairgrounds	Allentown, PA	USA		According to Thin Lizzy's guitarist Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy was going to warm-up the show but cancelled because of Phil Lynott's illness. According to "The Sunday Record" newspaper, Rainbow and Thin Lizzy played at this date at The Palace in New York City, NY.
14.06.1976	Fairgrounds	Allentown, PA	USA		Not confirmed, might not have happened? Originally Montreal was scheduled for June 14th. According to Thin Lizzy's guitarist Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy was going to warm-up the show but cancelled because of Phil Lynott's illness.
15.06.1976	Allen Theatre	Cleveland, OH	USA		Thin Lizzy was going to be the support band but they cancelled because of Lynott's illness. Click here for gig ad picture.
17.06.1976	Beacon Theater	New York City, NY	USA	Southside Johnny And The Asbury Dukes or Duke And The Backstreet Drivers	Thin Lizzy was going to be the warming up band, but cancelled because of Lynott's illness. Some sources claim Ac/Dc would've opened but they're incorrect. Click here for gig ad picture. Click here for another gig ad picture.
??.06.1976	The Calderone	Hempstead, NY	USA		Some sources claim Ac/Dc would've opened but they're incorrect. Thin Lizzy was most likely going to be the support band but they cancelled because of Lynott's illness.
??.06.1976	Orpheum Theater	Boston, MA	USA		Thin Lizzy was most likely going to be the support band but they cancelled because of Lynott's illness.
22.06.1976	Hara Arena	Dayton, OH	USA	Ted Nugent	Date could've been 26th? Thin Lizzy was going to be the support band but they cancelled because of Lynott's illness.
24.06.1976	International Amphitheater	Milwaukee, WI	USA		Some sources claim the venue was Uptown Theater
25.06.1976	Aragon Ballroom	Chicago, IL	USA	Heart, Mahogany Rush
26.06.1976		Indianapolis, IN	USA		Not confirmed
27.06.1976	Orpheum Theater	Davenport, IA	USA
??.06.1976		Cleveland, OH	USA
02.07.1976	Masonic Temple	Rochester, NY	USA	Angel, Gentle Giant	Some sources incorrectly claim this was July 6th.
03.07.1976	Broadwalk Casino Arena	Asbury Park, NJ	USA	Henry Gross
04.07.1976			USA		Outdoor venue
08.07.1976	SMU McFarlin Memorial Auditorium	Dallas, TX	USA
09.07.1976	Municipal Auditorium	San Antonio, TX	USA	Blue Oyster Cult (HL), Starz
10.07.1976	Music Hall	Houston, TX	USA		Ronnie's birthday show
15.07.1976	Jai Alai Fronton	Miami, FL	USA		Click here for ticket stub picture.
??.07.1976	Civic Auditorium	Jacksonville, FL	USA		Venue might've been Veterans' Memorial Coliseum instead.
20.07.1976	St. Denis Theater	Montreal, PQ	Canada	Max Webster
26.07.1976	Civic Arena	Pittsburgh, PA	USA	Jethro Tull (HL)	Some claim Jethro Tull did not play but they did.
27.07.1976	Market Square Arena	Indianapolis, IN	USA	Jethro Tull (HL)	Some claim Jethro Tull did not play but at least ticket stub exist for this date.
03.08.1976	Starlight Bowl Amphitheater	Burbank, CA	USA		Some sources say the venue was Civic Arena. Originally scheduled for July but vetoed by the Burbank Council
??.08.1976	Civic Auditorium	San Jose, CA	USA		Exact date unknown, but almost certainly within a couple of days of the Burbank, CA show.
31.08.1976	Hippodrome	Bristol	UK	Stretch
01.09.1976	De Montfort Hall	Leicester	UK	Stretch
03.09.1976	Empire Theatre	Liverpool	UK	Stretch	£2000 damage to the venue led to ban.
04.09.1976	Playhouse	Edinburgh	UK	Stretch
05.09.1976	Free Trade Hall	Manchester	UK	Stretch	Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for pass picture.
07.09.1976	Hammersmith Odeon	London	UK	Stretch	Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. Click here for 3rd ticket stub picture.
08.09.1976	Hammersmith Odeon	London	UK	Stretch	Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture.
11.09.1976	Odeon Theatre	Birmingham	UK	Stretch	Click here for ticket stub picture.
12.09.1976	Gaumont Theatre	Southampton	UK	Stretch	Some sources incorrecly mention Odeon as the venue.
13.09.1976	Speakeasy	London	UK		Blackmore jammed with The Fabulous Poodles, not a Rainbow gig
14.09.1976	City Hall	Newcastle	UK	Stretch	Click here for ticket stub picture.
16.09.1976	Speakeasy	London	UK		Blackmore jammed with Screaming Lord Sutch, not a Rainbow gig
20.09.1976	Konserthuset	Stockholm	Sweden		Some sources claim Ac/Dc was the support band at this gig but concert goer confirmed there was no warming up band. Ac/Dc most likely they joined the tour only in Hamburg, Germany
22.09.1976	Tivoli's Koncertsal	Copenhagen	Denmark		Some sources claim that Ac/Dc would've been the support band but they did not play at this show
23.09.1976	Musikhalle Grosser Saal	Hamburg	Germany	Ac/Dc	Filmed in part by Oyster
24.09.1976	Stadthalle	Bremen	Germany	Ac/Dc	Some sources suggest the city was Bremerhaven
25.09.1976	Sporthalle	Cologne	Germany	Ac/Dc	On Stage recordings
27.09.1976	Philipshalle	Dusseldorf	Germany	Ac/Dc	On Stage recordings. Click here for ticket stub picture
28.09.1976	Messezentrum Halle A	Nurnberg	Germany	Ac/Dc	Some sources incorrectly claim this was Multihalle in Mannheim. On Stage recordings.
29.09.1976	Circus Krone	Munich	Germany	Ac/Dc	On Stage recordings
30.09.1976	Multihalle	Mannheim	Germany	Ac/Dc	Click here for ticket stub picture.
01.10.1976	Rhein Main Halle	Wiesbaden	Germany	Ac/Dc
02.10.1976	Westfallenhalle Festival	Dortmund	Germany	Ac/Dc, Van Der Graf Generator, Procol Harum
03.10.1976		Geneva	Switzerland	Ac/Dc	Unconfirmed
04.10.1976	Casino	Bern	Switzerland	Ac/Dc
05.10.1976	Volkshaus	Zurich	Switzerland	Ac/Dc
06.10.1976	Jahrhunderthalle	Frankfurt	Germany	Ac/Dc	Click here for gig poster picture.
08.10.1976	Luxor Theater	Hoensbroek	Holland	Ac/Dc
11.10.1976		Le Mans	France	Ac/Dc
12.10.1976		Le Havre	France	Ac/Dc
13.10.1976	Porte de Pantin Pavillion	Paris	France	Ac/Dc
14.10.1976	Cirque Royal	Brussels	Belgium	Ac/Dc	Some sources claim this was on 16th or 17th, but the ticket stub and eyewitness claim the date was 14th instead. Click here for ticket stub picture.
15.10.1976		Rouen	France	Ac/Dc
16.10.1976		Marseilles	France	Ac/Dc
18.10.1976	Congress Gebouw	The Hague	Netherlands	Ac/Dc	Click here for gig ad picture.
28.10.1976	Stadthalle	Erlangen	Germany	Ac/Dc	Most likely this did not happen. Live tape exists claiming to be from this show but is actually from Nurnberg on September 28th.
04.11.1976	Entertainment Centre	Perth	Australia
09.11.1976	Festival Hall	Melbourne	Australia	Buffalo
11.11.1976	Horden Pavillion	Sydney	Australia	Buffalo	Click here for ticket stub picture.
12.11.1976	Civic Theatre	Newcastle	Australia	Buffalo
13.11.1976	Festival Hall	Brisbane	Australia	Buffalo
16.11.1976	Horden Pavillion	Sydney	Australia	Buffalo
18.11.1976	Festival Theatre	Adelaide	Australia	Buffalo	Some sources claim this was on November 20th instead.
19.11.1976	Festival Theatre	Adelaide	Australia	Buffalo	1st show at 5pm
19.11.1976	Festival Theatre	Adelaide	Australia	Buffalo	2nd show at 8pm
22.11.1976	Festival Hall	Melbourne	Australia		Click here for ticket stub picture.
02.12.1976	Taiikukan Gymansium	Tokyo	Japan		Venue might've been Sport Centre. Click here for ticket stub picture.
04.12.1976	Shi Kokaido	Nagoya	Japan		Some sources claim this show did not take place
05.12.1976	Koseinenkin-Kaikan	Osaka	Japan		On Stage recordings, some sources list this as 4th. Click here for a picture of a souvenir sticker sold at the show.
06.12.1976	Budokan	Tokyo	Japan		On Stage recordings, not confirmed?
07.12.1976	Shi Kokaido	Nagoya	Japan
08.12.1976	Koseinenkin-Kaikan	Osaka	Japan	The Anzen Band	On Stage recordings
09.12.1976	Koseinenkin-Kaikan	Osaka	Japan		On Stage recordings. Click here for ticket stub picture.
10.12.1976	Kaikan Daiichi Hall	Kyoto	Japan
13.12.1976	Kyuden-Kinen Taiikukan	Fukuoka	Japan
14.12.1976	Kenritsu Taiikukan	Hiroshima	Japan		Venue might've been Hiroshima-Shi Kokaido
16.12.1976	Budokan	Tokyo	Japan		1st show at 3.00pm, On Stage recordings. Click here for ticket stub picture (might also be from the evening show).
16.12.1976	Budokan	Tokyo	Japan		2nd show at night, On Stage recordings