The British Steel Tour was a 1980 concert tour by English heavy metal band Judas Priest where the band toured in Europe and North America from 7 March to 23 August 1980 in support of their 1980 album British Steel.

Background During the United Kingdom leg, the band was supported by Iron Maiden, who were touring in support of their self-titled debut album.

Setlist

Songs played "Hell Bent for Leather" "Delivering the Goods" "The Ripper" "Metal Gods" "Running Wild" "Living After Midnight" "White Heat, Red Hot" "Sinner" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Diamonds & Rust" ("Joan Baez" cover) "You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise" "Exciter" "Grinder" "Victim of Changes" "Steeler" "Genocide" "Breaking the Law" "Tyrant" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" ("Fleetwood Mac" cover) [encore] "Starbreaker" [encore] "Take on the World" [encore]

Typical setlist "Hell Bent for Leather" "The Ripper" "Running Wild" "Living After Midnight" "Sinner" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise" "Grinder" "Victim of Changes" "Genocide" "Tyrant" "The Green Manalishi" ("Fleetwood Mac" Cover) [encore]

Europe

Europe songs played "Hell Bent for Leather" "Delivering the Goods" "Running Wild" "The Ripper" "Living After Midnight" "White Heat, Red Hot" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Sinner" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover) "Grinder" "Victim of Changes" "Breaking the Law" "Genocide" "Starbreaker" [encore] "Take on the World" [encore] "Tyrant" [encore]

Europe Typical setlist "Hell Bent for Leather" "Delivering the Goods" "Running Wild" "The Ripper" "White Heat, Red Hot" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Sinner" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover) "Victim of Changes" "Genocide" "Starbreaker" [encore] "Tyrant" [encore]

Europe typical setlist "Hell Bent for Leather" "Delivering the Goods" "Running Wild" "The Ripper" "White Heat, Red Hot" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Sinner" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover) "Victim of Changes" "Breaking the Law" "Genocide" "Starbreaker" [encore] "Take on the World" [encore] "Tyrant" [encore]

Monsters of Rock England (1980) "Hell Bent for Leather" "The Ripper" "Running Wild" "Living After Midnight" "Sinner" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise" "Grinder" "Victim of Changes" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover) "Tyrant"

North America

Songs played "Hell Bent for Leather" "The Ripper" "Metal Gods" "Running Wild" "Living After Midnight" "Sinner" "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover) "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Exciter" "You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise" "Breaking the Law" "Grinder" "Victim of Changes" "Steeler" "Genocide" "Tyrant" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Typical Setlist "Hell Bent for Leather" "Running Wild" "The Ripper" "Living After Midnight" "Sinner" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise" "Grinder" "Victim of Changes" "Steeler" "Genocide" "Tyrant" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueEurope 7 March 1980CardiffWalesCardiff University 8 March 1980LeedsEnglandUniversity of Leeds Refectory9 March 1980BristolColston Hall 10 March 1980ManchesterManchester Apollo11 March 1980SheffieldSheffield City Hall12 March 198013 March 1980LeicesterDe Montfort Hall 14 March 1980LondonHammersmith Odeon15 March 198016 March 1980SouthamptonGaumont Theatre18 March 1980AberdeenScotlandCapitol Theatre19 March 1980EdinburghEdinburgh Odeon20 March 1980NewcastleEnglandNewcastle City Hall21 March 1980Mayfair Ballroom22 March 1980GlasgowScotlandThe Apollo23 March 1980QueensferryWalesDeeside Leisure Centre24 March 1980LiverpoolEnglandLiverpool Empire Theatre25 March 1980Stoke-on-TrentTrentham Ballroom 26 March 1980BirminghamBirmingham Odeon27 March 19801 April 1980LondonRainbow TheatreEurope12 April 1980HamburgWest GermanyMarkthalle Hamburg13 April 1980West BerlinNeue Welt14 April 1980HanoverNiedersachsenhalle15 April 1980CologneSartory-Saal16 April 1980Neu IsenburgHuguenottenhalle18 April 1980ErlangenHeinrich-Lades-Halle20 April 1980MunichSchwabinger Braü21 April 1980MannheimMannheimer Rosengarten22 April 1980KarlsruheStadthalle24 April 1980RouenFranceClub 4425 April 1980ParisBataclan26 April 1980BrusselsBelgiumForest NationalNorth America25 May 1980Fort WorthUnited StatesWill Rogers Auditorium26 May 1980BeaumontBeaumont Civic Center28 May 1980McAllenLa Villa Real Convention Center29 May 1980AustinOprea House30 May 198031 May 1980HoustonSam Houston Coliseum1 June 1980San AntonioConvention Center Arena2 June 1980 Corpus ChristiMemorial Coliseum4 June 1980 AmarilloAmarillo Civic Center6 June 1980 MidlandChaparral Arena7 June 1980 El PasoEl Paso County Coliseum9 June 1980 TucsonTucson Community Center10 June 1980AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque Civic Auditorium12 June 1980PhoenixArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum13 June 1980Long BeachLong Beach Arena14 June 1980San BernardinoOrange Pavilion15 June 1980San DiegoSDSU Amphitheater17 June 1980SeattleSeattle Center Arena19 June 1980San FranciscoWarfield Theatre20 June 1980Santa MonicaSanta Monica Civic Auditorium21 June 1980PortlandVeterans Memorial Coliseum24 June 1980Salt Lake CitySalt Palace25 June 1980DenverRainbow Music Hall27 June 1980MilwaukeeHenry Maier Festival Park28 June 1980ChicagoInternational Amphitheatre29 June 1980 St. LouisBusch Stadium (Superjam '80)1 July 1980Albany Palace Theatre2 July 1980RochesterAuditorium Theatre3 July 1980Asbury ParkAsbury Park Convention Hall4 July 1980HartfordAgora Ballroom5 July 1980Hempstead Calderone Concert Hall6 July 1980AllentownAgricultural Hall at Allentown Fairgrounds7 July 1980Upper Darby TownshipTower Theater8 July 1980TowsonTowson Arena12 July 1980New York CityPalladium20 July 1980 TrotwoodHara Arena23 July 1980 KalamazooWings Stadium25 July 1980PekinPekin Memorial Arena27 July 1980 RockfordRockford Speedway (Rockford Speedway Jam '80)28 July 1980 DubuqueFive Flags Arena30 July 1980 ClevelandCleveland Public Hall31 July 1980 PittsburghStanley Theater2 August 1980 BostonOrpheum Theatre3 August 1980 SyracuseLandmark Theatre6 August 1980Saint PaulSaint Paul Civic CenterEurope16 August 1980 Castle DoningtonEnglandDonington Park (Monsters of Rock Donington 1980)23 August 1980 NurembergWest GermanyZeppelin Field (Golden Summer Night Festival '80)

Touring Bands This show was supported by Iron Maiden This show was supported by Def Leppard This show was in support of April Wine This show was in support of Sammy Hagar This show was in support of Journey This show was supported by Scorpions This show was in support of Heart This show was supported by Joe Perry This show was in support of Rainbow This show was supported by Saxon This show was supported by Riot This show was in support of Ted Nugent This show was in support of Johnny Winter This show was supported by Molly Hatchet This show was supported by Wishbone Ash This show was supported by Ian Gillan

Boxscore CityVenueTickets SoldGross Revenue(Adjusted for Inflation)Long BeachLong Beach Arena6,624$162,646San BernardinoOrange Showgrounds Feature Building2,291$62,434San DiegoSDSU Open Air Theater2,378$63,673San FranciscoWarfield Theater1,364$31,620Asbury ParkAsbury Park Convention Hall3,284$81,014New York CityPalladium3,385$92,402PittsburghStanley Theater2,999$78,109BostonBoston Orpheum Theatre2,800$76,499

Cancelled dates DateCityCountryVenueJune 15, 1980FresnoUnited StatesWarnors Theatre

Personnel Rob Halford – lead vocals Glenn Tipton – lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals K.K. Downing – rhythm/lead guitar, backing vocals Ian Hill – bass, backing vocals Dave Holland – drums

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