The A Trick of the Tail Tour was a concert tour by English rock band Genesis. This was the first tour after Peter Gabriel left the band, and the only one with Bill Bruford on drums.
"A lot of the band thought he could sing better than I did anyway," remarked Gabriel of Phil Collins, who took over lead vocals. "The singing side he could handle, but I don't think he enjoyed singing some of my more obscure lyrics."
The tour began on 26 March 1976 in London, Ontario, Canada and ended on 11 July 1976 in Stafford, England. Shows in Glasgow and Stafford were filmed for Genesis: In Concert (1976).
Setlist "Dance on a Volcano" The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Medley ( "Lamb Stew" / "Lamb Casserole" / "Lamb Cutlet") "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" "Fly on a Windshield" "Broadway Melody of 1974" "The Carpet Crawlers" "The Cinema Show" "Robbery, Assault and Battery" (omitted on 25 June 1976) "White Mountain" "Firth of Fifth" "Entangled" (omitted on 15 April 1976) "Squonk" (omitted on 15 April 1976) "Supper's Ready" "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" "Los Endos" "it." (omitted on 16 June 1976) "Watcher of the Skies" (omitted on 16 June 1976)
Tour dates + List of 1976 concerts Date City Country Venue 26 March 1976 London CanadaLondon Arena 27 March 1976 Waterloo University of Waterloo 28 March 1976 Buffalo United StatesCentury Theatre 29 March 1976 Hamilton CanadaHamilton Place Theatre 31 March 1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens 1 April 1976 2 April 1976 Montreal Montreal Forum 3 April 1976 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre 4 April 1976 Quebec City Colisée de Québec 7 April 19762 Shows Upper Darby United StatesTower Theater 8 April 1976 New York City Beacon Theatre 9 April 19762 Shows 10 April 1976 Boston Orpheum Theatre 12 April 1976 Baltimore Lyric Theatre 13 April 1976 Pittsburgh Syria Mosque 14 April 1976 Cleveland Cleveland Music Hall 15 April 1976 16 April 1976 Chicago Auditorium Theatre 17 April 1976 19 April 1976 Columbus Ohio Theatre 20 April 1976 Detroit Ford Auditorium 21 April 1976 Milwaukee Riverside Theater 22 April 1976 Grand Rapids George Welsh Civic Auditorium 23 April 1976 St. Louis Ambassador Theatre 25 April 1976 Kansas City Memorial Hall 29 April 1976 Berkeley Berkeley Community Theatre 30 April 1976 Fresno Warner Theatre 1 May 1976 Burbank Starlight Bowl 3 May 1976 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 5 May 1976 Austin Hogg Memorial Auditorium 6 May 1976 Houston Houston Music Hall 7 May 1976 Fort Worth Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium 9 June 1976 London EnglandHammersmith Odeon 10 June 1976 11 June 1976 12 June 1976 13 June 1976 14 June 1976 15 June 1976 Cambrai France Palais des Grottes 16 June 19762 Shows The Hague NetherlandsCongresgebouw 17 June 1976 18 June 1976 Düsseldorf West GermanyPhilipshalle 19 June 1976 West Berlin Deutschlandhalle 21 June 1976 Brussels BelgiumForest National 22 June 1976 23 June 1976 Paris FrancePavillon de Paris 24 June 1976 Lyon Palais des Sports de Gerland 26 June 1976 Bern SwitzerlandFesthalle Bern 27 June 1976 Munich West GermanyOlympiahalle 28 June 1976 Bern SwitzerlandFesthalle Bern 29 June 1976 Hamburg West GermanyCongresshalle 30 June 1976 Gothenburg SwedenScandinavium 1 July 1976 Copenhagen DenmarkIdrætsparken 2 July 1976 DüsseldorfWest GermanyPhilipshalle 3 July 1976 Sankt Goarshausen Freilichtbühne Loreley 4 July 1976 Eppelheim Rhein-Neckar-Halle 8 July 1976 Glasgow ScotlandApollo Theatre 9 July 1976 10 July 1976 Stafford EnglandBingley Hall 11 July 1976
Box office score data +List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, referencesDate(1976)CityVenueAttendanceGross8 AprilNew York City, United StatesBeacon Theatre7,941 / 7,941$55,0009 April(2 shows)
Personnel Genesis Phil Collins – vocals, percussion, drums Tony Banks – Hammond T-102 organ, Mellotron M-400, RMI 368x Electra Piano and Harpsichord; ARP Pro Soloist synthesizer, 12-string guitar, backing vocals Steve Hackett – electric and 12-string guitars Mike Rutherford – bass, Moog Taurus bass pedals, 12-string & electric guitars, backing vocals
Additional musician Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
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