A Night at the Opera Tour

A Night at the Opera Tour

World tour by Queen
Associated album	A Night at the Opera
Start date	14 November 1975
End date	22 April 1976
Legs	4
Number of shows	26 in Europe 33 in North America 9 in Asia 8 in Oceania 76 in Total
Queen concert chronology

A Night at the Opera Tour was a concert tour in 1975 by Queen to promote their album A Night at the Opera. It spanned from 1975 to 1976 and covered Europe, the United States, Japan, and Australia. This was the first appearance of Bohemian Rhapsody, which went on to be played at every Queen gig from the A Night At The Opera Tour to The Magic Tour.

Setlist

1. "Procession"
2. "Bohemian Rhapsody (rock section, live)"
3. "Ogre Battle"
4. "Sweet Lady"
5. "White Queen (As It Began)"
6. "Flick of the Wrist"
7. "Bohemian Rhapsody (verse 1 & 2)"
8. "Killer Queen"
9. "The March of the Black Queen"
10. "Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise)(outro)"
11. "Bring Back That Leroy Brown"
12. "Brighton Rock"
13. "Son and Daughter"
14. "The Prophet's Song"
15. "Stone Cold Crazy"
16. "Doing All Right"
17. "Keep Yourself Alive"
18. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
19. "Liar"
20. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"
    Encore
21. "Now I'm Here"
22. "Jailhouse Rock"
23. "Stupid Cupid"
24. "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
25. "Jailhouse Rock (reprise)"
26. "God Save the Queen" (tape)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
11 November 1975	Coventry	England	N/A
14 November 1975	Liverpool		Liverpool Empire Theatre
15 November 1975
16 November 1975	Coventry		Belgrade Theatre
17 November 1975	Bristol		Colston Hall
18 November 1975
19 November 1975	Cardiff	Wales	Capitol Theatre
21 November 1975	Taunton	England	Odeon Theatre
23 November 1975	Bournemouth		Bournemouth Winter Gardens
24 November 1975	Southampton		Gaumont Theatre
26 November 1975^[A]	Manchester		Free Trade Hall
29 November 1975	London		Hammersmith Odeon
30 November 1975
1 December 1975
2 December 1975
3 December 1975
7 December 1975	Wolverhampton		Wolverhampton Civic Hall
8 December 1975	Preston		Preston Guild Hall
9 December 1975	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
10 December 1975
11 December 1975	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall
13 December 1975	Dundee	Scotland	Caird Hall
14 December 1975	Aberdeen		Capitol Theatre
15 December 1975	Glasgow		The Apollo
16 December 1975
24 December 1975	London	England	Hammersmith Odeon
North America
27 January 1976	Waterbury	United States	Palace Theatre
29 January 1976	Boston		Music Hall
30 January 1976
31 January 1976	Upper Darby		Tower Theater
1 February 1976
2 February 1976
5 February 1976	New York City		Beacon Theatre
6 February 1976
7 February 1976
8 February 1976
11 February 1976	Detroit		Detroit Masonic Temple
12 February 1976
13 February 1976	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
14 February 1976	Cleveland		Public Auditorium
15 February 1976	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
18 February 1976	Saginaw		Saginaw Civic Center
19 February 1976	Columbus		Columbus Veterans Memorial Auditorium
20 February 1976	Pittsburgh		Stanley Theater
23 February 1976	Chicago		Auditorium Theatre
24 February 1976
26 February 1976	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
27 February 1976	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
28 February 1976	Madison		Dane County Coliseum
29 February 1976	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
2 March 1976	Milwaukee		Milwaukee Auditorium
3 March 1976	Saint Paul		Roy Wilkins Auditorium
7 March 1976	Berkeley		Berkeley Community Theatre
9 March 1976^[A]	Santa Monica		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
10 March 1976
11 March 1976
12 March 1976
13 March 1976	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
Asia
22 March 1976	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan
23 March 1976	Nagoya		Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
24 March 1976	Himeji		Himeji Kosei Nenkin Hall
26 March 1976	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium
29 March 1976	Osaka		Festival Hall
31 March 1976	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
1 April 1976
2 April 1976	Sendai		Miyagi Prefectural Sport Center
4 April 1976	Tokyo		Ryogoku Nihon University Auditorium
Oceania
11 April 1976	Perth	Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre
14 April 1976	Adelaide		Apollo Stadium
15 April 1976
17 April 1976	Sydney		Hordern Pavilion
18 April 1976
19 April 1976	Melbourne		Melbourne Festival Hall
20 April 1976
22 April 1976	Brisbane		Brisbane Festival Hall

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A The band performed two shows that day

Tour band

• Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals, piano, tambourine.
• Brian May: Guitar, backing vocals, banjo ("Bring Back That Leroy Brown").
• Roger Taylor: Drums, backing vocals.
• John Deacon: Bass guitar, additional vocals, triangle

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