British Steel Tour

British Steel Tour

Tour by Judas Priest
Associated album	British Steel
Start date	7 March 1980
End date	28 August 1980
No. of shows	75
Judas Priest concert chronology

The British Steel Tour was a 1980 concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, in support of British Steel. This tour featured new drummer Dave Holland from Trapeze, who joined the band in 1979 after Les Binks departed the band citing dissatisfaction with the band's desire to move towards a simplified radio rock sound. During the UK leg of the tour, they were supported by Iron Maiden. However the band did not perform any of the new songs on the British leg. Instead they performed songs from the previous tour. In the American Leg, "Steeler", "You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise", "Grinder" and "Living After Midnight" were performed. The band did, however, perform songs from the latest album at the 1980 Monsters of Rock festival in August at Donington.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
7 March 1980	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff University
8 March 1980	Leeds	England	Leeds University
9 March 1980	Bristol		Colston Hall
10 March 1980	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
11 March 1980	Sheffield		City Hall
12 March 1980
13 March 1980	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
14 March 1980	London		Hammersmith Odeon
15 March 1980
16 March 1980	Southampton		Gaumont Theatre
18 March 1980	Aberdeen	Scotland	Capitol Theatre
19 March 1980	Edinburgh		Edinburgh Odeon
20 March 1980	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	City Hall
21 March 1980
22 March 1980	Glasgow	Scotland	Apollo Theatre
23 March 1980	Queensferry	Wales	Deeside Leisure Centre
25 March 1980	Stoke-on-Trent	England	Trentham Gardens Grand Hall Theatre
26 March 1980	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
27 March 1980
21 April 1980	Mannheim	Germany	Musensaal

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