CONCERT TOUR HISTORY PAGES
(info source: Kim Hagemann, Denmark,phone: +36162169, Randy M. Foley USA)Please, help me to complete and correct this list! (webmaster)
DATES ARE WRITTEN IN EURO-STYLE: DAY/MONTH1969 (debute)
BUFFALO.NEW YORK MARCH?
EASTOWN THEATER, DETROIT 25/6-26/6
DETROIT ROCK'N ROLL REVIVAL
CINCINNATI.OHIO
1ST ATLANTA POP FESTIVAL FRI 4-SAT 5/7
NASHVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FESTVAL, MOSPORT PARK, CANADA.AUG 9/8
TEXAS INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL SAT 30-SUN 31/8 MON 1/9
LOS ANGELES
OLYMPIA STADIUM, DETROIT 18/10
THE AGRADOME, VANCOUVER, CANADA.19/10
SMU McFARLIN AUDITORIUM, TEXAS.SAT 1/11
MUSIC ART FEATIVAL, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.28-29-30/11
FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK.5-6/12
S.U.N.Y.
WINTERLAND.SAN FRANSISCO THU 18-FRI 19-SAT 20-SUN 21/12
EASTOWN THEATER, DETROIT 31/12
GRAND FUNK SPENDS 15 DAYS IN JUNE TO RECORD "ON TIME" IN CLEVELAND WITH KEN HAMANN AS ENGINEER AND TERRY KNIGHT AS PRODUCER.THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED 25/8-69.THE SINGLE "HEARTBREAKER" WAS RECORDED 16/4-69 AND RELEASED 2/2-70. ANOTHER SINGLE "TIME MACHINE" WAS RECORDED 18/6-69 AND RELEASED 28/7-69.
THE SECOND ALBUM "GRAND FUNK" WAS RECORDED IN OCTOBER IN CLEVELAND WITH HAMANN & KNIGHT AND RELEASED 29/12-69.THE SINGLE "MR LIMOUSINE DRIVER" PROMOTION TOUR STARTS IN MARCH 1970.ON THIS TOUR THE BAND REACHED OVER 5 MILLION PEOPLE.
1970
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FRI 13/12
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.TUSCALOSA THU 12/3
COBO HALL.DETROIT THU 30/4
SYNDROME.CHICAGO SAT 2/5
CLOSER TO HOME TOUR:
ROBERT´S SPORTS ARENA.SARASOTA MON 22/6
COLISEUM.JACKSONVILLE TUE 23/6
CIVIC AUDITORIUM.WEST PALM BEACH WED 24/6
CINCINNATI POP FESTIVAL TUE30/6
2ND ATLANTA POP FESTIVAL SAT 4-SUN 5/7
RANDAL´S ISLAND ROCK FESTIVAL FRI 17-SAT 18/7
FILLMORE EAST FRI 31/7-SAT 1/8
ALOHA STADIUM.HAWAII AUGUST?
ANAHEIM.CALIFORNIA SUN 1/11
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FRI 11/12
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FRI 18/12
DES MOINES. IOWA THU 31/12
IN FEBRUARY-MARCH GRAND FUNK COMES TO CLEVELAND TO RECORD "CLOSER TO HOME".THE ALBUM IS RELEASED ON 15/6.SINGLE RELEASES ARE "I´M YOUR CAPTAIN" AND "SIN´S A GOOD MANS BROTHER"."GRAND FUNK LIVE ALBUM" WAS RELEASED 16/11, "MEAN MISTREATER" WAS RELEASED AS SINGLE LATER IN NOVEMBER.WAS"LIVE ALBUM"RECORDED AT ATLANTA POP FESTIVAL?
(ref. author claims it could have been recorded at Robert's Sports Arena 22/6)
"Live Album" was recorded at Sarasota, Jacksonville and West Palm Beach. (officially confirmed)1971
ROYAL ALBERT HALL.ENGLAND FRI 15/1
L.A.FORUM.LOS ANGELES TUE 23/2 WED 24/2
SAN DIEGO THU 15/4
WINTERLAND.SAN FRANSISCO SUN 18/4
CONVENTION ARENA.MICHIGAN FRI 30/4
EUROPEAN SURVIVAL TOUR (feat.Humble Pie)
FRANKFURT.GERMANY SUN 20/6
SCHWEINFURT.GERMANY TUE 22/6
DE DOELEN.ROTTERDAM.NETHERLANDS FRI 25/6
AMSTERDAM.NETHERLANDS SAT 26/6
OLYMPIA.PARIS.FRANCE MON 28/6
ROME.ITALY WED 30/6
MILANO.ITALY THU 1/7
HYDE PARK.ENGLAND SAT 3/7
SHEA STADIUM.NEW YORK FRI 9/7
HONOLULU.HAWAII TUE 13/7
KARAKUEN STADIUM.JAPAN SAT 17/7
OSAKA.JAPAN SUN 18/7
NIPPON.OSAKA.JAPAN MON 19/7
YALE BOWL.SAT 24/7
E PLURIBUS FUNK TOUR
ATLANTA BRAVES STADIUM.GEORGIA SAT 2/10
BOSTON GARDENS.MASSACHUSETTS SUN 3/10
MILWAUKEE CIVIC ARENA MON 4/10
DETROIT OLYMPIA STADIUM.MICHIGAN THU 7/10
BUFFALO MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM FRI 8/10
MAPLE LEAF GARDENS.TORONTO.CANADA SAT 9/10
CINCINNATI GARDENS.OHIO SUN 10/10
MEMPHIS MIDSOUTH COLISEUM.TENNESEE WED 13/10
HOLLYWOOD FLORIDA SPORTATORIUM FRI 15/10
SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM SAT 16/10
COTTON BOWL.DALLAS SUN 17/10
OKLAHOMA CITY FAIRGROUNDS COLISEUM MON 18/10
THE FORUM.LOS ANGELES WED 20/10 THU 21/10
SALT PALACE.SALT LAKE CITY SAT 23/10
OAKLAND COLISEUM SUN 24/10
SEATTLE COLISEUM TUE 26/10
MET CENTER, BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA WED 27/10
LINCOLN NEB. MEMORIOAL AUDITORIUM THU 28/10
CLEVELAND PUBLIC AUDITORIUM SAT 30/10
CHICAGO AMPHITHEATRE SUN 31/10
PITTSBURG CIVIC AUDITORIUM MON 1/11
CAPITOL THEATRE.NEW YORK FRI 19/11 SAT 20/11
WHIRLWIND TOUR (with Mott the Hoople)
COPENHAGEN.DENMARK FRI 3/12
DUSSELDORF.GERMANY SAT 4/12
MUNICH.GERMANY MON 6/12 TUE 7/12
WEST-BERLIN.GERMANY THU 9/12
HAMBURG.GERMANY FRI 10/12
FRANKFURTH.GERMANY SAT 11/12
OLYMPIA.PARIS.FRANCE MON 13/12
PALAIS DE SPORT.LYON.FRANCE THU 16/12
AMSTERDAM.NETHERLANDS FRI 17/12
"SURVIVAL" WAS RELEASED 15/4. SINGLES "FEELIN´ALRIGHT" 12/3 AND "GIMME SHELTER" 16/8.TERRY KNIGHT WAS PRODUCER AND KEN HAMANN WAS ENGINEER EVEN FOR THE NEXT ALBUM "E PLURIBUS FUNK",RELEASED 15/11 (THE FIRST RECORD WITH THEIR OWN CAPITOL LABEL).SINGLES "FOOTSTOMPIN´MUSIC" WAS RELEASED 12/12 AND "PEOPLE LET´S STOP THE WAR" IN THE BEGINNING OF 1972.
