Hell Bent for Leather Tour

Hell Bent for Leather Tour

Concert by Judas Priest
Location	Asia, Europe, North America
Associated album	Killing Machine Unleashed in the East
Start date	23 October 1978
End date	15 December 1979
No. of shows	125 73 in Europe 48 in North America 6 in Asia
Judas Priest concert chronology

The Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather Tour was a 1978-79 concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, in support of their most recent release, Killing Machine (named Hell Bent for Leather in the US). The live album Unleashed in the East was recorded during the Japanese leg of this tour. During the second US leg of the tour, they supported KISS, and on the second European leg they supported AC/DC.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe, Leg #1
23 October 1978	London	England	BBC Studios
24 October 1978	Blackburn		King George's
25 October 1978	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall
26 October 1978	Wolverhampton		Wolverhampton Civic Hall
27 October 1978	London		Hammersmith Odeon
29 October 1978	Hanley		Victoria Hall
30 October 1978	Dunstable		Queensway Hall
31 October 1978	Brighton		Brighton Dome
1 November 1978	Portsmouth		Portsmouth Guildhall
2 November 1978	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
3 November 1978	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
4 November 1978	Lancaster		Lancaster University
6 November 1978	Liverpool		Liverpool Empire Theatre
7 November 1978	Edinburgh	Scotland	Odeon Theatre
8 November 1978	Glasgow		The Apollo
9 November 1978	Bradford	England	St George's Hall
11 November 1978	Derby		Assembly Rooms
12 November 1978	Bristol		Bristol Hippodrome
13 November 1978	Birmingham		Odeon Theatre
14 November 1978	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
17 November 1978	London		Hammersmith Odeon
19 November 1978	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall
24 November 1978	Peterborough		Wirrina Stadium
North America, Leg #1
15 December 1978	Buffalo	United States	Stage One
16 December 1978	New York City		Palladium
Asia
9 February 1979	Tokyo	Japan	Shinjuku Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
10 February 1979 (2 shows)
14 February 1979 4pm show	Osaka		Festival Hall
14 February 1979 7pm show
15 February 1979	Tokyo		Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
North America, Leg #2
27 February 1979	Allentown, Pennsylvania	United States	Agriculture Hall
	Falls Church, Virginia		Louie's Rock City
11 March 1979	New York City		Mudd Club
14 March 1979	Austin, Texas		Austin Opera House
15 March 1979	Houston, Texas		Music Hall
22 March 1979	San Antonio, Texas		HemisFair Arena
29 March 1979	West Hollywood, California		Starwood Club
30 March 1979
31 March 1979
March 1979	Toronto	Canada	El Mocambo
March 1979	Bailey's	United States	Crossroads
10 April 1979	Yakima, Washington		Yakima Valley Community College
11 April 1979	Medford, Oregon		Medford Armory
13 April 1979	Seattle, Washington		Paramount Theatre
21 April 1979	San Diego, California		Civic Theatre
4 May 1979	Chicago, Illinois		International Amphitheatre
6 May 1979	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		MECCA Arena
Europe, Leg #2
12 May 1979	Glasgow	Scotland	The Apollo
13 May 1979	Liverpool	England	Empire Theatre
14 May 1979	Derby		Assembly Rooms
15 May 1979	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
16 May 1979	Birmingham		Odeon Theatre
17 May 1979
18 May 1979	Hanley		Victoria Hall
19 May 1979	Oxford		Apollo Theatre Oxford
20 May 1979	Bristol		Colston Hall
21 May 1979	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
22 May 1979	Preston		Preston Guild Hall
23 May 1979	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall
24 May 1979
25 May 1979	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
26 May 1979
27 May 1979	Southampton		Gaumont
28 May 1979	London		Hammersmith Odeon
29 May 1979
31 May 1979	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon Theatre
	Dublin	Ireland	Dalymount Park Festival
North America, Leg #3
1 September 1979	Uniondale, New York	United States	Nassau Coliseum
3 September 1979	New Haven, Connecticut		New Haven Coliseum
8 September 1979	Asbury Park, New Jersey		Paramount Theatre
11 September 1979	Los Angeles, California		Forum Arena
14 September 1979	Cincinnati, Ohio		Riverfront Coliseum
16 September 1979	Louisville, Kentucky		Kentucky Exposition Center
20 September 1979	Evansville, Indiana		Evansville Civic Center
22 September 1979	Chicago, Illinois		International Amphitheatre
24 September 1979	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		MECCA Arena
30 September 1979	Kansas City, Missouri		Memorial Hall
3 October 1979	Houston, Texas		Houston Music Hall
5 October 1979	Arlington, Texas		Texas Hall
6 October 1979	San Antonio, Texas		HemisFair Arena
8 October 1979	Austin, Texas		Austin Municipal Auditorium
11 October 1979	Laredo, Texas		Laredo Civic Center
14 October 1979	El Paso, Texas		El Paso Civic Center
17 October 1979	Seattle, Washington		Seattle Coliseum
23 October 1979	Santa Monica, California		Santa Monica Civic Center
26 October 1979	Hammond, Indiana		Hammond Civic Center
30 October 1979	Washington, D.C.		Ontario Theater
3 November 1979	Passaic, New Jersey		Capitol Theatre
4 November 1979	New York City		Palladium
Europe, Leg #3
11 November 1979	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
12 November 1979	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Jaap Edenhal
13 November 1979	Cologne	West Germany	Sartory Saal
14 November 1979	Hanover		Eilenriedehalle
16 November 1979	Essen		Grugahalle
17 November 1979	Würzburg		Kursaal convention centre
19 November 1979	Passau		Evansville Civic Center
20 November 1979	Offenbach am Main		Stadthalle Offenbach
21 November 1979	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen 3
23 November 1979	Hamburg		Messehalle Hamburg
24 November 1979	Munich		Circus Krone Building
25 November 1979	Bern	Switzerland	Festhalle Bern
27 November 1979	Regensburg	West Germany	RT Halle
28 November 1979			Oberschwabenhalle
29 November 1979	Hof		Freiheitshalle
1 December 1979	Ludwigshafen		Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
2 December 1979	Neunkirchen am Brand		Hemmerleinhalle
3 December 1979	Berlin		Berlin Eissporthalle
4 December 1979	Offenbach am Main		Stadthalle Offenbach
6 December 1979	Metz	France	Parc des Expositions de Villepinte
7 December 1979	Reims		Palais des Sports de Reims
8 December 1979	Lille		Palais des Sports de Lille
9 December 1979	Paris		Pavillon de Paris
10 December 1979	Lyon		Palais des Sports de Gerland
12 December 1979	Clermont-Ferrand		Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall
13 December 1979	Montpellier		Palais des Sports de Montpellier
14 December 1979	Nice		Théâtre de Verdure
15 December 1979