Gigography
Love It To Death (1971)
Love It To Death Tour 1971
Sun Arise / Caught In a Dream / I'm Eighteen / Is It My Body (My Very Own) / Second Coming / Ballad of Dwight Fry / Black Juju / Return of the Spiders
Approximate set time: 60 minutes
Easy Action (1970):
Return of The Spiders
Love It To Death (1971):
Sun Arise / Caught In A Dream / I'm Eighteen / Second Coming / Ballad Of Dwight Fry / Black Juju / Is It My Body
Killer (1971):
Halo Of Flies
1971 March
- 06: USA - Virginia Theatre, Alexandria, Virginia
Two shows performed; 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Advert - 17: USA - Sherwood Forest, Davison, Michigan
with Detroit and Mitch Ryder
Poster - 19: USA - Stepan Center, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana Privately filmed 8mm footage is available on YouTube
- 20: USA - Cyrus Erie West, North Ridgeville, Cleveland, Ohio with Rain
- 21: USA - Lucas County Recreational Center, Maumee, Ohio Originally scheduled at the Toleda Sports Arena, but was moved at the last minute
- 24: USA - Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio
with Westside LMF, Osiris
Poster - 26: Canada - Thomson Student Centre, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland
- 31: USA - Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Spirit, Freeport
1971 April
- 01: USA - Detroit II, Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia
with Amboy Dukes, Brownsville Station
Advert | Ticket - 02: USA - Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida
with Edgar Winter, Tinhouse
Poster | Ticket - 06: USA - Garrett Coliseum, Montgomery, Alabama with Brownsville Station
- 08: USA - Ferriday, Louisiana
- 09: USA - Auditorium, Memphis, Tennessee with Amboy Dukes
- 10: USA - War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, Arkansas
- 11: USA - Independence Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- 16: USA - Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan with Steppenwolf, Lighthouse
- 17: USA - Opera House, Chicago, Illinois
with Stooges, Jam Band
Poster - 21: USA - The Park, New Baltimore, Ohio with SRC, Ormandy, Reginal True Rabbitt, Abu-Tala
- 24: USA - Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio
with Mike Quatro Jam Band
Flyer - 30: USA - Arena Annex, St. Louis, Missouri
with Amboy Dukes, Brownsville Station and Mike Quatro Jam Band
Ticket
1971 May
- 01: USA - Struthers Fieldhouse, Struthers, Ohio
with Brownsville Station, Velvet Underground, Biggy Rat
Advert - 03: USA - Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York with Jackie Lomax
- 06: USA - Town Hall, New York University, New York City, New York Ticket | Advert
- 08: USA - 4H Skating Rink, Mankato, Minnesota
- 09: USA - Rapid City, South Dakota
- 12: USA - Civic Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia Poster
- 14: USA - Bush Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana with Greg Taggard, Catfish, SRC
- 15: USA - Kentwood High School Fine Arts Auditorium, Kentwood, Michigan
- 16: USA - Veterans Memorial Hall, Columbus, Ohio
with Amboy Dukes, Brownsville Station
Advert - 17: USA - Jefferson High School, Lafayette, Indiana
- 19: USA - Painter's Mill, Baltimore, Maryland
- 21: USA - Saginaw Auditorium, Saginaw, Michigan
- 23: USA - Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with John Mayall, Mott the Hoople
- ??: USA - University of Wisconsin, Platteville, Wisconsin Outdoor festival; there is potentially a story in the school newspaper, The Exponent, on 27th May 1971; Possibly with REO Speedwagon, Illinois Speedpress, and others.
- 28: USA - Civic Music Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with John Mayall
- 29: USA - Will Rodgers Coliseum, Forth Worth, Texas with John Mayall, Brownsville Station
- 30: USA - San Antonio, Texas
- 31: USA - Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas
with John Mayall, and Brownsville Station
Flyer
1971 June
- 04: USA - Eastown Theater, Detroit, Michigan with Flamin' Groovies, Wild Man Fischer, Glass Harp
- 05: USA - Eastown Theater, Detroit, Michigan with Flamin' Groovies, Wild Man Fischer, Glass Harp
- 11: USA - Fillmore East, New York
with Blood Rock, Glass Harp
Ticket | Poster | Advert - 12: USA - Fillmore East, New York with Blood Rock, Glass Harp
- 13: USA - Alexandria Roller Rink, Alexandria, Virginia
with Edgar Winter's White Trash, Nils Lofgren
Advert | Poster - 14: USA - The Scene, South Amboy, New Jersey
- ??: USA - Teen Scene '71 Rock Fair Festival, Fairground Exhibition Hall, Birmingham, Alabama
Festival took place from 11-20th of June
Ticket - 18: USA - Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio with Amboy Dukes, Brownsville Station
- 19: USA - Rockne Hall, Central Catholic High School, Allentown, Pennsylvania with Wax, Cheryl Dilcher
- 20: USA - Starwood Club, Sherrivile, Indiana
- 21: USA - Wild Goose, Oak Lawn, Illinois
- 26: Canada - Beggar's Banquet Festival, York Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
with The Beach Boys, Steppenwolf, Bread, Bloodrock, Lighthouse, Chilliwack, Old Rationals
Poster - 27: USA - Midsummer Night's Rock Festival, Michigan State Fairgrounds, Michigan with Savage Grace, Werks
- 29: USA - Cyrus Erie West, North Ridgeville, Ohio with Jessup
- 29: USA - Memorial Auditorium, Canton, Ohio with Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes
1971 July
- 01: USA - Central Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey with Hampton, Grease Band
- 04: USA - Sunshine In, Asbury Park, New Jersey with Edgar Winter's White Trash
- 05: USA - International Youth Expo, Kingsbridge Armory, Bronx, New York
with 30 Days Out, Illusion, Elephant's Memory, and Flaming Groovies
Poster - 06: USA - Roostertail Supper Club, Detroit, Michigan Broadcast live on WRIF 101.1 which became the source for the bootleg Parricidal Slumbers.
- 07: USA - Henry Levitt Arena, Wichita, Kansas with Cactus, The Grease Band
- 09: USA - Paramount Northwest, Seattle, Washington
with Ze Whiz Kidz, Doily Brothers
Audio recording is in circulation (9th or 10th)
Flyer - 10: USA - Paramount Northwest, Seattle, Washington
with Ze Whiz Kidz, Doily Brothers
Audio recording is in circulation (9th or 10th)
Flyer - 11: USA - Long Beach Auditorium, Long Beach, California with Black Oak Arkansas, Savage Grace
- 13: USA - Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [See 1972]
- 14: USA - Venetian Room, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California
- 18: USA - Fillmore West, San Francisco, California
- 19: Canada - Civic Centre, Ottawa, Ontario with Black Sabbath, Yes
- 21: USA - The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
with Black Sabbath, Humble Pie
Ticket - 23: USA - The Barn, Peoria, Illinois
with Brownsville Station
Audio recording is in circulation - 28: USA - Gaelic Park, Bronx, New York with Black Oak Arkansas, Black Sabbath
1971 August
- 08: USA - Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio with Black Sabbath & Humble Pie
- 20: USA - Indiana Beach Ballroom, Lake Shafer, Monticello, Indiana Advert
- 21: USA - The Park, North Baltimore, Ohio
with SRC, Ormandy, Abu Tala
Ticket | Poster - ??: USA - Lucas County Recreation Center, Maumee, Ohio
- 22: USA - One Beautiful Picnic, Lake Milton, Ohio with Procol Harum, Chuck Berry, Amboy Dukes, Brownsville Station, Teegarden And Van Winkle, Bob Seger, Catfish, Ormandy, L.A.W., Julia
- 23: USA - Barberton Speedway Rock Concert, Norton, Ohio
- 27: USA - The Playhouse, Hotel du Pont, Wilmington, Delaware Two shows were performed: 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
- 28: USA - Convention Center, Wildwood, New Jersey
with Jump, Catfish
Two evening sets were performed
Advert | Ticket
1971 September
- 10: USA - Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri Potential date from Warner Brothers Circular magazine, September 6, 1971
- 11: USA - Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia
with Lee Michaels. MC5 are listed on the ad, but a review in Praxis from October 6, 1971, suggests only Lee Michaels performed
Advert - 12: USA - Hollywood Sportatorium, Miami, Florida
with MC5
Audio recording is in circulation - 13: USA - Berkeley Theatre, Berkeley, California with Led Zeppelin
- 14: USA - Berkeley Theatre, Berkeley, California with Led Zeppelin
- 15: Canada - University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
- 16: Canada - Physical Education Centre, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
- 17: Canada - Brian Timmis Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario with MC5
- 18: USA - Brown Theater, Louisville, Kentucky
with Buster Brown Band
Two shows performed
Poster - 19: USA - The Gym, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia with Goose Creek Symphony
- 21: USA - Grove City College Arena, Grove City, Pennsylvania with Holy Mackerel
- 22: USA - The Barn, Peoria, Illinois with Mike Quattro's Jam Band
- 24: USA - Winterland, San Francisco, California
with Glass Harp, Cold Blood
Advert - 25: USA - Winterland, San Francisco, California with Glass Harp, Cold Blood
1971 October
- 02: USA - A. N. Jorgensen Auditorium, Mansfield, Connecticut Ticket
- 10: USA - UNKNOWN (possibly Cleveland, Ohio area)
with Glass Harp, Lee Michaels
Ticket - 16: USA - Lynch Memorial Gymnasium, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania
- 19: USA - Danny Veno Auditorium, Irving, Texas
- 22: Denmark - Tivoli, Copenhagen
- 24: UK - Roundhouse, London [Cancelled]
- 25: Denmark - Tivoli, Copenhagen
- 27: Germany - Jahrhunderhalle, Frankfurt
with Procol Harem, Heads Hands and Feet
Poster - 29: Holland - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Poster | Poster | Poster | Poster | Advert
- 30: Switzerland - Volkshaus, Zurich
with Tea
Poster
1971 November
- 02: France - Espace Cardin, Paris Omar Sharif, Bianca Jagger and Alain Delon in the audience
- 04: UK - Mayfair Suite (Kinetic Circus), Birmingham, England [POSTPONED]
- 07: UK - Rainbow Theatre, London, England
with Arthur Brown
Audio recording is in circulation
Advert | Poster | Ticket | Ticket - 08: UK - Mayfair Suite (Kinetic Circus), Birmingham, England
Tour Materials
Virginia Theatre, Alexandria, VA - March 6, 1971
(Advert)
Courtesy of Stephan Blouin
Sherwood Forest, Davison, MI - March 17, 1971
(Poster)
Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, OH - March 24, 1971
(Poster)
Courtesy of Stephan Blouin
Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA - April 1, 1971
(Advert)
Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA - April 1, 1971
(Ticket)
Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL - April 2, 1971
(Poster)
Courtesy of Adam Bauder
Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL - April 2, 1971
(Ticket)
Opera House, Chicago, IL - April 17, 1971
(Poster)
Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH - April 24, 1971
(Flyer)
Courtesy of Frank Harmon
St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO - April 30, 1971
(Ticket)
Struthers Fieldhouse, Struthers, OH - May 1, 1971
(Advert)
Town Hall, New York University, New York City, NY - May 6, 1971
(Ticket)
Town Hall, New York University, New York City, NY - May 6, 1971
(Advert)
Courtesy of Christian Strandell
Civic Center, Virginia Beach, VA - May 12, 1971
(Poster)
Veterans Memorial Hall, Columbus, OH - May 16, 1971
(Advert)
Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX - May 31, 1971
(Flyer)
Courtesy Dr. Dennis Hickey
Fillmore East, New York City, NY - June 11, 1971
(Ticket)
Fillmore East, New York City, NY - June 11-12, 1971
(Ticket & Booklet)
Fillmore East, New York, NY - June 11-12, 1971
(Booklet Advert)
Alexandria Roller Rink, Alexandria, VA - June 13, 1971
(Advert)
Alexandria Roller Rink, Alexandria, VA - June 13, 1971
(Poster)
Fairground Exhibition Hall, Birmingham, AL - June 19, 1971
(Ticket)
York Stadium, Toronto, ON, Canada - June 26, 1971
(Poster)
Youth Expo, Kingsbridge Armory, Bronx, NY - June 1971
(Poster)
Paramount Northwest, Seattle, WA - July 9-10, 1971
(Flyer)
Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA - July 21, 1971
(Ticket)
The Park, North Baltimore, OH - August 21, 1971
(Ticket)
The Park, North Baltimore, OH - August 21, 1971
(Poster)
Convention Center, Wildwood, NJ - August 28, 1971
(Advert)
Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA - September 11, 1971
(Advert)
Brown Theater, Louisville, KY - September 18, 1971
(Poster)
Winterland, San Francisco, CA - September 24-25, 1971
(Advert)
A. N. Jorgensen Auditorium, Mansfield, CT - October 2, 1971
(Ticket)
Unknown - October 10, 1971
(Ticket)
(Possibly Cleveland area)
Jahrhunderhalle, Frankfurt, Germany - October 27, 1971
(Poster)
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland - October 29, 1971
(Advert)
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland - October 29, 1971
(Poster)
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland - October 29, 1971
(Poster)
Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland - October 30, 1971
(Poster)
Rainbow Theatre, London, UK - November 7, 1971
(Advert)
Rainbow Theatre, London, UK - November 7, 1971
(Poster)
Rainbow Theatre, London, UK - November 7, 1971
(Ticket)
Rainbow Theatre, London, UK - November 7, 1971
(Ticket)