There is probably no Genesis tour that is as enigmatic as the tour to promote The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. It has cult status because it was never filmed professionally, and good quality film material of the live performance is rare and never complete. Many tour dates were forgotten about so they never appeared in any lists. Many lists you can find on the internet and elswehere contained numerous wrong dates and/or locations – and many shows were cancelled or moved to a different date.
For the Lamb conventions in 2001 and 2012 (go here for a report and for photos) we have carefully assembled a list of tour dates, based on painstaking research. Interest in those conventions was gigantic – in both years both dates were sold out. Many questions about The Lamb are also discussed in the online world. Many Lamb experts such as Mino Profumo, Eddi Pachali, George German, Marcello Cirese and Serge Morissette have contributed to answering our questions about the tour. Additional information came from fans who still have newspaper reports, tickets, passes or posters from the Lamb period.
Flawed lists and incorrect tour dates lists abound to this day – even in recent publications. With our own inventory we have done our best to list the tour dates as accurately and reliably as possible.
Corrections will continue to be part of this project. Only recently (in early 2019), we found proof that the Wiesbaden show did not take place on May 12, but without doubt on May 14, 1975.
If you think you have spotted a mistake, or if you have documents that support a different tour date or venue or location please do contact us (the easiest way is an e-mail to Peter Schütz). We would also like to hear from you if have something that supports a correct tour date for which we do not have definitive proof yet.
We have sorted the documents that people sent to us or that we collected ourselves into the following categories:
Many thanks for George German for providing the images of the posters in the header image.
Last update: 14th March 2020
Date |
City, venue |
remarks |
proof | |
29/10/74 |
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Newcastle - City Hall |
postponed |
Ad |
30/10/74 |
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Newcastle - City Hall |
postponed | Ad |
01/11/74 |
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Manchester - Palace Theatre | postponed | Ad |
02/11/74 |
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Manchester - Palace Theatre |
postponed | Ad |
04/11/74 |
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London - Wembley Empire Pool |
postponed | Ad |
06/11/74 |
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Edinburgh - Usher Hall | postponed | Ad, Ti |
07/11/74 |
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Edinburgh - Usher Hall |
postponed | Ad, Ti |
08/11/74 |
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Bristol - Hippodrome | postponed | Ad |
09/11/74 |
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Bristol - Hippodrome | postponed | Ad |
11/11/74 |
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Birmingham - Hippodrome | postponed | Ad |
12/11/74 |
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Birmingham - Hippodrome |
postponed | Ad |
20/11/74 |
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Chicago, IL - Auditorum Theatre |
||
21/11/74 |
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Chicago, IL - Auditorum Theatre |
Ti |
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22/11/74 |
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Indianapolis, IN - Convention Centre |
Ti |
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23/11/74 |
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St. Louis, MO - Ambassador Theatre |
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25/11/74 |
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Cleveland, OH - Music Hall |
Ti |
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26/11/74 |
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Cleveland, OH - Music Hall | ||
27/11/74 |
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Columbus, OH - Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
Ti |
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28/11/74 |
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Detroit, MI - Masonic Temple Auditorium |
Pa |
|
29/11/74 |
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Fort Wayne, IN - National Guard Armory |
||
30/11/74 |
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Pittsburgh, PA - Syria Mosque |
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01/12/74 |
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Baltimore, MD - Lyric Theatre |
Ti |
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02/12/74 |
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Washington, DC - Warner Theatre |
or 3/12 |
|
04/12/74 |
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Richmond, VA - Mosque |
||
05/12/74 |
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Philadelphia, PA - Civic Centre |
Ti |
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06/12/74 |
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New York City, NY - Academy Of Music |
Pa |
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07/12/74 |
|
New York City, NY - Academy Of Music | Ti |
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08/12/74 |
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Providence, RI - Palace Concert Theatre |
Ti |
|
09/12/74 |
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Boston, MA - Music Hall |
||
10/12/74 |
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Providence, RI - Palace Concert Theatre | see 8/12 |
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11/12/74 |
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Albany, CT - Palace Theatre |
||
12/12/74 |
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Waterbury, NJ - Palace Theatre |
Ti |
|
13/12/74 |
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Passaic, NJ - Capitol Theatre |
Ti, Pa |
|
14/12/74 |
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Indianapolis, IN - Market Square Arena |
day off? |
|
15/12/74 |
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Montreal, QC - Forum |
Ti |
|
16/12/74 |
Toronto, ON - Maple Leaf Gardens |
Ti |
||
17/12/74 |
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Rochester, NY - Auditorium Theatre |
Ti |
|
18/12/74 |
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Buffalo, NY - Century Theatre |
Ti |
|
10/01/75 |
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West Palm Beach, FL - Auditorium |
Ti, Pa |
|
11/01/75 |
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Lakeland, FL - Civic Centre |
Ti |
|
13/01/75 |
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Atlanta, GA - Municipal Auditorium |
Ti |
|
15/01/75 |
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New Orleans, LA - Civic Auditorium |
||
17/01/75 |
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Houston, TX - Music Hall |
Ti |
|
18/01/75 |
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Dallas, TX - McFarlin Memorial Auditorium |
cancelled |
|
19/01/75 |
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Oklahoma City, OK - Civic Centre |
Tulsa? |
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21/01/75 |
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Boulder, CO - Macky Auditorium |
||
22/01/75 |
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Berkeley, CA - Community Theatre |
Ti |
|
24/01/75 |
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Los Angeles, CA - Shrine Auditorium |
Ti, Pa |
|
25/01/75 |
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San Diego, CA - Civic Centre |
cancelled? |
Ti, Po |
28/01/75 |
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Phoenix, AZ - Civic Plaza |
Ti, Pa |
|
29/01/75 |
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Berkeley, CA - Community Theatre | 22/01 |
Ti |
01/02/75 |
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Kansas City, MO - Memorial Hall |
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02/02/75 |
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Vancouver, BC - Queen Elisabeth Hall |
cancelled | |
02/02/75 |
|
Allendale, MI - Fieldhouse, Grand Valley State College |
Pa |
|
03/02/75 |
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Fort Wayne, IN - Memorial Coliseum |
Ti, Pa |
|
04/02/75 |
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Chicago, IL - Arie Crown Theatre |
Ti |
|
19/02/75 |
|
Oslo - Ekeberghallen |
Tp |
|
21/02/75 |
|
Kopenhagen - Falkoner Teatret |
Tp, Ti |
|
22/02/75 |
Hannover - Niedersachsenhalle |
Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
23/02/75 |
|
Berlin - Eissporthalle |
Tp, Ti |
|
24/02/75 |
|
Amsterdam - Theatre Carré |
Tp, Ad |
|
26/02/75 |
Cambrai - Palais des Grottes |
Tp, Ti |
||
28/02/75 |
Colmar - Parc des Expositions |
Tp, Ti |
||
01/03/75 |
Dijon - Palais des Sports | Tp |
||
02/03/75 |
St. Etienne - Palais des Sports | Tp |
||
03/03/75 |
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Paris - Palais des Sports | Tp, Ti |
|
06/03/75 |
Cascais - Pavilhao dos Desportos |
Tp, Ti |
||
07/03/75 |
Cascais - Pavilhao dos Desportos | Tp, Ti |
||
09/03/75 |
Badalona - Nuevo Pabellon |
Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
10/03/75 |
Badalona - Nuevo Pabellon | Tp, Ad |
||
11/03/75 |
Madrid - Pabellon Deportivo |
Tp |
||
8-11 dates planned |
cancelled |
|||
17/03/75 |
Paris - Palais des Sports |
Ti |
||
22/03/75 |
Annecy - Salle D'Expositions |
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24/03/75 |
Turin - Palasport, Parco Ruffio |
Ti |
||
26/03/75 |
Offenburg - Ortenauhalle |
Ti |
||
27/03/75 |
Nürnberg - Messezentrum Halle A |
|||
29/03/75 |
Bern - Festhalle |
Tp, Po |
||
30/03/75 |
Sarbrücken - Saarlandhalle |
Tp |
||
01/04/75 |
Ludwigshafen - Friedrich-Ebert-Halle |
Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
02/04/75 |
Stuttgart - Killesberg Halle 14 |
Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
03/04/75 |
Frankfurt - Jahrhunderthalle |
Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
04/04/75 |
München - Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle |
Tp, Ti |
||
05/04/75 |
Heidelberg - Stadthalle |
Ad |
||
06/04/75 |
Düsseldorf - Philipshalle |
Ad, Ti, Po |
||
07/04/75 |
Dortmund - Westfalenhalle 3 |
Ad, Ti |
||
08/04/75 |
Hamburg - Congress Centrum |
Tp, Ad, Ti |
||
10/04/75 |
Groningen - Martinihal-Centrum |
Tp, Ti |
||
11/04/75 |
Rotterdam - Sportpaleis Ahoj |
Tp, Ad |
||
12/04/75 |
Brüssel - Vorst Nationaal |
Tp, Ti |
||
14/04/75 |
London - Empire Pool, Wembley |
Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
15/04/75 |
London - Empire Pool, Wembley | Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
16/04/75 |
Southampton - Gaumont Theatre |
Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
18/04/75 |
Liverpool - Empire Theatre |
Tp, Ad |
||
19/04/75 |
Liverpool - Empire Theatre | Tp, Ad |
||
20/04/75 |
Liverpool - Empire Theatre | |||
22/04/75 |
Edinburgh - Usher Hall |
Tp, Ad, Pa |
||
23/04/75 |
Edinburgh - Usher Hall | Tp, Ad |
||
24/04/75 |
Newcastle - City Hall |
Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
25/04/75 |
Newcastle - City Hall | Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
27/04/75 |
Manchester - Palace Theatre |
Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
28/04/75 |
Manchester - Palace Theatre | Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
29/04/75 |
Bristol - Colston Hall |
Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
30/04/75 |
Bristol - Colston Hall | Tp, Ad, Ti | ||
01/05/75 |
Birmingham - Hippodrome |
Tp, Ad |
||
02/05/75 |
Birmingham - Hippodrome |
Tp, Ad, Ti |
||
08/05/75 |
Antwerpen - Sports Palace |
Ad |
||
09/05/75 |
Bremen - Stadthalle |
Ti |
||
10/05/75 |
Kiel - Ostseehalle |
Ti |
||
11/05/75 |
Essen - Grugahalle |
Ti, Po |
||
13/05/75 |
Münster - Halle Münsterland |
Ti |
||
14/05/75 |
Wiesbaden - Rhein-Main-Halle |
Po, Re |
||
15/05/75 |
Reims - Patinoire |
Ti |
||
16/05/75 |
Reims - Patinoire | |||
18/05/75 |
San Sebastian - Velodromo Anoeta |
Ad, Ti, Po |
||
20/05/75 |
Paris - Palais des Sports | |||
21/05/75 |
Cambrai - Palais des Grottes |
|||
22/05/75 |
Becancon - Palais des Sports |
Ad, Ti |
||
25/05/75 |
Poitiers - Palais des Sports | cancelled |
Ad |
|
26/05/75 |
St. Etienne - Palais des Sports | cancelled | ||
27/05/75 |
Toulouse - Palais des Sports | cancelled | Ad |
The 1973 Classic, remastered on CD in 2008.
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