Thin Lizzy tour 1979
Date Arena City, Country Comments
790116 London, UK Greedies Not sure maybe cancelled
790209 Old Grey Whistle Test London, UK Gary Moore & Friends.
Philip and Scott
US TOUR FEB-79
Supporting Nazareth

Line-up: Philip Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Gary Moore
790225 Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, California, US With Nazareth 
Not sure if Lizzy played
790227 Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, California, US With Nazareth 
Not sure if Lizzy played
790302 Chapparal Center Midland, Texas, US With Nazareth 
Not sure if Lizzy played

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790303 Convention Centre Dallas, Texas, US With Nazareth 
790304 Municipal Auditorium Shreveport, Louisiana, US With Nazareth 
790305 Memorial Coliseum Corpus Christi, Texas, US With Nazareth 
790306 Civic Centre Beaumont, Texas, US With Nazareth 
790307 Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, Texas, US With Nazareth 

 Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket, Backstage pass
790308 Thin Lizzy and Nazareth went to see a gig with The Police at Oprhy House, Houston, Texas, US
790309 Orpheum Theatre Memphis, Tennessee, US With Nazareth 

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790310 Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, US With Nazareth 

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket

Thanks to Robert McDivitt
 Handbill

Advert
790311 Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri, US With Nazareth 
790312 Evansville Coliseum Evansville, Indiana, US With Nazareth 
790314 Convention Centre Indianapolis, Indiana, US With Nazareth 

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790315 Hara Arena Dayton, Ohio, US With Nazareth 

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790316 Civic Centre Charleston, South Carolina, US With Nazareth 
790317 Stanley Theatre Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, US With Nazareth 

Ticket

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket

Backstage pass
790318 Fairgrounds Coliseum Columbus, Ohio, US With Nazareth 

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790320 Dane County Arena Madison, Wisconsin, US With Nazareth 
790321 McElroy Auditorium Waterloo, Iowa, US With Nazareth 

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790322 Wings Stadium Kalamazoo, Michigan, US With Nazareth 
790323 Aragon Ballroom Chicago, Illinois, US With Nazareth 
790324 Cobo Arena Detroit, Michigan, US With Nazareth, Brownsville Station

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket

Thanks to Henry Weck
 Backstage pass
790325 Civic Centre
 Thanks to Tony Went		 Saginaw, Michigan, US With Nazareth 

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
BLACK ROSE UK TOUR MAR, APR-79
Supported by The Vipers

Line-up: Philip Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Gary Moore
790329 The Brighton Centre Brighton, UK Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790331 New Theatre Oxford, UK
790401 Odeon Theatre Birmingham, UK Extra gig
Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols joined the band for the encore "Hard driving man"
 Thanks to Tim Barnes

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790402 Odeon Theatre Birmingham, UK Extra gig
 Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790403 Trentham Gardens Stoke, UK

Poster

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790404 Stamford Hall Stamford, UK
790405 De Montfort Hall Leicester, UK Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790406 The Guildhall Portsmouth, UK Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790407 Winter Gardens Bournemouth, UK Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790408 Colston Hall Bristol, UK
790409 Colston Hall Bristol, UK Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket

790410 Bingley Hall Stafford, UK Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790411 City Hall Newcastle, UK Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
790412 City Hall Newcastle, UK Thanks to Adriano De Ruscio
 Ticket

Thanks to Andrew Belfort
 Ticket

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790413 Thin Lizzy release the album Black Rose
790414 Apollo Glasgow, UK Thanks to Phil Osborne
Ticket

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790415 Apollo Glasgow, UK Extra gig

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790416 Odeon Theatre Edinburgh, UK Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790417 Lockley Grand Hall, Guild Hall Preston, UK Bootleg 
Thin Lizzy feat. Gary Moore LP
A rock legend is here 
A rock legend 
Wrong date on records

Thanks to Andrew Belfort
Ticket

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790418 City (Oval) Hall Sheffield, UK Drugs squad people in audience.

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790419 St George´s Hall Bradford, UK Extra gig
Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790420 Bridlington Spa Pavillion Bridlington, UK Police drug squad. Police were dressed up as fans. The police didn´t find any drugs backstage because Huey Lewis and John Burnman left with the stuff just before the police came. 
No encore on this gig.

Advert

Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790422 Hammersmith Odeon London, UK Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790423 Hammersmith Odeon London, UK Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790424 Gaumont Ipswich, UK
790425 Gaumont Theatre Southampton, UK Thanks to Tony Went
 Ticket
790427 Hammersmith Odeon London, UK Extra gig

Thanks to Andrew Belfort
Ticket

Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
790428 Hammersmith Odeon London, UK Extra gig

Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
790501 Apollo Manchester, UK Bootleg
Manchester Apollo 
Not sure of date on bootleg

Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
790502 Apollo Manchester, UK Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
790503 Empire Liverpool, UK Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
EUROPEAN TOUR MAY-79

Line-up: Philip Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Gary Moore

790506 Göteborgs Konserthus Gothenburg, Sweden The audience refused to leave. Over 74.000 GBP of damages was caused and police were called in to deal with the rioting crowds.

 Thanks to Magnus Lindqvist
Ticket

Thanks to Roger Samuelsson
 Photo

Thanks to Stefan Björnshög
Ticket, Advert
790507 Chateau Neuf Oslo, Norway Thanks to Terje Dokken
 Advert
790509 Olympen Lund,
Sweden
790510 Falkonerteatret Copenhagen, Denmark Bootleg
Live in Copenhagen 1979

Thanks to Claus Johansen
Ticket

790511 Johanneshovs Isstadion Stockholm, Sweden Supported by Hurriganes

Thanks to Benka Nyberg
 Ticket

Thanks to Thomas Jonsson
 Poster

Thanks to Kari Lehtinen
 Photos

Thanks to Stefan Ettestam
 Photos

790514 Sartory Saal Köln, Germany Rory Gallagher jams on stage with Lizzy

Ticket
790515 Circus-Krone-Bau Munchen, Germany Thanks to Michael Ahles
Ticket

790516 Volkshaus Zurich, Switzerland Thanks to Tony Went
 Contract, Advert, Article
790517 Rheingoldhalle Mannheim, Germany Ticket
790519 Hemmerleinhalle Neunkirchen, (Nurnberg), Germany Ticket says + "Opening act" but there was no opening act.

Thanks to Peter Brent
 Ticket
790520 Kongresshalle Saarbrucken, Germany Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
790521 Stadthalle Offenbach, Germany
790522 Musikhalle Hamburg, Germany Thanks to Wilfried Lilie
 Ticket
Philip got food poisoning drinking sour milk in Belgium. He spent a week recovering in England.


Thanks to Dennis Bernaerts
790524 Lochem Festival Lochem, Holland Cancelled and replaced by Herman Brood and his wild romance with a guest apperance by Nina Hagen.

Thanks to Tonny Steenhagen
790525 Hall Vosselaar, Belgium Cancelled
790526 Salle Des Fetes Liege-Droixhe, Belgium Cancelled
790527 Jaap Edenhal Amsterdam, Holland Cancelled

790528 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium Cancelled
790529 Stadium Paris, France Cancelled
790530 Palais D´Hiver Lyon, France Cancelled

Ticket

Philip, Gary and Scott flying out to Nassau, Bahamas, for a two week working holiday. They took other musicians with them - Huey Lewis and Mark Nauseef - and worked on Phil´s solo album as well as a track titled "Spanish guitar" which will probably be Gary Moore´s next single on the MCA label. During this time Brian Downey went over to Ireland and spent his holiday quietly with his family. From there he joined the other boys in America for a week of rehearsals and the tour.
Info from Thin Lizzy Fan Club Newsletter No.8
US TOUR JUN, JUL-79
Supporting Journey, The Doobie Brothers

Line-up: Philip Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Gary Moore
790613 Central Park New York City, New York, US With Journey
Not sure if Lizzy played
790615 Performing Arts Center Saratoga, New York, US With Journey
Not sure if Lizzy played
790617 Central Park New York City, New York, US With Journey
Not sure if Lizzy played
790629 Swing Auditorium San Bernadino, California, US With Journey

Ticket
790630 Long Beach Arena Los Angeles, California, US With Journey
Bootleg
Long Beach Arena First and 
Second Day 
790701 Long Beach Arena Los Angeles, California, US With Journey
Bootleg
Long Beach Arena First and 
Second Day 
Long Beach Arena
790702 Selland Arena Fresno, California, US

790704 Bill Graham´s Day On The Green Festival.
All American Rock & Roll Show.
Oakland Stadium		 Oakland, California, US With Journey, The J. Geils Band, UFO, The Rockets, Nazareth
After the show Gary walked out of Lizzy after a serious row with Philip. Gary went to his friend Glenn Hughes in Northridge. 
60.000 in audience

Poster

Ticket
790706 Coliseum
 Thanks to Tony Went		 Reno, Nevada, US Advertised as Journey & Thin Lizzy
Gary Moore fails to arrive. 
Thin Lizzy cancelled and play the next few gigs as a three piece.
Line-up: Philip Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham
790712 Coliseum
 Thanks to Tony Went		 Wichita, Kansas, US Advertised as Journey & Thin Lizzy
Three-piece line up
790713 Assembly Center Tulsa, Oklahoma, US With Journey
Three-piece line up

5.777 in audience
790714 Myriad Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US With Journey
Three-piece line up
790715 Barton Coliseum Little Rock, Arkansas, US With Journey
Three-piece line up
Line-up: Philip Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Midge Ure
790718 The Warehouse
The gig should have been at Municipal Auditorium (Fox Theatre) but Journey wanted another place		 New Orleans, Louisiana, US First gig with Midge Ure.
With Journey. 
790719 Hirsch Memorial Coliseum Shreveport, Louisiana, US With Journey
790721 Bayfront Center Saint Petersburg, Florida, US With Journey
790722 Jai Alai
 Thanks to Tony Went		 Miami, Florida, US Advertised as Journey & Thin Lizzy
790724 Fox Theatre Atlanta, Georgia, US With Journey
790725 Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, US With Journey and Eddie Money
Bootleg
Live  in Nashville

Ticket

Thanks to Tony Went
790726 Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee, US With Journey and Eddie Money

Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
Backstage pass
790727 Louiseville Gardens Louiseville, Kentucky, US With Blue Oyster Cult

790728 Lakefront Stadium Cleveland, Ohio, US World Series Of Rock
Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Journey, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Scorpions

80.000 people!!!!

 Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket

Thanks to Bill Bosak
Ticket

Advert
790729 Welsh Auditorium,  Grand Rapids, Michigan, US With Journey
790730 Civic Centre Saginaw, Michigan, US With Journey
790801 Central Park, 5th Avenue, 59th Street
 Thanks to Tony Went		 New York City, New York, US Advertised as Journey & Thin Lizzy
790803 Convention Centre Indianapolis With Journey

Thanks to Tony Went
790804 Checkerdome St Louis, Missouri, US With Journey

Ticket

Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
Backstage pass
790805 Comiskey Park Chicago, Illinois, US The Loop´s. Day in the park.
Journey, Santana, Thin Lizzy, Eddie Money, Molly Hatchet
66.000 people in audience

Flyer

Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
Backstage pass
790806   Kalamazoo, Michigan, US With Journey
790807 Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin, US With Journey
790808 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, Wisconsin, US With Journey

14.200 in audience
790810 Civic Center Lansing, Michigan, US With Journey
790811 Cobo Arena
 Thanks to Tony Went		 Detroit, Michigan, US With Journey

 Thanks to Pat Sexton
Thin Lizzy cancelled and was replaced by Saint Paradise
790812 Cobo Arena Detroit, Michigan, US With Journey

Ticket

Thanks to Pat Sexton
Thin Lizzy cancelled and was replaced by Saint Paradise
There will be a short headlining tour for the boys in Canada until about 19th August
Info from Thin Lizzy Fan Club Newsletter No.8
790812? O´Keefe Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada With Journey
790813 Pinecrest Country Club Shelton, Connecticut, US With Journey
790814 Central Park New York City, New York, US With Journey
790825 Reading Festival Reading, UK Cancelled
Lizzy spent a couple of weeks auditioning lots of guitarrists for a replacement for Gary Moore and finally asked Dave Flett to join them for a Japanese tour. Dave was previously with Manfred Mann Band. So, the band rehearsed for several weeks with Dave on guitar and kept Midge on keyboards and took that line-up over to Japan.
Info from Thin Lizzy Fan Club Newsletter No.9
JAPAN TOUR SEP-79
Midge Ure on keyboards and Dave Flett as temporary guitarist.

Line-up: Philip Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Midge Ure, Dave Flett

790924 Festival Hall Osaka, Japan SOLD-OUT

Ticket
790925 Nakano Sun Plaza Tokyo, Japan SOLD-OUT
790926 Kookaido Hall Nagoya, Japan SOLD-OUT
790929 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan SOLD-OUT

Ticket
790930 Nakano Sun Plaza Tokyo, Japan SOLD-OUT
791201 Electric Ballroom Camden
 Thanks to Graham Hart		 London, UK Philip and Michael Schenker, Trevor Rabin jams with Wild Horses. 
Philip on two songs.
Bootleg 
Mad Axe Attack 
791216 Apollo Theatre Manchester, UK Supported by The Physicals
Special concert for the Reading Festival cancellations.

Thanks to Tony Went
Ticket
791217 Apollo Theatre Manchester, UK Special concert for the Reading Festival cancellations.

791218 New Bingley Hall Stafford, UK SOLD-OUT 8000 people
Dave Flett leaves the band
Special concert for the Reading Festival cancellations.
Supported by Physicals

 Poster

Thanks to Mark Long
Ticket

Thanks to Andrew Belfort
Ticket

Thanks to Nick Sharp
Ticket
791220 Rainbow Theatre London, UK Phil jams with Dire Straits on one of the two shows (20 ,21). The shows was filmed by BBC2 "Arena"
791225 Oxford street studio 21
 Thanks to Graham Hart		 London, UK A charity show on behalf of London´s orphans.
All-Star jam session with members of Thin Lizzy, Sex Pistols, Generation X, The Banshees, The Lydon Family.

Only 200 tickets