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1971
A Question of Balance Tour (continued)
DATES	VENUES	SET LIST	NOTES
April 6, 1971	University of Alabama, Tuskegee, AL		Tour dates and venues noted in "Circus" magazine, April 1971 reported by Robin Bean
April 7, 1971	Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
April 8, 1971	Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA
April 9, 1971	Midsouth Coliseum, Memphis, TN
April 10, 1971	Arena, Orlando, FL
April 11, 1971	Convention Center, Miami FL
April 12, 1971	Civic Arena, Pittsburg PA
April 13, 1971	off
April 14, 1971	War Memorial, Rochester NY
April 15, 1971	Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
April 16, 1971	University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
April 17, 1971	Iowa State University, Iowa City , IA
April 18, 1971	Southern Illinois U. Carbondale, IL
April 19, 1971	off
April 20, 1971	venue unknown, Winnepeg, MB
April 21, 1971	Sports Center, Minneapolis, MN
April 22, 1971	venue unknown, Omaha, NE
April 23, 1971	Syndrome, Chicago, IL
April 24, 1971	Exposition Center, city unknown, LA
April 25, 1971	Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH

June, 1971	Album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is released in U.K.

July, 1971	Album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is released worldwide

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Tour
General Tour notes: Tour dates and venues noted in "Rolling Stone" magazine, September 16, 1971 reported by Robin Bean. Set list reported by Diana Jernigan-Evans from the October 5 show.
September 25, 1971	Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA	Gypsy Tuesday Afternoon Tortoise and the Hare Our Guessing Game Melancholy Man After You Came One More Time To Live The Story In Your Eyes Are You Sitting Comfortably? The Dream Have You Heard (Part 1) The Voyage Have You Heard (Part 2) Nights In White Satin Legend of a Mind Question Ride My See-Saw	Corrected from "venue unknown" by Doug Harrison, who also notes that this venue is now known as Key Arena
September 26, 1971	Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
September 27, 1971	off
September 28, 1971	Los Angles Forum, Inglewood, CA		Concert noted on an advertising poster reported in "Higher and Higher" #34, Spring 1997, p. 22-23.
September 29, 1971	Coliseum, Vancouver, BC
September 30, 1971	Los Angles Forum, Inglewood, CA
October 1, 1971	Coliseum, Oakland, CA
October 2, 1971	Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ
October 3, 1971	Memorial Coliseum, Dallas, TX
October 4, 1971	off
October 5, 1971	Midsouth Coliseum, Memphis, TN
October 6, 1971	Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, LA
October 7, 1971	St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO		Venue corrected from Kiel Auditorium according to a review in the "St. Louis Globe Democrat" of October 9, 1971 headlined, "Freaks, Fashbulbs and Flowers Fill the Arena" reported by Jim Reed, who also reports Albert Hammond was the opening act for this show.
October 8, 1971	Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI
October 9, 1971	venue unknown, Minneapolis, MN

UK Tour with Hotlegs and Friends
General Tour notes: Hotlegs (which eventually became 10cc) were Kevin Godley, Eric Stewart, Lol Creme), "and Friends" were Graham Gouldman, Mike Gilbourne and Mike Timoney. Tour dates and venues from "New Music Express", September 25, 1971 which also said, "One or two extra dates have still to be announced." reported by Val Weston. Tour dates and venues also noted in "New Music Express", October 30, November 6 and November 13, 1971, reported by Doug Hinman of www.rocknrollresearchpress.com. Set list from "New Music Express", No. 1293, November 6, 1971, reported by Tina Dion at www.moodyblu.demon.co.uk/moodybits/017.html, although "Legend of a Mind" was not mentioned. "Melody Maker", November 6, 1971, noted songs played as "Gypsy", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Melancholy Man", "Are You Sitting Comfortably?", "The Dream, "Have You Heard" (which was probably the whole suite), "Nights in White Satin", "Legend of a Mind", "Question", and "My Song" (as the encore, which is considered highly unlikely). Reported by Steve Davis.
October 30, 1971	Royal Festival Hall, London	Gypsy Tuesday Afternoon Tortoise and the Hare Melancholy Man Our Guessing Game After You Came One More Time To Live Are You Sitting Comfortably? The Dream Have You Heard (Part 1) The Voyage Have You Heard (Part 2) Nights In White Satin Legend of a Mind Question Ride My See-Saw
October 31, 1971	New Theatre, Oxford		This show was originally noted to be at East Anglia University, Norwich in "New Music Express", September 25, 1971. Steve Davis reports that it was corrected to Gaumont, Hanley in "New Music Express, October 9, 1971. Doug Hinman of www.rocknrollresearchpress.com reports that the "New Music Express", October 30, 1971 corrected the venue and city to New Theatre, Oxford.
November 1, 1971	off
November 2, 1971	off
November 3, 1971	~~University, Lancaster~~ canceled		Dates canceled due to John Lodge's bout with gastro-enteritis, noted in "New Music Express", November 13, 1971 reported by Val Weston. The cities were noted in the OFC Newsletter December 1971/January, 1972 along with the note, "John was so ill he lost over half a stone in three days." (Half a stone is about 7 pounds.)
November 4, 1971	~~University, Liverpool~~ canceled
November 5, 1971	~~De Montfort Hall, Leicester~~ canceled
November 6, 1971	~~Capitol, Cardiff~~ canceled
November 7, 1971	~~Gaumont, Southampton~~ canceled
November 8, 1971	off
November 9, 1971	off
November 10, 1971	off
November 11, 1971	off
November 12, 1971	Odeon, Manchester
November 13, 1971	University, Leeds
November 14, 1971	Odeon, Birmingham
November 15, 1971	off
November 16, 1971	Hammersmith Odeon, London

November 23, 1971	Mike and Donna Pinder's first child, Daniel, is born
Updated November 9, 2006

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