Street Survivors Tour

The Street Survivors Tour was the sixth major concert tour by American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1977 and their last before the 1977 plane crash that abruptly halted their touring. The tour took place in North America, Europe and for the first time Asia.

Street Survivors Tour and Tour of the Survivors

Tour by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Associated album	Street Survivors
Start date	January 1, 1977 (Street Survivors Tour) October 15, 1977 (Tour of the Survivors)
No. of shows	60
Lynyrd Skynyrd concert chronology

What turned out to be the final tour of the original band had the ominous title, "Tour of the Survivors", and truly was as three band members were killed in a plane crash on October 20, 1977, the day after their show on October 19, 1977, in Greenville, South Carolina, which was the fifth date of their forty-five day tour. The band was flying to the next date of its tour in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Typical setlist

• "Workin' for MCA"
• "I Ain't the One"
• "Saturday Night Special"
• "Whiskey Rock-A-Roller"
• "That Smell"
• "Travelin' Man"
• "Ain't No Good Life"
• "Gimme Three Steps"
• "Call Me the Breeze"
• "T for Texas
• "Sweet Home Alabama
• "Free Bird"

Tour dates

Date[1][2]	City	Country	Venue
North America
January 1, 1977	San Diego	United States	San Diego Sports Arena
January 2, 1977	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
January 5, 1977	Honolulu		Bladsell Arena
Asia
January 14, 1977	Tokyo	Japan	Nakano Sun Plaza
January 15, 1977
January 16, 1977
January 18, 1977	Osaka		Festival Hall
January 21, 1977	Tokyo		Nakano Sun Plaza
Europe
January 27, 1977	London	England	Rainbow Theater
January 28, 1977
January 29, 1977
January 31, 1977	Bristol		Colston Hall
February 1, 1977	Portsmouth		Portsmouth Guildhall
February 2, 1977	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
February 3, 1977	Sheffield		Sheffield Town Hall
February 4, 1977	Manchester		Free Trade Hall
February 5, 1977	Sheffield		Sheffield Town Hall
February 6, 1977	Liverpool		Empire Theater
February 8, 1977	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall
February 9, 1977	Glasgow	Scotland	Glasgow Apollo
February 10, 1977
February 12, 1977	Lancaster	England	Lancaster University
February 13, 1977	Leeds		University of Leeds
February 14, 1977	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
February 17, 1977	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Grote Zaal De Doelen
February 20, 1977	Zürich	Switzerland	Volkshaus
February 22, 1977	Munich	West Germany	Brienner Theater
February 24, 1977	Offenbach		Stadthalle Offenbach
February 25, 1977	Ludwigshafen		Pfalzbau
March 1, 1977	Hamburg		Musikhalle
North America
April 22, 1977	Johnson City	United States	Freedom Hall Civic Center
April 23, 1977	Louisville		Louisville Gardens
April 24, 1977	Dayton		University of Dayton Arena
April 26, 1977	Wheeling		Wheeling Civic Center
April 27, 1977	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
April 29, 1977	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
April 30, 1977	Fayetteville		Cumberland County Memorial Arena
May 11, 1977	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
May 13, 1977	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
May 14, 1977	Savannah		Savannah Civic Center
May 15, 1977	Dothan		Dothan Civic Center
May 17, 1977	Athens		Georgia Coliseum
May 20, 1977	Lexington		Rupp Arena
May 21, 1977	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
May 23, 1977	Mobile		Mobile Municipal Auditorium
May 24, 1977	Columbus		Columbus Municipal Auditorium
June 11, 1977	Philadelphia		JFK Stadium
June 12, 1977	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
June 14, 1977	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
June 15, 1977	Springfield		Springfield Civic Center
June 16, 1977	Hempstead		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 18, 1977	Hyannis		Cape Cod Coliseum
June 19, 1977	Buffalo		Rich Stadium
June 26, 1977	Denver		Mile High Stadium
June 27, 1977	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
July 2, 1977	Oakland		Oakland Coliseum
July 3, 1977	Tulsa		Tulsa Fairgrounds Speedway
July 7, 1977	Madison		Dane County Coliseum
July 8, 1977	Springfield		Hammons Student Center
July 10, 1977	Chicago		Soldier Field
July 12, 1977	Poughkeepsie		Mid-Hudson Civic Center
July 13, 1977	Asbury Park		Convention Hall
August 24, 1977	Fresno		Selland Arena
August 27, 1977	Anaheim		Anaheim Stadium
August 29, 1977	Las Vegas		Aladdin Theater
October 13, 1977	Statesboro		Georgia Southern College
Tour of the Survivors
October 15, 1977	Hollywood	United States	Sportatorium
October 16, 1977	St. Petersburg	Bayfront Center
October 18, 1977	Lakeland	Lakeland Civic Center
October 19, 1977	Greenville	Greenville Memorial Auditorium

Personnel

• Ronnie Van Zant – vocals
• Gary Rossington – guitars
• Allen Collins – guitars
• Steve Gaines – guitars
• Leon Wilkeson – bass
• Artimus Pyle – drums
• Billy Powell – keyboards