Burnin' Tour

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Burnin' Tour 1973
Tour by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Start date mid October 1973
End date November 30, 1973
Legs 2
Shows 11 in England
14 in the U.S.
25 in total
Bob Marley & The Wailers tour chronology
Catch a Fire Tour
(1973)
Burnin' Tour
(1973)
Natty Dread Tour
(1975)

The Burnin' Tour was a concert tour organised to support the album Burnin' by Bob Marley & The Wailers (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Joe Higgs).

The tour began in Homestead, Florida, in mid October 1973, and ended in Northampton, England, in late November. Bunny Wailer, who already hadn't participated in the Catch a Fire Tour, was replaced by Joe Higgs. The first four shows of the second tour leg in England had been cancelled due to illness of Tosh. The tour ended in Northampton, England, the rest of the tour was cancelled due to heavy snow falls.

[edit] Setlist

Unlike later tours and although little is publicly known yet about the concert setlists of the Burnin' Tour, the setlist varied on almost every show, but some factors became more standard in comparison with the previous Catch a Fire Tour. What can be said from the known recordings is that:

  • all shows included one or two songs by Peter Tosh ("Stop That Train" and/or "Can't Blame The Youth"), played in the middle of the set.
  • songs like "Rastaman Chant", "Duppy Conqueror", "Slave Driver", "Burnin' And Lootin'" or "Bend Down Low" were rather played in the first part of the set when performed.
  • songs like "Get Up, Stand Up", "Kinky Reggae", "Stir It Up" and "Lively Up Yourself" were rather played towards the end of the set or as encores when performed.
  • some shows featured also songs prior to 1973 ("Rude Boy", "Lively Up Yourself", "Bend Down Low").

[edit] Tour dates

Date Venue City State Notes
October  ? Homestead, FL Flag of the United States USA
October  ? Tampa, FL Flag of the United States USA
October  ? Lexington, KY Flag of the United States USA
October  ? Denver, CO Flag of the United States USA
October  ? Las Vegas, NV Flag of the United States USA
October 16 Bijou Café Philadelphia, PA Flag of the United States USA
October 19 The Matrix Club San Francisco, CA Flag of the United States USA
October 20 The Matrix Club San Francisco, CA Flag of the United States USA
October 22 University of Colorado Boulder, CO Flag of the United States USA
October 24 Capitol Records Hollywood, CA Flag of the United States USA
October 29 The Matrix Club San Francisco, CA Flag of the United States USA
October 30 The Matrix Club San Francisco, CA Flag of the United States USA
October 31 The Plant Studios Sausalito, CA Flag of the United States USA KSAN Broadcast
November 5 The Spectrum Theater Philadelphia, PA Flag of the United States USA
November 19  ? Notthingham, Derbyshire Flag of England England cancelled
November 20  ? Bradford Flag of England England cancelled
November 21  ? Birmingham Flag of England England cancelled
November 22  ? Stafford Flag of England England cancelled
November 23 The Locarno Blackpool Flag of England England
November 24  ? Liverpool Flag of England England
November 25 Doncaster Outlook Doncaster Flag of England England
November 26 Top Gear London Flag of England England BBC radio programme
November 27 Leeds Polytechnic Leeds Flag of England England
November 28  ? Manchester Flag of England England
November 30  ? Northampton, London Flag of England England