{"product_id":"cleveland-rocks-live-1977","title":"Cleveland Rocks Live 1977","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy 1977, \u003cstrong\u003eAC\/DC\u003c\/strong\u003e were barely taking a night off. After just a few days’ rest in Sydney over Christmas and New Year at the end of 1976, they were back at it on 2nd January in their hometown. Their previous run on the \u003cem\u003eGiant Dose of Rock ’N’ Roll Australia Tour\u003c\/em\u003e had only wrapped on 23rd December, and from there they kept up an almost nightly schedule across Australia until the middle of February.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNext came the UK, then home to their second biggest audience, where they resumed the \u003cem\u003eDirty Deeds\u003c\/em\u003e tour. Starting in Edinburgh on 18th February, just three days after their final Australian date, the band played 28 nights on the trot, finishing at the Croydon Greyhound on the 20th, with another couple of shows right at the end of the month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom there, \u003cstrong\u003eAC\/DC\u003c\/strong\u003e joined a \u003cstrong\u003eBlack Sabbath\u003c\/strong\u003e tour of Europe in a support slot that carried on until late spring. After a month or so split between London and Australia, including a few club dates, the band headed out on their first ever US tour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eLet There Be Rock US Summer Tour\u003c\/em\u003e began in Austin, Texas, on 27th July 1977 at the wonderfully named Armadillo World Headquarters, a venue that had been operating since 1970. Supporting the then-popular Canadian rock band \u003cstrong\u003eMoxy\u003c\/strong\u003e in front of 1,500 people, it was exactly the kind of exposure \u003cstrong\u003eAC\/DC\u003c\/strong\u003e were after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe tour ran through to 7th September, by which point the group had played across eight states, mostly in the South and Mid-West, with a couple of shows each in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. On 22nd August, they returned for their third appearance of the same tour at Cleveland, Ohio’s Agora Ballroom, this time supporting \u003cstrong\u003eMink Deville\u003c\/strong\u003e. Playing to an estimated 2,000 people, the show was a triumph, and the entire performance was broadcast on local FM radio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doxy","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50437547262283,"sku":"383146","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0889397521103_grande_15ab1e61_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1726932114","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/cleveland-rocks-live-1977","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}