For an in-depth analysis of a tour, click the tour title below:

Idle Race The Move Electric Light Orchestra / No Answer ELO 2 / Electric Light Orchestra II On The Third Day Eldorado Face The Music A New World Record Out Of The Blue / The Big Night Discovery Xanadu Time Secret Messages Balance Of Power Zoom

Other than the Out Of The Blue and Time tours, the tours were not necessarily billed as a specific album tour. In truth, for much of ELO's early history, the band simply toured continuously-- mostly between the UK and USA-- and just promoted whatever the current release was at the time. For example, the Face The Music album was released in August 1975 and the band commenced touring pretty much continuously from then to August of 1977 with breaks in Decembers for Christmas, July 1976 to record an album and May 1976 simply because the band was exhausted. During this period, three albums were released (Face The Music, Olé ELO and A New World Record) with any performances simply in support of the current-at-the-time and earlier LPs with the setlist changing according to whatever the newest album was at the time.

The timeline below attempts to generally show ELO's touring activities over a selected period. Sections in black are when the band was taking a vacation and/or their activities were unknown.

Notice any errors or omissions? Let me know at elofan@juno.com.

Robert Porter
August 2010