U2 Gloria Tour
The first leg of the tour to promote the album October was called after the first single on the album, “Gloria.” The tour was announced before the album was complete, and all press refered to the tour by the name of the single, in fact at the time, the press were still referring to the upcoming album as Scarlet. The tour as announced was a UK tour, and all dates for the shows were opened by Comsat Angels, with the exception of the Sheffield show.
Tickets for the shows were priced at £3.00, except Leicester at £2.50 and Nottingham which was sold at £3.00 but also had limited £3.50 tickets available as well.
Press for this tour leg do mention a new album release, but do not give it a name
U2 Gloria Tour
- 01/10/1981 Common Room, University Of East Anglia, Norwich, England
- 02/10/1981 Rock City, Nottingham, England
- 03/10/1981 Maxwell Hall, Salford University, Salford, England
- 04/10/1981 Tiffany’s, Glasgow, Scotland
- 06/10/1981 Warwick Arts Centre, University Of Wareick, Coventry, England
- 07/10/1981 Polytechnic, Leicester, England
- 08/10/1981 Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, England
- 09/10/1981 Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle, England
- 10/10/1981 Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England
- 12/10/1981 Top Rank, Brighton, England
- 13/10/1981 Locarno, Portsmouth, England
- 14/10/1981 Top Rank Suite, Cardiff, Wales
- 16/10/1981 King’s Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, England
- 17/10/1981 Bracknell Sports Centre, Bracknell, England
- 18/10/1981 Locarno, Bristol, England
- 19/10/1981 Locarno, Birmingham, England
- 20/10/1981 Tiffany’s, Leeds, England
- 21/10/1981 The Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, England