Excerpts from:  Chapter 9 – Love Gun Tour

August 12, 1977
Seattle, Washington
Seattle Center Coliseum
Opening Act: Cheap Trick
Capacity: 15,000
Promoter: Concerts West

According to The Seattle Times review, "Beth" was not performed.

Security Guard Eddie Balandas: "When we were in Seattle, Ace and I would always go fishing on our day off, so we rented a boat out on Lake Washington.  We weren't supposed to go out through the locks and into the ocean, but I did it because Ace wanted to.  The hotel we were staying at, the Edgewater Inn, sat on pilings directly above the water, and you could literally fish right out of your hotel window.   So we took the boat underneath the hotel and tied up the fishing lines hanging from all the rooms.  Then we pulled on them so everyone thought they had a fish.  As we pulled away from the hotel, Ace mooned everybody from the boat.  

"Then Ace and I went back to the boat rental facility.  On our way, all of these huge, expensive yachts were going through the locks with us and guys were shouting to us, 'Hey. Watch your port bow!'  We didn't know what the hell a bow was.  Meanwhile, Ace is just sitting there kicking back a few beers and people are watching us from up above in their yachts.  Ace said, 'I think the people are recognizing us.'  I said, 'They're not recognizing you, they're watching your balls stick out of your shorts.'"


August 13, 1977
Portland, Oregon
Memorial Coliseum
Opening Act: Cheap Trick
Capacity: 12,600
Promoter: Concerts West

"Before the show one night, I had set up the cassette for 'Beth,'" recalls House Sound Engineer Don Ketteler.  "At some point, one of the other guys on the sound crew decided that the music we should play as the crowd was leaving should be the Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour.'  But he spaced out and put the tape in before they had done 'Beth.' The spotlight comes on the stool in the middle of the stage, Peter comes out selling it, looking all serious and solemn, the crowd is completely hushed, I hit the tape and 'Magical Mystery Tour' starts playing.  It was embarrassing and hilarious at the same time.  It was so bad that the band didn't even say anything after the show."

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