A short Scandinavian tour followed before a huge US tour. Blind Faith's American tour opened at the Newport Jazz festival on 11th July. The tour turned to be a disaster, at Madison Square Garden in New York there were riots, and everywhere there were disappointed audiences.
Clapton's first public appearence after returning from Blind Faith's American tour was as a member of the Plastic Ono Band, when John Lennon phoned to ask him to join the line-up for the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival. The long houl over the ocean witnessed a comical effort to rehearse with unamplified electric guitar in the first-class cabin of the jet. They played rock'n'roll oldies for half an hour before Yoko joined in.
While Blind Faith had been on the road, they were supported by American white soul act Delaney and Bonnie. Eric began spending more and more time with Delaney and his band, traveling from gig to gig on their bus and popping up the stage during their sets. Clapton sponsored a tour for Delaney and Bonnie in November and played on stage with them. They started in Germany, and went on to the UK and Scandinavia.
In Germany, they had a disastrous reception. The UK tour, which opened at the Royal Albert Hall on 1st December, was uneventful and George Harrison joined them for most of the UK dates.
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Supersession |
 | Tue | 18-Mar-1969 | Staines Television Studios | Staines, Surrey (England) |
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Blind Faith - Blind Faith's opening concert |
| Sat | 07-Jun-1969 | Hyde Park | London (England) |
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Blind Faith - Scandinavian Tour |
| | June 1969 | Blind Faith did a short 8 concert tour in Scandinavia after the Hyde Park concert and before going to America. There are only few dates known (not all of the schedules listed below are confirmed yet; see the tour details for more information). |
| Thu | 12-Jun-1969 | Kulttuuritalo | Helsinki (Finland) |
| Sat | 14-Jun-1969 | Njaardhallen | Oslo (Norway) |
| Mon | 16-Jun-1969 | Kungliga Tennishallen | Stockholm (Sweden) |
| Wed | 18-Jun-1969 | Konserthallen Liseberg, Liseberg Nöjespark | Göteborg (Sweden) |
| Thu | 19-Jun-1969 | K.B.-Hallen | København (Denmark) |
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Blind Faith - North American Tour |
| Fri | 11-Jul-1969 | Cancelled: Fort Adams State Park | Newport, Rhode Island (United States) |
| Sat | 12-Jul-1969 | Madison Square Garden | New York City, New York (United States) |
| Sun | 13-Jul-1969 | Kennedy Stadium | Bridgeport, Connecticut (United States) |
| Wed | 16-Jul-1969 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) |
| Fri | 18-Jul-1969 | University of Toronto, Varsity Stadium | Toronto, Ontario (Canada) |
| Sat | 19-Jul-1969 | Forum | Montreal, Quebec (Canada) |
| Sun | 20-Jul-1969 | Civic Center | Baltimore, Maryland (United States) |
| Wed | 23-Jul-1969 | War Memorial Stadium | Kansas City, Kansas (United States) |
| Sat | 26-Jul-1969 | Wisconsin State Fair Park | West Allis, Wisconsin (United States) |
| Sun | 27-Jul-1969 | International Amphitheatre | Chicago, Illinois (United States) |
| Fri | 01-Aug-1969 | Sports Arena | Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States) |
| Sat | 02-Aug-1969 | Olympia Stadium | Detroit, Michigan (United States) |
| Sun | 03-Aug-1969 | Kiel Stadium | St. Louis, Missouri (United States) |
| Fri | 08-Aug-1969 | Center Coliseum | Seattle, Washington (United States) |
| Sat | 09-Aug-1969 | PNE Coliseum | Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) |
| Sun | 10-Aug-1969 | Memorial Coliseum | Portland, Oregon (United States) |
| Thu | 14-Aug-1969 | Almeda County Coliseum | Oakland, California (United States) |
| Fri | 15-Aug-1969 | Forum | Los Angeles, California (United States) |
| Sat | 16-Aug-1969 | Fairgrounds Arena | Santa Barbara, California (United States) |
| Tue | 19-Aug-1969 | Sam Houston Coliseum | Houston, Texas (United States) |
| Wed | 20-Aug-1969 | Hemisfair Arena | San Antonio, Texas (United States) |
| Fri | 22-Aug-1969 | Salt Palace | Salt Lake City, Utah (United States) |
| Sat | 23-Aug-1969 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Phoenix, Arizona (United States) |
| Sun | 24-Aug-1969 | HIC Arena | Honolulu, Hawaii (United States) |
| Tue | 26-Aug-1969 | UCLA Pauley Pavilion
[this concert never happened] | Los Angeles, California (United States) |
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Plastic Ono Band - Toronto Rock and Roll Revival Festival |
| Sat | 13-Sep-1969 | University of Toronto, Varsity Stadium | Toronto, Ontario (Canada) |
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Delaney and Bonnie - German Tour |
| Wed | 26-Nov-1969 | Radio Bremen Studios | Bremen (Germany) |
| Thu | 27-Nov-1969 | Jahrhunderthalle | Frankfurt am Main-Höchst (Germany) |
| Fri | 28-Nov-1969 | Musikhalle | Hamburg (Germany) |
| Sat | 29-Nov-1969 | Sportpalast | Köln (Germany) |
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Delaney and Bonnie - U.K. Tour |
| Mon | 01-Dec-1969 | Royal Albert Hall | London (England) |
| Tue | 02-Dec-1969 | Colston Hall | Bristol, Gloucestershire (England) |
| Wed | 03-Dec-1969 | Town Hall | Birmingham (England) |
| Thu | 04-Dec-1969 | City Hall | Sheffield, South Yorkshire (England) |
| Fri | 05-Dec-1969 | City Hall | Newcastle-upon-Tyne (England) |
| Sat | 06-Dec-1969 | Empire Theatre | Liverpool (England) |
| Sun | 07-Dec-1969 | Fairfield Hall | London-Croydon (England) |
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Delaney and Bonnie - Scandinavian Tour |
| | 08-Dec-1969 | <unknown> in Scandinavia |
| | 09-Dec-1969 | <unknown> in Scandinavia |
| Wed | 10-Dec-1969 | Falkonerteatret | København (Denmark) |
| Thu | 11-Dec-1969 | Falkonerteatret | København (Denmark) |
| Fri | 12-Dec-1969 | Falkonerteatret | København (Denmark) |
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Plastic Ono Band - "Peace For Christmas" Charity Concert |
| Mon | 15-Dec-1969 | Lyceum in The Strand, Lyceum Ballroom | London (England) |
