exodus (1977)

1977 ŠThe Wailers News

  • February 14 - Junior Marvin joins Bob Marley & The Wailers
    -Junior had been working with Steve Windwood's Traffic band, and Chris Blackwell approached him to join Bob Marley & The Wailers

  • May - "Exodus" is released
  • Mid May - Paris Pavillion - Paris, France
  • May 11 - Brussels, Belgium
  • May 13 - Houtrust Hallen -Den Haag, Netherlands
    -The band Rico open up the show
  • May 15 - The Circus Krone - Munich, Germany
  • May 16 - Rhein-Neckar-Hulle - Heidelberg, Germany
  • May 17 - The CCH - Hamburg, Germany
  • May 18 - The Eissporthalle - Berlin, Germany
  • May 19 - Gottenburg, Scandinavia
  • May 20 - The Grona Lund - Stockholm, Sweden
  • Late May - Gothenburg, Sweden

  • June 1-4 - Rainbow Theatre - London, England
    -80 security guards and a squad of uniformed police line the theater to prevent a reoccurence of the 1976 Hammersmith Odeon show
  • June - Bob is given a ring by Crown Prince Asfa Wossen of Ethiopia while in London
    -The ring was only passed within the Royal House of Judah

  • July - Don Taylor, manager of Bob Marley & The Wailers, cancels the American leg of the tour due to Bob's ongoing toe inury, reinjured in a soccer match
    -Cancer would later be detected in Bob's toe, supposedly on the day of the Two Sevens Clash - 7.7.77