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Layla Tour
The Layla Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band The Innovations from August 8, 1968 to December 31, 1970.

Background
1968 was the year when the band returned to performing in public concerts. The group spent 1965 to 1967 recording in the studio, and their only live performance during this time was a one-off appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967, where they played Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band live with a number of studio musicians. The band's live shows changed significantly in format during this tour: whereas the band would play for up to 40 minutes at most gigs before, the shows on this tour would last well over 2 hours. The group changed the set list of each show, where they wouldn't play the same song two nights in a row, and started to improvise during songs, with the band jamming upwards of 20 minutes on some songs. The group constantly toured throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as multiple stops in the United Kingdom, with a few scattered dates across Continental Europe. The group did their first New Year's Run this year as well, playing the Long Island Arena in Commack, New York in four consecutive dates from December 28 to 31, 1968.

The group appeared at a number of high-profile rock festivals in 1969, such as Woodstock, the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, and the Altamont Free Concert. The band began to perform songs from Lifehouse this year, months before the album was released. It was on November 18, 1969 where the group recorded their live album Live by the Boardwalk at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The album reached #1 on the album charts two weeks after it was released, and it is considered one of the greatest live albums of all time.

The band became the biggest musical act in the world by 1970, and the constant touring from this tour brought new fans and millions of dollars in profits. A symbol of the group's fame at this time was playing at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 before nearly 600,000 fans.

The Dark Side of the Moon Tour
The Dark Side of the Moon Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band The Innovations from May 22, 1972 to June 14, 1972.

Studio albums

 * 1961: ''Please Please Me
 * 1961: With the Innovations
 * 1962: A Hard Day's Night
 * 1962: My Generation
 * 1964: Rubber Soul
 * 1965: Pet Sounds
 * 1966: Smile
 * 1967: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
 * 1968: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
 * 1970: Lifehouse
 * 1972: The Dark Side of the Moon
 * 1973: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
 * 1976: Rust Never Sleeps
 * 1978: The Wall

Compilation albums

 * 1965: A Collection of Innovative Oldies
 * 1971: The Collected Works of The Innovations
 * 1978: From the Vault: Volume I
 * 1986: 1963–1970
 * 1986: 1971–1980
 * 1987: From the Vault: Volume II
 * 1991: 1981–1988
 * 1994: From the Vault: Volume III
 * 1999: From the Vault: Volume IV
 * 2000: 1
 * 2005: From The Vault: Volume V