The band's regular drummer Brian Downey was unable to take part in these tours due to the hectic schedule and had taken a break from performing.

[3] The Sydney concert was Nauseef's penultimate show as a member of Thin Lizzy, as Downey returned to the band in December.

[4] Thin Lizzy did a morning sound check which extended to a jam of around 25 minutes for those who had arrived extra early for the concert.

In 1997, the concert was released in Japan as a CD album titled The Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia, on the Nippon Crown label, featuring the same eight tracks as the video.

[6] On June 24, 2022, the entire concert was finally released via Mercury Studios as The Boys Are Back in Town: Live at Sydney Opera House, October 1978, featuring the additional five tracks performed that day: "Still in Love with You", "Warriors", "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed", "Don't Believe a Word" and "Suicide".