Afterburner World Tour

The Afterburner World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. The tour took place in North America, Europe and Australasia. The set list featured material from the band's previous six studio albums. Venues were mostly arenas.

Afterburner World Tour

World tour by ZZ Top
Location	North America, Europe, Australasia
Associated album	Afterburner
Start date	December 2, 1985
End date	March 21, 1987
Legs	5
No. of shows	193
ZZ Top concert chronology

Set list

1. "Got Me Under Pressure"
2. "Sleeping Bag"
3. "Waitin' For The Bus"
4. "Jesus Just Left Chicago"
5. "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
6. "TV Dinners"
7. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
8. "Ten Foot Pole"
9. "Manic Mechanic"
10. "Heard It On The X"
11. "Rough Boy"
12. "Pearl Necklace"
13. "Cheap Sunglasses"
14. "Arrested For Driving While Blind"
15. "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers"
16. "Legs"
17. "Sharp Dressed Man"
18. "Stages"
19. "Can't Stop Rockin'"
20. "Party On the Patio"
21. "Velcro Fly"
22. "Jailhouse Rock"
23. "Tube Snake Boogie"
24. "La Grange"
25. "Tush"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1: Arenas in Canada[1][2]
December 2, 1985	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens	The Headpins	28,000 / 28,000	$505,080
December 3, 1985
December 4, 1985	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Centre		8,765 / 9,000	$149,769
December 6, 1985	Montreal		Montreal Forum		N/A	N/A
December 9, 1985	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena
December 11, 1985	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome
December 12, 1985	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
December 15, 1985	Vancouver		Pacific Coliseum
December 16, 1985
Leg 2: Arenas in the United States[3][4]
January 30, 1986	Lake Charles	United States	Lake Charles Civic Center	Jimmy Barnes	8,309 / 8,309	$124,635
January 31, 1986	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum		10,000 / 10,000	$150,000
February 1, 1986	Wichita		Britt Brown Arena		12,200 / 12,200	$183,000
February 2, 1986	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium		12,000 / 12,000	$180,000
February 4, 1986	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center		9,856 / 9,856	$147,840
February 5, 1986	Madison		Dane County Coliseum		10,100 / 10,100	$149,775
February 6, 1986	St. Paul		St. Paul Civic Center Arena		44,066 / 44,066	$660,990
February 7, 1986
February 8, 1986
February 11, 1986	Bismarck		Bismarck Civic Center		7,145 / 7,145	$107,175
February 12, 1986	Rapid City		Rushmore Plaza Civic Center		N/A	N/A
February 14, 1986	Ames		Hilton Coliseum		12,505 / 12,505	$187,620
February 15, 1986	Rockford		Rockford MetroCentre		9,072 / 9,072	$136,080
February 16, 1986	Kansas City		Kemper Arena		N/A	N/A
February 17, 1986
February 19, 1986	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena		29,069 / 29,069	$436,035
February 20, 1986
February 23, 1986	Chattanooga		University of Tennessee Arena		12,000 / 12,000	$177,105
February 24, 1986	Lexington		Rupp Arena		14,000 / 14,000	N/A
February 25, 1986	Champaign		Assembly Hall		N/A
February 26, 1986	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
February 27, 1986
March 1, 1986	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum		14,749 / 14,749	$224,922
March 2, 1986	Carbondale		SIU Arena		N/A	N/A
March 5, 1986	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum		20,440 / 20,440	$306,600
March 6, 1986
March 7, 1986	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center		23,340 / 23,340	$250,100
March 8, 1986
March 9, 1986	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum		10,000 / 10,000	$150,000
March 11, 1986	Baton Rouge		LSU Assembly Center		N/A	N/A
March 14, 1986	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum		15,600 / 15,600	$225,090
March 15, 1986	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum		10,112 / 10,112	$151,680
March 16, 1986	Birmingham		Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum		14,825 / 14,825	$222,375
March 18, 1986	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum		11,365 / 11,365	$170,475
March 19, 1986	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center		19,904 / 19,904	$298,560
March 20, 1986
March 21, 1986	Hollywood		Hollywood Sportatorium		23,363 / 23,363	$350,445
March 22, 1986
March 26, 1986	Atlanta		The Omni		46,752 / 46,752	$701,280
March 27, 1986
March 28, 1986
March 29, 1986	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum		12,162 / 12,162	$178,830
March 30, 1986	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum		12,647 / 12,647	$189,705
April 2, 1986	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center		10,840 / 10,840	$162,600
April 3, 1986	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum		15,887 / 15,887	$266,605
April 4, 1986	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center Coliseum		12,691 / 12,691	$190,365
April 5, 1986	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum		12,500 / 12,500	$185,100
April 6, 1986	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum		13,602 / 13,602	$204,030
April 9, 1986	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena		43,107 / 43,107	$657,771
April 10, 1986
April 11, 1986
April 12, 1986	Toledo		Centennial Hall		9,213 / 9,213	$135,810
April 15, 1986	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium		13,398 / 13,398	$200,970
April 16, 1986	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum		18,701 / 19,329	$280,515
April 17, 1986	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena		30,774 / 30,774	$461,610
April 18, 1986
April 19, 1986	Wheeling		Wheeling Civic Center		9,756 / 10,000	$147,885
April 21, 1986	Worcester		Centrum in Worcester		37,500 / 37,500	$567,006
April 22, 1986
April 23, 1986
April 25, 1986	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center		38,673 / 38,673	$589,680
April 26, 1986
April 28, 1986
April 30, 1986	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena		28,816 / 28,816	$432,240
May 1, 1986
May 4, 1986	Murfreesboro	Murphy Center	11,190 / 11,190	$117,412
May 5, 1986	Knoxville	Stokely Athletic Center	10,687 / 10,687	$155,996
Leg 3: Arenas and amphitheaters in the United States[5]
May 24, 1986	Landover	United States	Capital Centre	The Del Fuegos	62,924 / 62,924	$975,322
May 25, 1986
May 26, 1986
May 27, 1986
May 28, 1986	Philadelphia		Philadelphia Spectrum	Honeymoon Suite	31,288 / 31,288	$471,851
May 29, 1986
June 1, 1986	Providence		Providence Civic Center	The Del Fuegos	22,391 / 24,000	$342,732
June 2, 1986
June 3, 1986	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center		19,000 / 19,000	$285,000
June 4, 1986
June 6, 1986	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center		N/A	N/A
June 7, 1986
June 9, 1986	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena		45,862 / 48,000	$728,217
June 10, 1986
June 11, 1986
June 13, 1986	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum		15,956 / 15,956	$263,274
June 15, 1986	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre	The Call	N/A	N/A
June 16, 1986	Charlevoix		Castle Farms
June 17, 1986	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
June 18, 1986
June 20, 1986	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre	The Call	106,504 / 106,504
June 21, 1986
June 22, 1986	Evansville		Roberts Stadium		12,419 / 12,419	$186,285
June 25, 1986	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center	Jimmy Barnes	N/A	N/A
June 26, 1986	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theatre	The Call
June 28, 1986	Thornville		Buckeye Lake Music Center		20,000 / 20,000	$330,000
July 5, 1986	Williamsburg		William & Mary Hall	The Smithereens	8,600 / 12,000	$150,500
July 7, 1986	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum		N/A	N/A
July 10, 1986	Tulsa		Tulsa Assembly Center	The Unforgiven	17,275 / 17,984	$259,640
July 11, 1986
July 14, 1986	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace		N/A	N/A
July 15, 1986	Casper		Casper Events Center
July 16, 1986	Pocatello		ASISU Minidome		8,723 / 8,723	$130,845
July 17, 1986	Boise		BSU Pavilion		N/A	N/A
July 19, 1986	Angels Camp		Calaveras County Fairgrounds	Night Ranger, Missing Persons	36,426 / 36,426	$911,379
July 20, 1986
July 22, 1986	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum	The Unforgiven	19,288 / 19,288	$298,964
July 23, 1986
July 24, 1986	Pullman		Beasley Coliseum		7,204 / 7,204	$108,060
July 25, 1986	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome		36,899 / 36,899	$575,779
July 26, 1986
July 29, 1986	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena		N/A	N/A
July 30, 1986
July 31, 1986
August 1, 1986	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum		10,454 / 10,454	$162,037
August 2, 1986	Las Cruces		Pan American Center		12,311 / 12,311	$190,546
August 5, 1986	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center	Honeymoon Suite	10,545 / 10,545	$163,448
August 6, 1986	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena		12,507 / 12,507	$200,112
August 8, 1986	Daly City		Cow Palace		42,952 / 42,952	$708,708
August 9, 1986
August 10, 1986
August 11, 1986	Reno		Lawlor Events Center		10,308 / 10,308	$170,082
August 14, 1986	Inglewood		Inglewood Forum		43,721 / 43,721	$758,903
August 15, 1986
August 16, 1986
August 19, 1986	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum		16,088 / 16,088	$257,408
August 21, 1986	Odessa		Ector County Coliseum	Van Wilks	8,488 / 8,488	$140,052
August 22, 1986	San Antonio		San Antonio Convention Center		11,797 / 11,797	$202,338
August 23, 1986	Austin		Frank Erwin Center		16,700 / 16,700	$286,807
August 25, 1986	Houston		The Summit	Honeymoon Suite	39,968 / 39,968	$699,440
August 26, 1986
August 27, 1986
August 30, 1986	Dallas		Reunion Arena		62,113 / 62,113	$1,086,978
August 31, 1986
September 1, 1986
September 2, 1986
Leg 4: Arenas in Europe ("Can't Stop Rocking")[6]
September 12, 1986	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion	Bonfire	22,000 / 22,000	N/A
September 13, 1986
September 14, 1986	Gothenburg		Scandinavium		N/A
September 16, 1986	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall		7,000 / 7,000
September 18, 1986	Drammen	Norway	Drammenshallen		N/A
September 20, 1986	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
September 21, 1986	Koln		Sporthalle
September 22, 1986	Mannheim		Eisstadion
September 23, 1986	Frankfurt		Eissporthalle
September 24, 1986	Nurnberg		Frankenhalle
September 26, 1986	Würzburg		Carl-Diem-Halle
September 27, 1986	Munich		Olympiahalle
September 29, 1986	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy		48,000 / 48,000
September 30, 1986
October 1, 1986
October 2, 1986	Lyon		Palais des Sports		N/A
October 3, 1986	Grenoble		Palais des Sports
October 4, 1986	Fréjus		Arènes de Fréjus
October 5, 1986	Nîmes		Arena of Nîmes
October 6, 1986	Bordeaux		Patinoire de Mériadeck
October 8, 1986	Clermont-Ferrand		Maison des Sports
October 9, 1986	Lille		Espace de la Foire
October 11, 1986	Hamburg	Germany	Sporthalle Hamburg
October 12, 1986	Brussels	Belgium	Vorst Nationaal
October 13, 1986	Arnhem	Netherlands	Rijnhal	Dr. Feelgood
October 14, 1986	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	Bonfire
October 15, 1986	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
October 18, 1986	Stafford	England	Bingley Hall
October 20, 1986	London		Wembley Arena	Terraplane
October 21, 1986
October 22, 1986
October 23, 1986
October 25, 1986	Berlin	Germany	Deutschlandhalle	Bonfire
Leg 5: Arenas and stadiums in Australasia[7]
February 17, 1987	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan		N/A	N/A
February 18, 1987	Yokohama		Yokohama Stadium
February 19, 1987	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall
February 25, 1987	Melbourne	Australia	Olympic Park	Rose Tattoo	30,000 / 30,000
February 27, 1987	Gold Coast		Surfers Paradise International Raceway	The Angels, Rose Tattoo	N/A
March 1, 1987	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre	Rose Tattoo
March 2, 1987
March 3, 1987
March 4, 1987
March 6, 1987	Adelaide		Memorial Drive Park
March 7, 1987
March 9, 1987	Perth		Perth Entertainment Centre
March 10, 1987
March 14, 1987	Auckland	New Zealand	Western Springs Stadium	Jimmy Barnes, Knightshade	70,000 / 70,000
March 21, 1987	Honolulu	United States	Aloha Stadium	Run-D.M.C., Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	19,860 / 21,000	$343,515

References

1. Canadian arena tour boxscore data:
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 97 no. 51. December 21, 1985. p. 47. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 97 no. 52. December 28, 1985. p. 50. ISSN 0006-2510.
2. Canadian arena tour opening act information:
   • Griffin, John (December 7, 1985). "Industrial-strength rock 'n' roll". Montreal Gazette. p. D-8.
   • Cory, Frain (December 10, 1985). "Texas rockers ensure act worth ticket price". Winnipeg Free Press. p. 35.
   • Muretich, James (December 12, 1985). "ZZ Top spins its hits across the generation gap". Calgary Herald. p. E1.
   • Tymchuk, Mark (December 19, 1985). "'Blown away' by ZZ Top" (PDF). The Nugget. Edmonton: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. p. 7.
   • Sharp, Keith (December 15, 2015). "Darby Mills – Good is the New Perfect". Music Express. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
3. US arena tour boxscore data:
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 7. February 15, 1986. p. 48. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 8. February 22, 1986. p. 46. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 9. March 1, 1986. p. 43. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 10. March 8, 1986. p. 49. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 11. March 15, 1986. p. 75. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 12. March 22, 1986. p. 51. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 13. March 29, 1986. p. 24. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 16. April 19, 1986. p. 25. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 17. April 26, 1986. p. 21. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 18. May 3, 1986. p. 23. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 19. May 10, 1986. p. 24. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 20. May 17, 1986. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 21. May 24, 1986. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 23. June 7, 1986. p. 23. ISSN 0006-2510.
4. US arena tour opening act information:
   • Tunis, Walter (February 23, 1986). "ZZ Top meshes Texas heritage with high-tech trappings". Lexington Herald-Leader. p. D1.
   • Gilbert, Calvin (March 12, 1986). "Like plate of ribs, ZZ Top's music satisfies". Baton Rouge Advocate. p. 1C.
5. US arena and amphitheater tour boxscore data:
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 24. June 14, 1986. p. 31. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 25. June 21, 1986. p. 24. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 28. July 12, 1986. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 30. July 26, 1986. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 32. August 9, 1986. p. 32. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 33. August 16, 1986. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 34. August 23, 1986. p. 42. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 36. September 6, 1986. p. 20. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 37. September 13, 1986. p. 31. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98 no. 38. September 20, 1986. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "ZZ Top: Texas to the Universe" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 99 no. 40. October 3, 1987. p. ZZ-36. ISSN 0006-2510.
6. European arena tour boxscore data:
   • "ZZ Top: Texas to the Universe" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 99 no. 40. October 3, 1987. p. ZZ-45. ISSN 0006-2510.
7. Australasian arena and stadium tour boxscore data:
   • Daly, Mike (February 27, 1987). "Bar-room boogie under the stars". The Age. Melbourne. p. 12.
   • "AB Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 99 no. 16. April 18, 1987. p. 23. ISSN 0006-2510.
   • "ZZ Top: Texas to the Universe" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 99 no. 40. October 3, 1987. p. ZZ-45. ISSN 0006-2510.