El Loco-Motion Tour

The El Loco-Motion Tour was a concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. The tour took place in North America and Europe from 1981 through 1983. Most of the venues were coliseums, though arenas were visited in later tour dates. Embracing the image of the El Loco album cover, band members Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill would typically perform in boilersuits with top hats. The El Loco-Motion Tour consisted of five legs and 105 shows. The set list included material from El Loco and their previous albums, along with several covers.

El Loco-Motion Tour
World tour by ZZ Top
LocationNorth America, Europe
Associated albumEl Loco
Start dateMay 29, 1981 (1981-05-29)
End dateJanuary 9, 1983 (1983-01-09)
Legs5
No. of shows117 (118 scheduled)
ZZ Top concert chronology

Concert overview

Out of the 90 concerts performed during the El Loco-Motion Tour, each show had a similar set list, with 18-22 songs played. An announcer would introduce the band and begin the show: "The best rock band in the world, from Houston, Texas, it's ZZ Top!" For the 10/28 – 11/01 shows ZZ Top was an opening act (along with The Fabulous Thunderbirds) for The Rolling Stones. Opener for ZZ Top in Europe was Rose Tattoo from Australia.

Set list
  1. "Groovy Little Hippie Pad"
  2. "I Thank You"
  3. "Waitin' For The Bus"
  4. "Jesus Just Left Chicago"
  5. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
  6. "Ten Foot Pole"
  7. "Manic Mechanic"
  8. "Heard It On The X"
  9. "Francine"
  10. "A Fool For Your Stockings"
  11. "Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings"
  12. "Pearl Necklace"
  13. "Cheap Sunglasses"
  14. "Dust My Broom"
  15. "Arrested For Driving While Blind"
  16. "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers"
  17. "Just Got Paid"
  18. "Party On The Patio"
  19. "Jailhouse Rock"
  20. "Tube Snake Boogie"
  21. "La Grange"
  22. "Tush"

Encores and additional songs

After a brief break, the band would return to perform "Tube Snake Boogie." Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" was sometimes played during the encore. "La Grange" and "Tush" always closed the show. A total of 29 different songs were played throughout the tour. Out of the 10 songs on El Loco, seven of them were performed in full at least once. "Francine" and Elmore James' "Dust My Broom" was sometimes played in the main set, the latter being included once during the encore. "Mexican Blackbird", Freddie King's "Going Down", and Ray Charles' "Let's Go Get Stoned" were also played once during the encore. In Stockholm they played "Just Got Paid" as the very last song.

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: North America
May 29, 1981 Knoxville United States Knoxville Civic Coliseum Loverboy N/A N/A
May 30, 1981 Birmingham Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum
May 31, 1981 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
June 3, 1981 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
June 4, 1981 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
June 5, 1981 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
June 6, 1981 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
June 7, 1981 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
June 10, 1981 Fort Wayne War Memorial Coliseum
June 12, 1981 Louisville Freedom Hall
June 13, 1981 Detroit Joe Louis Arena 11,028 / 19,000 $115,770
June 14, 1981 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena 12,300 / 16,000 $119,925
June 17, 1981 Richfield Richfield Coliseum N/A N/A
June 18, 1981 Binghamton Broome County Arena
June 19, 1981 Landover Capital Centre
June 20, 1981 South Yarmouth Cape Cod Coliseum
June 21, 1981
June 24, 1981 Rochester Rochester War Memorial
June 25, 1981 Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Convention Center
June 26, 1981 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
June 27, 1981 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
June 30, 1981 New York City Pier 84
July 5, 1981 Calgary Canada Calgary International Raceway Atlanta Rhythm Section, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Leg 2: North America
July 9, 1981 San Diego United States San Diego Sports Arena 38 Special, Loverboy N/A N/A
July 11, 1981 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Loverboy
July 12, 1981 Albuquerque Albuquerque Sports Stadium Loverboy, Point Blank
July 15, 1981 Odessa Ector County Coliseum Loverboy
July 16, 1981 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
July 17, 1981 Tucson Tucson Community Center Arena
July 18, 1981 Las Vegas Las Vegas Convention Center
July 22, 1981 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum
July 23, 1981 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
July 24, 1981 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
July 25, 1981 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum The Payolas
July 29, 1981 Daly City United States Cow Palace Loverboy
August 1, 1981 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
August 4, 1981 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
August 5, 1981 Madison Dane County Coliseum
August 6, 1981 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
August 7, 1981 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Arena
August 8, 1981 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
August 9, 1981 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 12, 1981 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Arena
August 13, 1981 Kansas City Kemper Arena 11,544 / 18,000 $109,668
August 14, 1981 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon N/A N/A
August 15, 1981 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
August 16, 1981 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 15,750 / 18,000 $136,044
August 19, 1981 Wichita Britt Brown Arena N/A N/A
August 20, 1981 Tulsa Expo Square Pavilion
August 21, 1981 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
August 22, 1981 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center Joe Perry Project
August 23, 1981 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
August 26, 1981 Utica Utica Memorial Auditorium Crack the Sky
August 27, 1981 Springfield Springfield Civic Center Joe Perry Project
August 29, 1981 South Fallsburg Music Mountain
August 31, 1981 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center Joe Perry Project
September 1, 1981 Philadelphia Philadelphia Spectrum Joe Perry Project, Johnny Van Zant
September 2, 1981 Rochester Rochester War Memorial Point Blank
September 5, 1981 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center The Dregs
September 6, 1981 Hollywood Hollywood Sportatorium
September 9, 1981 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum Joe Perry Project
September 11, 1981 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center
Leg 3: Europe
October 1, 1981 Oslo Norway Chateau Neuf Sky High N/A N/A
October 2, 1981 Stockholm Sweden Göta Lejon
October 6, 1981 Nuremberg Germany Hemmerleinhalle Rose Tattoo
October 8, 1981 Offenbach am Main Stadthalle
October 9, 1981 Eppelheim Rhein-Neckar-Halle
October 10, 1981 Hamburg Congress Centrum Hamburg
October 11, 1981 Berlin Neue Welt
October 13, 1981 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
October 14, 1981 Munich Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
October 15, 1981 Zurich Switzerland Volkshaus
October 17, 1981 Arlon Belgium Hall Polyvalent
October 19, 1981 Düsseldorf Germany Philips Halle
October 23, 1981 Dijon France Parc des Expositions
October 25, 1981 Paris Pavillon Baltard
October 26, 1981 London England Hammersmith Odeon Girl
Leg 4: United States
October 28, 1981 Houston United States Houston Astrodome The Fabulous Thunderbirds 65,000 / 65,000 $1,202,500
October 29, 1981
October 31, 1981 Dallas Cotton Bowl 156,000 / 156,000 $2,695,332
November 1, 1981
December 26, 1981 Houston The Summit N/A N/A
December 27, 1981 Dallas Wintergarden Ballroom
December 28, 1981 Fort Worth Billy Bob's Texas The BusBoys
December 31, 1981 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum Grand Funk Railroad 11,704 / 11,704 $146,300
January 1, 1982 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium N/A N/A
January 3, 1982 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
January 14, 1982 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
January 15, 1982 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
January 20, 1982 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
January 21, 1982 Columbus Ohio Center 6,448 / 6,900 $63,292
January 22, 1982 Richmond Richmond Coliseum N/A N/A
January 24, 1982 Huntington Huntington Civic Center 3,864 / 8,000 $36,785
January 26, 1982 Lexington Rupp Arena 8,111 / 9,000 $74,343
January 29, 1982 Bethlehem Stabler Arena N/A N/A
February 3, 1982 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium Taylor Bay Band
Leg 5: United States
March 21, 1982 Daly City United States Cow Palace Prism, LeRoux N/A N/A
March 24, 1982 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena LeRoux, Prism 11,184 / 14,217 $127,079
March 26, 1982 Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 10,455 / 12,000 $112,079
March 30, 1982 Reno Centennial Coliseum Prism, LeRoux N/A N/A
March 31, 1982 Salt Lake City Salt Palace LeRoux, Prism 10,445 / 13,000 $104,450
April 1, 1982 Denver McNichols Sports Arena 15,838 / 18,000 $182,043
April 2, 1982 Lincoln Pershing Auditorium 9,137 / 9,137 $92,820
April 3, 1982 Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center N/A N/A
April 10, 1982 Salisbury Wicomico Youth and Civic Center LeRoux
April 13, 1982 Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center LeRoux, Prism 7,850 / 7,850 $73,378
April 14, 1982 Lubbock Lubbock Coliseum 6,540 / 9,500 $65,864
April 15, 1982 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center Arena Point Blank 11,564 / 12,500 $116,443
April 16, 1982 Austin Frank Erwin Center 17,700 / 17,700 $176,481
April 17, 1982 New Orleans The Warehouse Jay Boy Adams 3,500 / 3,500 $40,250
April 18, 1982 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center Zebra 6,068 / 10,035 $59,010
Leg 6: Europe
May 28, 1982 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhalle Jethro Tull, Heart N/A N/A
May 29, 1982 Würzburg Kickers-Stadion am Dallenberg Saga, Spliff
May 30, 1982 Munich Munich-Riem Airport
May 31, 1982 Geleen Netherlands Burgemeester Damen Sportpark Mink DeVille, Saga
Leg 7: North America
September 14, 1982 Portland United States Portland Memorial Coliseum 38 Special N/A N/A
September 16, 1982 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
September 17, 1982 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
September 19, 1982 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
September 20, 1982 Calgary Stampede Corral
September 21, 1982 Butte United States Butte Civic Center
September 24, 1982 South Bend Athletic and Convocation Center
September 25, 1982 Charleston Charleston Civic Center 8,851 / 11,301 $99,187
September 28, 1982 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 8,894 / 16,000 $106,566
September 30, 1982 Dayton United States Hara Arena N/A N/A
October 1, 1982 Milwaukee MECCA Arena Shooting Star
October 2, 1982 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre
Leg 8: United States
December 28, 1982 Amarillo United States Amarillo Civic Center Tommy Tutone N/A N/A
December 30, 1982 Tucson Tucson Community Center Arena
December 31, 1982 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Tommy Tutone, Rose Tattoo
January 1, 1983 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
January 2, 1983 Midland Chaparral Center Tommy Tutone
January 5, 1983 Wichita Britt Brown Arena Tommy Tutone, Rose Tattoo
January 7, 1983 Norman Lloyd Noble Center Tommy Tutone
January 8, 1983 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex Tommy Tutone, Grand Funk Railroad
January 9, 1983 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium Tommy Tutone
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