Painkiller Tour
The Painkiller Tour was a concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest which was in support of the album Painkiller. It ran from 18 October 1990 until 15 April 1991.
Concert by Judas Priest | |
Associated album | Painkiller |
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Start date | 18 October 1990 |
End date | 15 April 1991 |
No. of shows |
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Judas Priest concert chronology |
This tour introduced new drummer Scott Travis from Racer X, who joined the band in 1989 after previous drummer Dave Holland's departure that same year. He would remain with the band ever since, surpassing Holland as the band's longest staying drummer.
Pre-tour
A one-off pre-tour show took place on 13 September 1990 in which the band performed at the third annual Foundations Forum in Los Angeles. It was recorded and put together along with the performance from Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson's solo band (recorded on 27 June 1990 in London) as a bootlegged split live album.[1] The setlist for the event is as follows:
- "Riding on the Wind"
- "Grinder"
- "Heading Out to the Highway"
- "Between the Hammer and the Anvil"
- "Bloodstone"
- "Better By You, Better Than Me" (Spooky Tooth cover)
- "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)"(Fleetwood Mac cover)
- "Leather Rebel"
- "Hell Bent for Leather"
- "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
Encore:
Note
- The live versions of "Better By You, Better Than Me" and "Leather Rebel" appear as bonus tracks on the 2001 re-issues of Stained Class and Painkiller respectively
Setlist
- "Blood Red Skies" (Intro Only)
- "Hell Bent for Leather"
- "Grinder"
- "The Hellion"
- "Electric Eye"
- "All Guns Blazing"
- "Between The Hammer And The Anvil" (Replaced by "The Sentinel" after 29 October 1990)
- "Metal Gods"
- "Bloodstone" (Dropped after 19 October 1990)
- "Night Crawler"
- "The Ripper"
- "Beyond the Realms of Death"
- "Metal Meltdown" (Replaced by "Riding On The Wind" after 25 October 1990)
- Drum Solo (Added 1 November 1990)
- "A Touch of Evil" (Removed after 11 February 1991)
- "Victim of Changes"
- "Painkiller"
- "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
- "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
Encore:
"Heading Out To The Highway" was also played once.
Tour dates
The band would tour with Megadeth and Testament on the North American leg and with Pantera and Annihilator on the European and UK leg. Exodus and Death Angel were originally billed for the European leg, but were dropped for unknown reasons and replaced by Pantera.[3][4] They also performed at the second annual Rock in Rio festival with Queensrÿche, Megadeth, Lobão and Sepultura on 23 January 1991.[5][6]
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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North American leg #1 | |||
18 October 1990 | Montreal | Canada | Montreal Forum |
19 October 1990 | Quebec City | Colisée de Québec | |
22 October 1990 | Toronto | Maple Leaf Gardens | |
25 October 1990 | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Arena | |
26 October 1990 | Regina | Regina Agridome | |
28 October 1990 | Calgary | Olympic Saddledome | |
29 October 1990 | Edmonton | Northlands Coliseum | |
31 October 1990 | Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | |
1 November 1990 | Portland | United States | Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
2 November 1990 | Spokane | Spokane Coliseum | |
3 November 1990 | Reno | Lawlor Events Center | |
4 November 1990 | Sacramento | ARCO Arena | |
5 November 1990 | Oakland | Oakland-Alameda County Arena | |
7 November 1990 | Tempe | ASU Activity Center | |
8 November 1990 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | |
9 November 1990 | Irvine | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | |
10 November 1990 | San Diego | San Diego Sports Arena | |
11 November 1990 | |||
12 November 1990 | Salt Lake City | Salt Palace | |
14 November 1990 | El Paso | Special Events Center | |
16 November 1990 | San Antonio | Hemisfair Arena | |
17 November 1990 | Dallas | Reunion Arena | |
18 November 1990 | Houston | The Summit | |
20 November 1990 | Denver | McNichols Sports Arena | |
21 November 1990 | Albuquerque | Tingley Coliseum | |
23 November 1990 | Tulsa | Expo Square Pavilion | |
24 November 1990 | Kansas City | Municipal Auditorium | |
25 November 1990 | Omaha | Omaha Civic Auditorium | |
27 November 1990 | Columbus | Taft Coliseum | |
28 November 1990 | Rosemont | Rosemont Horizon | |
29 November 1990 | Saint Paul | St. Paul Civic Center | |
1 December 1990 | Indianapolis | Market Square Arena | |
2 December 1990 | Richfield | Richfield Coliseum | |
3 December 1990 | Dayton | Hara Arena | |
5 December 1990 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | |
6 December 1990 | Rochester | War Memorial Auditorium | |
7 December 1990 | Worcester | Centrum in Worcester | |
8 December 1990 | New Haven | New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum | |
9 December 1990 | Landover | Capital Centre | |
11 December 1990 | Atlanta | Omni Coliseum | |
13 December 1990 | Hampton | Hampton Coliseum | |
14 December 1990 | East Rutherford | Brendan Byrne Arena | |
15 December 1990 | Uniondale | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | |
16 December 1990 | Philadelphia | Spectrum | |
17 December 1990 | Pittsburgh | Civic Arena | |
19 December 1990 | Lakeland | Lakeland Civic Center | |
20 December 1990 | Miami | Miami Arena | |
21 December 1990 | Tampa | USF Sun Dome | |
23 December 1990 | Orlando | Orlando Arena | |
9 January 1991 | Portland | Cumberland County Civic Center | |
10 January 1991 | Binghamton | Broome County Memorial Arena | |
11 January 1991 | Syracuse | Oncenter War Memorial Arena | |
12 January 1991 | Providence | Providence Civic Center | |
14 January 1991 | Albany | Knickerbocker Arena | |
15 January 1991 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Kingston Armory | |
16 January 1991 | Toledo | Toledo Sports Arena | |
17 January 1991 | Kalamazoo | Wings Event Center | |
18 January 1991 | Pittsburgh | Palumbo Center | |
Rock in Rio II | |||
23 January 1991 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Maracanã Stadium |
European Leg | |||
31 January 1991 | Copenhagen | Denmark | K.B. Hallen |
1 February 1991 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium |
2 February 1991 | Stockholm | Hovet | |
4 February 1991 | Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki Ice Hall |
6 February 1991 | Oslo | Norway | Rockefeller Music Hall |
8 February 1991 | Essen | Germany | Grugahalle |
9 February 1991 | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | |
11 February 1991 | Berlin | Eissporthalle an der Jafféstraße | |
12 February 1991 | Hanover | Eilenriedehalle | |
14 February 1991 | Saarbrücken | Saarlandhalle | |
15 February 1991 | Ravensburg | Oberschwabenhalle | |
16 February 1991 | Würzburg | s.Oliver Arena | |
18 February 1991 | Offenbach | Stadthalle Offenbach | |
19 February 1991 | Munich | Olympiahalle | |
20 February 1991 | Vienna | Austria | Bank-Austria Zelt |
21 February 1991 | Graz | Eisstadion Liebenau | |
23 February 1991 | Lucerne | Switzerland | Festhalle |
24 February 1991 | Bolzano | Italy | Palasport / Stadthalle |
25 February 1991 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | Tivoli Hall |
26 February 1991 | Zagreb | Croatia | Dom Sportova |
1 March 1991 | Rome | Italy | Teatro Tendastrisce |
2 March 1991 | Brescia | Palasport | |
4 March 1991 | Stuttgart | Germany | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle |
5 March 1991 | Ludwigshafen am Rhein | Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | |
6 March 1991 | Koblenz | Rhein-Mosel Halle | |
8 March 1991 | Zaragoza | Spain | Plaza de Toros de Zaragoza |
9 March 1991 | San Sebastián | Velódromo de Anoeta | |
10 March 1991 | Madrid | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid | |
12 March 1991 | Villeurbanne | France | Le Transbordeur |
13 March 1991 | Cascais | Portugal | Pavilhão do Grupo Dramático e Sportivo de Cascais |
15 March 1991 | Arnhem | Netherlands | Rijnhal |
16 March 1991 | Brussels | Belgium | Forest National |
17 March 1991 | Paris | France | Le Zénith |
19 March 1991 | Aston | England | Aston Arena |
20 March 1991 | Manchester | Manchester Apollo | |
22 March 1991 | London | Hammersmith Apollo | |
23 March 1991 | |||
24 March 1991 | Newport | Wales | Newport Centre |
26 March 1991 | Sheffield | England | Sheffield City Hall |
27 March 1991 | Newcastle | Newcastle City Hall | |
28 March 1991 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Edinburgh Playhouse |
30 March 1991 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Ulster Hall |
31 March 1991 | Dublin | Ireland | SFX Centre |
North American leg #2 | |||
4 April 1991 | Fairbanks | United States | Carlson Center |
7 April 1991 | Anchorage | William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center | |
8 April 1991 | |||
Asia leg | |||
12 April 1991 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka-jō Hall |
13 April 1991 | Yokohama | Yokohama Arena | |
14 April 1991 | Tokyo | NHK Hall | |
15 April 1991 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |
References
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