World Piece Tour

The World Piece Tour was a concert tour by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 2 May 1983 to 18 December 1983. The tour was in support of the band's fourth album Piece of Mind.

World Piece Tour

Tour by Iron Maiden
Official tour advertisement for the band's performance in Stockholm, 5 June 1983.
Associated album	Piece of Mind
Start date	2 May 1983
End date	18 December 1983
No. of shows	150 in total (154 scheduled)
Iron Maiden concert chronology

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act
Europe
2 May 1983	Hull	England	Hull City Hall	Grand Prix
3 May 1983	Preston		Preston Guild Hall
5 May 1983	Oxford		New Theatre Oxford
6 May 1983	Leicester		De Montfort Hall	Grand Prix supported at Southampton.
7 May 1983	Southampton		Gaumont Theatre
8 May 1983	Ipswich		Gaumont Theatre
10 May 1983	Nottingham		Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
11 May 1983	Bradford		St George's Hall
12 May 1983	Glasgow	Scotland	Apollo Theatre	Grand Prix
13 May 1983	Edinburgh		Edinburgh Playhouse	Edinburgh Grand Prix No Opening Act
15 May 1983	Cardiff	Wales	St David's Hall Grand Prix supported at Cardiff
16 May 1983	Sheffield	England	Sheffield City Hall
17 May 1983	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall	Grand Prix
18 May 1983	Hanley		Victoria Hall
20 May 1983	Bristol		Colston Hall	Bristol Grand Prix
21 May 1983	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
22 May 1983
23 May 1983	Manchester		Manchester Apollo	Grand Prix
25 May 1983	London		Hammersmith Odeon	No Opening Act
26 May 1983				Grand Prix
27 May 1983
28 May 1983				No Opening Act
1 June 1983	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall	Rock Goddess
3 June 1983	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
4 June 1983	Drammen	Norway	Drammenshallen
5 June 1983	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
7 June 1983	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falkoner Center
9 June 1983	Kerkrade	Netherlands	Rodahal	Cancelled
10 June 1983	Schifflange	Luxembourg	Hall Polyvalent	No Opening Act
11 June 1983	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	Cancelled
12 June 1983	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Jaap Edenhal	Rock Goddess
North America
21 June 1983	Casper	United States	Casper Events Center	Saxon, Fastway
22 June 1983	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
23 June 1983	Boise		BSU Pavilion
24 June 1983	Spokane		Spokane Coliseum
26 June 1983	Eugene		Eugene Fairgrounds Hall	Cancelled
27 June 1983	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum
28 June 1983	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
29 June 1983	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
2 July 1983	Daly City	United States	Cow Palace
3 July 1983	Sacramento		Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
4 July 1983	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
5 July 1983	Fresno		Selland Arena
7 July 1983	San Bernardino		Orange Pavilion
8 July 1983	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
9 July 1983	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
11 July 1983	Tucson		Tucson Convention Center
12 July 1983	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
13 July 1983	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
14 July 1983	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
16 July 1983	Lubbock		Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
17 July 1983	Amarillo		Amarillo Civic Center
18 July 1983	Odessa		Ector County Coliseum
20 July 1983	El Paso		El Paso County Coliseum
22 July 1983	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center w/ Saxon and Fastaway
23 July 1983	Dallas		Dallas Convention Center
24 July 1983	Houston		Sam Houston Coliseum
26 July 1983	Corpus Christi		Corpus Christi Coliseum
27 July 1983	San Antonio		San Antonio Convention Center
29 July 1983	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
30 July 1983	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
31 July 1983	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
1 August 1983	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
2 August 1983	Louisville		Louisville Gardens
6 August 1983	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theater
7 August 1983	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
8 August 1983	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
9 August 1983	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
10 August 1983	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
11 August 1983	Detroit		Cobo Arena
13 August 1983	Erie		Erie Civic Center
14 August 1983	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
15 August 1983	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
16 August 1983	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
18 August 1983	Allentown		Great Allentown Fair
19 August 1983	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
20 August 1983	Landover		Capital Centre
21 August 1983	Binghamton		Broome County Arena
23 August 1983	Glens Falls		Glens Falls Civic Center
24 August 1983	Syracuse		Onondaga County Memorial Arena
25 August 1983	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
26 August 1983	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
27 August 1983	South Yarmouth		Cape Cod Coliseum
29 August 1983	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
30 August 1983	Providence		Providence Civic Center
31 August 1983	Poughkeepsie		Mid-Hudson Civic Center
1 September 1983	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial
5 September 1983	Vaughan	Canada	Kingswood Music Theatre
6 September 1983	Montreal		Montreal Forum
7 September 1983	Saguenay		Centre Georges-Vézina
8 September 1983	Quebec City		Colisée de Québec
10 September 1983	Toledo	United States	Toledo Sports Arena
11 September 1983	Lansing		Lansing Civic Center
13 September 1983	Madison		Dane County Coliseum
14 September 1983	Bloomington		Met Center
15 September 1983	Fargo		Fargo Civic Center
17 September 1983	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Arena
19 September 1983	Calgary		Stampede Corral
20 September 1983	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
22 September 1983	Saskatoon		Saskatoon Arena
24 September 1983	Sioux City	United States	Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
29 September 1983	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
30 September 1983	Chicago		UIC Pavilion
1 October 1983	Cincinnati		Cincinnati Gardens
2 October 1983	Columbus		Battelle Hall
4 October 1983	Baltimore		Baltimore Civic Center
5 October 1983	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
8 October 1983	New York City		Madison Square Garden
9 October 1983	Norfolk		Norfolk Scope
10 October 1983	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
12 October 1983	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
14 October 1983	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
15 October 1983	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
16 October 1983	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center
18 October 1983	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center
19 October 1983	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
20 October 1983	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum	-Quiet Riot
21 October 1983	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
22 October 1983	Lincoln		Pershing Center
23 October 1983	Kansas City		Memorial Auditorium
24 October 1983	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
Europe
7 November 1983	Hanover	West Germany	Niedersachsenhalle
8 November 1983	Hamburg		Ernst-Merck-Halle
9 November 1983	Kiel		Ostseehalle
10 November 1983	Bremen		Stadthalle Bremen
11 November 1983	Kerkrade	Netherlands	Rodahal
14 November 1983	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
15 November 1983	Rouen	France	Parc des Expositions de Rouen	Michael Schenker Group
17 November 1983	Paris		Espace Balard	Michael Schenker Group
18 November 1983	Besançon		Palais des Sports	Michael Schenker Group
19 November 1983	Clermont-Ferrand		Maison des Sports	Michael Schenker Group
20 November 1983	Lyon		Palais d'Hiver	Michael Schenker Group
22 November 1983	Barcelona	Spain	Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
24 November 1983	Madrid		Pabellón de Deportes del Real Madrid
25 November 1983
27 November 1983	San Sebastián		Velódromo de Anoeta
30 November 1983	Munich	West Germany	Olympiahalle
1 December 1983	Nuremberg		Hemmerleinhalle
2 December 1983
3 December 1983	Würzburg		Carl-Diem-Halle
4 December 1983	Düsseldorf		Philips Halle
6 December 1983	Ulm		Donauhalle
7 December 1983	Ludwigshafen		Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
8 December 1983	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
9 December 1983	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
10 December 1983	Rüsselsheim		Walter-Köbel-Halle
11 December 1983	Lausanne	Switzerland	Palais de Beaulieu
12 December 1983	Padua	Italy	Palazzo dello Sport
13 December 1983	Vienna	Austria	Kurhalle
14 December 1983	Linz		Sporthalle Linz
17 December 1983	Dortmund	West Germany	Westfalenhallen
18 December 1983

Reference[1]

Rescheduled dates

• 9 June 1983: Kerkrade, Netherlands, Rodahal (Rescheduled to 11 November.)
• 11 June 1983: Brussels, Belgium, Forest National (Rescheduled to 14 November.)
• 25 September 1983: Lincoln, United States, Pershing Center (Bruce Dickinson contracts bacterial bronchitis; Rescheduled to 22 October.)[2]
• 26 September 1983: Kansas City, United States, Memorial Auditorium (Bruce Dickinson contracts bacterial bronchitis; Rescheduled to 23 October.)[2]
• 27 September 1983: Saint Louis, United States, Kiel Auditorium (Bruce Dickinson contracts bacterial bronchitis; Rescheduled to 24 October.)[2]

Setlist

1. Intro – theme from Where Eagles Dare
2. "Where Eagles Dare" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
3. "Wrathchild" (from Killers, 1981)
4. "The Trooper" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
5. "Revelations" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
6. "Flight of Icarus" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
7. "Die with Your Boots On" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
8. "22 Acacia Avenue" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
9. "The Number of the Beast" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
10. "Still Life" (from Piece of Mind, 1983) (Dropped after 12 June 1983)
11. "To Tame a Land" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
12. "Phantom of the Opera" (from Iron Maiden, 1980) (Dropped after 12 June 1983)
13. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
14. "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
15. "Run to the Hills" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
16. "Sanctuary" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
17. "Drifter" (from Killers, 1981)
18. "Prowler" (from Iron Maiden, 1980) (Dropped after 12 June 1983)

Notes:

• The North American leg of the tour saw "Sanctuary" moved up to second on the setlist followed by "Wrathchild", with every other song in the same order.
• Dave Murray would have a guitar solo after "To Tame a Land", followed by a drum solo from Nicko McBrain, segueing into "Phantom of the Opera" (later "Hallowed Be Thy Name").
• "I've Got the Fire" (Montrose-cover, b-side of Flight Of Icarus single) was performed on 16 and 17 May 1983. "Tush" (ZZ Top cover) was performed on 21 October and 17 November 1983.
• At the 7 August show in Indianapolis, a model who had recently been voted "Miss Metal" as part of a radio promotion was invited on-stage during "22 Acacia Avenue". She danced around vocalist Bruce Dickinson in a bikini, knee-high boots, long PVC gloves, holding a whip and had handcuffs hanging from her belt. After she'd finished dancing, Dickinson went up to her and ripped her top off, leaving her topless in front of the crowd. Dickinson was arrested after the show and was eventually sued by the young woman; the lawsuit was later settled out of court. A picture of Dickinson and the (fully clothed) young woman can be seen in the CD booklet for the 1998 re-release of Piece of Mind.
• "Mission from 'Arry" was recorded at the 18 August Allentown show.
• Final tour to feature a drum solo.
• The final night of the tour in Dortmund saw the band "kill" their mascot Eddie after the song "Iron Maiden". Bruce Dickinson took the brain out of Eddie's head while the rest of the band kicked and pummelled the mascot, while guitarist Dave Murray smashed his Fender Stratocaster on Eddie's neck and a nearby amplifier.

References

1. Bushell, Garry; Halfin, Ross (1985). Running Free, The Official Story of Iron Maiden (2nd ed.). Zomba Books. p. 121. ISBN 0-946391-84-X.
2. Bushell, Garry; Halfin, Ross (1985). Running Free, The Official Story of Iron Maiden (2nd ed.). Zomba Books. p. 109. ISBN 0-946391-84-X.

External links

• Official website
• World Piece Tour Dates