Eliminator Tour

Eliminator Tour
Tour by ZZ Top
Associated album ZZ Top's First Album
Rio Grande Mud
Tres Hombres
Fandango!
Tejas
Degüello
El Loco
Eliminator
Start date May 12, 1983
End date April 16, 1984
Legs 6
ZZ Top tour chronology
El Loco-Motion Tour
(1981-1983)		 Eliminator Tour
(1983-1984)		 Afterburner World Tour
(1985-1987)

The Eliminator Tour was a concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. Presented by Schlitz Beer, the tour took place in the North America and Europe. The set list featured material from the band's past studio albums.

Contents

Itinerary

The tour followed the March 1983 release of the band's album Eliminator and began on May 12, 1983 in Jackson, Mississippi.

Quiet Riot was the opening act in June 1983 and was booed in Kansas City.

Sammy Hagar was the opening act in July and August 1983.

Personnel

Set list

  1. "Got Me Under Pressure"
  2. "I Got the Six"
  3. "Waitin' for the Bus"
  4. "Francine"
  5. "Sharp Dressed Man"
  6. "Ten Foot Pole"
  7. "TV Dinners"
  8. "Manic Mechanic"
  9. "A Fool for Your Stockings"
  10. "Dust My Broom"
  11. "Pearl Necklace"
  12. "Cheap Sunglasses"
  13. "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers"
  14. "Just Got Paid"
  15. "Arrested for Driving While Blind"
  16. "Party on the Patio"
  17. "Tube Snake Boogie"
  18. "Jailhouse Rock"
  19. "La Grange"
  20. "Tush"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America
May 12, 1983 Jackson, Mississippi United States Mississippi Coliseum
May 22, 1983 Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
May 28, 1983 Orlando, Florida Tangerine Bowl
June 3, 1983 Evansville, Indiana Roberts Stadium
June 4, 1983 Indianapolis, Indiana Market Square Arena
June 5, 1983 Louisville, Kentucky Freedom Hall
June 8, 1983 Little Rock, Arkansas Barton Coliseum
June 9, 1983 Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa Pavilion
June 10, 1983 Kansas City, Missouri Kemper Arena
June 11, 1983 Omaha, Nebraska Omaha Civic Auditorium Arena
June 14, 1983 Morrison, Colorado Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 15, 1983 Boulder, Colorado Coors Events Center
June 23, 1983 San Diego, California San Diego Sports Arena
June 24, 1983 Inglewood, California The Forum[1]
June 25, 1983 Irvine, California Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre[2]
June 28, 1983 Las Vegas, Nevada Aladdin Theatre
June 30, 1983 Daly City, California Cow Palace
July 13, 1983 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls Arena
July 14, 1983 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Five Seasons Arena
July 15, 1983 Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon
July 16, 1983 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
July 17, 1983 Mansfield, Ohio Song Bird Center
July 18, 1983 Richfield, Ohio Richfield Coliseum
July 19, 1983
July 20, 1983
July 22, 1983 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spectrum[3]
July 23, 1983 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Civic Arena
July 24, 1983 New Haven, Connecticut New Haven Coliseum
July 27, 1983 Portland, Maine Cumberland County Civic Center
July 28, 1983 Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester Centrum
July 29, 1983 Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center[4]
July 30, 1983 Rochester, New York Rochester Community War Memorial
July 31, 1983 Buffalo, New York Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
August 4, 1983 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverfront Coliseum
August 6, 1983 Landover, Maryland Capital Centre
August 11, 1983 Peoria, Illinois Peoria Civic Center Arena
Europe
August 18, 1983 Dublin Ireland SFX Hall
August 20, 1983 Castle Donington United Kingdom Castle Donington Park
North America
September 9, 1983 Hoffman Estates, Illinois United States Poplar Creek Music Theatre
September 16, 1983 Columbia, South Carolina Carolina Coliseum
September 17, 1983 Tallahassee, Florida Leon County Civic Center
September 18, 1983 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Riverside Centroplex
September 21, 1983 Glens Falls, New York Glens Falls Civic Center
September 23, 1983 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania City Island
September 24, 1983 New York City, New York Madison Square Garden
September 25, 1983 Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester Centrum
September 29, 1983 Dallas, Texas Reunion Arena
September 30, 1983
October 1, 1983
October 2, 1983 San Antonio, Texas Convention Center
October 5, 1983 Austin, Texas Frank Erwin Center
October 6, 1983 Dallas, Texas Reunion Arena
October 7, 1983 Houston, Texas The Summit
October 8, 1983
October 9, 1983
Europe
October 16, 1983 London United Kingdom Marquee
October 17, 1983 Stockholm Sweden Grand Hotel
October 19, 1983 Gothenburg Scandinavium
October 20, 1983 Oslo Norway Drammenshalle
October 21, 1983 Stockholm Sweden Isstadion
October 23, 1983 Copenhagen Denmark Folketeatret
October 25, 1983 Berlin Germany Eissporthalle
October 27, 1983 Rüsselsheim Walter Kobelhalle
October 28, 1983 Munich Rudi-Sedlmayer Halle
November 1, 1983 Ludwigshafen Ebertshalle
November 3, 1983 Paris France Palais Sain Ouen
November 4, 1983 Clermont-Ferrand Maison de Sports
November 13, 1983 Dijon Forum
November 15, 1983 Brussels Belgium Circus Royale
November 20, 1983 Hanley United Kingdom Victoria Hall
November 22, 1983 Manchester Apollo Theatre
November 23, 1983 Newcastle City Hall
November 24, 1983 Glasgow Apollo Theatre
November 25, 1983 London Hammersmith Odeon
November 27, 1983
November 28, 1983
November 30, 1983 Wembley Arena
North America
January 15, 1984 Tucson, Arizona United States Tucson Convention Center
January 20, 1984 Norman, Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Center
January 22, 1984 Valley Center, Kansas Kansas Coliseum
January 31, 1984 Portland, Oregon Memorial Coliseum
February 12, 1984 Biloxi, Mississippi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Europe
April 16, 1984 Stockholm Sweden Hamburger Börs

References

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  2. ^ Lewis, Randy (6 May 1983). "New Season Takes Shape at Meadows". Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles). http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/671811272.html?dids=671811272:671811272&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+06%2C+1983&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=POP+BEAT&pqatl=google. Retrieved 28 March 2010. 
  3. ^ "A Summer of Pop, and All That Jazz". Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia). 5 June 1983. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2959700BACBD2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 28 March 2010. 
  4. ^ Santosuosso, Ernie (27 May 1983). "Jazz Under the Stars' Coming to Museum". Boston Globe (Boston). http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/663790841.html?dids=663790841:663790841&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+27%2C+1983&author=Ernie+Santosuosso+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=WEEKEND%3B+JAZZ+UNDER+THE+STARS%27+COMING+TO+MUSEUM&pqatl=google. Retrieved 28 March 2010. 
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