The Beast on the Road

The Beast on the Road

Iron Maiden performing in San Sebastián, Spain on 4 April 1982
Tour by Iron Maiden
Associated album The Number of the Beast
Start date 25 February 1982
End date 10 December 1982
Shows 187
Iron Maiden tour chronology
Killer World Tour
(1981)		 The Beast on the Road
(1982)		 World Piece Tour
(1983)

The Beast on the Road was a tour by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, made in support of their album, The Number of the Beast in 1982. It is one of Iron Maiden's longest tours to date, only to be surpassed by the World Slavery Tour in length.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe
25 February 1982 Dunstable England Queensway Hall
26 February 1982 Huddersfield Huddersfield University
27 February 1982 Wolverhampton Huddersfield University
28 February 1982 Hanley Victoria Hall
1 March 1982 Bradford St George's Hall
3 March 1982 Birmingham Royal Court Theatre
4 March 1982 Manchester Apollo Theatre
5 March 1982 Leicester De Montfort Hall
6 March 1982 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
8 March 1982 Portsmouth Guild Hall
9 March 1982 Oxford New Theatre
10 March 1982 Derby Assembly Rooms
11 March 1982 Bristol Colston Hall
12 March 1982 Bracknell Leisure Centre
14 March 1982 Glasgow Scotland Apollo Theatre
15 March 1982 Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
16 March 1982 Newcastle England City Hall
17 March 1982 Sheffield City Hall
19 March 1982 Ipswich Gaumont Hall
20 March 1982 London Hammersmith Odeon
22 March 1982 Reims France Palais des Sports
23 March 1982 Lille Palais St Sauveurs
24 March 1982 Nogent-sur-Marne Pavillon Baltard
26 March 1982 Lyon Palais D'Hiver
27 March 1982 Clermont-Ferrand Maison des Sports
28 March 1982 Nice Théatre de Verdure
30 March 1982 Montpellier Palais des Sports
31 March 1982 Toulouse Hall Comminges
2 April 1982 Barcelona Spain Palau Saint Jordi
3 April 1982 Madrid Palacio de los Deportes
4 April 1982 San Sebastián Velodromo de Anoeta
5 April 1982 Bergerac France Patinoire
6 April 1982 Le Mans La Rotonde
7 April 1982 Brest Parc des Expositions
8 April 1982 Poitiers Arenas
9 April 1982 Dijon Maison des Sports
10 April 1982 Grenoble Alp Expositions
12 April 1982 Winterthur Switzerland Stadthalle
13 April 1982 Strasbourg France Tivoli Hall
14 April 1982 Nancy Parc des Expositions
15 April 1982 Mulhouse Salle des Fêtes
16 April 1982 Évry Agora
17 April 1982 Rouen Parc Des Expositions
18 April 1982 Brussels Belgium Forest National
20 April 1982 Hanover Germany Niedersachsenhalle
21 April 1982 Hamburg Messehalle 8
22 April 1982 Bochum Ruhrlandhalle
23 April 1982 Würzburg Kurachtalhalle
24 April 1982 Nuremberg Hemmerleinhalle
26 April 1982 Munich Circus Krone
27 April 1982 Heidelberg Rhein-Neckar-Halle
28 April 1982 Frankfurt Stadthalle
29 April 1982 Stuttgart Sindelfinger Messehalle
30 April 1982 Düsseldorf Philipshalle
Scorpions - Blackout Europe Tour
1 May 1982 Amsterdam Netherlands Jaap Eden baan
Rainbow - Straight Between the Eyes US Tour
11 May 1982 Flint United States Perani Arena and Event Center
13 May 1982 Grand Rapids Welsh Auditorium
14 May 1982 Detroit Cobo Hall
15 May 1982 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
16 May 1982 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
18 May 1982 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
20 May 1982 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
21 May 1982 Louisville Louisville Gardens
22 May 1982 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
23 May 1982 Indianapolis Indiana Convention Center
25 May 1982 Merrillville Star Plaza Theatre
26 May 1982 Davenport Palmer College Alumni Auditorium
29 May 1982 Des Moines Iowa State Fairgrounds
38 Special - US Tour
1 June 1982 Atlanta United States The Omni
2 June 1982 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
4 June 1982 Birmingham Boutwell Auditorium
5 June 1982 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center
7 June 1982 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
8 June 1982 Columbus Municipal Auditorium
9 June 1982 Tallahassee Tallahassee Civic Center
11 June 1982 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
12 June 1982 Jackson Jackson Coliseum
15 June 1982 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
16 June 1982 Tulsa Tulsa Convention Center
18 June 1982 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
19 June 1982 Norman Lloyd Noble Center
The Rods (NYC) The Beast on the Road North America Tour
22 June 1982 Ottawa Canada Ottawa Civic Centre
23 June 1982 Toronto Massey Hall
24 June 1982 Kingston Kingston Memorial Centre
25 June 1982 Quebec City Quebec Coliseum
26 June 1982 Montreal Verdun Auditorium
29 June 1982 New York City United States Palladium
30 June 1982 Glen Cove North Stage Theater
Scorpions - Blackout North America Tour
2 July 1982 Chicago United States Circus Pavilion
3 July 1982 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
4 July 1982 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
6 July 1982 Danville David S. Palmer Arena
7 July 1982 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
9 July 1982 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
10 July 1982 Kansas City Kemper Arena
11 July 1982 Des Moines Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
14 July 1982 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
16 July 1982 Seattle Hec Edmundson Pavilion
17 July 1982 Anaheim Anaheim Stadium
18 July 1982 Oakland Oakland Arena
20 July 1982 Victoria Canada Victoria Memorial Arena
21 July 1982 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
23 July 1982 Edmonton Kinsmen Field House
24 July 1982 Calgary Max Bell Arena
26 July 1982 Regina Agridome
27 July 1982 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
28 July 1982 Fargo United States Bison Sports Arena
30 July 1982 Bloomington Met Center
31 July 1982 Springfield Prairie Capital Convention Center
1 August 1982 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
3 August 1982 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
4 August 1982 Columbus Battelle Hall
North America
5 August 1982 Chicago United States Chicagofest - Navy Pier
Scorpions - Blackout North America Tour
6 August 1982 Louisville United States Louisville Gardens
7 August 1982 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
8 August 1982 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
10 August 1982 Beaumont Beaumont Civic Center
11 August 1982 Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
13 August 1982 Houston The Summit
14 August 1982 Dallas Reunion Arena
16 August 1982 San Antonio Convention Center Arena
17 August 1982 Odessa Ector County Coliseum
18 August 1982 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
Europe
25 August 1982 Chippenham England Gold Diggers Club
26 August 1982 Poole Arts Centre
28 August 1982 Reading Reading Festival
Scorpions - Blackout North America Tour
1 September 1982 Long Beach United States Long Beach Arena
3 September 1982 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
4 September 1982 Oakland Oakland Coliseum
5 September 1982 Reno Lawlor Events Center
7 September 1982 Boise BSU Pavilion
9 September 1982 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
11 September 1982 Portland Memorial Coliseum
12 September 1982
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance US Tour
14 September 1982 St. Louis United States Kiel Auditorium
15 September 1982 Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
16 September 1982 Lincoln Pershing Auditorium
17 September 1982 Minneapolis Met Center
19 September 1982 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre
21 September 1982 Chicago International Amphitheatre
22 September 1982 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
23 September 1982 Trotwood Hara Arena
25 September 1982 Detroit Cobo Hall
26 September 1982 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
28 September 1982 Huntington Huntington Civic Center
29 September 1982 Columbus Battelle Hall
1 October 1982 Worcester The Centrum
2 October 1982 New York City Madison Square Garden
3 October 1982 Harrisburg City Island
6 October 1982 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
7 October 1982 Providence Providence Civic Center
8 October 1982 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center
9 October 1982 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
11 October 1982 Binghamton Broome County Arena
12 October 1982 Philadelphia The Spectrum
13 October 1982 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
15 October 1982 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
16 October 1982 Syracuse Onondaga War Memorial
17 October 1982 Landover Capital Centre
19 October 1982 Baltimore Civic Center
20 October 1982 Salisbury Wicomico Youth and Civic Center
21 October 1982 Norfolk Norfolk Scope
22 October 1982 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
23 October 1982 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
Australia
7 November 1982 Sydney Australia Unknown
8 November 1982
9 November 1982 Newcastle Unknown
12 November 1982 Adelaide Adelaide Town Hall
14 November 1982 Melbourne Palais Theatre
15 November 1982
16 November 1982 Brisbane Festival Hall
19 November 1982 Canberra Bruce Indoor Stadium
20 November 1982 Sydney Unknown
21 November 1982
Asia
26 November 1982 Tokyo Japan Nakano Sunplaza Hall
27 November 1982
29 November 1982 Osaka Festival Hall
30 November 1982 Kyoto Kyoto Public Hall #2 Hall
1 December 1982 Nagoya Nagoya City Public Hall
2 December 1982 Tokyo Shibuya Public Hall
4 December 1982
7 December 1982 Sapporo Sapporo City Civic Center
8 December 1982
10 December 1982 Niigata Niigata Prefectural Civic Center

Setlist

  1. "Intro- Ides of March" (from Killers, 1981)
  2. "Murders in the Rue Morgue" (from Killers, 1981)
  3. "Wrathchild" (from Killers, 1981)
  4. "Run to the Hills" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  5. "Children of the Damned" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  6. "The Number of the Beast" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  7. "Another Life" (from Killers, 1981)
  8. "Killers" (from Killers, 1981)
  9. "22, Acacia Avenue" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  10. "Total Eclipse" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  11. Drum solo
  12. "Transylvania" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  13. Guitar solo
  14. "The Prisoner" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  15. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
  16. "Phantom of the Opera" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  17. "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  18. "Sanctuary" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  19. "Drifter" (from Killers, 1981)
  20. "Running Free" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
  21. "Prowler" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)

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