Ice on Fire Tour

Ice on Fire Tour
Tour by Elton John
Associated album Ice on Fire
Start date 14 November 1985
End date 12 October 1986
Legs 2
Shows 86
Elton John concert chronology
Breaking Hearts Tour
(1984)		 Ice on Fire Tour
(1985-86)		 Tour De Force
(1986)

In 1985, Elton John set out to promote his latest album, Ice on Fire, with his band. The Ice on Fire Tour started in the fall of 1985[1] and continued until October 1986,[2] before Elton performed his Tour De Force with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

The UK performances were staged in rather small and intimate venues including the Manchester Apollo[3] and Edinburgh Playhouse. The tour lasted for eighty-six shows and covered eleven countries.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe
[4][5][6][7][8]
14 November 1985 Dublin Ireland Royal Dublin Society
15 November 1985
16 November 1985
17 November 1985
20 November 1985 Newport Wales Newport Centre
21 November 1985
23 November 1985 Cornwall England St Austell Coliseum
24 November 1985
26 November 1985 Sheffield Sheffield City Hall
27 November 1985
28 November 1985 Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Playhouse
29 November 1985
1 December 1985 Manchester England Manchester Apollo
2 December 1985
3 December 1985
4 December 1985 Nottingham Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
5 December 1985
7 December 1985 Brighton The Brighton Centre
11 December 1985 London Wembley Arena
12 December 1985
13 December 1985
14 December 1985
15 December 1985
16 December 1985
17 December 1985
18 December 1985
19 December 1985
21 December 1985 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre
22 December 1985
23 December 1985
30 December 1985 Bournemouth Bournemouth International Centre
31 December 1985
3 January 1986 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Centre
4 January 1986
5 January 1986 Newcastle England Newcastle City Hall
6 January 1986
7 January 1986
9 January 1986 Belfast Northern Ireland King's Hall
10 January 1986
11 January 1986
1 March 1986 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
4 March 1986 Barcelona Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
18 March 1986 Lille France Palais Des Sports
19 March 1986 Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
22 March 1986
25 March 1986 Basel Switzerland St. Jakobshalle
30 March 1986 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
1 April 1986 Berlin Waldbühne
3 April 1986 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
4 April 1986
5 April 1986 Dortmund Westfalenhallen
6 April 1986 Cologne Koln Sporthalle
20 April 1986
Two Shows		 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
23 April 1986 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam
24 April 1986
26 April 1986 Brussels Belgium Forest National
North America
[9][10][11]
15 August 1986 Detroit United States Joe Louis Arena
17 August 1986 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre
18 August 1986 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
19 August 1986 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
21 August 1986 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
22 August 1986 Bloomington Met Center
23 August 1986 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater
26 August 1986 Toronto Canada CNE Grandstand
27 August 1986 Montreal Jarry Park Stadium
29 August 1986 Hartford United States Hartford Civic Center
30 August 1986 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
31 August 1986 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
2 September 1986 Philadelphia The Spectrum
6 September 1986 Worcester The Centrum
7 September 1986 Providence Providence Civic Center
8 September 1986 Philadelphia The Spectrum
11 September 1986 New York City Madison Square Garden
12 September 1986
13 September 1986
14 September 1986
16 September 1986 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
20 September 1986 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
21 September 1986 Tampa USF Sun Dome
26 September 1986 Houston The Summit
27 September 1986 Dallas Reunion Arena
30 September 1986 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
3 October 1986 Oakland Oakland Coliseum Arena
7 October 1986 Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre
10 October 1986
12 October 1986 Hollywood Bowl

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets Sold / Available Gross Revenue (1986)
Pine Knob Music Center Clarkston, Michigan 48,000 / 48,000 (100%) $674,520
Poplar Creek Music Theater Hoffman Estates 24,161 / 24,161 (100%) $326,000
National Exhibition Grandstand Toronto 24,298 / 24,298 (100%) $448,275
The Spectrum Philadelphia 34,222 / 34,222 (100%) $562,367
Civic Center Providence 13,120 / 13,120 (100%) $229,600
Centrum Worcester 36,831 / 36,831 (100%) $613,368
The Omni Atlanta 14,449 / 14,449 (100%) $252,858
Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee 10,768 / 10,768 (100%) $175,395
Sun Dome Tampa 10,492 / 10,800 (97%) $173,188
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis 9,625 / 12,000 (80%) $149,188
The Summit Houston 13,740 / 13,740 (100%) $240,450
Reunion Arena Dallas 14,753 / 14,753 (100%) $258,178
McNichols Sports Arena Denver 13,845 / 18,365 (75%) $237,334
Alameda County Coliseum Oakland 13,745 / 13,745 (100%) $240,538
Pacific Amphitheater Costa Mesa 17,872 / 18,764 (95%) $273,489
TOTAL 299,921 / 308,016 (97%) $4,854,748

1985 setlists

1986 setlists

References

  1. ↑ eltonography.com Retrieved 29 August 2011
  2. ↑ eltonography.com Retrieved 29 August 2011
  3. ↑ eltonography.com Retrieved 29 August 2011
  4. ↑ Songkick.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
  5. ↑ Songkick.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
  6. ↑ sheffieldhistory.co.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2011
  7. ↑ olympiapark.de, Retrieved 29 August 2011
  8. ↑ eltonjohnfan.de, Retrieved 29 August 2011
  9. ↑ toledotalk.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
  10. ↑ Songkick.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
  11. ↑ seeing-stars.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011

External links

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