Recycler World Tour

Recycler World Tour
World tour by ZZ Top
Location North America, Europe
Associated album Recycler
Start date October 2, 1990
End date September 27, 1991
Legs 4
ZZ Top concert chronology
Afterburner World Tour
(1985-1987)
Recycler World Tour
(1990-1991)
Antenna World Tour
(1994)

The Recycler World Tour was a concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. Presented by Beaver Productions and sponsored by Miller Lite, the tour took place in North America and Europe. The set list featured material from the band's previous seven studio albums. Venues were mostly arenas.

Itinerary

The tour coincided with the October 1990 release of the band's album Recycler. The tour began on October 2, 1990 in Vancouver, British Columbia and ended on September 27, 1991 in Mexico City.

Bryan Adams, The Law, Thunder, and Little Angels were the opening acts for the show on July 6, 1991.

Opening Acts

Set list

Opening

John Farnham

Bryan Adams

  1. "She's Only Happy When She's Dancing"
  2. "Kids Wanna Rock"
  3. "Hey Honey - I'm Packin' You In!"
  4. "It's Only Love"
  5. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
  6. "Cuts Like a Knife"
  7. "Take Me Back"
  8. "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven"
  9. "When the Night Comes"
  10. "Heat of the Night"
  11. "Heaven"
  12. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
  13. "Run to You"
  14. "Somebody"
  15. "There Will Never Be Another Tonight"
  16. "Long Gone"
  17. "Summer of '69"
  18. "One Night Love Affair"
  19. "C'mon Everybody"[2]

ZZ Top

  1. "Planet of Women"
  2. "Sleeping Bag"
  3. "Tell It"
  4. "Waitin' for the Bus"
  5. "Jesus Just Left Chicago"
  6. "Burger Man"
  7. "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
  8. "Concrete and Steel"
  9. "My Head's in Mississippi"
  10. "Manic Mechanic"
  11. "Heard It on the X"
  12. "2000 Blues"
  13. "Blue Jean Blues"
  14. "Just Got Paid"
  15. "Doubleback"
  16. "Got Me Under Pressure"
  17. "Sharp Dressed Man"
  18. "Give It Up"
  19. "Legs"
  20. "Tube Snake Boogie"
  21. "La Grange"
  22. "Tush"[3]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Opening act(s)
Leg 1: arenas in North America
October 2, 1990 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum Colin James
October 4, 1990 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
October 5, 1990 Calgary Olympic Saddledome
October 6, 1990 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place
October 7, 1990 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
October 11, 1990 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
October 13, 1990 Montreal Montreal Forum
October 18, 1990 Orlando United States Hard Rock Cafe Lonnie Mack
October 20, 1990 Dallas Cotton Bowl Colin James, Santana, Steve Miller Band
October 25, 1990 Valley Center Britt Brown Arena Colin James
October 26, 1990 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
October 28, 1990 Ames Hilton Coliseum
October 29, 1990 Cedar Rapids U.S. Cellular Center
October 30, 1990 Detroit Fox Theatre  
October 31, 1990 Milwaukee Bradley Center Colin James
November 1, 1990 Peoria, Illinois Peoria Civic Center
November 3, 1990 Minneapolis Target Center Johnny Van Zant
November 4, 1990 Madison Dane County Coliseum  
November 6, 1990 Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center Johnny Van Zant
November 7, 1990 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
November 8, 1990
November 11, 1990 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
November 12, 1990
November 14, 1990 Billings METRA  
November 16, 1990 Pullman Beasley Coliseum Jeff Healey
November 18, 1990 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
November 19, 1990 Portland Memorial Coliseum
November 20, 1990
November 21, 1990 Boise BSU Pavilion
November 23, 1990 Reno Lawlor Events Center
November 24, 1990 Paradise Thomas & Mack Center
November 25, 1990 Inglewood Great Western Forum
November 26, 1990
November 29, 1990 Sacramento ARCO Arena
November 30, 1990 Daly City Cow Palace
December 1, 1990
December 2, 1990
December 7, 1990 Las Cruces Pan American Center  
December 8, 1990 Phoenix, Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Jeff Healey
December 10, 1990 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
December 13, 1990 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
December 15, 1990 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
December 16, 1990 Kansas City Kemper Arena
December 17, 1990 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
Leg 2: arenas in the United States
January 4, 1991 New Orleans United States Lakefront Arena The Black Crowes
January 5, 1991 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
January 6, 1991
January 7, 1991 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
January 9, 1991 Louisville Freedom Hall
January 10, 1991 Dayton Nutter Center
January 12, 1991 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
January 13, 1991 Landover Capital Centre
January 14, 1991
January 17, 1991 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
January 18, 1991
January 19, 1991 Worcester Centrum in Worcester
January 20, 1991
January 23, 1991 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
January 24, 1991
January 26, 1991 Uniondale Veterans Memorial Coliseum
January 28, 1991 New York City Madison Square Garden
January 29, 1991
February 1, 1991 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
February 2, 1991 Toledo John F. Savage Hall
February 5, 1991 Albany Knickerbocker Arena
February 6, 1991 Providence Providence Civic Center
February 7, 1991 Hershey Hersheypark Arena
February 9, 1991 Syracuse Carrier Dome
February 11, 1991 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
February 12, 1991
February 15, 1991 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
February 16, 1991
February 17, 1991
February 18, 1991 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
February 19, 1991
February 20, 1991 Roseville The Ritz
February 21, 1991 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
February 22, 1991
February 23, 1991
February 25, 1991 Bloomington Met Center
February 26, 1991 Carbondale SIU Arena
February 27, 1991 Chattanooga UTC Arena
March 1, 1991 Lexington Rupp Arena
March 2, 1991 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
March 3, 1991 Knoxville Thompson-Boling Arena
March 11, 1991 Philadelphia The Spectrum
March 12, 1991
March 14, 1991 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
March 15, 1991
March 17, 1991 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
March 20, 1991 Chapel Hill Dean Smith Center
March 21, 1991 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
March 24, 1991 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
March 25, 1991
March 26, 1991
March 29, 1991 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum Drag the River
March 30, 1991 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
April 2, 1991 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
April 3, 1991 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
April 4, 1991 Fort Myers Lee County Civic Center Dreams So Real
April 6, 1991 Miami Miami Arena
April 7, 1991
April 10, 1991 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center Hall Aflame
April 11, 1991
April 13, 1991 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center
April 14, 1991 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
April 17, 1991 Birmingham BJCC Arena
April 18, 1991 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
April 19, 1991 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
April 20, 1991 Lafayette Cajundome
April 21, 1991 Savannah Savannah Civic Center  
April 22, 1991 Dallas Reunion Arena John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
April 23, 1991
April 25, 1991 Houston The Summit
April 26, 1991
April 27, 1991
April 28, 1991
April 29, 1991 San Antonio Gonzalez Convention Center
May 1, 1991 Las Cruces Pan American Center
May 2, 1991 Lubbock Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
May 3, 1991 Austin Frank Erwin Center Jay Aaron
Leg 3: stadiums in Europe
May 31, 1991 Hamburg Germany Große Freiheit  
June 5, 1991 Helsinki Finland Oulunkylän Urheilupuisto Thunder, Zero Nine
June 8, 1991 Stockholm Sweden Söderstadion Thunder, Desperado
June 9, 1991 Thunder, Roger McGuinn
June 12, 1991 Gentofte Denmark Gentofte Stadion Bryan Adams
June 15, 1991 Mannheim Germany Maimarkt-Gelände
June 16, 1991 Nuremberg Zeppelinfeld
June 17, 1991 Rheinmünster CFB Baden-Soellingen
June 19, 1991 Berlin Waldbühne
June 20, 1991
June 21, 1991 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion
June 22, 1991
June 23, 1991 Basel Switzerland St. Jakob Stadium
June 25, 1991 Toulouse France Palais des Sports de Toulouse
June 27, 1991 Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire
June 28, 1991 Paris Bercy
June 29, 1991
June 30, 1991
July 2, 1991 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
July 3, 1991 Marseille Vitrolles
July 6, 1991 Milton Keynes United Kingdom Milton Keynes Bowl Thunder, Little Angels, The Firm
Leg 4: arenas and amphitheaters in North America
July 12, 1991 Tucson United States McKale Center Extreme
August 1, 1991 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
August 3, 1991 Bismarck Bismarck Civic Center
August 4, 1991 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Arena
August 6, 1991 Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
August 10, 1991 San Jose Spartan Stadium Extreme, Eric Johnson, Steve Miller Band
August 11, 1991 Irvine Irvine Meadows Extreme
August 12, 1991 Tucson McKale Center
August 14, 1991 Odessa Ector County Coliseum
August 16, 1991 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
August 17, 1991 St. Louis Riverport Amphitheatre
August 18, 1991 Tulsa Tulsa Convention Center
August 20, 1991 Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium
August 21, 1991 Duluth DECC Arena
August 22, 1991 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre
August 23, 1991 Tinley Park World Music Theater
August 24, 1991 East Lansing Breslin Student Events Center
August 27, 1991 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center
August 29, 1991 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 30, 1991 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
August 31, 1991 Old Orchard Beach Seashore Performing Arts Center
September 1, 1991 Mansfield Great Woods Center
September 3, 1991 Halifax Canada Halifax Metro Centre
September 5, 1991
September 6, 1991 Hamilton Copps Coliseum
September 7, 1991 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
September 11, 1991 Wallkill United States Orange County Fair
September 13, 1991 Wheeling WesBanco Arena
September 14, 1991 Baltimore Baltimore Arena
September 15, 1991 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center
September 18, 1991 Murfreesboro Murphy Center
September 19, 1991 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center
September 20, 1991 Monroe Monroe Civic Center
September 27, 1991 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes

References

  1. "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - EXTREME". bmusic.com.au. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  2. "Bryan Adams Concert Setlist Dundonald Ice Rink, Belfast, Northern Ireland 1991". Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  3. Zurich, Peter (1994–2009). "ZZ Top Set List Collection". Retrieved 7 April 2010.