Building Empires Tour

The Building Empires Tour was a concert tour by American heavy metal band Queensrÿche in support of their latest album Empire. The setlist consisted of the band performing their album Operation: Mindcrime in full. Suicidal Tendencies and Warrior Soul supported the band throughout North America.

Building Empires Tour
Tour by Queensrÿche
Associated albumEmpire
Start dateOctober 29, 1990
End dateJanuary 3, 1992
No. of shows170
Queensrÿche concert chronology

Setlist

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  1. "Resistance"
  2. "Walk In The Shadows"
  3. "Best I Can"
  4. "Hand On Heart" (Dropped after November 15, 1990)
  5. "Empire"
  6. "The Thin Line"
  7. "Jet City Woman"
  8. "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" (Starting on October 17, 1991)
  9. "Roads To Madness"
  10. "I Remember Now"
  11. "Anarchy-X"
  12. "Revolution Calling"
  13. "Operation: Mindcrime"
  14. "Speak"
  15. "Spreading The Disease"
  16. "The Mission"
  17. "Suite Sister Mary"
  18. "The Needle Lies"
  19. "Electric Requiem"
  20. "Breaking The Silence"
  21. "I Don't Believe In Love"
  22. "Waiting For 22"
  23. "My Empty Room"
  24. "Eyes Of A Stranger"
  25. "Della Brown" (Starting on November 8, 1991)
  26. "Last Time In Paris" (Starting on July 21, 1991)
  27. "Silent Lucidity"
  28. "Take Hold Of The Flame" (Dropped after July 21, 1991)

Tour Dates

[3] [4] [5][1]

Date City Country Venue
Europe
October 29, 1990DublinIrelandSFX Hall
October 31, 1990BelfastNorthern IrelandUlster Hall
November 1, 1990EdinburghScotlandEdinburgh Playhouse
November 2, 1990Newcastle upon TyneEnglandNewcastle City Hall
November 4, 1990NottinghamNottingham Royal Concert Hall
November 5, 1990BradfordSt. George's Hall
November 6, 1990LiverpoolRoyal Court Theatre
November 8, 1990NewportWalesNewport Centre
November 9, 1990PooleEnglandPoole Arts Centre
November 11, 1990ManchesterManchester Apollo
November 12, 1990AstonAston Villa Leisure Centre
November 14, 1990LondonHammersmith Odeon
November 15, 1990
November 18, 1990HamburgGermanyGroße Freiheit 36
November 19, 1990BonnBiskuithalle
November 20, 1990IchtegemBelgiumSporthal Ichtegem
November 22, 1990HannoverGermanyHannover Music Hall
November 23, 1990Neumarkt in der OberpfalzJurahalle
November 24, 1990WertheimMain-Tauber-Halle
November 26, 1990UnterföhringTheaterfabrik
November 27, 1990LudwigsburgForum Am Schlosspark
November 29, 1990AmsterdamNetherlandsJaap Edenhal
November 30, 1990ParisFranceÉlysée Montmartre
December 2, 1990SendenGermanyGorki Park
December 3, 1990ZürichSwitzerlandVolkshaus
December 5, 1990FlorenceItalyPalasport
December 6, 1990MilanRolling Stone
Rock in Rio
January 23, 1991Rio de JaneiroBrazilRock in Rio
Japan
January 29, 1991TokyoJapanNHK Hall
February 1, 1991OsakaOsaka Festival Hall
February 3, 1991TokyoNHK Hall
February 4, 1991
February 5, 1991YokohamaYokohama Cultural Gymnasium
North America I
April 15, 1991Amarillo, TexasUnited StatesAmarillo Civic Center
April 17, 1991El Paso, TexasUTEP Special Events Center
April 19, 1991Houston, TexasThe Summit
April 20, 1991Dallas, TexasReunion Arena
April 21, 1991Lubbock, TexasLubbock Municipal Coliseum
April 23, 1991Odessa, TexasEctor County Coliseum
April 24, 1991San Antonio, TexasFreeman Coliseum
April 25, 1991Austin, TexasFrank Erwin Center
April 27, 1991New Orleans, LouisianaUNO Lakefront Arena
April 29, 1991Valley Center, KansasBritt Brown Arena
April 30, 1991Oklahoma City, OklahomaMyriad Convention Center
May 1, 1991Tulsa, OklahomaExpo Square Pavilion
May 3, 1991St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis Arena
May 4, 1991Kansas City, MissouriKansas City Municipal Auditorium
May 5, 1991Omaha, NebraskaOmaha Civic Auditorium
May 7, 1991Duluth, MinnesotaDuluth Arena
May 8, 1991Minneapolis, MinnesotaTarget Center
May 10, 1991Madison, WisconsinDane County Coliseum
May 11, 1991Milwaukee, WisconsinMECCA Arena
May 12, 1991La Crosse, WisconsinLa Crosse Center
May 14, 1991Cedar Rapids, IowaFive Seasons Center
May 15, 1991Des Moines, IowaIowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
May 17, 1991Rosemont, IllinoisRosemont Horizon
May 18, 1991Green Bay, WisconsinBrown County Veterans Memorial Arena
May 19, 1991Indianapolis, IndianaMarket Square Arena
May 21, 1991Toledo, OhioToledo Sports Arena
May 22, 1991Louisville, KentuckyLouisville Gardens
May 24, 1991Columbus, OhioBattelle Hall
May 25, 1991Richfield, OhioRichfield Coliseum
May 26, 1991Saginaw, MichiganSaginaw Civic Center
May 28, 1991Peoria, IllinoisPeoria Civic Center
May 29, 1991Evansville, IndianaRoberts Municipal Stadium
May 31, 1991Kalamazoo, MichiganWings Stadium
June 1, 1991Detroit, MichiganJoe Louis Arena
June 2, 1991Fort Wayne, IndianaAllen County War Memorial Coliseum
June 4, 1991Trotwood, OhioHara Arena
June 5, 1991Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh Civic Arena
June 7, 1991Rochester, New YorkRochester Community War Memorial
June 8, 1991Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo Memorial Auditorium
June 19, 1991Little Rock, ArkansasBarton Coliseum
June 21, 1991Shreveport, LouisianaHirsch Memorial Coliseum
June 22, 1991Jackson, MississippiMississippi Coliseum
June 23, 1991Birmingham, AlabamaBJCC Coliseum
June 25, 1991Huntsville, AlabamaVon Braun Civic Center
June 26, 1991Memphis, TennesseeMid-South Coliseum
June 28, 1991Chattanooga, TennesseeUTC Arena
June 30, 1991Atlanta, GeorgiaThe Omni Coliseum
July 2, 1991St. Petersburg, FloridaBayfront Center
July 3, 1991Miami, FloridaMiami Arena
July 5, 1991Orlando, FloridaOrlando Arena
July 6, 1991Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville Memorial Coliseum
July 7, 1991Pensacola, FloridaPensacola Civic Center
July 9, 1991Nashville, TennesseeNashville Municipal Auditorium
July 10, 1991Knoxville, TennesseeKnoxville Civic Coliseum
July 12, 1991Charlotte, North CarolinaCharlotte Coliseum
July 13, 1991Greensboro, North CarolinaGreensboro Coliseum
July 14, 1991Columbia, South CarolinaCarolina Coliseum
July 16, 1991Norfolk, VirginiaNorfolk Scope
July 17, 1991Richmond, VirginiaRichmond Coliseum
July 19, 1991Fairfax, VirginiaPatriot Center
July 20, 1991Binghamton, New YorkBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena
July 21, 1991Portland, MaineCumberland County Civic Center
July 23, 1991Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe Spectrum
July 24, 1991East Rutherford, New JerseyBrendan Byrne Arena
July 26, 1991Uniondale, New YorkNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 27, 1991Worcester, MassachusettsThe Centrum
July 28, 1991Albany, New YorkKnickerbocker Arena
July 30, 1991Providence, Rhode IslandProvidence Civic Center
July 31, 1991Hartford, ConnecticutHartford Civic Center
Monsters of Rock
August 10, 1991GentofteDenmarkGentofte Stadion
August 13, 1991ChorzówPolandSilesian Stadium
August 17, 1991Castle DoningtonEnglandDonington Park
August 22, 1991BudapestHungaryNépstadion
August 24, 1991MunichGermanyGalopprennbahn Riem
August 25, 1991BaselSwitzerlandSt. Jakob Stadium
August 27, 1991BerlinGermanyWaldbühne
August 28, 1991
August 30, 1991HasseltBelgiumKiewit Airfield
August 31, 1991HannoverGermanyNiedersachsenstadion
September 1, 1991NijmegenNetherlandsStadion de Goffert
September 7, 1991MainzGermanyMainz-Finthen Airport
September 8, 1991OldenburgWeser-Ems Halle
September 11, 1991GrazAustriaLiebenauer Stadium
September 14, 1991ModenaItalyFesta de l'Unità
September 17, 1991DortmundGermanyWestfalenhalle
September 18, 1991
September 21, 1991ParisFranceHippodrome de Vincennes
North America III
October 12, 1991Oakland, CaliforniaUnited StatesDay on the Green
October 17, 1991Edmonton, AlbertaCanadaNorthlands Coliseum
October 18, 1991Calgary, AlbertaOlympic Saddledome
October 21, 1991Winnipeg, ManitobaWinnipeg Arena
October 22, 1991Fargo, North DakotaUnited StatesBison Sports Arena
October 24, 1991Toronto, OntarioCanadaMaple Leaf Gardens
October 25, 1991Auburn Hills, MichiganUnited StatesThe Palace of Auburn Hills
October 27, 1991Quebec City, QuebecCanadaColisee de Quebec
October 28, 1991Ottawa, OntarioOttawa Civic Centre
October 29, 1991Montreal, QuebecMontreal Forum
October 31, 1991Bangor, MaineUnited StatesBangor Auditorium
November 1, 1991Halifax, Nova ScotiaCanadaHalifax Metro Centre
November 3, 1991Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaUnited StatesStabler Arena
November 4, 1991Syracuse, New YorkOnondaga County War Memorial
November 5, 1991Boston, MassachusettsBoston Garden
November 7, 1991Baltimore, MarylandBaltimore Arena
November 8, 1991Hershey, PennsylvaniaHersheypark Arena
November 9, 1991Charleston, West VirginiaCharleston Civic Center
November 11, 1991Johnstown, PennsylvaniaCambria County War Memorial Arena
November 12, 1991Wheeling, West VirginiaWheeling Civic Center
November 13, 1991Cincinnati, OhioCincinnati Gardens
November 15, 1991Lexington, KentuckyRupp Arena
November 17, 1991Muskegon, MichiganL.C. Walker Arena
November 18, 1991Springfield, IllinoisPrairie Capital Convention Center
November 19, 1991Rochester, MinnesotaMayo Civic Center
November 21, 1991Manhattan, KansasBramlage Coliseum
November 22, 1991Sioux Falls, South DakotaSioux Falls Arena
November 24, 1991Denver, ColoradoMcNichols Sports Arena
November 25, 1991
November 27, 1991Las Vegas, NevadaThomas & Mack Center
November 29, 1991Sacramento, CaliforniaARCO Arena
November 30, 1991Daly City, CaliforniaCow Palace
December 1, 1991Reno, NevadaLawlor Events Center
December 4, 1991Boise, IdahoBSU Pavilion
December 5, 1991Salt Lake City, UtahSalt Palace
December 7, 1991Albuquerque, New MexicoTingley Coliseum
December 9, 1991San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego Sports Arena
December 10, 1991Tucson, ArizonaTucson Convention Center
December 11, 1991Phoenix, ArizonaArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 12, 1991Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach Arena
December 13, 1991
December 14, 1991
December 15, 1991
December 28, 1991Vancouver, British ColumbiaCanadaPacific Coliseum
December 30, 1991Portland, OregonUnited StatesPortland Memorial Coliseum
December 31, 1991Seattle, WashingtonSeattle Center Coliseum
January 1, 1992
January 3, 1992Spokane, WashingtonSpokane Coliseum

References
  1. "Chapter VI, Empire Era". anybodylistening.net.
  2. "Queensrÿche Tour Statistics: Building Empires". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. http://www.chmetal.info/tourdates/Queensryche_1990.htm
  4. http://www.chmetal.info/tourdates/Queensryche_1991.htm
  5. http://www.chmetal.info/tourdates/Queensryche_1992.htm
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