Painkiller Tour

The Painkiller Tour was a concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest which was in support of the album Painkiller. It ran from 18 October 1990 until 15 April 1991.

Painkiller Tour
Concert by Judas Priest
Associated albumPainkiller
Start date18 October 1990
End date15 April 1991
No. of shows
  • 63 in North America
  • 43 in Europe
  • 4 in Oceania
  • 1 in South America
  • 111 total
Judas Priest concert chronology

This tour introduced new drummer Scott Travis from Racer X, who joined the band in 1989 after previous drummer Dave Holland's departure that same year. He would remain with the band ever since, surpassing Holland as the band's longest staying drummer.

Pre-tour

A one-off pre-tour show took place on 13 September 1990 in which the band performed at the third annual Foundations Forum in Los Angeles. It was recorded and put together along with the performance from Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson's solo band (recorded on 27 June 1990 in London) as a bootlegged split live album.[1] The setlist for the event is as follows:

  1. "Riding on the Wind"
  2. "Grinder"
  3. "Heading Out to the Highway"
  4. "Between the Hammer and the Anvil"
  5. "Bloodstone"
  6. "Better By You, Better Than Me" (Spooky Tooth cover)
  7. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)"(Fleetwood Mac cover)
  8. "Leather Rebel"
  9. "Hell Bent for Leather"
  10. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

Encore:

  1. "Living After Midnight"

Note

  • The live versions of "Better By You, Better Than Me" and "Leather Rebel" appear as bonus tracks on the 2001 re-issues of Stained Class and Painkiller respectively

Setlist

[2]

  1. "Blood Red Skies" (Intro Only)
  2. "Hell Bent for Leather"
  3. "Grinder"
  4. "The Hellion"
  5. "Electric Eye"
  6. "All Guns Blazing"
  7. "Between The Hammer And The Anvil" (Replaced by "The Sentinel" after 29 October 1990)
  8. "Metal Gods"
  9. "Bloodstone" (Dropped after 19 October 1990)
  10. "Night Crawler"
  11. "The Ripper"
  12. "Beyond the Realms of Death"
  13. "Metal Meltdown" (Replaced by "Riding On The Wind" after 25 October 1990)
  14. Drum Solo (Added 1 November 1990)
  15. "A Touch of Evil" (Removed after 11 February 1991)
  16. "Victim of Changes"
  17. "Painkiller"
  18. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
  19. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

Encore:

  1. "Breaking the Law"
  2. "Living After Midnight"

"Heading Out To The Highway" was also played once.

Tour dates

The band would tour with Megadeth and Testament on the North American leg and with Pantera and Annihilator on the European and UK leg. Exodus and Death Angel were originally billed for the European leg, but were dropped for unknown reasons and replaced by Pantera.[3][4] They also performed at the second annual Rock in Rio festival with Queensrÿche, Megadeth, Lobão and Sepultura on 23 January 1991.[5][6]

Date City Country Venue
North American leg #1
18 October 1990MontrealCanadaMontreal Forum
19 October 1990Quebec CityColisée de Québec
22 October 1990TorontoMaple Leaf Gardens
25 October 1990WinnipegWinnipeg Arena
26 October 1990ReginaRegina Agridome
28 October 1990CalgaryOlympic Saddledome
29 October 1990EdmontonNorthlands Coliseum
31 October 1990VancouverPacific Coliseum
1 November 1990PortlandUnited StatesVeterans Memorial Coliseum
2 November 1990SpokaneSpokane Coliseum
3 November 1990RenoLawlor Events Center
4 November 1990SacramentoARCO Arena
5 November 1990OaklandOakland-Alameda County Arena
7 November 1990TempeASU Activity Center
8 November 1990Los AngelesLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
9 November 1990IrvineIrvine Meadows Amphitheatre
10 November 1990San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena
11 November 1990
12 November 1990Salt Lake CitySalt Palace
14 November 1990El PasoSpecial Events Center
16 November 1990San AntonioHemisfair Arena
17 November 1990DallasReunion Arena
18 November 1990HoustonThe Summit
20 November 1990DenverMcNichols Sports Arena
21 November 1990AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum
23 November 1990TulsaExpo Square Pavilion
24 November 1990Kansas CityMunicipal Auditorium
25 November 1990OmahaOmaha Civic Auditorium
27 November 1990ColumbusTaft Coliseum
28 November 1990RosemontRosemont Horizon
29 November 1990Saint PaulSt. Paul Civic Center
1 December 1990IndianapolisMarket Square Arena
2 December 1990RichfieldRichfield Coliseum
3 December 1990DaytonHara Arena
5 December 1990Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills
6 December 1990RochesterWar Memorial Auditorium
7 December 1990WorcesterCentrum in Worcester
8 December 1990New HavenNew Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9 December 1990LandoverCapital Centre
11 December 1990AtlantaOmni Coliseum
13 December 1990HamptonHampton Coliseum
14 December 1990East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena
15 December 1990UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
16 December 1990PhiladelphiaSpectrum
17 December 1990PittsburghCivic Arena
19 December 1990LakelandLakeland Civic Center
20 December 1990MiamiMiami Arena
21 December 1990TampaUSF Sun Dome
23 December 1990OrlandoOrlando Arena
9 January 1991PortlandCumberland County Civic Center
10 January 1991BinghamtonBroome County Memorial Arena
11 January 1991SyracuseOncenter War Memorial Arena
12 January 1991ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center
14 January 1991AlbanyKnickerbocker Arena
15 January 1991Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaKingston Armory
16 January 1991ToledoToledo Sports Arena
17 January 1991KalamazooWings Event Center
18 January 1991PittsburghPalumbo Center
Rock in Rio II
23 January 1991Rio de JaneiroBrazilMaracanã Stadium
European Leg
31 January 1991CopenhagenDenmarkK.B. Hallen
1 February 1991GothenburgSwedenScandinavium
2 February 1991StockholmHovet
4 February 1991HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Ice Hall
6 February 1991OsloNorwayRockefeller Music Hall
8 February 1991EssenGermanyGrugahalle
9 February 1991HamburgAlsterdorfer Sporthalle
11 February 1991BerlinEissporthalle an der Jafféstraße
12 February 1991HanoverEilenriedehalle
14 February 1991SaarbrückenSaarlandhalle
15 February 1991RavensburgOberschwabenhalle
16 February 1991Würzburgs.Oliver Arena
18 February 1991OffenbachStadthalle Offenbach
19 February 1991MunichOlympiahalle
20 February 1991ViennaAustriaBank-Austria Zelt
21 February 1991GrazEisstadion Liebenau
23 February 1991LucerneSwitzerlandFesthalle
24 February 1991BolzanoItalyPalasport / Stadthalle
25 February 1991LjubljanaSloveniaTivoli Hall
26 February 1991ZagrebCroatiaDom Sportova
1 March 1991RomeItalyTeatro Tendastrisce
2 March 1991BresciaPalasport
4 March 1991StuttgartGermanyHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
5 March 1991Ludwigshafen am RheinFriedrich-Ebert-Halle
6 March 1991KoblenzRhein-Mosel Halle
8 March 1991ZaragozaSpainPlaza de Toros de Zaragoza
9 March 1991San SebastiánVelódromo de Anoeta
10 March 1991MadridPalacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
12 March 1991VilleurbanneFranceLe Transbordeur
13 March 1991CascaisPortugalPavilhão do Grupo Dramático e Sportivo de Cascais
15 March 1991ArnhemNetherlandsRijnhal
16 March 1991BrusselsBelgiumForest National
17 March 1991ParisFranceLe Zénith
19 March 1991AstonEnglandAston Arena
20 March 1991ManchesterManchester Apollo
22 March 1991LondonHammersmith Apollo
23 March 1991
24 March 1991NewportWalesNewport Centre
26 March 1991SheffieldEnglandSheffield City Hall
27 March 1991NewcastleNewcastle City Hall
28 March 1991EdinburghScotlandEdinburgh Playhouse
30 March 1991BelfastNorthern IrelandUlster Hall
31 March 1991DublinIrelandSFX Centre
North American leg #2
4 April 1991FairbanksUnited StatesCarlson Center
7 April 1991AnchorageWilliam A. Egan Civic and Convention Center
8 April 1991
Asia leg
12 April 1991OsakaJapanOsaka-jō Hall
13 April 1991YokohamaYokohama Arena
14 April 1991TokyoNHK Hall
15 April 1991Yoyogi National Gymnasium

References
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  3. "Exodus". metallipromo.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  4. "Death Angel interview (Rob Cavestany)". rocking.gr. 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
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