For Those About to Rock Tour

For Those About to Rock Tour
Tour by AC/DC
Location
  • North America
  • Asia
  • Europe
Associated albumFor Those About to Rock We Salute You
Start date14 November 1981 (1981-11-14)
End date12 December 1982 (1982-12-12)
Legs3
No. of shows90
AC/DC concert chronology

The For Those About to Rock Tour (also known as the Cannon and Bell Tour) was a concert tour by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, in support of their eighth studio album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, which was released on 20 November 1981.[1]

Background

The For Those About to Rock Tour began with a North American leg in November 1981, with Japan and European legs throughout 1982.[2] It was the first tour to feature two cannons on stage, which appeared during the band's encore, though it was not used at every show due to some venues refusing to let them use them.[3]

It was the last tour to feature Phil Rudd on drums,[4] due to issues regarding his addictions to drinking and drugs, as well as having caused the European tour that was set to begin in August to be cancelled and later rescheduled.[3] Following an argument with Malcolm Young, Phil was fired from the band, and did not return until 1994.[5]

During the North American tour, Midnight Flyer was the supporting act for the band.[6] Y&T was the opening act for the band during the shows in the United Kingdom.[7]

Reception

Peter Robb from the Windsor Star who attended the second night at Cobo Hall in Detroit, gave the show a mixed review, opening that the band had succeeded to the top of heavy rock, but failed to innovate beyond the notability of bands like Slade and Bloodrock. Robb did however, state that AC/DC worked hard for their fans and gave each song they performed that night a marathon of effort for the audience whose cheers rose loud above the speakers when an older hit was performed.[8]

Douglas E. Hall from Billboard, stated in his review that the band put on a hell of a show for a packed enthusiastic audience at Madison Square Garden, which had chanted along with the band's songs frequently, giving a big reaction when the band began performing the song "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" whilst the band gave a set of high energy and straight ahead rock 'n' roll, and delivering an impressive finale with simulated cannon blasts.[9]

Lakeland Ledger's Rick Wilbur opened his review, stating that the sold out house of delighted and complacent heavy metal fans were "electrified" by the band, led by an energetic stage presence delivered by guitarist Angus Young, whom Wilbur had claimed stole the show with his showmanship and adroit musicianship. Malcolm Young, Williams and Rudd were also praised, sounding tight and appropriately high volume while Johnson's high energy screeches pleased the most demanding of fans. Wilbur later concluded his review, stating that while it wasn't harmonic and pleasant music, it was undeniably an effective heavy metal show that sounded good enough to support the thesis that AC/DC is a leader in the heavy metal interest.[10]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue[11]
Date City Country Venue
Leg 1 – North America[12][2]
14 November 1981 Detroit United States Cobo Hall
16 November 1981
17 November 1981 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
19 November 1981 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
20 November 1981
21 November 1981
22 November 1981 Bloomington Met Center
23 November 1981
25 November 1981 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
26 November 1981 St. Louis Checkerdome
28 November 1981 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
29 November 1981 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
30 November 1981 Lexington Rupp Arena
2 December 1981 New York City Madison Square Garden
3 December 1981 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
4 December 1981 Providence Providence Civic Center
6 December 1981[13] East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
7 December 1981 Philadelphia The Spectrum
8 December 1981
10 December 1981 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
11 December 1981
12 December 1981 Montreal Montreal Forum
14 December 1981 Boston United States Boston Garden
15 December 1981
16 December 1981 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
17 December 1981
20 December 1981 Landover Capital Centre
21 December 1981
Leg 2 – North America
17 January 1982 Birmingham United States Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center
18 January 1982 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
19 January 1982 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
20 January 1982 Atlanta The Omni
21 January 1982
23 January 1982 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex
24 January 1982 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium
27 January 1982 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
28 January 1982 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center
29 January 1982
1 February 1982 Dallas Reunion Arena
2 February 1982
3 February 1982 Houston The Summit
4 February 1982
7 February 1982 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
9 February 1982 Seattle Seattle Coliseum
10 February 1982
11 February 1982
12 February 1982
14 February 1982 Daly City Cow Palace
15 February 1982
16 February 1982
18 February 1982 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
19 February 1982
21 February 1982 Inglewood The Forum
22 February 1982
23 February 1982 Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
25 February 1982 Phoenix Compton Terrace at Legend City
Leg 3 – Japan[12][2]
4 June 1982 Osaka Japan Festival Hall
6 June 1982 Expo Hall
8 June 1982 Kyoto Kaikan Hall
9 June 1982 Nagoya Shi Kokaido Hall
10 June 1982 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
Leg 4 – Europe[12][2]
29 September 1982 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre
30 September 1982
1 October 1982 Leeds Queens Hall
3 October 1982 Manchester Manchester Apollo
4 October 1982 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
5 October 1982
6 October 1982
8 October 1982 Glasgow Scotland Apollo Theatre
9 October 1982
10 October 1982 Edinburgh Edinburgh Playhouse
11 October 1982
13 October 1982 London England Hammersmith Odeon
14 October 1982
15 October 1982
16 October 1982
18 October 1982 Wembley Arena
19 October 1982
21 October 1982 Ballsbridge Ireland Royal Dublin Society Arena
22 October 1982
Leg 5 – Europe
26 November 1982 Nuremberg West Germany Messezentrum
27 November 1982 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
28 November 1982 Munich Olympiahalle
30 November 1982 Lyon France Palais des Sports de Gerland
2 December 1982 Avignon Parc Exposition De Chateaublanc
4 December 1982 Paris Rothonde Du Borget
6 December 1982 Brussels Belgium Vorst Nationaal
9 December 1982 Cologne West Germany Sporthalle
10 December 1982 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
12 December 1982 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date City Venue Attendance Gross Ref(s)
26 November 1981 St. Louis, United States Checkerdome 16,199 $165,884 [9]
3 December 1981 Hartford, United States Civic Center 15,190 $168,043
4 December 1981 Providence, United States Civic Center 13,200 $132,145
6 December 1981 East Rutherford, United States Brendan Byrne Arena 20,161 $237,037 [14]
7–8 December 1981 Philadelphia, United States Spectrum 30,955 $285,108
10–11 December 1981 Toronto, Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 30,768 / 33,350 $376,582
18 January 1982 Nashville, United States Municipal Auditorium 9,900 $98,540 [15]
27 January 1982 Pembroke Pines, United States Hollywood Sportarium 12,804 $144,045 [16]
28–29 January 1982 Lakeland, United States Civic Center 19,835 $233,350
1 February 1982 Dallas, United States Reunion Arena 19,012 $227,628

Personnel

References

Citations

  1. ^ @acdc (12 November 2021). ""For Those About To Rock" release date info" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 August 2022 – via Twitter.
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  3. ^ a b Perkins 2012.
  4. ^ Lifton, Dave (19 July 2015). "Bad Boy Boogie: A Phil Rudd Timeline". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. ^ Wall 2013.
  6. ^ Wong, Jo-Ann (19 February 1982). "Midnight Flyer is taking off". No. 215. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Deseret News. p. C-3. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  7. ^ Wall, Mick (23 November 2021). "AC/DC and the epic struggle behind For Those About To Rock". Louder Sound. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  8. ^ Robb, Peter (16 November 1981). "Lords of loud crank out the decibels". Windsor, Canada: The Windsor Star. p. 42. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ^ a b Hall, Douglas E. (19 December 1981). "Talent in Action: AC/DC". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 29. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  10. ^ Wilbur, Rick (1 February 1982). "Heavy metal fans electrified by AC/DC". No. 102. Lakeland, Florida: Lakeland Ledger. p. 2C. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  11. ^ Durieux, Arnaud. "AC/DC Tour History - 1981/82 "For Those About to Rock" World Tour". ac-dc.net. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  12. ^ a b c "AC/DC The Archives". Electric Shock. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  13. ^ "AC/DC Equates Music With War". The New York Times. 9 December 1981. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 51. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 26 December 1981. p. 44. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 4. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 30 January 1982. p. 32. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 7. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 February 1982. p. 56. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

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