Flick of the Switch Tour

Flick of the Switch Tour
Tour by AC/DC
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
Associated albumFlick of the Switch
Start date14 October 1983 (1983-10-14)
End date19 January 1985 (1985-01-19)
Legs3
No. of shows65
AC/DC concert chronology

The Flick of the Switch Tour was a concert tour by the Australian hard-rock band AC/DC, in support of their ninth studio album, Flick of the Switch, which was released on 15 August 1983.

Background

The Flick of the Switch tour took place in North America during the fall of 1983 when it was initially postponed,[1] with the band performing on the Monsters of Rock Tour in 1984 alongside Van Halen.[2] The North American leg had lower attendance for some shows on the tour, with mixed reviews coming in for the album.[3] At the sold out show in New York City, the audience were described as "crazy as ever", with the band's music barely being heard over the audience.[4] In 1985, during the recording of the Fly on the Wall album, the band took some time off studio to play two concerts at the Rock in Rio Festival in Brazil, on 15 January and 19 January, along with Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne and Whitesnake,[2] in front of 400,000 in attendance.[5] The stage design for the tour featured two cannons and pyrotechnics which was handled by Pete Cappadocia.[1]

This was the first AC/DC tour to feature drummer Simon Wright,[6] after the departure of Phil Rudd.[7]

During the Tacoma Dome performance, two fans, a 21-year-old Fort Lewis soldier and a 14-year-old female fired off a skyrocket at the ceiling, burning a hole through it and causing damage costs of $25,000. They were both placed into jail, the 21-year-old later sentenced to three years of hard labor,[8] while the 14-year-old was placed in a juvenile facility.[9]

Tour dates

List of 1983 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue[10][11]
Date City Country Venue
11 October 1983 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
13 October 1983 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome
14 October 1983 Portland Memorial Coliseum
17 October 1983 Inglewood The Forum
18 October 1983
19 October 1983 Daly City Cow Palace
22 October 1983 Tempe Compton Terrace Amphitheatre
23 October 1983 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
24 October 1983 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
26 October 1983 Kansas City Kemper Arena
27 October 1983 Dallas Reunion Arena
28 October 1983 San Antonio HemisFair Arena
29 October 1983 Austin Frank Erwin Center
30 October 1983 Houston The Summit
1 November 1983 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
2 November 1983 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
3 November 1983 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
4 November 1983 Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center
6 November 1983 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center
7 November 1983 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
8 November 1983 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
9 November 1983 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
11 November 1983 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
12 November 1983 Lexington Rupp Arena
13 November 1983 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
14 November 1983 Philadelphia The Spectrum
15 November 1983
16 November 1983 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
17 November 1983 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
18 November 1983
20 November 1983 Atlanta The Omni
21 November 1983
22 November 1983 Birmingham Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
23 November 1983 Bilxoi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
25 November 1983 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
26 November 1983[12] Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center
27 November 1983 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
28 November 1983 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
30 November 1983[13] Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena
1 December 1983 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
2 December 1983 Worcester Worcester Centrum
3 December 1983
4 December 1983 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
5 December 1983 New York City Madison Square Garden
6 December 1983 Providence Providence Civic Center
8 December 1983 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9 December 1983 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
10 December 1983 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
11 December 1983[14] Landover Capital Centre
12 December 1983
14 December 1983 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
15 December 1983 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
16 December 1983[15] Montreal Montreal Forum
List of 1984 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue[11]
Date City Country Venue
11 August 1984 San Sebastián Spain Velódromo de Anoeta
18 August 1984 Castle Donington England Donington Park
25 August 1984 Stockholm Sweden Råsunda Stadium
31 August 1984 Winterthur Switzerland Stadion Schützenwiese
1 September 1984 Karlsruhe West Germany Wildparkstadion
2 September 1984 Nuremberg Stadion am Dutzendteich
5 September 1984 Rome Italy Nettuno Stadio Comunale
7 September 1984 Turin Stadio Olimpico di Torino
11 September 1984 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
12 September 1984 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
List of 1985 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue[11]
Date City Country Venue
15 January 1985 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Cidade do Rock
19 January 1985

Personnel

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Masino 2020, p. 133.
  2. ^ a b Perkins 2011.
  3. ^ Apter 2018.
  4. ^ Masino 2020, p. 134.
  5. ^ Masino 2020, p. 135.
  6. ^ Popoff 2017, p. 251.
  7. ^ Lifton, Dave (19 July 2015). "Bad Boy Boogie: A Phil Rudd Timeline". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Flare firing brings prison". Tacoma, Washington: The Bulletin. 9 December 1983. p. A-6. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Fans' rocket blazes hole in dome roof". No. 359. Tacoma, Washington: Eugene Register-Guard. 17 October 1983. p. 5C. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  10. ^ Durieux, Arnaud. "AC/DC Tour History – 1983/85 "Flick of the Switch" World Tour". ac-dc.net. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  11. ^ a b c Masino 2015.
  12. ^ "Going Out: Rock/Pop/Country". No. 110. St. Petersburg, Florida: St. Petersburg Times. 11 November 1983. p. 7D. Retrieved 8 August 2022. AC/DC – Lakeland Civic Center: $14.50. Nov. 26, 7:30 p.m.
  13. ^ "Entertainment Calendar: Music, dance". No. 101. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 25 November 1983. p. 18. Retrieved 8 August 2022. Wednesday: Civic Arena. AC/DC concert. 7:30.
  14. ^ "Holiday Harmonies: Capital Centre". Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore Afro-American. 26 November 1983. p. 14. Retrieved 8 August 2022. Sunday, Dec. 11, 8 p.m. – AC/DC in concert, Rock concert
  15. ^ "Chips down for Taco: He's off Spectrum menu". Montreal, Quebec: The Montreal Gazette. 8 November 1983. p. F1. Retrieved 8 August 2022. Tickets are now on sale for hard-rockers AC/DC who come to the forum Dec. 16 in tandem with Fastway

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