Flick of the Switch Tour
Tour by AC/DC
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • 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 through 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]

Setlist

  1. "Guns for Hire"
  2. "Shoot to Thrill"
  3. "Sin City"
  4. "This House is on Fire" or "Bedlam in Belgium" or "Rising Power" or "Badlands" or "Nervous Shakedown" or "Landslide"
  5. "Back in Black"
  6. "Bad Boy Boogie"
  7. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
  8. "Flick of the Switch"
  9. "Hells Bells"
  10. "The Jack"
  11. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
  12. "Highway to Hell"
  13. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
  14. "Let There Be Rock"
  15. "T.N.T."
  16. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
  17. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue[10]
Date City Country Venue
Leg 1 – North America[11]
11 October 1983 VancouverCanadaPacific Coliseum
13 October 1983 TacomaUnited StatesTacoma Dome
14 October 1983 PortlandMemorial Coliseum
17 October 1983 InglewoodThe Forum
18 October 1983
19 October 1983 Daly CityCow Palace
22 October 1983 TempeCompton Terrace Amphitheatre
23 October 1983 AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum
24 October 1983 DenverMcNichols Sports Arena
26 October 1983 Kansas CityKemper Arena
27 October 1983 DallasReunion Arena
28 October 1983 San AntonioHemisFair Arena
29 October 1983 AustinFrank Erwin Center
30 October 1983 HoustonThe Summit
1 November 1983 MemphisMid-South Coliseum
2 November 1983 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
3 November 1983 IndianapolisMarket Square Arena
4 November 1983 Notre DameEdmund P. Joyce Center
6 November 1983 Saint PaulSt. Paul Civic Center
7 November 1983 PeoriaPeoria Civic Center
8 November 1983 OmahaOmaha Civic Auditorium
9 November 1983 RosemontRosemont Horizon
11 November 1983 CincinnatiRiverfront Coliseum
12 November 1983 LexingtonRupp Arena
13 November 1983 RoanokeRoanoke Civic Center
14 November 1983 PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum
15 November 1983
16 November 1983 EvansvilleRoberts Municipal Stadium
17 November 1983 DetroitJoe Louis Arena
18 November 1983
20 November 1983 AtlantaThe Omni
21 November 1983
22 November 1983 BirminghamBirmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
23 November 1983 BilxoiMississippi Coast Coliseum
25 November 1983 Pembroke PinesHollywood Sportatorium
26 November 1983[12] LakelandLakeland Civic Center
27 November 1983 ColumbiaCarolina Coliseum
28 November 1983 HamptonHampton Coliseum
30 November 1983[13] PittsburghPittsburgh Civic Arena
1 December 1983 BuffaloBuffalo Memorial Auditorium
2 December 1983 WorcesterWorcester Centrum
3 December 1983
4 December 1983 HartfordHartford Civic Center
5 December 1983 New York CityMadison Square Garden
6 December 1983 ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center
8 December 1983 UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9 December 1983 East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena
10 December 1983 New HavenNew Haven Coliseum
11 December 1983[14] LandoverCapital Centre
12 December 1983
14 December 1983 RichfieldRichfield Coliseum
15 December 1983 TorontoCanadaMaple Leaf Gardens
16 December 1983[15] MontrealMontreal Forum
Leg 2 – Europe (Monsters of Rock)[11]
11 August 1984 San SebastiánSpainVelódromo de Anoeta
18 August 1984 Castle DoningtonEnglandDonington Park
25 August 1984 StockholmSwedenRåsunda Stadium
31 August 1984 WinterthurSwitzerlandStadion Schützenwiese
1 September 1984 KarlsruheWest GermanyWildparkstadion
2 September 1984 NurembergStadion am Dutzendteich
5 September 1984 RomeItalyNettuno Stadio Comunale
7 September 1984 TurinStadio Olimpico di Torino
11 September 1984 ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
12 September 1984 LyonHalle Tony Garnier
Leg 3 – South America (Rock in Rio)[11]
15 January 1985 Rio de JaneiroBrazilCidade do Rock
19 January 1985

Personnel

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Masino 2020, p. 133.
  2. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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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