Eliminator Tour

Eliminator Tour

Tour by ZZ Top
File:ZZTop EliminatorPoster.jpg
Location	North America, Europe
Associated album	Eliminator
Start date	May 12, 1983
End date	February 12, 1984
Legs	5
ZZ Top concert chronology

The Eliminator Tour was a concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. Presented by Schlitz Beer, the tour took place in the North America and Europe. The set list featured material from the band's past studio albums.

Itinerary

The tour followed the March 1983 release of the band's album Eliminator and began on May 12, 1983 in Jackson, Mississippi.

Quiet Riot was the opening act in June 1983 and was booed in Kansas City. Jon Bon Jovi opened in St. Louis in June of 1983 perhaps due to the unfavorable response in Kansas City earlier that same month.

Sammy Hagar was the opening act in July and August, although Joan Jett and the Blackhearts opened at the Worcester Centrum date in July. Quiet Riot again joined the tour for the Canadian leg in September.

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons - Guitar, vocals
• Dusty Hill - Bass, vocals
• Frank Beard - Drums, percussion

Set list

1. "Got Me Under Pressure"
2. "I Got the Six"
3. "Waitin' for the Bus"
4. "Francine"
5. "Sharp Dressed Man"
6. "Ten Foot Pole"
7. "TV Dinners"
8. "Manic Mechanic"
9. "A Fool for Your Stockings"
10. "Dust My Broom"
11. "Pearl Necklace"
12. "Cheap Sunglasses"
13. "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers"
14. "Just Got Paid"
15. "Arrested for Driving While Blind"
16. "Party on the Patio"
17. "Tube Snake Boogie"
18. "Jailhouse Rock"
19. "La Grange"
20. "Tush"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Supporting act(s)
Leg 1: North America
May 12, 1983	Jackson	United States	Mississippi Coliseum
May 13, 1983	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum	Sammy Hagar
May 14, 1983	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
May 20, 1983	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
May 22, 1983	Birmingham		BJCC Arena	Sammy Hagar
May 28, 1983	Orlando		Florida Citrus Bowl	Foghat, Sammy Hagar, Triumph
May 29, 1983	Hollywood		Sportatorium	Sammy Hagar
June 1, 1983	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center
June 3, 1983	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium	Blackfoot
June 4, 1983	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena	Zebra
June 5, 1983	Louisville		Freedom Hall	Sammy Hagar
June 8, 1983	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
June 9, 1983	Tulsa		Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion
June 10, 1983	Kansas City		Kemper Arena	Quiet Riot
June 11, 1983	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium Arena
June 12, 1983	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium	Jon Bon Jovi
June 14, 1983	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Quiet Riot
June 19, 1983	Salt Lake City		Saltair Pavilion
June 23, 1983	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
June 24, 1983	Inglewood		The Forum
June 25, 1983	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
June 27, 1983	Fresno		Selland Arena
June 28, 1983	Las Vegas		Aladdin Theatre	Quiet Riot<ref><Lawrence A Schmidt in attendance>
June 30, 1983	Daly City		Cow Palace
July 2, 1983	Honolulu		Neal S. Blaisdell Center	Quiet Riot
July 8, 1983	Bloomington		Met Center	Zebra
July 9, 1983	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
July 13, 1983	Sioux Falls		Sioux Falls Arena
July 14, 1983	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
July 15, 1983	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
July 16, 1983	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena	Blackfoot
July 17, 1983	Fort Wayne		War Memorial Coliseum
July 18, 1983	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum	Sammy Hagar
July 19, 1983
July 20, 1983	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum
July 22, 1983	Philadelphia		Spectrum	Sammy Hagar
July 23, 1983	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
July 24, 1983	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
July 25, 1983
July 27, 1983	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
July 28, 1983	Worcester		Worcester Centrum
July 29, 1983	Providence		Providence Civic Center
July 30, 1983	Rochester		Community War Memorial
July 31, 1983	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
August 2, 1983	Binghamton		Veterans Memorial Arena	Sammy Hagar
August 4, 1983	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
August 5, 1983	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre	Kick Axe
August 6, 1983	Landover		Capital Centre	Sammy Hagar
August 7, 1983	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
August 11, 1983	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center Arena
August 12, 1983	Mecosta		Northern Star	Zebra
Leg 2: Europe
August 18, 1983	Dublin	Republic of Ireland	SFX Hall
August 20, 1983	Castle Donington	United Kingdom	Monsters of Rock	Diamond Head, Dio, Twisted Sister, Meat Loaf, Whitesnake
Leg 3: North America
September 1, 1983	Allentown	United States	Great Allentown Fair	Kix
September 2, 1983	Toledo		John F. Savage Hall	Axe
September 3, 1983	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
September 4, 1983	Columbus		Battelle Hall	Quiet Riot
September 8, 1983	Lexington		Rupp Arena
September 9, 1983	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theatre
September 10, 1983	Dayton		Hara Arena	Quiet Riot
September 11, 1983	Toronto	Canada	Kingswood Music Theatre
September 14, 1983	Huntsville	United States	Von Braun Civic Center	Grand Alliance
September 15, 1983	Jacksonville		Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 16, 1983	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
September 17, 1983	Tallahassee		Leon County Civic Center
September 18, 1983	Baton Rouge		Riverside Centroplex
September 21, 1983	Glens Falls		Glens Falls Civic Center	Duke Jupiter
September 23, 1983	Harrisburg		City Island	Kix
September 24, 1983	New York City		Madison Square Garden	Bon Jovi
September 25, 1983	Worcester		Centrum in Worcester	Joan Jett
September 29, 1983	Dallas		Reunion Arena
September 30, 1983
October 1, 1983
October 2, 1983	San Antonio		Gonzalez Convention Center	Ratt
October 4, 1983	Corpus Christi		Memorial Coliseum
October 5, 1983	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	Joan Jett
October 6, 1983	Dallas		Reunion Arena	Albert King
October 7, 1983	Houston		The Summit	Joan Jett
October 8, 1983
October 9, 1983
Leg 4: Europe
October 16, 1983	London	United Kingdom	Marquee Club
October 17, 1983	Stockholm	Sweden	Grand Hôtel
October 19, 1983	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
October 20, 1983	Drammen	Norway	Drammenshallen
October 21, 1983	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholms Olympiastadion
October 23, 1983	Copenhagen	Denmark	Folketeatret
October 25, 1983	Berlin	Germany	Eissporthalle
October 26, 1983	Düsseldorf		Philips Halle
October 27, 1983	Rüsselsheim		Walter-Köbel-Halle
October 28, 1983	Munich		Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
November 1, 1983	Hamburg		Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
November 3, 1983	Paris	France	Palais des Sports
November 4, 1983	Clermont-Ferrand		Maison des Sports
November 13, 1983	Dijon		Le Forum
November 15, 1983	Brussels	Belgium	Circus Royale
November 20, 1983	Hanley	United Kingdom	Victoria Hall
November 22, 1983	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
November 23, 1983	Newcastle upon Tyne		Newcastle City Hall
November 24, 1983	Glasgow		The Apollo
November 25, 1983	London		Hammersmith Odeon
November 27, 1983
November 28, 1983
November 30, 1983			Wembley Arena
Leg 5: North America
January 12, 1984	Phoenix	United States	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Night Ranger
January 13, 1984	Las Cruces		Pan American Center
January 14, 1984	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
January 15, 1984	Tucson		Tucson Community Center
January 18, 1984	Abilene		Taylor County Expo Center	Night Ranger
January 19, 1984	Lubbock		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
January 20, 1984	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center
January 21, 1984	Amarillo		Amarillo Civic Center	Night Ranger
January 22, 1984	Valley Center		Britt Brown Arena
January 31, 1984	Portland		Memorial Coliseum
February 1, 1984	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
February 2, 1984	Spokane		Spokane Coliseum
February 3, 1984	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
February 5, 1984	Missoula	United States	Adams Center
February 8, 1984	Rockford		Rockford MetroCentre	Eric Martin
February 9, 1984	Notre Dame		Edmund P. Joyce Center
February 10, 1984	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
February 11, 1984	Fayetteville		Barnhill Arena
February 12, 1984	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum	Eric Martin, Night Ranger

References

1. Lawrence A Schmidt, in attendance.