Building Empires Tour

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Building Empires Tour
Tour by Queensrÿche
Associated albumEmpire
Start dateOctober 29, 1990
End dateJanuary 3, 1992
No. of shows170
Queensrÿche concert chronology
  • Operation: Mindcrime Tour
    (1988–89)
  • Building Empires Tour
    (1990–92)
  • The Road to the Promised Land Tour
    (1995)

The Building Empires Tour was a concert tour by American heavy metal band Queensrÿche in support of their latest album Empire. The setlist consisted of the band performing their album Operation: Mindcrime in full. Suicidal Tendencies and Warrior Soul supported the band throughout North America.

Setlist

[1][2]

  1. "Resistance"
  2. "Walk in the Shadows"
  3. "Best I Can"
  4. "Hand on Heart" (Dropped after November 15, 1990)
  5. "Empire"
  6. "The Thin Line"
  7. "Jet City Woman"
  8. "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" (Starting on October 17, 1991)
  9. "Roads to Madness"
  10. "I Remember Now"
  11. "Anarchy-X"
  12. "Revolution Calling"
  13. "Operation: Mindcrime"
  14. "Speak"
  15. "Spreading the Disease"
  16. "The Mission"
  17. "Suite Sister Mary"
  18. "The Needle Lies"
  19. "Electric Requiem"
  20. "Breaking the Silence"
  21. "I Don't Believe in Love"
  22. "Waiting for 22"
  23. "My Empty Room"
  24. "Eyes of a Stranger"
  25. "Della Brown" (Starting on November 8, 1991)
  26. "Last Time in Paris" (Starting on July 21, 1991)
  27. "Silent Lucidity"
  28. "Take Hold of the Flame" (Dropped after July 21, 1991)

Tour Dates

[3] [4] [5][1]

Date City Country Venue
Europe
October 29, 1990 Dublin Ireland SFX Hall
October 31, 1990 Belfast Northern Ireland Ulster Hall
November 1, 1990 Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Playhouse
November 2, 1990 Newcastle upon Tyne England Newcastle City Hall
November 4, 1990 Nottingham Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
November 5, 1990 Bradford St. George's Hall
November 6, 1990 Liverpool Royal Court Theatre
November 8, 1990 Newport Wales Newport Centre
November 9, 1990 Poole England
Poole Arts Centre
November 11, 1990 Manchester
Manchester Apollo
November 12, 1990 Aston
Aston Villa Leisure Centre
November 14, 1990 London
Hammersmith Odeon
November 15, 1990
November 18, 1990 Hamburg Germany Große Freiheit 36
November 19, 1990 Bonn Biskuithalle
November 20, 1990 Ichtegem Belgium Sporthal Ichtegem
November 22, 1990
Hannover
Germany Hannover Music Hall
November 23, 1990 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz Jurahalle
November 24, 1990 Wertheim Main-Tauber-Halle
November 26, 1990 Unterföhring Theaterfabrik
November 27, 1990 Ludwigsburg Forum Am Schlosspark
November 29, 1990 Amsterdam Netherlands Jaap Edenhal
November 30, 1990 Paris France Élysée Montmartre
December 2, 1990 Senden Germany Gorki Park
December 3, 1990 Zürich Switzerland Volkshaus
December 5, 1990 Florence Italy
Palasport
December 6, 1990 Milan Rolling Stone
Rock in Rio
January 23, 1991 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Rock in Rio
Japan
January 29, 1991 Tokyo Japan NHK Hall
February 1, 1991 Osaka
Osaka Festival Hall
February 3, 1991 Tokyo NHK Hall
February 4, 1991
February 5, 1991 Yokohama Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
North America I
April 15, 1991 Amarillo United States Amarillo Civic Center
April 17, 1991 El Paso
UTEP Special Events Center
April 19, 1991 Houston
The Summit
April 20, 1991 Dallas Reunion Arena
April 21, 1991 Lubbock Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
April 23, 1991 Odessa Ector County Coliseum
April 24, 1991 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum
April 25, 1991 Austin Frank Erwin Center
April 27, 1991 New Orleans
UNO Lakefront Arena
April 29, 1991 Valley Center
Britt Brown Arena
April 30, 1991 Oklahoma City
Myriad Convention Center
May 1, 1991 Tulsa Expo Square Pavilion
May 3, 1991 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
May 4, 1991 Kansas City
Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
May 5, 1991 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
May 7, 1991 Duluth
Duluth Arena
May 8, 1991 Minneapolis Target Center
May 10, 1991 Madison
Dane County Coliseum
May 11, 1991 Milwaukee
MECCA Arena
May 12, 1991 La Crosse La Crosse Center
May 14, 1991 Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons Center
May 15, 1991 Des Moines
Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
May 17, 1991 Rosemont
Rosemont Horizon
May 18, 1991 Green Bay Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
May 19, 1991 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
May 21, 1991 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
May 22, 1991 Lousiville Louisville Gardens
May 24, 1991 Columbus Battelle Hall
May 25, 1991 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
May 26, 1991 Saginaw
Saginaw Civic Center
May 28, 1991 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
May 29, 1991 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
May 31, 1991 Kalamazoo
Wings Stadium
June 1, 1991 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
June 2, 1991 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
June 4, 1991 Trotwood Hara Arena
June 5, 1991 Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
June 7, 1991 Rochester
Rochester Community War Memorial
June 8, 1991 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
June 19, 1991 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
June 21, 1991 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
June 22, 1991 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
June 23, 1991 Birmingham
BJCC Coliseum
June 25, 1991 Huntsville
Von Braun Civic Center
June 26, 1991 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
June 28, 1991 Chattanooga
UTC Arena
June 30, 1991 Atlanta
The Omni Coliseum
July 2, 1991 St. Petersberg Bayfront Center
July 3, 1991 Miami Miami Arena
July 5, 1991 Orlando
Orlando Arena
July 6, 1991 Jacksonville
Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
July 7, 1991 Pensacola
Pensacola Civic Center
July 9, 1991 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
July 10, 1991 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
July 12, 1991 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
July 13, 1991 Greensboro
Greensboro Coliseum
July 14, 1991 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
July 16, 1991 Norfolk Norfolk Scope
July 17, 1991 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
July 19, 1991 Fairfax
Patriot Center
July 20, 1991 Binghamton
Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
July 21, 1991 Portland
Cumberland County Civic Center
July 23, 1991 Philadelphia
The Spectrum
July 24, 1991 East Rutherford
Brendan Byrne Arena
July 26, 1991 Uniondale
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 27, 1991 Worcester
The Centrum
July 28, 1991 Albany
Knickerbocker Arena
July 30, 1991 Providence
Providence Civic Center
July 31, 1991 Hartford
Hartford Civic Center
Monsters of Rock
August 10, 1991 Gentofte Denmark
Gentofte Stadion
August 13, 1991 Chorzów Poland
Silesian Stadium
August 17, 1991 Castle Donington England Donington Park
August 22, 1991 Budapest Hungary
Népstadion
August 24, 1991 Munich Germany Galopprennbahn Riem
August 25, 1991 Basel Switzerland St. Jakob Stadium
August 27, 1991 Berlin Germany Waldbühne
August 28, 1991
August 30, 1991 Hasselt Belgium Kiewit Airfield
August 31, 1991 Hannover Germany Niedersachsenstadion
September 1, 1991 Nijmegen Netherlands
Stadion de Goffert
September 7, 1991 Mainz Germany
Mainz-Finthen Airport
September 8, 1991 Oldenburg Weser-Ems Halle
September 11, 1991 Graz Austria Liebenauer Stadium
September 14, 1991 Modena Italy Festa de l'Unità
September 17, 1991 Dortmund Germany
Westfalenhalle
September 18, 1991
September 21, 1991 Paris France Hippodrome de Vincennes
North America III
October 12, 1991 Oakland United States Day on the Green
October 17, 1991 Edmonton Canada Northlands Coliseum
October 18, 1991 Calgary
Olympic Saddledome
October 21, 1991 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
October 22, 1991 Fargo United States
Bison Sports Arena
October 24, 1991 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
October 25, 1991 Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills
October 27, 1991 Quebec City Canada
Colisee de Quebec
October 28, 1991 Ottawa
Ottawa Civic Centre
October 29, 1991 Montreal Montreal Forum
October 31, 1991 Bangor United States Bangor Auditorium
November 1, 1991 Halifax Canada
Halifax Metro Centre
November 3, 1991 Bethlehem United States Stabler Arena
November 4, 1991 Syracuse
Onondaga County War Memorial
November 5, 1991 Boston Boston Garden
November 7, 1991 Baltimore
Baltimore Arena
November 8, 1991 Hershey Hersheypark Arena
November 9, 1991 Charleston
Charleston Civic Center
November 11, 1991 Johnstown Cambria County War Memorial Arena
November 12, 1991 Wheeling
Wheeling Civic Center
November 13, 1991 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
November 15, 1991 Lexington Rupp Arena
November 17, 1991 Muskegon
L.C. Walker Arena
November 18, 1991 Springfield
Prairie Capital Convention Center
November 19, 1991 Rochester Mayo Civic Center
November 21, 1991 Manhattan Bramlage Coliseum
November 22, 1991 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Arena
November 24, 1991 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
November 25, 1991
November 27, 1991 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
November 29, 1991 Sacramento ARCO Arena
November 30, 1991 Daly City Cow Palace
December 1, 1991 Reno Lawlor Events Center
December 4, 1991 Boise
BSU Pavilion
December 5, 1991 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
December 7, 1991 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
December 9, 1991 San Diego
San Diego Sports Arena
December 10, 1991 Tucson Tucson Convention Center
December 11, 1991 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 12, 1991 Long Beach
Long Beach Arena
December 13, 1991
December 14, 1991
December 15, 1991
December 28, 1991 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
December 30, 1991 Portland United States
Portland Memorial Coliseum
December 31, 1991 Seattle
Seattle Center Coliseum
January 1, 1992
January 3, 1992 Spokane Spokane Coliseum

References

  1. ^ a b "Chapter VI, Empire Era". anybodylistening.net.
  2. ^ "Queensrÿche Tour Statistics: Building Empires". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. ^ "Queensryche Tour Dates".
  4. ^ "Queensryche Tour Dates".
  5. ^ "Queensryche Tour Dates".