Fuel for Life Tour

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Fuel for Life Tour
Tour by Judas Priest
Associated albumTurbo
Start date2 May 1986
End date16 December 1986
No. of shows105
Judas Priest concert chronology

The Fuel for Life Tour was a 1986 concert tour by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, to support their album Turbo.

Recordings

The band's second live album

The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia on 15 June 1986 and the Reunion Arena, Dallas
, Texas on 27 June 1986. The 30th anniversary edition of Turbo, released in 2017, features a 2-disc live recorded performance from the 22 May 1986 show at Sandstone Amphitheater in Bonner Springs, Kansas. Other official live recordings include "Desert Plains" (
St. Louis, Missouri
, on 23 May 1986.

The video documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot was recorded prior to the Judas Priest concert at the Capital Centre, on 31 May 1986.

Production

The stage design featured several platforms resembling futuristic, sleek, mechanical parts. At the back of the stage was a large robot prop with mechanical arms that would lift the band's guitarists and Rob Halford during performances.

During the North American leg of the tour, the band had hired a drum technician, Jonathan Valen, to operate electronic drumming equipment and a sample trigger for backing vocals and some guitar effects. Due to the limitations of technology at the time, these devices required a person to operate them manually.[1]

Setlist

The average setlist was as follows.[2] The setlist predominantly featured songs released in the 1980s, particularly omitting all pre-Killing Machine material, except "Victim of Changes". On early US dates, the Turbo song "Hot for Love" and Point of Entry's "Desert Plains" were performed, while "Parental Guidance" was omitted. The Fuel For Life tour also included some of the few Judas Priest shows where "Victim of Changes" was left off the set list.[3]

  1. "Out in the Cold"
  2. "
    Locked In
    "
  3. "Heading Out to the Highway"
  4. "Metal Gods"
  5. "Breaking the Law"
  6. "Love Bites"
  7. "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll"
  8. "The Sentinel"
  9. "Hot For Love" (dropped after May 12, 1986)
  10. "Private Property"
  11. "Desert Plains" (replaced by "Parental Guidance" after August 12, 1986)
  12. "Rock You All Around the World"
  13. "The Hellion / Electric Eye"
  14. "Turbo Lover"
  15. "Freewheel Burning"
  16. "Victim of Changes"
  17. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)"
  18. "Living After Midnight"
  19. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
  20. "Hell Bent for Leather"

On the last night of the tour "Screaming for Vengeance" and "Diamonds and Rust" were also played.

Tour dates

The venues and events of the tour were located in North America, Europe and, Japan.[3][4][5] They were supported by Dokken on the American leg, Bon Jovi on the Canadian tour dates from 14 to 27 July, Krokus on 6 and 8 August, Loudness on 31 August, and Warlock on the European leg.[4]

Date City Country Venue
North American leg
2 May 1986 Albuquerque United States Tingley Coliseum
4 May 1986 Denver Denver Coliseum
6 May 1986 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
8 May 1986 Chandler Compton Terrace
9 May 1986 Laguna Hills
Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
10 May 1986 San Diego
San Diego Sports Arena
11 May 1986 Los Angeles
LA Sports Arena
12 May 1986
14 May 1986 Fresno Selland Arena
15 May 1986 Oakland Oakland Coliseum
16 May 1986 Sacramento Cal Expo Amphitheater
18 May 1986 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
19 May 1986 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
22 May 1986 Kansas City
Sandstone Amphitheater
23 May 1986 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
24 May 1986 Chicago
Rosemont Horizon
25 May 1986 Saint Paul
Saint Paul Civic Center
26 May 1986 Des Moines
Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium
27 May 1986 Kalamazoo
Wings Stadium
28 May 1986 Detroit
Cobo Hall
29 May 1986 Dayton Hara Arena
30 May 1986 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
31 May 1986 Landover Capital Centre
1 June 1986 Philadelphia Spectrum
4 June 1986 Providence
Providence Civic Center
5 June 1986 Worcester
Worcester Centrum
6 June 1986 East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena
7 June 1986 New Haven
New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9 June 1986 Uniondale
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10 June 1986 Rochester
Rochester Community War Memorial
12 June 1986 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
13 June 1986 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
14 June 1986 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
15 June 1986 Atlanta
The Omni
17 June 1986 Lakeland
Lakeland Civic Center
18 June 1986 Hollywood Hollywood Sportatorium
21 June 1986 Houston
The Summit
22 June 1986 Austin Frank Erwin Center
23 June 1986 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center
25 June 1986 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
26 June 1986 Odessa Ector County Coliseum
27 June 1986 Dallas Reunion Arena
28 June 1986 Norman Lloyd Noble Center
13 July 1986 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center
14 July 1986 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
16 July 1986 Calgary Max Bell Centre
17 July 1986 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
19 July 1986 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
23 July 1986 Montreal Montreal Forum
24 July 1986 Quebec City Colisée de Québec
25 July 1986 Ottawa
Ottawa Civic Centre
27 July 1986 Buffalo United States Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
29 July 1986 Troy
RPI Field House
31 July 1986 Portland
Cumberland County Civic Center
3 August 1986 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
5 August 1986 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena
6 August 1986 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
8 August 1986 Saginaw
Wendler Arena
9 August 1986 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
10 August 1986 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater
11 August 1986 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
12 August 1986 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
14 August 1986 Green Bay Brown County Arena
15 August 1986 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
16 August 1986 Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons Center
17 August 1986 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
19 August 1986 Wichita Kansas Coliseum
21 August 1986 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
22 August 1986 Nashville Starwood Amphitheatre
23 August 1986 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
27 August 1986 Baltimore
Baltimore Civic Center
28 August 1986 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
29 August 1986 East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena
31 August 1986 Toronto Canada
CNE Stadium
European leg
28 September 1986 Zwolle Netherlands IJsselhallen
30 September 1986 Offenbach am Main West Germany Stadhalle
1 October 1986
2 October 1986 Stuttgart Böblingen Sporthalle
3 October 1986 Würzburg Carl Diem Halle
4 October 1986 Winterthur Switzerland Eulachhalle
5 October 1986 Munich West Germany Olympiahalle
8 October 1986 Madrid Spain
Estadio Roman Valero
9 October 1986
11 October 1986 San Sebastián Velódromo de Anoeta
13 October 1986 Barcelona Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
15 October 1986 Ludwigshafen West Germany Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
16 October 1986 Saarbrücken Saarlandhalle
17 October 1986 Essen Grugahalle
18 October 1986 Brussels Belgium Forest National
20 October 1986 Paris France Le Zénith
22 October 1986 Hanover West Germany Eilenriedehalle
23 October 1986 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Center
24 October 1986 Stockholm Sweden
Johanneshovs Isstadion
25 October 1986 Gothenburg Frölundaborg
27 October 1986 Drammen Norway Drammenshallen
29 October 1986 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
Japanese leg
3 December 1986 Yokohama Japan Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
4 December 1986 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
6 December 1986 Nagoya Kokaido Hall
8 December 1986 Osaka Festival Hall
10 December 1986 Koseinenkin Hall
11 December 1986 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sunpalace
13 December 1986 Yokohama Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
16 December 1986
Honolulu, Hawaii
 United States
Neil Blaisdell Center

Boxscore

City Venue Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum 8,256 / 10,656[6] $118,033
Denver Coliseum 8,610 / 12,500[6] $136,814
Phoenix Compton Terrace 11,263 / 13,289[6] $160,610
Laguna Hills Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre 14,954 / 15,000 [7] $180,219
San Diego Sports Arena 11,377 / 11,377[7] $157,234
Los Angeles LA Sports Arena 19,917/ 19,917[7] $323,224
Oakland Oakland Coliseum 14,453 / 14,453[7] $214,710
Sacramento Cal Expo Amphitheater 7,400 / 12,200[7] $122,100
Tacoma Tacoma Dome 19,529 / 20,000[7] $312,464
Kalamazoo Wings Stadium 6,623 / 8,113[8] $92,722
Dayton Hara Arena 8,000 / 8,000[8] $104,916
Richfield Coliseum 11,551 / 18,000[8] $161,714
Landover Capitol Centre 17,348 / 17,348[8] $251,546
Philadelphia Spectrum 14,009 / 14,009[8] $195,566
Providence Civic Center 9,143 / 9,784 [9] $119,137
Worcester The Centrum 11,110 / 12,150[10] $145,174
Charlotte Coliseum 7,716 / 12,900[10] $108,503
Atlanta The Omni 7,225 / 17,037[10] $108,375
Dallas Reunion Arena 14,121 / 19,000[11] $221,210
Pittsburgh Civic Arena 7,002 / 12,500[12] $96,277
Cincinnati Gardens 5,987 / 9,500[13] $83,152
Detroit Joe Louis Arena 8,850 / 12,000[13] $132,750
Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum 7,881 / 10,000[12] $114,275
Baltimore Civic Center 8,815 / 13,641[14] $123,961
Toronto CNE Grandstand 13,780 / 15,000[15] $217,724

Personnel

  • Rob Halford – lead vocals
  • Glenn Tipton – guitar
  • K.K. Downing
    – guitar
  • Ian Hill – bass
  • Dave Holland – drums
  • Jonathan Valen – electric drummer technician (American leg)
  • Jim Silvia – tour manager
  • Mick Double – production manager
  • Patricia La Magna – production assistant (American leg)
  • Jayne Andrews – production assistant (European leg)
  • Tom McPhillips – stage design

References

  1. ^ Fuel for Life with Judas Priest – Jonathan Valen.com Archived 16 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ^ Judas Priest Average Setlists of year: 1986 | setlist.fm Archived 16 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b JUDAS PRIEST INFO PAGES – TURBO Archived 18 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 May 2014
  4. ^ a b Tourdates From The Past Archived 27 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine on jugulator.net. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  5. ^ The French Metallian – 1986 tour dates Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 21, 24 may 1986. 24 May 1986.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 22, 31 may 1986. 31 May 1986.
  8. ^ a b c d e Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 24, 14 June 1986. 14 June 1986.
  9. ^ Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 25, 21 June 1986. 21 June 1986.
  10. ^ a b c Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 26, 28 June 1986. 28 June 1986.
  11. ^ "Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 29, 19 july 1986". 19 July 1986.
  12. ^ a b Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 36, 6 september 1986. 6 September 1986.
  13. ^ a b "Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 34, 23 august 1986". 23 August 1986.
  14. ^ Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 37, 13 September 1986. 13 September 1986.
  15. ^ "Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 38, 20 September 1986". 20 September 1986.
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