The Nylon Curtain Tour
Tour by Billy Joel | |
Associated album | The Nylon Curtain |
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Start date | October 24, 1982 |
End date | December 31, 1982 |
Legs | 1 |
No. of shows | 35 |
Billy Joel concert chronology |
The Nylon Curtain Tour was a 1982 concert tour by singer-songwriter Billy Joel. This tour was Joel's first tour following a divorce from his first wife and manager Elizabeth Weber and after a motorcycle accident that occurred earlier in the year.[1]
Background
The tour began on October 24, 1982, in Salt Lake City and ended on December 31, 1982, with a New Year's Eve at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The December 29 show at
Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale was released as the video special Live from Long Island. It was originally broadcast on HBO
in 1983 before it became available on VHS.
This was the first tour following the departure of Richie Cannata on saxophone and keyboards. He was replaced with Mark Rivera (who still performs with Joel, as of 2024) and David LeBolt (who was dismissed after the Bridge Tour in 1987).
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | ||
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North America Leg | |||||
October 24, 1982 | Salt Lake City | United States | |||
October 26, 1982 | Tempe | ASU Activity Center
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October 28, 1982 | Denver | McNichols Sports Arena | |||
October 30, 1982 | Kansas City | Kemper Arena
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November 1, 1982 | Saint Paul | St. Paul Civic Center | |||
November 3, 1982 | St. Louis | Checkerdome | |||
November 4, 1982 | Rosemont | Rosemont Horizon
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November 6, 1982 | Cincinnati | Riverfront Coliseum
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November 7, 1982 | Richfield | Richfield Coliseum | |||
November 9, 1982 | Toronto | Canada | Maple Leaf Gardens | ||
November 10, 1982 | Detroit | United States | Joe Louis Arena | ||
November 11, 1982 | Pittsburgh | Civic Arena | |||
November 13, 1982 | Buffalo | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | |||
November 15, 1982 | Landover | Capital Centre | |||
November 17, 1982 | Worcester | The Centrum
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November 19, 1982 | Hartford | Hartford Civic Center
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November 20, 1982 | Philadelphia | The Spectrum | |||
November 22, 1982 | Greensboro | Greensboro Coliseum | |||
November 24, 1982 | Atlanta | Omni Coliseum | |||
November 25, 1982 | St. Petersburg | Bayfront Center | |||
November 27, 1982 | Pembroke Pines | Hollywood Sportatorium | |||
November 28, 1982 | Jacksonville | Jacksonville Coliseum | |||
November 30, 1982 | Memphis | Mid-South Coliseum | |||
December 2, 1982 | Austin | Frank Erwin Center | |||
December 3, 1982 | Dallas | Reunion Arena | |||
December 5, 1982 | Houston | The Summit
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December 9, 1982 | Portland | Portland Memorial Coliseum
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December 12, 1982 | Oakland | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
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December 14, 1982 | Inglewood | The Forum
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December 17, 1982 | Vancouver | Canada | |||
December 20, 1982 | Edmonton | ||||
December 26, 1982 | East Rutherford | United States | Brendan Byrne Arena
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December 27, 1982 | Bethlehem | Stabler Arena | |||
December 29, 1982 | Uniondale | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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December 31, 1982 | New York City | Madison Square Garden |
Setlist
This setlist is from the December 29 show at
Nassau Coliseum
. It does not represent all the dates throughout the tour.
- "Chain Gang" (Opening Music)
- "Allentown"
- "My Life"
- "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
- "Piano Man"
- "Don't Ask Me Why"
- "The Stranger"
- "Scandinavian Skies"
- "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
- "She's Always a Woman"
- "Pressure"
- "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
- "Just The Way You Are"
- "Goodnight Saigon"
- "Stiletto"
- "Until the Night"
- "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
- "Sometimes a Fantasy"
- "Big Shot"
- "You May Be Right"
- "Only the Good Die Young"
- "Souvenir"
Personnel
- Billy Joel – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, harmonica
- Mark Rivera – saxophone, flute, clarinet, vocals, percussion, keyboards, rhythm guitar
- Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar, vocals
- David Brown – lead guitar, vocals
- Russell Javors – rhythm guitar, vocals
- David Lebolt – keyboards
- Liberty DeVitto – drums, percussion
References
- ^ Bordowitz, Hank. Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man (Revised ed. 2011), p. 217