Painkiller Tour

The Painkiller Tour was a concert tour by English heavy metal band Judas Priest which was in support of the album Painkiller. It ran from 18 October 1990 until 15 April 1991.

Painkiller Tour

Tour by Judas Priest
Associated album	Painkiller
Start date	18 October 1990
End date	15 April 1991
No. of shows	63 in North America 43 in Europe 4 in Oceania 1 in South America 111 total
Judas Priest concert chronology

This tour introduced new drummer Scott Travis from Racer X, who joined the band in 1989 after previous drummer Dave Holland's departure that same year. He has remained with the band ever since, surpassing Holland as the band's longest serving drummer.

Pre-tour

Judas Priest performed at the third annual Foundations Forum in Los Angeles on 13 September 1990, the day before the release of Painkiller. It was recorded and put together along with the performance from Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson's solo band (recorded on 27 June 1990 in London) as a bootlegged split live album.^[1] The setlist for the event is as follows:

1. "Riding on the Wind"
2. "Grinder"
3. "Heading Out to the Highway"
4. "Between the Hammer and the Anvil"
5. "Bloodstone"
6. "Better By You, Better Than Me" (Spooky Tooth cover)
7. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)"(Fleetwood Mac cover)
8. "Leather Rebel"
9. "Hell Bent for Leather"
10. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

Encore:

1. "Living After Midnight"

Note

• The live versions of "Better By You, Better Than Me" and "Leather Rebel" appear as bonus tracks on the 2001 re-issues of Stained Class and Painkiller respectively.

Setlist

^[2]

1. "Blood Red Skies" (Intro Only)
2. "Hell Bent for Leather"
3. "Grinder"
4. "The Hellion"
5. "Electric Eye"
6. "All Guns Blazing"
7. "Between The Hammer And The Anvil" (Replaced by "The Sentinel" after 29 October 1990)
8. "Metal Gods"
9. "Bloodstone" (Dropped after 19 October 1990)
10. "Night Crawler"
11. "The Ripper"
12. "Beyond the Realms of Death"
13. "Metal Meltdown" (Replaced by "Riding On The Wind" after 25 October 1990)
14. Drum Solo (Added 31 October 1990(?)*)
15. "A Touch of Evil" (Removed after 11 February 1991)
16. "Victim of Changes"
17. "Painkiller"
18. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
19. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

Encore:

1. "Breaking the Law"
2. "Living After Midnight"

"Heading Out to the Highway" was also played once.

Tour dates

The band toured with Megadeth and Testament on the North American leg and with Pantera and Annihilator on the European and UK leg. Exodus and Death Angel were originally billed for the European leg, but were dropped for unknown reasons and was replaced by Pantera.^[3][4] They also performed at the second annual Rock in Rio festival with Queensrÿche, Megadeth, Lobão and Sepultura on 23 January 1991.^[5][6]

Date	City	Country	Venue
North American leg #1
18 October 1990	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
19 October 1990	Quebec City		Colisée de Québec
22 October 1990	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens
25 October 1990	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena
26 October 1990	Regina		Regina Agridome
28 October 1990	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome
29 October 1990	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
31 October 1990	Vancouver		Pacific Coliseum
1 November 1990	Portland	United States	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
2 November 1990	Spokane		Spokane Coliseum
3 November 1990	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
4 November 1990	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
5 November 1990	Oakland		Oakland-Alameda County Arena
7 November 1990	Tempe		ASU Activity Center
8 November 1990	Los Angeles		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
9 November 1990	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
10 November 1990	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
11 November 1990
12 November 1990	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
14 November 1990	El Paso		Special Events Center
16 November 1990	San Antonio		Hemisfair Arena
17 November 1990	Dallas		Reunion Arena
18 November 1990	Houston		The Summit
20 November 1990	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
21 November 1990	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
23 November 1990	Tulsa		Expo Square Pavilion
24 November 1990	Kansas City		Municipal Auditorium
25 November 1990	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
27 November 1990	Columbus		Taft Coliseum
28 November 1990	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
29 November 1990	Saint Paul		St. Paul Civic Center
1 December 1990	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
2 December 1990	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
3 December 1990	Dayton		Hara Arena
5 December 1990	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
6 December 1990	Rochester		War Memorial Auditorium
7 December 1990	Worcester		Centrum in Worcester
8 December 1990	New Haven		New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9 December 1990	Landover		Capital Centre
11 December 1990	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
13 December 1990	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
14 December 1990	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
15 December 1990	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
16 December 1990	Philadelphia		Spectrum
17 December 1990	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
19 December 1990	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center
20 December 1990	Miami		Miami Arena
21 December 1990	Tampa		USF Sun Dome
23 December 1990	Orlando		Orlando Arena
9 January 1991	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
10 January 1991	Binghamton		Broome County Memorial Arena
11 January 1991	Syracuse		Oncenter War Memorial Arena
12 January 1991	Providence		Providence Civic Center
14 January 1991	Albany		Knickerbocker Arena
15 January 1991	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania		Kingston Armory
16 January 1991	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
17 January 1991	Kalamazoo		Wings Event Center
18 January 1991	Pittsburgh		Palumbo Center
Rock in Rio II
23 January 1991	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Maracanã Stadium
European Leg
31 January 1991	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen
1 February 1991	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
2 February 1991	Stockholm		Hovet
4 February 1991	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall
6 February 1991	Oslo	Norway	Rockefeller Music Hall
8 February 1991	Essen	Germany	Grugahalle
9 February 1991	Hamburg		Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
11 February 1991	Berlin		Eissporthalle an der Jafféstraße
12 February 1991	Hanover		Eilenriedehalle
14 February 1991	Saarbrücken		Saarlandhalle
15 February 1991	Ravensburg		Oberschwabenhalle
16 February 1991	Würzburg		s.Oliver Arena
18 February 1991	Offenbach		Stadthalle Offenbach
19 February 1991	Munich		Olympiahalle
20 February 1991	Vienna	Austria	Bank-Austria Zelt
21 February 1991	Graz		Eisstadion Liebenau
23 February 1991	Lucerne	Switzerland	Festhalle
24 February 1991	Bolzano	Italy	Palasport / Stadthalle
25 February 1991	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	Tivoli Hall
26 February 1991	Zagreb		Dom Sportova
1 March 1991	Rome	Italy	Teatro Tendastrisce
2 March 1991	Brescia		Palasport
4 March 1991	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
5 March 1991	Ludwigshafen am Rhein		Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
6 March 1991	Koblenz		Rhein-Mosel Halle
8 March 1991	Zaragoza	Spain	Plaza de Toros de Zaragoza
9 March 1991	San Sebastián		Velódromo de Anoeta
10 March 1991	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
12 March 1991	Villeurbanne	France	Le Transbordeur
13 March 1991	Cascais	Portugal	Pavilhão do Grupo Dramático e Sportivo de Cascais
15 March 1991	Arnhem	Netherlands	Rijnhal
16 March 1991	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
17 March 1991	Paris	France	Le Zénith
19 March 1991	Aston	England	Aston Arena
20 March 1991	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
22 March 1991	London		Hammersmith Apollo
23 March 1991
24 March 1991	Newport	Wales	Newport Centre
26 March 1991	Sheffield	England	Sheffield City Hall
27 March 1991	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall
28 March 1991	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
30 March 1991	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Ulster Hall
31 March 1991	Dublin	Ireland	SFX Centre
North American leg #2
4 April 1991	Fairbanks	United States	Carlson Center
7 April 1991	Anchorage		William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center
8 April 1991
Asia leg
12 April 1991	Osaka	Japan	Osaka-jō Hall
13 April 1991	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena
14 April 1991	Tokyo		NHK Hall
15 April 1991			Yoyogi National Gymnasium

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