Afterburner World Tour

Afterburner Tour

World tour by ZZ Top
Associated album	'Afterburner
Start date	January 30, 1986
End date	March 21, 1987
Legs	5
ZZ Top concert chronology

The Afterburner Tour was a concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. The tour took place in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. The set list featured material from the band's previous six studio albums. Venues were mostly arenas.

Set list

1. "Got Me Under Pressure"
2. "Sleeping Bag"
3. "Waitin' for the Bus"
4. "Jesus Just Left Chicago"
5. "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
6. "Ten Foot Pole"
7. "Manic Mechanic"
8. "Heard It on the X"
9. "Rough Boy"
10. "Cheap Sunglasses"
11. "Arrested for Driving While Blind"
12. "Legs"
13. "Sharp Dressed Man"
14. "Can't Stop Rockin'"
15. "Party on the Patio"
16. "Velcro Fly"
17. "Tube Snake Boogie"
18. "La Grange"
19. "Tush"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / available	Revenue	Opening act(s)
Leg 1: arenas in North America
January 30, 1986	Lake Charles	United States	Lake Charles Civic Center	8,309 / 8,309	$124,635	Jimmy Barnes
January 31, 1986	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum	10,000 / 10,000	$150,000
February 1, 1986	Wichita		Kansas Coliseum	12,200 / 12,200	$183,000
February 2, 1986	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium	12,000 / 12,000	$180,000
February 4, 1986	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center	9,856 / 9,856	$147,840
February 5, 1986	Madison		Dane County Coliseum	10,100 / 10,100	$149,775
February 6, 1986	St. Paul		St. Paul Civic Center	44,066 / 44,066	$660,990
February 7, 1986
February 8, 1986
February 11, 1986	Bismarck		Bismarck Civic Center	7,145 / 7,145	$107,175
February 12, 1986	Rapid City		Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
February 14, 1986	Ames		Hilton Coliseum	12,505 / 12,505	$187,620
February 15, 1986	Rockford		MetroCentre	9,072 / 9,072	$136,080
February 16, 1986	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
February 17, 1986
February 19, 1986	St. Louis		The Arena	29,069 / 29,069	$436,035
February 20, 1986
February 23, 1986	Chattanooga		University of Tennessee Arena	12,000 / 12,000	$177,105
February 24, 1986	Lexington		Rupp Arena
February 25, 1986	Champaign		Assembly Hall
February 26, 1986	Chicago		Rosemont Horizon
February 27, 1986
March 1, 1986	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum	14,749 / 14,749	$224,922
March 2, 1986	Carbondale		SIU Arena
March 5, 1986	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum	20,440 / 20,440	$306,600
March 6, 1986
March 7, 1986	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center	23,340 / 23,340	$250,100
March 8, 1986
March 9, 1986	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum	10,000 / 10,000	$150,000
March 11, 1986	Baton Rouge		LSU Assembly Center
March 14, 1986	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum	15,600 / 15,600	$225,090	Jimmy Barnes
March 15, 1986	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum	10,112 / 10,112	$151,680
March 16, 1986	Birmingham		Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum	14,825 / 14,825	$222,375
March 18, 1986	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum	11,365 / 11,365	$170,475
March 19, 1986	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center	19,904 / 19,904	$298,560
March 20, 1986
March 21, 1986	Hollywood		Sportatorium	23,363 / 23,363	$350,445
March 22, 1986
March 26, 1986	Atlanta		The Omni	46,752 / 46,752	$701,280
March 27, 1986
March 28, 1986
March 29, 1986	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum	12,162 / 12,162	$178,830
March 30, 1986	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum	12,647 / 12,647	$189,705
April 2, 1986	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center	10,840 / 10,840	$162,600
April 3, 1986	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	15,887 / 15,887	$266,605
April 4, 1986	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center	12,881 / 12,881	$190,365
April 5, 1986	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum	12,500 / 12,500	$185,100
April 6, 1986	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum	13,602 / 13,602	$204,030
April 9, 1986	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena	43,107 / 43,107	$657,771
April 10, 1986
April 11, 1986
April 12, 1986	Toledo		Centennial Hall	9,213 / 9,213	$135,810
April 15, 1986	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	13,398 / 13,398	$200,970
April 16, 1986	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum	18,701 / 19,329	$280,515
April 17, 1986	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena	30,774 / 30,774	$461,610
April 18, 1986
April 19, 1986	Wheeling		Civic Center	9,756 / 10,000	$147,885
April 21, 1986	Worcester		The Centrum	37,500 / 37,500	$567,006
April 22, 1986
April 23, 1986
April 25, 1986	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center	38,673 / 38,673	$589,680
April 26, 1986
April 28, 1986
April 30, 1986	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena	28,816 / 28,816	$432,240
May 1, 1986
May 4, 1986	Murfreesboro	Murphy Center	11,190 / 11,190	$117,412
May 5, 1986	Knoxville	Stokely Athletic Center	10,687 / 10,687	$155,996
Leg 2: arenas and amphitheaters in North America
May 24, 1986	Landover	Capital Centre	62,924 / 62,924	$975,322	The Del Fuegos
May 25, 1986
May 26, 1986
May 27, 1986
May 28, 1986	Philadelphia	The Spectrum	31,288 / 31,288	$471,851	Honeymoon Suite
May 29, 1986
June 1, 1986	Providence	Providence Civic Center	22,391 / 24,000	$342,732	The Del Fuegos
June 2, 1986
June 3, 1986	Portland	Cumberland County Civic Center	19,000 / 19,000	$285,000
June 4, 1986
June 6, 1986	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 7, 1986
June 9, 1986	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Brendan Byrne Arena	45,862 / 48,000	$728,217	The Del Fuegos
June 10, 1986
June 11, 1986
June 13, 1986	Uniondale	Nassau Coliseum	15,956 / 15,956	$263,274
June 15, 1986	Clarkston	Pine Knob Music Theatre			The Call
June 16, 1986	Charlevoix	Castle Farms
June 20, 1986	East Troy	Alpine Valley Music Theatre
June 21, 1986
June 22, 1986	Evansville	Roberts Stadium	12,419 / 12,419	$186,285
June 26, 1986	Hoffman Estates	Poplar Creek Music Theater
June 28, 1986	Thornville	Buckeye Lake Music Center
July 5, 1986	Williamsburg	William & Mary Hall			The Smithereens
July 7, 1986	New Haven	New Haven Coliseum
July 10, 1986	Tulsa	Tulsa Convention Center	17,275 / 17,984	$259,640	The Unforgiven
July 11, 1986
July 15, 1986	Casper	Casper Events Center
July 16, 1986	Pocatello	Minidome	8,723 / 8,723	$130,845	The Unforgiven
July 17, 1986	Boise	BSU Pavilion
July 19, 1986	Angels Camp	Calaveras County Fairgrounds (Mountain Aire Music Festival)	36,426 / 36,426	$911,379	Night Ranger Missing Persons Autograph The Unforgiven
July 20, 1986
July 22, 1986	Portland	Memorial Coliseum	19,288 / 19,288	$298,964	The Unforgiven
July 23, 1986
July 24, 1986	Pullman	WSU Performing Arts Coliseum	7,204 / 7,204	$108,060
July 25, 1986	Tacoma	Tacoma Dome	36,899 / 36,899	$575,779
July 26, 1986
July 29, 1986	Pullman	WSU Performing Arts Coliseum
July 30, 1986	Denver	McNichols Arena
July 31, 1986
August 1, 1986	Albuquerque	Tingley Coliseum	10,454 / 10,454	$162,037
August 2, 1986	Las Cruces	Pan American Center	12,311 / 12,311	$190,546
August 5, 1986	Las Vegas	Thomas & Mack Center	10,545 / 10,545	$163,448	Honeymoon Suite
August 6, 1986	San Diego	San Diego Sports Arena	12,507 / 12,507	$200,112
August 8, 1986	San Francisco	Cow Palace	42,952 / 42,952	$708,708
August 9, 1986
August 10, 1986
August 14, 1986	Inglewood	The Forum	43,721 / 43,721	$758,903
August 15, 1986
August 16, 1986
August 19, 1986	Phoenix	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	16,088 / 16,088	$257,408
August 21, 1986	Odessa	Ector County Coliseum	8,488 / 8,488	$140,052	Van Wilks
August 22, 1986	San Antonio	San Antonio Convention Center	11,797 / 11,797	$202,338
August 23, 1986	Austin	Frank Erwin Center	16,700 / 16,700	$286,807
August 25, 1986	Houston	The Summit	39,968 / 39,968	$699,440	Honeymoon Suite
August 26, 1986
August 27, 1986
August 30, 1986	Dallas	Reunion Arena	62,113 / 62,113	$1,086,978
August 31, 1986
September 1, 1986
September 2, 1986
Leg 3: arenas in Europe ("Can't Stop Rocking")
September 12, 1986	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion			Bonfire
September 14, 1986	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
September 16, 1986	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall
September 18, 1986	Drammen	Norway	Drammenshallen
September 20, 1986	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
September 21, 1986	Cologne		Sporthalle
September 22, 1986	Mannheim		Eisstadion
September 23, 1986	Frankfurt		Eissporthalle
September 24, 1986	Nuremberg		Frankenhalle
September 26, 1986	Würzburg		Carl-Diem-Halle
September 27, 1986	Munich		Olympiahalle
September 29, 1986	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
September 30, 1986
October 1, 1986
October 2, 1986	Lyon		Palais des Sports
October 3, 1986	Grenoble		Palais des Sports
October 4, 1986	Fréjus		Arènes de Fréjus
October 5, 1986	Nîmes		Arena of Nîmes
October 6, 1986	Bordeaux		Patinoire de Mériadeck
October 8, 1986	Clermont-Ferrand		Maison des Sports
October 9, 1986	Lille		Espace Foire
October 11, 1986	Hamburg	Germany	Sporthalle
October 12, 1986	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
October 13, 1986	Arnhem	Netherlands	Rijnhal			Dr. Feelgood
October 14, 1986	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyer-Halle			Bonfire
October 15, 1986	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
October 18, 1986	Stafford	England	Bingley Hall
October 20, 1986	London		Wembley Arena			Terraplane
October 21, 1986
October 23, 1986
October 25, 1986	Berlin	Germany	Deutschlandhalle			Bonfire
Leg 4: arenas and stadiums in Asia and Oceania
February 1, 1987	Tokyo	Japan	Budokan
February 19, 1987	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall
February 25, 1987	Melbourne	Australia	Olympic Park			Rose Tattoo
February 27, 1987	Gold Coast		Surfers Paradise Raceway			The Angels Rose Tattoo
March 1, 1987	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
March 2, 1987
March 3, 1987
March 4, 1987
March 6, 1987	Adelaide		Memorial Drive			Rose Tattoo
March 7, 1987
March 9, 1987	Perth		Perth Entertainment Centre
March 10, 1987
March 14, 1987	Auckland	New Zealand	Western Springs Stadium			Jimmy Barnes Knightshade
March 21, 1987	Honolulu	United States	Aloha Stadium			Run-D.M.C. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

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