Blow Up Your Video World Tour

Blow Up Your Video World Tour

Tour by AC/DC
Associated album	Blow Up Your Video
Start date	29 January 1988
End date	13 November 1988
Legs	5
No. of shows	167 played
AC/DC concert chronology

The Blow Up Your Video World Tour was a rock concert tour played by the hard rock band AC/DC, which had 5 legs spreading over the course of 11 months starting on 29 January 1988, in Perth, Australia and finishing on 13 November 1988, in Inglewood, California.

Background

This tour would be the last to feature drummer Simon Wright, before being replaced by Chris Slade in 1989. The tour also saw Malcolm Young step out from the North American Legs due to an alcohol problem. During this period, he was replaced by his nephew, Stevie Young. This was AC/DC's last tour and studio album during the 1980s, and it put them back in the limelight after a few tepid years of commercial woes with their albums.

Every show on the North American leg of tour began with a heatseeking missile pod rising up into the stage; Angus Young would then jump out of the missile pod and the band would open with the song "Heatseeker", off the Blow Up Your Video album.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets Sold / Available	Revenue
Australia/New Zealand
29 January 1988	Perth	Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre
30 January 1988
31 January 1988
1 February 1988
2 February 1988
4 February 1988	Melbourne		National Tennis Centre
5 February 1988
6 February 1988
7 February 1988
8 February 1988
9 February 1988
11 February 1988	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
12 February 1988
13 February 1988
14 February 1988
17 February 1988	Adelaide		Globe Derby Park
19 February 1988	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
21 February 1988	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
22 February 1988
25 February 1988	Auckland	New Zealand	Western Springs
Europe
7 March 1988	Birmingham	England	National Exhibition Centre
8 March 1988
9 March 1988
11 March 1988	London		Wembley Arena
12 March 1988
13 March 1988
15 March 1988	Arnhem	Netherlands	Rijnhal
16 March 1988	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
18 March 1988	Hamburg	West Germany	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
19 March 1988	Malmö	Sweden	Isstadion
21 March 1988	Drammen	Norway	Drammenshallen
23 March 1988	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall
25 March 1988	Stockholm	Sweden	Isstadion
26 March 1988	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
28 March 1988	Berlin	West Germany	Eissporthalle
29 March 1988	Oldenburg		Weser-Ems-Halle
30 March 1988	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
31 March 1988	Essen		Grugahalle
2 April 1988	Cologne		Sporthalle
3 April 1988	Hanover		Niedersachsenhalle
4 April 1988	Karlsruhe		Schwarzwaldhalle
6 April 1988	Paris	France	Le Zénith
8 April 1988	Würzburg	Germany	Carl-Diem-Halle
9 April 1988	Lausanne	Switzerland	Halle Festis Beaulieu
10 April 1988	Munich	West Germany	Olympiahalle
11 April 1988	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
13 April 1988	London	England	Wembley Arena
First North American Leg
3 May 1988	Portland, Maine	United States	Cumberland County Civic Center	19,000 / 19,000	$313,500
4 May 1988
5 May 1988	Hartford, Connecticut		Hartford Civic Center
6 May 1988	Worcester, Massachusetts		The Centrum	24,200 / 24,200	$410,000
7 May 1988
9 May 1988	Philadelphia		The Spectrum	14,188 / 14,188	$237,326
11 May 1988	Ottawa	Canada	Ottawa Civic Centre	9,026 / 9,026	$157,605
12 May 1988	Hamilton, Ontario		Copps Coliseum	14,348 / 14,348	$244,356
13 May 1988	Fort Wayne, Indiana	United States	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	9,794 / 9,794	$154,847
14 May 1988	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena	16,341 / 16,341	$285,968
15 May 1988	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena	12,950 / 16,000	$217,018
17 May 1988	Binghamton, New York		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
18 May 1988
19 May 1988	Providence, Rhode Island		Providence Civic Center
20 May 1988	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Brendan Byrne Arena	17,374 / 17,374	$298,166
21 May 1988	Landover, Maryland		Capital Centre
22 May 1988	Hampton, Virginia		Hampton Coliseum	10,702 / 13,800	$160,885
24 May 1988	Louisville, Kentucky		Freedom Hall	13,578 / 18,000	$213,020
25 May 1988	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
26 May 1988	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
27 May 1988	Richfield, Ohio		Richfield Coliseum
28 May 1988
29 May 1988	Charlevoix, Michigan		Castle Farms
30 May 1988	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
31 May 1988	Toledo, Ohio		Toledo Sports Arena
1 June 1988	Peoria, Illinois		Peoria Civic Center
2 June 1988	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
3 June 1988	Madison, Wisconsin		Dane County Coliseum	10,100 / 10,100	$174,808
4 June 1988	Bloomington, Minnesota		Met Center	27,189 / 35,000	$475,808
5 June 1988
7 June 1988	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Arena
9 June 1988	Saskatoon		Saskatchewan Place
10 June 1988	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
11 June 1988	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome	13,593 / 17,000	$219,401
13 June 1988	Vancouver		BC Place	21,167 / 23,000	$418,110
14 June 1988	Portland, Oregon	United States	Portland Memorial Coliseum
15 June 1988	Spokane, Washington		Spokane Coliseum
16 June 1988	Tacoma, Washington		Tacoma Dome
18 June 1988	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre
19 June 1988	Sacramento, California		California State Fair
21 June 1988	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center
22 June 1988	Long Beach, California		Long Beach Arena	13,694 / 13,694	$232,115
23 June 1988
24 June 1988	Irvine, California		Irvine Meadows	12,862 / 15,000	$215,800
25 June 1988	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena	9,852 / 12,125	$172,410
Second North American leg
20 July 1988	Las Cruces, New Mexico	United States	Pan American Center
21 July 1988	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Tingley Coliseum
22 July 1988	Tucson, Arizona		Tucson Convention Center
23 July 1988	Tempe, Arizona		ASU Activity Center
24 July 1988	Paradise, Nevada		Thomas & Mack Center
26 July 1988	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
27 July 1988	Casper, Wyoming		Casper Events Center
28 July 1988	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
29 July 1988	Omaha, Nebraska		Omaha Civic Auditorium	12,000 / 12,000	$201,765
30 July 1988	Kansas City, Missouri		Kemper Arena	9,215 / 17,000	$155,943
31 July 1988	Valley Center, Kansas		Kansas Coliseum
2 August 1988	Dallas, Texas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
3 August 1988	Shreveport, Louisiana		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum	10,000 / 10,000	$165,000
5 August 1988	San Antonio		San Antonio Convention Center
6 August 1988	Houston		The Summit
7 August 1988	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena	9,000 / 9,000	$152,058
8 August 1988	Pensacola, Florida		Pensacola Civic Center	12,000 / 12,000	$197,365
9 August 1988	Pembroke Pines, Florida		Hollywood Sportatorium	9,979 / 10,900	$157,664
10 August 1988	Tampa, Florida		USF Sun Dome
11 August 1988	Miami		Miami Arena
12 August 1988	Orlando, Florida		Orange County Convention Center	11,273 / 11,273	$180,368
13 August 1988	Jacksonville, Florida		Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum	11,451 / 11,451	$183,216
16 August 1988	Atlanta		The Omni
17 August 1988	Memphis, Tennessee		Mid-South Coliseum
18 August 1988	Little Rock, Arkansas		Barton Coliseum
19 August 1988	Jackson, Mississippi		Mississippi Coliseum
20 August 1988	Birmingham, Alabama		BJCC Coliseum	16,500 / 16,500	$264,083
21 August 1988	Nashville, Tennessee		Municipal Auditorium	9,694 / 9,900	$169,645
22 August 1988	Huntsville, Alabama		Von Braun Civic Center
23 August 1988	Knoxville, Tennessee		Thompson–Boling Arena
24 August 1988	Greenville, South Carolina		Greenville Memorial Auditorium
25 August 1988	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum	14,769 / 23,000	$258,478
26 August 1988	Columbia, South Carolina		Carolina Coliseum
27 August 1988	Greensboro, North Carolina		Greensboro Coliseum	13,619 / 13,619	$226,413
28 August 1988	Charleston, West Virginia		Charleston Civic Center
30 August 1988	New York City		Madison Square Garden	14,723 / 14,723	$279,962
1 September 1988	Glens Falls, New York		Glens Falls Civic Center
2 September 1988	Springfield, Massachusetts		Springfield Civic Center
4 September 1988	Portland, Maine	Cumberland County Civic Center
5 September 1988	Quebec City	Canada	Colisée de Québec
6 September 1988	Montreal		Montreal Forum
7 September 1988	Hamilton, Ontario		Copps Coliseum
8 September 1988	Columbus, Ohio	United States	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum
9 September 1988	Rosemont, Illinois		Rosemont Horizon
10 September 1988	East Troy, Wisconsin		Alpine Valley Music Theatre	15,268 / 20,000	$306,857
11 September 1988	Ionia, Michigan		Ionia Free Fair
Third North American leg
4 October 1988	Glens Falls, New York	United States	Glens Falls Civic Center
5 October 1988	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7 October 1988	Boston		Boston Garden	14,159 / 14,169	$241,697
8 October 1988	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
9 October 1988	Buffalo, New York		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
11 October 1988	Rochester, New York		Rochester Community War Memorial
13 October 1988	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens	15,973 / 15,973	$316,719
15 October 1988	Wheeling, West Virginia	United States	Wheeling Civic Center
16 October 1988	Roanoke, Virginia		Roanoke Civic Center	11,000 / 11,000	$168,446
17 October 1988	Baltimore		Baltimore Arena
18 October 1988	Raleigh, North Carolina		Reynolds Coliseum
20 October 1988	Tallahassee, Florida		Leon County Civic Center
21 October 1988	Atlanta		The Omni
22 October 1988	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena	14,989 / 17,206	$236,077
23 October 1988	Johnson City, Tennessee		Freedom Hall Civic Center	8,926 / 8,926	$156,205
25 October 1988	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
28 October 1988	Little Rock, Arkansas		Barton Coliseum
29 October 1988	Lake Charles, Louisiana		Lake Charles Civic Center
30 October 1988	Austin, Texas		Frank Erwin Center	8,912 / 11,334	$129,805
31 October 1988	Lubbock, Texas		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
1 November 1988	Norman, Oklahoma		Lloyd Noble Center
3 November 1988	Cedar Rapids, Iowa		Five Seasons Center	9,796 / 9,796	$162,707
4 November 1988	Ames, Iowa		Hilton Coliseum	12,725 / 14,600	$203,073
6 November 1988	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena	17,353 / 24,000	$329,961
7 November 1988
9 November 1988	Boise, Idaho		BSU Pavilion	8,985 / 8,985	$138,024
11 November 1988	Daly City, California		Cow Palace	16,000 / 16,000	$296,000
13 November 1988	Inglewood, California		The Forum	13,924 / 13,924	$227,455

Typical set list

1. "Heatseeker"
2. "Shoot to Thrill"
3. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
4. "Back in Black"
5. "Who Made Who"
6. "Jailbreak"
7. "Hells Bells"
8. "Nick of Time" or "Go Zone" (Both songs played on occasions)
9. "Sin City" (played few times)
10. "The Jack"
11. That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll
12. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
13. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" (Played on occasions)
14. "High Voltage"
15. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
16. "Let There Be Rock"

Encore:

1. "Highway to Hell"
2. "T.N.T."
3. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"

References