Love at First Sting World Tour

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Love at First Sting Tour
Tour by Scorpions
Associated album Love at First Sting
Start dateJanuary 23, 1984
End dateSeptember 5, 1986
No. of shows183
Scorpions concert chronology

The Love at First Sting Tour was a concert tour by German rock band Scorpions in support of their album, Love at First Sting. The tour began in Birmingham, England and ended two years later in Madrid, Spain.

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Personnel

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe
23 January 1984 Birmingham England Birmingham Odeon
24 January 1984
25 January 1984 Sheffield Sheffield City Hall
27 January 1984 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo
28 January 1984 Newcastle England Newcastle City Hall
29 January 1984
31 January 1984 Nottingham Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
1 February 1984London Hammersmith Odeon
2 February 1984
4 February 1984 Bristol Colston Hall
5 February 1984 Manchester Manchester Apollo
6 February 1984
10 February 1984 Brussels Belgium Forest National
11 February 1984 Metz France Parc Expo
12 February 1984 Le Mans La Rotonde
14 February 1984 Nantes Le Beaujoire
15 February 1984 Bordeaux Patinoire de Mériadeck
16 February 1984 Toulouse Palais De Sports
18 February 1984 Nice Parc Expo
20 February 1984 Grenoble Alpexpo
22 February 1984 Clermont-Ferrand Palais de Sports
23 February 1984 Lyon Stade de Gerland
24 February 1984 Dijon Palais des Expos
25 February 1984 Marseille Chapiteau
27 February 1984 Strasbourg Hall Rhenus
28 February 1984 Lille Fiore Internationale
29 February 1984Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
North America
17 March 1984 Rapid City United States Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
20 March 1984 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
21 March 1984
22 March 1984 Eugene Lane Events Center
24 March 1984 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
25 March 1984 Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum
27 March 1984 Boise BSU Pavilion
28 March 1984 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
29 March 1984 Las Vegas Aladdin Theatre
31 March 1984 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
1 April 1984 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
2 April 1984 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
4 April 1984 Tucson Tucson Community Center
5 April 1984 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8 April 1984 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center
9 April 1984 Austin Frank Erwin Center
10 April 1984 Houston The Summit
12 April 1984 Dallas Reunion Arena
13 April 1984 Tulsa Tulsa Convention Center
15 April 1984 Norman Lloyd Noble Center
16 April 1984 Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center
17 April 1984 Odessa Ector County Coliseum
20 April 1984 Reno Lawlor Events Center
21 April 1984 Sacramento Cal Expo Amphitheatre
22 April 1984 Fresno Selland Arena
24 April 1984 Inglewood The Forum
25 April 1984
26 April 1984 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
28 April 1984 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheater
29 April 1984 Daly City Cow Palace
30 April 1984
2 May 1984VancouverCanada Pacific Coliseum
4 May 1984 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
5 May 1984 Calgary Stampede Corral
7 May 1984 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
9 May 1984 Saint Paul United States Saint Paul Civic Center
10 May 1984 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Arena
12 May 1984 Valley Center Britt Brown Arena
13 May 1984 Kansas City Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
15 May 1984 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
16 May 1984 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
17 May 1984 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
19 May 1984 Springfield Prairie Capital Convention Center
20 May 1984 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
21 May 1984
23 May 1984
24 May 1984 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
26 May 1984 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
27 May 1984 Charlevoix Castle Farms
28 May 1984 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre
30 May 1984 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
1 June 1984 Philadelphia The Spectrum
2 June 1984 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
3 June 1984 Binghamton Broome County Arena
5 June 1984 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
6 June 1984New York City Madison Square Garden
7 June 1984
8 June 1984
9 June 1984 Providence Providence Civic Center
10 June 1984 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
12 June 1984 Worcester The Centrum
13 June 1984 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
15 June 1984 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center
16 June 1984 Allentown Allentown Fairgrounds
17 June 1984 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
19 June 1984 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
20 June 1984 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena
22 June 1984 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
23 June 1984 Fort Wayne Allen County Coliseum
24 June 1984 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
26 June 1984 Columbus Ohio Center
27 June 1984 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
28 June 1984 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
30 June 1984 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
1 July 1984 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center
3 July 1984 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
4 July 1984 Louisville Louisville Gardens
7 July 1984 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
8 July 1984 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
10 July 1984 St. Petersburg Bayfront Center
11 July 1984 Fort Myers Lee County Civic Center
13 July 1984 San Juan Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium
14 July 1984 Pembroke Pines United States Hollywood Sportatorium
15 July 1984 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
17 July 1984 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
18 July 1984 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
Asia
30 July 1984 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Unknown Venue
1 August 1984 Bangkok Thailand Hua Mark Indoor Stadium
2 August 1984 Manila Philippines Unknown Venue
4 August 1984 Nagoya Japan Super Rock '84 in Japan
6 August 1984 Fukuoka
8 August 1984 Osaka
9 August 1984
11 August 1984 Tokorozawa
12 August 1984
North America
14 August 1984 Anchorage United States George M. Sullivan Arena
17 August 1984 Toronto Canada CNE Grandstand
20 August 1984 Quebec City Colisée de Quebec
21 August 1984 Montréal Montreal Forum
22 August 1984 Syracuse United States Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium
24 August 1984 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
25 August 1984 Harrisburg City Island
26 August 1984 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
28 August 1984 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
29 August 1984 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
31 August 1984 Landover Capital Centre
1 September 1984
2 September 1984 Thornville Legend Valley
Europe
26 October 1984 Würzburg West Germany Carl-Diem-Halle
27 October 1984 Munich Olympiahalle
28 October 1984 Neunkirchen am Brand Hemmerleinhalle
30 October 1984 Siegen Siegerlandhalle
1 November 1984 Essen Grugahalle
2 November 1984 Hannover Eilenriedehalle
3 November 1984 Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
5 November 1984 Saarbrücken Saarlandhalle
7 November 1984 Florence Italy Teatro Tenda
8 November 1984 Milan Teatro Tenda di Lampugnano
10 November 1984 San Sebastián Spain Velódromo de Anoeta
12 November 1984 Madrid Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid
13 November 1984
14 November 1984 Barcelona Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
16 November 1984 Lausanne Switzerland Palais des Sports de Beaulieu
17 November 1984 Cologne West Germany Sporthalle
18 November 1984 Zwolle Netherlands IJsselhallen
20 November 1984 Frankfurt West Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
22 November 1984 Ulm Donauhalle
23 November 1984 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
25 November 1984 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
26 November 1984 Copenhagen Denmark Saga Rockteater
28 November 1984 Hamar Norway Kulturhuset
30 November 1984 Stockholm Sweden Johanneshovs Isstadion
1 December 1984 Karlskoga Nobelhallen
3 December 1984 Hamburg West Germany Congress Centrum Hamburg
South America
15 January 1985 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Rock in Rio
19 January 1985
Japan
28 January 1985FukuokaJapan Fukuoka Sunpalace
29 January 1985 Hiroshima Yuubin Chokin Hall
30 January 1985Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
1 February 1985Nagoya Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall
2 February 1985
4 February 1985 Sapporo Hokkaido Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
6 February 1985 Shizuoka Shizuoka Shimin Bunka Kaikan
7 February 1985Tokyo Nippon Budokan
The Return of the Knebworth Fayre 1985
22 June 1985 Knebworth England Knebworth Park
North America
24 August 1985DallasUnited States Texxas Jam
29 August 1985 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
31 August 1985 Oakland Day on the Green
2 September 1985 Chandler Compton Terrace
Monsters of Rock
16 August 1986 Donington England Donington Park
23 August 1986 Solna Sweden Råsunda Stadium
27 August 1986 Budapest Hungary Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium
30 August 1986 Nuremberg West Germany Zeppelinfeld
31 August 1986 Mannheim Maimarktgelände
3 September 1986BarcelonaSpainEstadio San Andreas
5 September 1986Madrid Nuevo Estadio de Vallecas

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