Mad, Mad World Tour

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Mad, Mad World Tour
Tour by Meat Loaf
Associated album Hell in a Handbasket
Start dateJune 22, 2012
End dateSeptember 2, 2012
Legs1
No. of shows25 in North America
Meat Loaf concert chronology

The Mad, Mad World Tour was a concert tour by American singer Meat Loaf that started on June 22, 2012 in Austin, Texas, and concluded on October 19, 2012 in Uncasville, Connecticut. The tour was in support of his Hell in a Handbasket album. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [4]
June 22, 2012 Austin United States ACL Live at the Moody Theater
June 24, 2012 Mexico City Mexico Pepsi Centre WTC
June 27, 2012Los AngelesUnited States Wiltern Theatre
June 30, 2012 Snoqualmie Snoqualmie Casino
July 2, 2012 Eagle Eagle River Pavilion
July 7, 2012 Valley Center Harrah's Rincon
July 17, 2012 Montclair Wellmont Theatre
July 19, 2012 New Brunswick New Brunswick State Theatre
July 21, 2012 Hopewell CMAC Arts Center
July 23, 2012 Englewood Bergen Performing Arts Center
July 25, 2012 Bethlehem Sands Bethlehem Event Center
July 27, 2012 Atlantic City House of Blues Atlantic City
July 29, 2012 Niagara Falls Seneca Allegany Casino Events Center
July 31, 2012 Boston Bank of America Pavilion
August 2, 2012 Upper Darby Township Tower Theater
August 15, 2012 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall
August 17, 2012 Durham Durham Performing Arts Center
August 19, 2012 Biloxi IP Casino Resort & Spa
August 21, 2012 Hershey Hershey Theatre
August 24, 2012 Hammond The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
August 26, 2012 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
August 29, 2012 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
August 31, 2012 Robinsonville Horseshoe Casino Tunica
September 2, 2012 Bossier City Horseshoe Bossier City
October 19, 2012 Prior Lake Mystic Lake Casino
October 19, 2012 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
October 21, 2012 Cedar Falls McLeod Center
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
August 4, 2012 North Bay, CanadaNorth Bay Waterfront ParkPart of "North Bay Summer in the Park Festival", cancelled due to bad weather

Setlist

  1. Runnin' For the Red Light
  2. Dead Ringer For Love
  3. If It Ain't Broke, Break It
  4. Stand in the Storm
  5. Paradise By the Dashboard Light
  6. Living on the Outside
  7. Los Angeloser
  8. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
  9. The Giving Tree
  10. Mad, Mad World
  11. Our Love and Our Souls
  12. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
  13. Rock n' Roll Dreams Come Through
  14. Bat Out of Hell
  15. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
  16. Boneyard/ Freebird/ All Revved Up With No Place To Go (At Durham concert 2/3 Ain't Bad)

Band

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References

  1. ↑ "Meat Loaf Announces 'Mad, Mad World' Summer Tour". Meatloaf. 2012-04-05. Archived from the original on 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  2. ↑ "Meatloaf Announces Tour, June Wiltern Theatre Date". Hollywood Icon Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  3. ↑ "Meatloaf Meat Loaf Announces 2012 Tour Dates". UltimateGuitar. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  4. ↑ Sources for North America Leg:
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