World Vengeance Tour

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World Vengeance Tour
Tour by Judas Priest
LocationNorth America
Associated album Screaming for Vengeance
Start date26 August 1982
End date21 February 1983
Legs1
No. of shows111
Judas Priest concert chronology

The World Vengeance Tour was a 1982 concert tour by English heavy metal band Judas Priest where they toured throughout North America from 26 August 1982 until 21 February 1983 in support of the 1982 album Screaming for Vengeance.

Contents

Overview

The 12 December 1982 show was filmed and released on multiple video formats; first released on VHS, Beta, VHD and LaserDisc as Judas Priest Live in 1983; as Disc 5 as a DVD on the Metalogy compilation box-set in 2004; and as a separate DVD package entitled Live Vengeance '82 in 2006.

Even though the last United States leg of the tour ended in Honolulu on 21 February 1983, the band would perform their last show of the tour at the 1983 US Festival in San Bernardino, California on 29 May 1983 alongside Quiet Riot, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, Triumph, the Scorpions, and Van Halen. [1] The band's performance is featured as a DVD on the 30th anniversary edition of Screaming for Vengeance. [2]

Personnel

Setlist

  1. "Electric Eye"
  2. "Riding On The Wind"
  3. "Heading Out to the Highway"
  4. "Metal Gods"
  5. "Bloodstone"
  6. "Breaking the Law"
  7. "Sinner"
  8. "Fever" (dropped after 28 August 1982)
  9. "Desert Plains"
  10. "The Ripper"
  11. "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover)
  12. "Devil's Child"
  13. "Screaming for Vengeance"
  14. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
  15. "Victim of Changes"
  16. "Living After Midnight"
  17. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
  18. "Hell Bent for Leather"

Also occasionally played were:

Tour dates

Date [3] [4] CityCountryVenue
North American leg
26 August 1982 [A] Bethlehem United States Stabler Arena
28 August 1982 [A] East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theater
29 August 1982 [A] Springfield Prairie Capital Convention Center
31 August 1982 [B] Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center
2 September 1982 [B] Lubbock Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
3 September 1982 [B] El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
4 September 1982 [B] Odessa Ector County Coliseum
6 September 1982 [B] Lake Charles Sudduth Coliseum
7 September 1982 [B] Houston Sam Houston Coliseum
9 September 1982 [B] Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
10 September 1982 [B] San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center
11 September 1982 [B] Dallas Reunion Arena
12 September 1982 [B] Norman Lloyd Noble Center
14 September 1982 [C] St. Louis The Checkerdome
15 September 1982 [C] Kansas City Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
16 September 1982 [C] Lincoln Pershing Center
17 September 1982 [C] Bloomington Met Center
19 September 1982 [C] Rockford Rockford Metro Center
21 September 1982 [C] Chicago International Amphitheatre
22 September 1982 [C] Richfield Richfield Coliseum
23 September 1982 [C] Trotwood Hara Arena
24 September 1982 [C] Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
25 September 1982 [C] Detroit Cobo Arena
26 September 1982 [C] Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
28 September 1982 [C] Huntington Huntington Civic Center
29 September 1982 [C] Columbus Ohio Center
1 October 1982 [C] Worcester The Centrum
2 October 1982 [C] New York City Madison Square Garden
3 October 1982 [C] Harrisburg City Island
6 October 1982 [C] Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
7 October 1982 [C] Providence Providence Civic Center
8 October 1982 [C] Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center
9 October 1982 [C] New Haven New Haven Coliseum
11 October 1982 [C] Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
12 October 1982 [C] Philadelphia Spectrum
13 October 1982 [C] Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena
15 October 1982 [C] Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
16 October 1982 [C] Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial Arena
18 October 1982 [C] Landover Capital Centre
19 October 1982 [C] Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center
20 October 1982 [C] Salisbury Wicomico Youth and Civic Center
21 October 1982 [C] Norfolk Norfolk Scope
22 October 1982 [C] East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena
23 October 1982 [C] Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
25 October 1982 Quebec City Canada Colisée de Québec
26 October 1982 Montreal Verdun Auditorium
28 October 1982 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
31 October 1982 Arlington Heights United States Arlington Park
4 November 1982 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Arena
6 November 1982 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
7 November 1982 Calgary Max Bell Centre
9 November 1982 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
10 November 1982 Portland United States Veterans Memorial Coliseum
11 November 1982
12 November 1982 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
13 November 1982 Eugene Lane County Exhibition Hall
15 November 1982 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
16 November 1982
17 November 1982 Reno Reno Centennial Coliseum
18 November 1982 Fresno Selland Arena
19 November 1982 [F] Daly City Cow Palace
21 November 1982 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
22 November 1982
23 November 1982 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
24 November 1982 Tucson Tucson Community Center
26 November 1982 Las Vegas Aladdin Theater
27 November 1982 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
29 November 1982 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
1 December 1982 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
2 December 1982 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
5 December 1982 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
6 December 1982 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
8 December 1982 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
9 December 1982 Sunrise Sunrise Musical Theater
11 December 1982 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
12 December 1982 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
14 December 1982 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
15 December 1982 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
4 January 1983 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
5 January 1983 Louisville Louisville Gardens
7 January 1983 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
8 January 1983 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena
9 January 1983 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
11 January 1983 Augusta Augusta Civic Center
12 January 1983 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
14 January 1983 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
15 January 1983 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center
16 January 1983 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
18 January 1983 Erie Erie County Field House
20 January 1983 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
21 January 1983 Milwaukee Mecca Arena
22 January 1983 Madison Dane County Coliseum
24 January 1983 Lansing Lansing Civic Center
25 January 1983 Saginaw Wendler Arena
26 January 1983 Muskegon L.C. Walker Arena
27 January 1983 Terre Haute Hulman Center
29 January 1983 La Crosse La Crosse Center
30 January 1983 Duluth Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
2 February 1983 Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium
3 February 1983LincolnPershing Center
4 February 1983 Salina Bicentennial Center
5 February 1983 Springfield Hammons Center
6 February 1983 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
8 February 1983(F) Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
9 February 1983 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
11 February 1983 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
12 February 1983 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex
14 February 1983 Austin Frank Erwin Center
15 February 1983 Beaumont Beaumont Civic Center
17 February 1983 Tulsa Tulsa Assembly Center
20 February 1983 Honolulu Honolulu International Center
21 February 1983
US Festival '83 (Heavy Metal Day) (29 May 1983)
29 May 1983 San Bernardino United States Glen Helen Pavilion
A This show was supported by The Rods
B This show was supported by Krokus
C This show was supported by Iron Maiden
D This show was supported by Coney Hatch
E This concert was supported by Uriah Heep
F This concert was supported by Heaven

Boxscore

CityVenueTickets sold/AvailableGross revenue (adjusted for inflation)
San AntonioConvention Center13,669/13,669 (100%) [5] $352,356 [5]
DallasReunion Arena11,185/19,000 (59%) [5] $286,898 [5]
BloomingtonMet Center7,005/7,500 (93%) [6] $172,391 [6]
RockfordMetro Center5,244/5,720 (92%) [6] $121,514 [6]
ChicagoInternational Amphitheater10,994/10,994 (100%) [7] $309,024 [7]
DetroitCobo Arena9,366/12,191 (77%) [7] $259,557 [7]
KalamazooWings Stadium6,536/8,000 (82%) [8] $163,088 [8]
ColumbusOhio Center7,179/7,179 (100%) [8] $166,571 [8]
WorcesterThe Centrum8,291/8,547 (97%) [9] $212,441 [9]
New York CityMadison Square Garden16,606/16,606 (100%) [10] $544,678 [10]
New HavenColiseum9,914/9,914 (100%) [9] $254,371 [9]
PhiladelphiaSpectrum13,151/13,151 (100%) [10] $341,088 [10]
LandoverCapital Center16,841/17,431 (97%) [10] $456,752 [10]
East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena17,823/17,823 (100%) [11] $531,799 [11]
RochesterWar Memorial Auditorium10,200/10,200 (100%) [11] $246,250 [11]
TorontoMaple Leaf Gardens11,960/11,960 (100%) [12] $364,796 [12]
EdmontonNorthlands Coliseum8,927/8,927 (100%) [13] $290,769 [13]
CalgaryMax Bell Arena3,965/3,965 (100%) [13] $132,287 [13]
Daly CityCow Palace14,600/14,600 (100%) [14] $427,552 [14]
San DiegoSports Arena10,109/11,200 (90%) [14] $299,513 [14]
PhoenixMemorial Coliseum10,510/10,510 (100%) [15] $292,222 [15]
DenverMcNichols Sports Arena11,922/11,922 (100%) [15] $259,109 [15]
CincinnatiGardens6,344/6,922 (92%) [15] $132,187 [15]
MadisonDane County Coliseum8,357/10,000 (84%) [16] $196,198 [16]
LansingCivic Center4,919/4,919 (100%) [17] $138,069 [17]
SaginawWendler Arena5,959/7,169 (83%) [17] $152,054 [17]
MuskegonL.C Walker Arena5,094/7,112 (72%) [17] $129,982 [17]
SalinaBicentennial Center3,459/5,000 (69%) [18] $90,745 [18]
Little RockBarton Coliseum4,434/7,500 (59%) [18] $116,263 [18]
AustinFrank Erwin Center7,341/7,341 (100%) [18] $174,206 [18]

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  6. 1 2 3 4 "Billboard Magazine 10-02-1982" (PDF).
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Billboard Magazine 10-09-1982" (PDF).
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Billboard Magazine 10-16-1982" (PDF).
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Billboard Magazine 10-23-1982" (PDF).
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Billboard Magazine 10-30-1982" (PDF).
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Billboard Magazine 11-06-1982" (PDF).
  12. 1 2 "Billboard Magazine 11-13-1982" (PDF).
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Billboard Magazine 11-20-1982" (PDF).
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Billboard Magazine 12-11-1982" (PDF).
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Billboard Magazine 12-18-1982" (PDF).
  16. 1 2 "Billboard Magazine 02-05-1983" (PDF).
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Billboard Magazine 02-12-1983" (PDF).
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Billboard Magazine 02-26-1983" (PDF).
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