Stiff Upper Lip World Tour

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Stiff Upper Lip World Tour
Tour by AC/DC
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Angus Young performing at Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Oceania
  • Asia
Associated album Stiff Upper Lip
Start date1 August 2000 (2000-08-01)
End date8 July 2001 (2001-07-08)
Legs6
No. of shows143
AC/DC concert chronology

The Stiff Upper Lip World Tour was a concert tour by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC in support of their fourteenth studio album, Stiff Upper Lip , which was released in 28 February 2000. This tour had 6 legs around the world lasting 11 months starting on 1 August 2000 in Grand Rapids, Michigan finishing on 8 July 2001 in Cologne, Germany.

Contents

Background

The tour began on 1 August 2000 at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, United States. [1] The stage show featured a 40-foot bronze Angus statue with horns which was featured on the cover of the band's fourteenth studio album, Stiff Upper Lip. During the show, the statue released smoke out of its mouth with fire coming out of the head of its guitar. The Munich, Germany show on 14 June was filmed for Stiff Upper Lip Live . [2]

A fan was fatally injured at the 14 October show in Ghent, Belgium when he fell several metres onto a concrete floor. [3] In Phoenix, Arizona, a "fan" chucked two bottles of beer at Angus Young and was brought out of the concert by security during the breakdown of "Bad Boy Boogie". [4]

Reception

Dale Martin, a reporter for the Victoria Advocate described the Alamodome show he attended as a triumphant return for the band, with fans welcoming them in full force - even as the audience got on their feet for the band's opening song, "You Shook Me All Night Long". He described the concert as "intense", detailing that Angus Young was his usual hyperactive self, as well as noting on the stage theatrics that were kept to a minimum, featuring a 30-foot high statue of Angus to remind the audience of his popularity. He noted that while the older fans were satisfied with the older material being performed, the younger audience were more familiar with the new material the band performed that night. [5]

Setlist

The setlist for the tour featured the band's classic songs, but did not feature as many songs off of the new album. [1]

  1. "Stiff Upper Lip"
  2. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
  3. "Problem Child" or "Shot Down in Flames"
  4. "Thunderstruck"
  5. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be"
  6. "Hard as a Rock"
  7. "Shoot to Thrill"
  8. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
  9. "Safe in New York City" or "Sin City" or "What Do You Do for Money Honey"
  10. "Bad Boy Boogie"
  11. "Hells Bells"
  12. "Meltdown" or "Get It Hot" or "Satellite Blues" or "Up to My Neck in You"
  13. "The Jack"
  14. "Back in Black"
  15. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
  16. "Highway to Hell"
  17. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
  18. "Let There Be Rock"

Encore

  2. "T.N.T."
  3. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
  4. "Ride On"

Tour dates

List of 2000 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act [6]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening act
1 August 2000 Grand Rapids United States Van Andel Arena Slash's Snakepit
3 August 2000 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
4 August 2000 Cleveland Gund Arena
6 August 2000 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
8 August 2000 Boston FleetCenter
10 August 2000 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
11 August 2000
12 August 2000 Ottawa Corel Centre
14 August 2000 Quebec City Colisée Pepsi
15 August 2000 Montreal Molson Centre
17 August 2000 Atlanta United States Philips Arena
19 August 2000 Bristow Nissan Pavilion
20 August 2000 Philadelphia First Union Center
22 August 2000 Wilkes-Barre First Union Civic Arena
24 August 2000 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
25 August 2000 New York City Madison Square Garden
27 August 2000 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
29 August 2000 Cincinnati Firstar Center
30 August 2000 Milwaukee Bradley Center
31 August 2000 Tinley Park New World Music Theatre
2 September 2000 Minneapolis Target Center
3 September 2000 [7] Kansas City Kemper Arena
5 September 2000 St. Louis Kiel Center
7 September 2000 Dallas Reunion Arena
8 September 2000 Houston Compaq Center
9 September 2000 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
11 September 2000 San Antonio Alamodome
13 September 2000 Phoenix America West Arena
14 September 2000 Paradise Thomas & Mack Center
16 September 2000 San Bernardino Blockbuster Pavilion
17 September 2000 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
19 September 2000 San Jose San Jose Arena
20 September 2000 Oakland The Arena in Oakland
22 September 2000 Sacramento ARCO Arena
14 October 2000 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo
15 October 2000 Amnéville France Galaxie Amnéville
18 October 2000 Stuttgart Germany Schleyerhalle
19 October 2000
21 October 2000 Munich Olympiahalle
22 October 2000
24 October 2000 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
25 October 2000
27 October 2000 Berlin Velodrom
28 October 2000 Oberhausen Oberhausen Arena
29 October 2000 Cologne Kölnarena
31 October 2000 Paris France Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy
1 November 2000
3 November 2000 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
4 November 2000 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
5 November 2000 Stockholm Globen Arena
7 November 2000 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
8 November 2000 Turku Elysee Arena
11 November 2000 Leipzig Germany Messehallen
12 November 2000
13 November 2000 Utrecht Netherlands Prins Van Oranjehal
15 November 2000CologneGermanyKölnarena
16 November 2000 Hanover Preussag Arena
18 November 2000 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
19 November 2000
21 November 2000 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
22 November 2000
24 November 2000 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhallen
25 November 2000 Riesa WS Arena
28 November 2000 Birmingham England NEC Arena
30 November 2000 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
1 December 2000 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
2 December 2000 Glasgow Scotland S.E.C.C. Arena
4 December 2000 London England Wembley Arena
5 December 2000
10 December 2000 Madrid Spain Palacio de los Deportes
11 December 2000
12 December 2000
14 December 2000 Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi
List of 2001 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act [6]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening act
19 January 2001 Perth Australia Burswood Dome The Living End
20 January 2001
24 January 2001 [lower-alpha 1] Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
27 January 2001 Hobart TCA Ground
30 January 2001 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
31 January 2001
1 February 2001
3 February 2001 Canberra Exhibition Park
5 February 2001 Boondall Brisbane Entertainment Centre
6 February 2001
8 February 2001SydneySydney Entertainment Centre
9 February 2001
11 February 2001 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
12 February 2001
14 February 2001
15 February 2001SydneySydney Entertainment Centre
19 February 2001 Yokohama Japan Yokohama Arena —
20 February 2001
23 February 2001 Osaka Osaka Castle Hall
18 March 2001 Sunrise United States National Car Rental Center Wide Mouth Mason [1]
20 March 2001 Orlando TD Waterhouse Centre
21 March 2001 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
23 March 2001 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center
24 March 2001 Memphis Pyramid Arena
26 March 2001 North Little Rock Alltel Arena
28 March 2001 [8] Greenvile BI-LO Center
29 March 2001 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
31 March 2001 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
1 April 2001 Raleigh Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena
3 April 2001 Fairborn Ervin J. Nutter Center
4 April 2001 Columbus Nationwide Arena
6 April 2001ClevelandGund Arena
8 April 2001 Chicago United Center
9 April 2001 St. Paul Xcel Energy Center
11 April 2001 Denver Pepsi Center
12 April 2001 West Valley City E Center
14 April 2001 Inglewood Great Western Forum
16 April 2001 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
17 April 2001SacramentoARCO Arena
18 April 2001 Portland Rose Garden Arena
20 April 2001 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
22 April 2001 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
23 April 2001
25 April 2001 Edmonton Skyreach Centre
26 April 2001 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome
28 April 2001 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
29 April 2001 Fargo United States Fargodome
4 May 2001BostonFleetCenter
5 May 2001Philadelphia First Union Spectrum
8 May 2001New York CityMadison Square Garden
9 May 2001 [lower-alpha 2] Albany Pepsi Arena
11 May 2001 [lower-alpha 3] Madison Kohl Center
12 May 2001 [lower-alpha 4] Detroit Joe Louis Arena
8 June 2001 Milton Keynes England National Bowl Megadeth
Queens of the Stone Age
The Offspring
10 June 2001 Hockenheim Germany Hockenheimring Buddy Guy
Die Toten Hosen
Megadeth
12 June 2001 Prague Czech Republic Strahov Stadium Rammstein
14 June 2001MunichGermany Olympiastadion Brings
Cane
16 June 2001 Klettwitz Lausitzring Die Toten Hosen
Megadeth
17 June 2001Hanover Niedersachsenstadion Megadeth
Brings
20 June 2001ZürichSwitzerland Letzigrund Megadeth
The Offspring
22 June 2001 Saint-Denis [lower-alpha 5] France Stade de France The Offspring
Pure Rubbish
24 June 2001Gothenburg Sweden Ullevi Megadeth
LOK
Hardcore Superstar
26 June 2001 Helsinki Finland Olympiastadion George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Jim Suhler
29 June 2001 Nuremberg Germany Frankenstadion The Black Crows
Die Toten Hosen
1 July 2001 Hamburg Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld The Black Crows
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
4 July 2001 Turin Italy Stadio delle Alpi Gotthard
Hardcore Superstar
6 July 2001 Basel Switzerland St. Jakob-Park Krokus
Nikki Costa
8 July 2001CologneGermany Müngersdorfer Stadion Die Toten Hosen
Cane

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
DateCityVenueAttendanceGrossRef(s)
13 September 2000Phoenix, United StatesAmerica West Arena11,405 / 12,000$512,087 [9]
18 March 2001Sunrise, United StatesNational Car Rental Center13,349 / 14,157$534,555 [10]
21 March 2001Tampa, United StatesIce Palace13,144 / 15,087$498,836
23 March 2001Nashville, United StatesGaylord Entertainment Center14,312 / 14,312$634,923
24 March 2001Memphis, United StatesThe Pyramid12,237 / 14,000$519,265 [11]
26 March 2001North Little Rock, United StatesAlltel Arena9,587 / 12,000$402,855
29 March 2001Greensboro, United StatesColiseum12,557 / 13,503$490,555 [10]
31 March 2001Charlotte, United StatesColiseum16,882 / 16,882$661,855
1 April 2001Raleigh, United StatesEntertainment and Sports Arena9,598 / 13,805$393,340 [12]
4 April 2001Columbus, United StatesNationwide Arena14,239 / 14,239$570,416
6 April 2001Cleveland, United StatesGund Arena16,316 / 16,316$687,975 [13]
8 April 2001Chicago, United StatesUnited Center14,178 / 14,178$624,540 [12]
9 April 2001Saint Paul, United StatesXcel Energy Center14,484 / 16,500$615,420
11 April 2001Denver, United StatesPepsi Center12,853 / 12,853$563,425 [14]
12 April 2001West Valley City, United StatesE Center10,520 / 10,520$466,650 [15]
14 April 2001Inglewood, United StatesGreat Western Forum13,909 / 13,909$554,105 [13]
16 April 2001Long Beach, United StatesArena10,187 / 10,187$487,654 [14]
19 April 2001Portland, United StatesRose Garden13,722 / 13,722$601,740 [13]
20 April 2001Tacoma, United StatesDome19,504 / 19,504$858,860
29 April 2001Fargo, United StatesFargodome21,494 / 21,494$887,598 [15]
5 May 2001Philadelphia, United StatesFirst Union Spectrum13,526 / 13,526$556,620 [16]
9 May 2001Albany, United StatesPepsi Arena10,397 / 11,682$468,665
11 May 2001Madison, United StatesKohl Center Arena11,262 / 11,577$466,905 [17]

Personnel

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally scheduled for 23 January 2001.
  2. ↑ Originally scheduled for 7 May 2001.
  3. ↑ Originally scheduled for 1 May 2001.
  4. ↑ Originally scheduled for 2 May 2001.
  5. ↑ Billed as Paris.

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References

Citations

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  3. ↑ Perkins 2011.
  4. ↑ "Ten times rock stars got in ridiculous fights with their fans". Tone Deaf. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Martin, Dale (1 October 2000). "High voltage from the boys Down Under". No. 147. Victoria, Texas: The Victoria Advocate. p. 10D. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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