The Blow Up Your Video World Tour was a concert tour by the Australian rock band AC/DC, which had 5 legs spreading over the course of 10 months starting on 1 February 1988 in Perth, Australia, 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 (and subsequent permanent replacement in 2014), 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 small streak of commercially disappointing albums.

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

Reception Aaron Roberts from the Observer Reporter gave the performance in Pittsburgh a positive review. He opened his review, stating that the energetic band treated the screaming teenage audience to non-stop rock and roll which he claimed was rare in the age of high-tech shows, as Brian Johnson got the audience involved in nearly every song, even the old favorites. He noted that there were mixing problems present earlier at the show, but had gone unnoticed by the audience. He concluded his review, stating that if someone was interested in hear well-performed rock and roll, they need to go and see AC/DC.

Tour dates + List of 1988 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue Date City Country Venue1 February 1988PerthAustraliaPerth Entertainment Centre2 February 19885 February 1988MelbourneNational Tennis Centre6 February 19887 February 19888 February 198811 February 1988SydneySydney Entertainment Centre12 February 198813 February 198814 February 198817 February 1988AdelaideGlobe Derby Park19 February 1988SydneySydney Entertainment Centre21 February 1988BoondallBrisbane Entertainment Centre22 February 19887 March 1988BirminghamEnglandNational Exhibition Centre8 March 19889 March 198811 March 1988LondonWembley Arena12 March 198813 March 198815 March 1988ArnhemNetherlandsRijnhal16 March 1988BrusselsBelgiumForest National18 March 1988HamburgWest GermanyAlsterdorfer Sporthalle19 March 1988MalmöSwedenIsstadion21 March 1988DrammenNorwayDrammenshallen23 March 1988HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Ice Hall25 March 1988StockholmSwedenIsstadion26 March 1988GothenburgScandinavium28 March 1988West BerlinWest GermanyEissporthalle29 March 1988OldenburgWeser-Ems-Halle30 March 1988FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt31 March 1988EssenGrugahalle2 April 1988CologneSportshalle3 April 1988HanoverNiedersachsenhalle4 April 1988KarlsruheSchwarzwaldhalle6 April 1988ParisFranceLe Zénith8 April 1988WürzburgWest GermanyCarl-Diem-Halle9 April 1988LausanneSwitzerlandHalle Festis Beaulieu10 April 1988MunichWest GermanyOlympiahalle11 April 1988StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle13 April 1988LondonEnglandWembley Arena3 May 1988PortlandUnited StatesCumberland County Civic Center4 May 19885 May 1988HartfordHartford Civic Center6 May 1988WorcesterThe Centrum7 May 19889 May 1988PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum11 May 1988OttawaCanadaOttawa Civic Centre12 May 1988HamiltonCopps Coliseum13 May 1988Fort WayneUnited StatesAllen County War Memorial Coliseum14 May 1988DetroitJoe Louis Arena15 May 1988PittsburghCivic Arena17 May 1988BinghamtonBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena18 May 1988ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center19 May 198820 May 1988East RutherfordMeadowlands Arena21 May 1988LandoverCapital Centre22 May 1988HamptonHampton Coliseum24 May 1988LouisvilleFreedom Hall25 May 1988IndianapolisMarket Square Arena26 May 1988CincinnatiRiverfront Coliseum27 May 1988RichfieldRichfield Coliseum28 May 198829 May 1988CharlevoixCastle Farms30 May 1988DetroitJoe Louis Arena31 May 1988ToledoToledo Sports Arena1 June 1988PeoriaPeoria Civic Center2 June 1988St. LouisSt. Louis Arena3 June 1988MadisonDane County Coliseum4 June 1988BloomingtonMet Center5 June 19887 June 1988WinnipegCanadaWinnipeg Arena9 June 1988SaskatoonSaskatchewan Place10 June 1988EdmontonNorthlands Coliseum11 June 1988CalgaryScotiabank Saddledome13 June 1988VancouverBC Place14 June 1988PortlandUnited StatesPortland Memorial Coliseum15 June 1988SpokaneSpokane Coliseum16 June 1988TacomaTacoma Dome18 June 1988Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre19 June 1988SacramentoCalifornia State Fair21 June 1988Las VegasThomas & Mack Center22 June 1988Long BeachLong Beach Arena23 June 198824 June 1988IrvineIrvine Meadows25 June 1988San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena20 July 1988Las CrucesPan American Center21 July 1988AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum22 July 1988TucsonTucson Convention Center23 July 1988TempeASU Activity Center24 July 1988ParadiseThomas & Mack Center26 July 1988Salt Lake CitySalt Palace27 July 1988CasperCasper Events Center28 July 1988DenverMcNichols Sports Arena29 July 1988OmahaOmaha Civic Auditorium30 July 1988Kansas CityKemper Arena31 July 1988Valley CenterKansas Coliseum2 August 1988DallasCoca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre3 August 1988ShreveportHirsch Memorial Coliseum5 August 1988San AntonioSan Antonio Convention Center6 August 1988HoustonLakewood Church Central Campus7 August 1988New OrleansLakefront Arena8 August 1988PensacolaPensacola Civic Center9 August 1988PembrokeHollywood Sportatorium10 August 1988TampaUSF Sun Dome11 August 1988MiamiMiami Arena12 August 1988OrlandoOrange County Convention Center13 August 1988JacksonvilleJacksonville Memorial Coliseum16 August 1988AtlantaThe Omni17 August 1988MemphisMid-South Coliseum18 August 1988Little RockBarton Coliseum19 August 1988JacksonMississippi Coliseum20 August 1988BirminghamBJCC Coliseum21 August 1988NashvilleMunicipal Auditorium22 August 1988HuntsvilleVon Braun Civic Center23 August 1988KnoxvilleThompson–Boling Arena24 August 1988GreensvilleGreenville Memorial Auditorium25 August 1988CharlotteCharlotte Coliseum26 August 1988ColumbiaCarolina Coliseum27 August 1988GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum28 August 1988CharlestonCharleston Civic Center30 August 1988New York CityMadison Square Garden1 September 1988Glens FallsGlens Falls Civic Center2 September 1988SpringfieldSpringfield Civic Center4 September 1988PortlandCumberland County Civic Center5 September 1988Quebec CityCanadaColisée de Québec6 September 1988MontrealMontreal Forum7 September 1988HamiltonCopps Coliseum8 September 1988ColumbusUnited StatesOhio Expo Center Coliseum9 September 1988RosemontRosemont Horizon10 September 1988East TroyAlpine Valley Music Theatre11 September 1988DaytonHara Arena4 October 1988Glens FallsGlens Falls Civic Center5 October 1988UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum7 October 1988BostonBoston Garden8 October 1988PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum9 October 1988BuffaloBuffalo Memorial Auditorium11 October 1988RochesterRochester Community War Memorial13 October 1988TorontoCanadaMaple Leaf Gardens15 October 1988WheelingUnited StatesWheeling Civic Center16 October 1988RoanokeRoanoke Civic Center17 October 1988BaltimoreBaltimore Arena18 October 1988RaleighReynolds Coliseum 20 October 1988TallahasseeLeon County Civic Center21 October 1988AtlantaThe Omni22 October 1988LexingtonRupp Arena23 October 1988Johnson CityFreedom Hall Civic Center25 October 1988CincinnatiRiverfront Coliseum28 October 1988Little RockBarton Coliseum29 October 1988Lake CharlesLake Charles Civic Center30 October 1988AustinFrank Erwin Center31 October 1988LubbockLubbock Municipal Coliseum1 November 1988NormanLloyd Noble Center3 November 1988Cedar RapidsFive Seasons Center4 November 1988AmesHilton Coliseum6 November 1988DenverMcNichols Sports Arena7 November 19889 November 1988BoiseBSU Pavilion11 November 1988Daly CityCow Palace13 November 1988InglewoodThe Forum

Personnel Angus Young – lead guitar Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (legs 1–2) Simon Wright – drums Brian Johnson – lead vocals

Additional musicians Stevie Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (leg 3)

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