The Painkiller Tour was a concert tour by English heavy metal band Judas Priest which was in support of the album Painkiller. It ran from 18 October 1990 until 15 April 1991.

This tour introduced new drummer Scott Travis from Racer X, who joined the band in 1989 after previous drummer Dave Holland's departure that same year. He has remained with the band ever since, surpassing Holland as the band's longest serving drummer.

Pre-tour Judas Priest performed at the third annual Foundations Forum in Los Angeles on 13 September 1990, 5 days before the release of Painkiller. It was recorded and put together along with the performance from Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson's solo band (recorded on 27 June 1990 in London) as a bootlegged split live album. The setlist for the event is as follows:

"Riding on the Wind" "Grinder" "Heading Out to the Highway" "Between the Hammer and the Anvil" "Bloodstone" "Better By You, Better Than Me" (Spooky Tooth cover) "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)"(Fleetwood Mac cover) "Leather Rebel" "Hell Bent for Leather" "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

Encore: "Living After Midnight"

Note The live versions of "Better By You, Better Than Me" and "Leather Rebel" appear as bonus tracks on the 2001 re-issues of Stained Class and Painkiller respectively.

Setlist

"Blood Red Skies" (Intro Only) "Hell Bent for Leather" "Grinder" "The Hellion" "Electric Eye" "All Guns Blazing" "Between The Hammer And The Anvil" (Replaced by "The Sentinel" after 29 October 1990) "Metal Gods" "Bloodstone" (Dropped after 19 October 1990) "Night Crawler" "The Ripper" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Metal Meltdown" (Replaced by "Riding On The Wind" after 25 October 1990) Drum Solo (Added 31 October 1990(?)*) "A Touch of Evil" (Removed after 11 February 1991) "Victim of Changes" "Painkiller" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover) "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

Encore:

"Breaking the Law" "Living After Midnight"

"Heading Out to the Highway" was also played once.

Tour dates The band toured with Megadeth and Testament on the North American leg and with Pantera and Annihilator on the European and UK leg. Exodus and Death Angel were originally billed for the European leg, but were dropped for unknown reasons and was replaced by Pantera. They also performed at the second annual Rock in Rio festival with Queensrÿche, Megadeth, Lobão and Sepultura on 23 January 1991.

Date City Country VenueNorth American leg #118 October 1990MontrealCanadaMontreal Forum19 October 1990Quebec CityColisée de Québec22 October 1990TorontoMaple Leaf Gardens25 October 1990WinnipegWinnipeg Arena26 October 1990ReginaRegina Agridome28 October 1990CalgaryOlympic Saddledome29 October 1990EdmontonNorthlands Coliseum31 October 1990VancouverPacific Coliseum1 November 1990PortlandUnited StatesVeterans Memorial Coliseum2 November 1990SpokaneSpokane Coliseum3 November 1990RenoLawlor Events Center4 November 1990SacramentoARCO Arena5 November 1990OaklandOakland-Alameda County Arena7 November 1990TempeASU Activity Center8 November 1990Los AngelesLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena9 November 1990IrvineIrvine Meadows Amphitheatre10 November 1990San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena11 November 199012 November 1990Salt Lake CitySalt Palace14 November 1990El PasoSpecial Events Center16 November 1990San AntonioHemisfair Arena17 November 1990DallasReunion Arena18 November 1990HoustonThe Summit20 November 1990DenverMcNichols Sports Arena21 November 1990AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum23 November 1990TulsaExpo Square Pavilion24 November 1990Kansas CityMunicipal Auditorium25 November 1990OmahaOmaha Civic Auditorium27 November 1990ColumbusTaft Coliseum28 November 1990RosemontRosemont Horizon29 November 1990Saint PaulSt. Paul Civic Center1 December 1990IndianapolisMarket Square Arena2 December 1990RichfieldRichfield Coliseum3 December 1990DaytonHara Arena5 December 1990Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills6 December 1990RochesterWar Memorial Auditorium7 December 1990WorcesterCentrum in Worcester8 December 1990New HavenNew Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum9 December 1990LandoverCapital Centre11 December 1990AtlantaOmni Coliseum13 December 1990HamptonHampton Coliseum14 December 1990East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena15 December 1990UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum16 December 1990PhiladelphiaSpectrum17 December 1990PittsburghCivic Arena19 December 1990LakelandLakeland Civic Center20 December 1990MiamiMiami Arena21 December 1990TampaUSF Sun Dome23 December 1990OrlandoOrlando Arena9 January 1991PortlandCumberland County Civic Center10 January 1991BinghamtonBroome County Memorial Arena11 January 1991SyracuseOncenter War Memorial Arena12 January 1991ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center14 January 1991AlbanyKnickerbocker Arena15 January 1991Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaKingston Armory16 January 1991ToledoToledo Sports Arena17 January 1991KalamazooWings Event Center18 January 1991PittsburghPalumbo CenterRock in Rio II23 January 1991Rio de JaneiroBrazilMaracanã StadiumEuropean Leg31 January 1991CopenhagenDenmarkK.B. Hallen1 February 1991GothenburgSwedenScandinavium2 February 1991StockholmHovet4 February 1991HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Ice Hall6 February 1991OsloNorwayRockefeller Music Hall 8 February 1991EssenGermanyGrugahalle9 February 1991HamburgAlsterdorfer Sporthalle11 February 1991BerlinEissporthalle an der Jafféstraße 12 February 1991HanoverEilenriedehalle14 February 1991SaarbrückenSaarlandhalle 15 February 1991RavensburgOberschwabenhalle16 February 1991Würzburgs.Oliver Arena18 February 1991OffenbachStadthalle Offenbach19 February 1991MunichOlympiahalle20 February 1991ViennaAustriaBank-Austria Zelt21 February 1991GrazEisstadion Liebenau23 February 1991LucerneSwitzerlandFesthalle24 February 1991BolzanoItalyPalasport / Stadthalle25 February 1991LjubljanaYugoslaviaTivoli Hall26 February 1991ZagrebDom Sportova1 March 1991RomeItalyTeatro Tendastrisce2 March 1991BresciaPalasport4 March 1991StuttgartGermanyHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle5 March 1991Ludwigshafen am RheinFriedrich-Ebert-Halle6 March 1991KoblenzRhein-Mosel Halle8 March 1991ZaragozaSpainPlaza de Toros de Zaragoza9 March 1991San SebastiánVelódromo de Anoeta10 March 1991MadridPalacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid12 March 1991VilleurbanneFranceLe Transbordeur13 March 1991CascaisPortugalPavilhão do Grupo Dramático e Sportivo de Cascais15 March 1991ArnhemNetherlandsRijnhal16 March 1991BrusselsBelgiumForest National17 March 1991ParisFranceLe Zénith19 March 1991AstonEnglandAston Arena20 March 1991ManchesterManchester Apollo22 March 1991LondonHammersmith Apollo23 March 199124 March 1991NewportWalesNewport Centre26 March 1991SheffieldEnglandSheffield City Hall27 March 1991NewcastleNewcastle City Hall28 March 1991EdinburghScotlandEdinburgh Playhouse30 March 1991BelfastNorthern IrelandUlster Hall 31 March 1991DublinIrelandSFX CentreNorth American leg #24 April 1991FairbanksUnited StatesCarlson Center7 April 1991AnchorageWilliam A. Egan Civic and Convention Center8 April 1991Asia leg12 April 1991OsakaJapanOsaka-jō Hall13 April 1991YokohamaYokohama Arena14 April 1991TokyoNHK Hall15 April 1991Yoyogi National Gymnasium

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