The Building Empires Tour was a concert tour by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche in support of their latest album Empire. The setlist consisted of the band performing their album Operation: Mindcrime in full. Suicidal Tendencies and Warrior Soul supported the band throughout North America.
Set list
"Resistance" "Walk in the Shadows" "Best I Can" "Hand on Heart" (Dropped after November 15, 1990) "Empire" "The Thin Line" "Jet City Woman" "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" (Starting on October 17, 1991) "Roads to Madness" "I Remember Now" "Anarchy-X" "Revolution Calling" "Operation: Mindcrime" "Speak" "Spreading the Disease" "The Mission" "Suite Sister Mary" "The Needle Lies" "Electric Requiem" "Breaking the Silence" "I Don't Believe in Love" "Waiting for 22" "My Empty Room" "Eyes of a Stranger" "Della Brown" (Starting on November 8, 1991) "Last Time in Paris" (Starting on July 21, 1991) "Silent Lucidity" "Take Hold of the Flame" (Dropped after July 21, 1991)
Tour Dates
Date City Country Venue EuropeOctober 29, 1990DublinIrelandSFX HallOctober 31, 1990BelfastNorthern IrelandUlster HallNovember 1, 1990EdinburghScotlandEdinburgh PlayhouseNovember 2, 1990Newcastle upon TyneEnglandNewcastle City HallNovember 4, 1990NottinghamNottingham Royal Concert HallNovember 5, 1990BradfordSt. George's HallNovember 6, 1990LiverpoolRoyal Court TheatreNovember 8, 1990NewportWalesNewport CentreNovember 9, 1990PooleEnglandPoole Arts CentreNovember 11, 1990ManchesterManchester ApolloNovember 12, 1990AstonAston Villa Leisure CentreNovember 14, 1990LondonHammersmith OdeonNovember 15, 1990November 18, 1990HamburgGermanyGroße Freiheit 36November 19, 1990BonnBiskuithalleNovember 20, 1990IchtegemBelgiumSporthal IchtegemNovember 22, 1990HannoverGermanyHannover Music HallNovember 23, 1990Neumarkt in der OberpfalzJurahalleNovember 24, 1990WertheimMain-Tauber-HalleNovember 26, 1990UnterföhringTheaterfabrikNovember 27, 1990LudwigsburgForum Am SchlossparkNovember 29, 1990AmsterdamNetherlandsJaap EdenhalNovember 30, 1990ParisFranceÉlysée MontmartreDecember 2, 1990SendenGermanyGorki ParkDecember 3, 1990ZürichSwitzerlandVolkshausDecember 5, 1990FlorenceItalyPalasportDecember 6, 1990MilanRolling Stone Rock in RioJanuary 23, 1991Rio de JaneiroBrazilRock in Rio JapanJanuary 29, 1991TokyoJapanNHK HallFebruary 1, 1991OsakaOsaka Festival HallFebruary 3, 1991TokyoNHK HallFebruary 4, 1991February 5, 1991YokohamaYokohama Cultural Gymnasium North America IApril 15, 1991AmarilloUnited StatesAmarillo Civic CenterApril 17, 1991El PasoUTEP Special Events CenterApril 19, 1991HoustonThe SummitApril 20, 1991DallasReunion ArenaApril 21, 1991LubbockLubbock Municipal ColiseumApril 23, 1991OdessaEctor County ColiseumApril 24, 1991San AntonioFreeman ColiseumApril 25, 1991AustinFrank Erwin CenterApril 27, 1991New OrleansUNO Lakefront ArenaApril 29, 1991Valley CenterBritt Brown ArenaApril 30, 1991Oklahoma CityMyriad Convention CenterMay 1, 1991TulsaExpo Square PavilionMay 3, 1991St. LouisSt. Louis ArenaMay 4, 1991Kansas CityKansas City Municipal AuditoriumMay 5, 1991OmahaOmaha Civic AuditoriumMay 7, 1991DuluthDuluth ArenaMay 8, 1991MinneapolisTarget CenterMay 10, 1991MadisonDane County ColiseumMay 11, 1991MilwaukeeMECCA ArenaMay 12, 1991La CrosseLa Crosse CenterMay 14, 1991Cedar RapidsFive Seasons CenterMay 15, 1991Des MoinesIowa Veterans Memorial AuditoriumMay 17, 1991RosemontRosemont HorizonMay 18, 1991Green BayBrown County Veterans Memorial ArenaMay 19, 1991IndianapolisMarket Square ArenaMay 21, 1991ToledoToledo Sports ArenaMay 22, 1991LouisvilleLouisville GardensMay 24, 1991ColumbusBattelle HallMay 25, 1991RichfieldRichfield ColiseumMay 26, 1991SaginawSaginaw Civic CenterMay 28, 1991PeoriaPeoria Civic CenterMay 29, 1991EvansvilleRoberts Municipal StadiumMay 31, 1991KalamazooWings StadiumJune 1, 1991DetroitJoe Louis ArenaJune 2, 1991Fort WayneAllen County War Memorial ColiseumJune 4, 1991TrotwoodHara ArenaJune 5, 1991PittsburghPittsburgh Civic ArenaJune 7, 1991RochesterRochester Community War MemorialJune 8, 1991BuffaloBuffalo Memorial AuditoriumJune 19, 1991Little RockBarton ColiseumJune 21, 1991ShreveportHirsch Memorial ColiseumJune 22, 1991JacksonMississippi ColiseumJune 23, 1991BirminghamBJCC ColiseumJune 25, 1991HuntsvilleVon Braun Civic CenterJune 26, 1991MemphisMid-South ColiseumJune 28, 1991ChattanoogaUTC ArenaJune 30, 1991AtlantaThe Omni ColiseumJuly 2, 1991St. PetersbergBayfront CenterJuly 3, 1991MiamiMiami ArenaJuly 5, 1991OrlandoOrlando ArenaJuly 6, 1991JacksonvilleJacksonville Memorial ColiseumJuly 7, 1991PensacolaPensacola Civic CenterJuly 9, 1991NashvilleNashville Municipal AuditoriumJuly 10, 1991KnoxvilleKnoxville Civic ColiseumJuly 12, 1991CharlotteCharlotte ColiseumJuly 13, 1991GreensboroGreensboro ColiseumJuly 14, 1991ColumbiaCarolina ColiseumJuly 16, 1991NorfolkNorfolk ScopeJuly 17, 1991RichmondRichmond ColiseumJuly 19, 1991FairfaxPatriot CenterJuly 20, 1991BinghamtonBroome County Veterans Memorial ArenaJuly 21, 1991PortlandCumberland County Civic CenterJuly 23, 1991PhiladelphiaThe SpectrumJuly 24, 1991East RutherfordBrendan Byrne ArenaJuly 26, 1991UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumJuly 27, 1991WorcesterThe CentrumJuly 28, 1991AlbanyKnickerbocker ArenaJuly 30, 1991ProvidenceProvidence Civic CenterJuly 31, 1991HartfordHartford Civic Center Monsters of RockAugust 10, 1991GentofteDenmarkGentofte StadionAugust 13, 1991ChorzówPolandSilesian StadiumAugust 17, 1991Castle DoningtonEnglandDonington ParkAugust 22, 1991BudapestHungaryNépstadionAugust 24, 1991MunichGermanyGalopprennbahn RiemAugust 25, 1991BaselSwitzerlandSt. Jakob StadiumAugust 27, 1991BerlinGermanyWaldbühneAugust 28, 1991August 30, 1991HasseltBelgiumKiewit AirfieldAugust 31, 1991HannoverGermanyNiedersachsenstadionSeptember 1, 1991NijmegenNetherlandsStadion de GoffertSeptember 7, 1991MainzGermanyMainz-Finthen AirportSeptember 8, 1991OldenburgWeser-Ems HalleSeptember 11, 1991GrazAustriaLiebenauer StadiumSeptember 14, 1991ModenaItalyFesta de l'UnitàSeptember 17, 1991DortmundGermanyWestfalenhalleSeptember 18, 1991September 21, 1991ParisFranceHippodrome de Vincennes North America IIIOctober 12, 1991OaklandUnited StatesDay on the GreenOctober 17, 1991EdmontonCanadaNorthlands ColiseumOctober 18, 1991CalgaryOlympic SaddledomeOctober 21, 1991WinnipegWinnipeg ArenaOctober 22, 1991FargoUnited StatesBison Sports ArenaOctober 24, 1991TorontoCanadaMaple Leaf GardensOctober 25, 1991Auburn HillsUnited StatesThe Palace of Auburn HillsOctober 27, 1991Quebec CityCanadaColisee de QuebecOctober 28, 1991OttawaOttawa Civic CentreOctober 29, 1991MontrealMontreal ForumOctober 31, 1991BangorUnited StatesBangor AuditoriumNovember 1, 1991HalifaxCanadaHalifax Metro CentreNovember 3, 1991BethlehemUnited StatesStabler ArenaNovember 4, 1991SyracuseOnondaga County War MemorialNovember 5, 1991BostonBoston GardenNovember 7, 1991BaltimoreBaltimore ArenaNovember 8, 1991HersheyHersheypark ArenaNovember 9, 1991CharlestonCharleston Civic CenterNovember 11, 1991JohnstownCambria County War Memorial ArenaNovember 12, 1991WheelingWheeling Civic CenterNovember 13, 1991CincinnatiCincinnati GardensNovember 15, 1991LexingtonRupp ArenaNovember 17, 1991MuskegonL.C. Walker ArenaNovember 18, 1991SpringfieldPrairie Capital Convention CenterNovember 19, 1991RochesterMayo Civic CenterNovember 21, 1991ManhattanBramlage ColiseumNovember 22, 1991Sioux FallsSioux Falls ArenaNovember 24, 1991DenverMcNichols Sports ArenaNovember 25, 1991November 27, 1991Las VegasThomas & Mack CenterNovember 29, 1991SacramentoARCO ArenaNovember 30, 1991Daly CityCow PalaceDecember 1, 1991RenoLawlor Events CenterDecember 4, 1991BoiseBSU PavilionDecember 5, 1991Salt Lake CitySalt PalaceDecember 7, 1991AlbuquerqueTingley ColiseumDecember 9, 1991San DiegoSan Diego Sports ArenaDecember 10, 1991TucsonTucson Convention CenterDecember 11, 1991PhoenixArizona Veterans Memorial ColiseumDecember 12, 1991Long BeachLong Beach ArenaDecember 13, 1991December 14, 1991December 15, 1991December 28, 1991VancouverCanadaPacific ColiseumDecember 30, 1991PortlandUnited StatesPortland Memorial ColiseumDecember 31, 1991SeattleSeattle Center ColiseumJanuary 1, 1992January 3, 1992SpokaneSpokane Coliseum
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