The No Remorse Tour, sometimes called No Remorse Death on the Road Tour was a concert tour by heavy metal band Motörhead in support of their compilation album, No Remorse. It was the first tour for the new line up of Phil Campbell, Würzel, and Pete Gill.
| Tour by Motörhead | |
| Associated album | No Remorse |
|---|---|
| Start date | 26 April 1984 |
| End date | 30 December 1984 |
| Legs | 4 in Europe 2 in North America 1 in Oceania 7 total |
| No. of shows |
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| Motörhead concert chronology | |
Background
editAround 1984, Motörhead were beginning to feel that they wished to leave their current record label, Bronze Records. However, over two years ensured of legal issues that kept the band from recording an album. On top of this, Phil Campbell was still contracted with his previous band, Persian Risk's label, Metal Masters. Drummer Pete Gill was also still in litigation with some money that his previous band, Saxon had owed him. As a result of this, only Lemmy and Würzel were able to take credit on the new tracks in No Remorse. As a result, the band decided that for the time being, doing a tour would be good.[1]
Overview
editLemmy expressed that having a completely new line up of members "took ten years off of me, easy, 'cause they were so excited. The tour saw the band playing shows at Australia and New Zealand for the very first time. On 2 August, at the Shellharbour Club, Motörhead played one of their smallest shows, to a crowd of only 15 people in attendance.[2]
During their 2 December show at Cleveland, the band broke the world record for having the loudest show in the world, at 130 decibels beating The Who's previous record by 10 decibels. It was so loud that it cracked the theatre ceiling, sending plaster down onto the crowd below. Eventually a maintenance worker had to shut Motörhead's concert down, before the damage stopped. A man living near the venue reported that he was able to record the show from his living room.[3]
Around early September, the band took a break to write a couple of songs for what would be their next album Orgasmatron. One of them, "Nothing Up My Sleeve", would be added into the setlist after that. Partway through the UK leg, in early November 1984, Wurzel had to step out for a couple of shows due to having kidney stones, so the band simply kept going as a three-piece. During the show at Hammersmith Odeon, he was taken out on a wheelchair and played a couple of songs.[4]
On 15 December, Wendy O' Williams made a guest appearance and sung No Class with the band.[5]
Setlist
edit- "Iron Fist"
- "Stay Clean"
- "Heart of Stone"
- "The Hammer"
- "Metropolis"
- "Shoot You in the Back"
- "Jailbait"
- "Killed by Death"
- "Ace of Spades"
- "Steal Your Face"
- "Nothing Up My Sleeve" (added on 12 October)
- "(We Are) The Road Crew"
- "Bite the Bullet"
- "The Chase Is Better Than the Catch"
- "No Class"
- "Motorhead"
Encore
Other songs played
edit- "Over the Top"
- "Too Late Too Late"
- "America"
- "Locomotive"
Tour dates
edit| Date[6][7] | City | Country | Venue | Support act(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leg 1 – Warm-Up Europe gigs | ||||
| 26 April 1984 | Helsinki | Finland | Lepakko | — |
| 27 April 1984 | Kasino | Kauhajoki | ||
| 28 April 1984 | Nivala | Tuiskula | ||
| 29 April 1984 | Siilinjärvi | Huvikumpu | ||
| 30 April 1984 | Alavus | Aulava | ||
| 1 May 1984 | Tampere | Hepokatti | ||
| Leg 2 – Europe[8] | ||||
| 7 May 1984 | London | England | Hammersmith Odeon | Fist Youngblood |
| 3 June 1984 | Douglas | Isle of Man | Palace Lido (Isle of Man TT) |
— |
| 10 June 1984 | Poperinge | Belgium | Don Bosco Sportzone (Heavy Sound Festival) | |
| Leg 3 – Oceania | ||||
| 20 July 1984 | Dunedin | New Zealand | Dunedin Town Hall | — |
| 21 July 1984 | Christchurch | Christchurch Town Hall | ||
| 23 July 1984 | Wellington | Wellington Show & Sports Building | ||
| 24 July 1984 | Palmerston North | Regent on Broadway | ||
| 25 July 1984 | Napier | Napier Municipal Theatre | ||
| 26 July 1984 | Rotorua | Rotorua Civic Theatre | ||
| 27 July 1984 | Auckland | Mainstreet Cabaret | ||
| 28 July 1984 | ||||
| 30 July 1984 | Melbourne | Australia | Palais Theatre | |
| 31 July 1984 | Geelong | Palais Royal Theatre | ||
| 1 August 1984 | Griffith | Yoogali Club | ||
| 2 August 1984 | Shellharbour | Shellharbour Club | ||
| 3 August 1984 | Sydney | The Family Inn | ||
| 4 August 1984 | Selina's Coogee Bay Hotel | Lightning Rock | ||
| 5 August 1984 | Shellharbour | Shellharbour Club | — | |
| 7 August 1984 | Adelaide | Bridgeway Hotel | ||
| 8 August 1984 | ||||
| 9 August 1984 | Melbourne | The Venue | ||
| 10 August 1984 | ||||
| 11 August 1984 | Tarmac Club | |||
| 12 August 1984 | ||||
| 13 August 1984 | Nunawading Skate Ranch | |||
| 14 August 1984 | Sydney | Caringbah Inn | ||
| 15 August 1984 | Newcastle | Newcastle Workers Club | ||
| 16 August 1984 | Lismore | Central Coast Workers Club | ||
| 17 August 1984 | Brisbane | Unknown venue | ||
| 18 August 1984 | Gold Coast | Jet Club | ||
| 20 August 1984 | Goulburn | Goulburn Work Club | ||
| 21 August 1984 | Sydney | Manly Vale Hotel | ||
| 22 August 1984 | Penrith | Penrith Panthers Leagues Club | ||
| 23 August 1984 | Sweethearts | |||
| 25 August 1984 | Perth | White Sands Hotel | ||
| 26 August 1984 | Nookenburra Hotel | |||
| Leg 4 – Europe[8] | ||||
| 21 September 1984 | Budapest | Hungary | Volan SC Sporttelep | Pokolgép P. Box |
| 22 September 1984 | Debrecen | Stadion Dózsa György út | P. Box | |
| 24 September 1984 | Belgrade | Yugoslavia | Pionir Hall | — |
| 25 September 1984 | Sarajevo | Unknown venue | ||
| Leg 5 – Europe ("Death on the Road") | ||||
| 12 October 1984 | Great Yarmouth | England | Caister-on-Sea | Persian Risk |
| 13 October 1984 | Birmingham | Ladbrokes Holiday Village (Kerrang! Wooargh Weekender) |
— | |
| 24 October 1984 | Exeter | University of Exeter | Persian Risk | |
| 25 October 1984 | Nottingham | Nottingham Royal Concert Hall | ||
| 26 October 1984 | Coventry | University of Warwick | ||
| 27 October 1984 | Bradford | University of Bradford | ||
| 28 October 1984 | Birmingham | Birmingham Odeon | ||
| 29 October 1984 | Manchester | Manchester Apollo | ||
| 30 October 1984 | Sheffield | Sheffield City Hall | ||
| 31 October 1984 | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt | ||
| 1 November 1984 | Newcastle upon Tyne | Mayfair Ballroom | ||
| 2 November 1984 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Edinburgh Playhouse | |
| 3 November 1984 | Glasgow | Barrowland Ballroom | ||
| 5 November 1984 | Margate | England | Margate Winter Gardens | |
| 6 November 1984 | Reading | University of Reading | ||
| 7 November 1984 | London | Hammersmith Odeon | ||
| Leg 6 – North America[9][10] | ||||
| 19 November 1984 | Sacramento | United States | Sacramento Memorial Auditorium | Exciter Mercyful Fate |
| 20 November 1984 | San Francisco | The Warfield | ||
| 21 November 1984 | Santa Barbara | Arlington Theatre | ||
| 23 November 1984 | Los Angeles | Hollywood Palladium | ||
| 24 November 1984 | San Diego | Adams Avenue Theatre | ||
| 25 November 1984 | Phoenix | Strutts | ||
| 27 November 1984 | San Antonio | Freeman Coliseum | ||
| 28 November 1984 | Dallas | Bronco Bowl | ||
| 1 December 1984 | Chicago | Aragon Ballroom | ||
| 2 December 1984 | Cleveland | Variety Theatre | ||
| 4 December 1984 | Milwaukee | Eagles Club | ||
| 5 December 1984 | Detroit | Grand Circus Theatre | ||
| Pittsburgh | Syria Mosque | |||
| 6 December 1984 | Buffalo | Rooftop Skyroom | ||
| 7 December 1984 | Rochester | Auditorium Theatre | ||
| 8 December 1984 | Upper Darby | Tower Theater | ||
| 11 December 1984 | Norfolk | The Boathouse | ||
| 12 December 1984 | Washington, D.C. | Ontario Theater | ||
| 13 December 1984 | Worcester | E. M. Loew's Theatre of Performing Arts | ||
| 14 December 1984 | New York City | Beacon Theatre | ||
| 15 December 1984 | Passaic | Capitol Theatre | ||
| 16 December 1984 | Providence | The Living Room | ||
| 17 December 1984 | Montreal | Canada | Le Spectrum | |
| 18 December 1984 | Toronto | The Concert Hall | ||
| Leg 7 – Christmas Metal Meeting 1984 | ||||
| 26 December 1984 | Rüsselsheim am Main | West Germany | Ruesselsheim Walter Koebel Halle | Mercyful Fate Helix Girlschool |
| 27 December 1984 | Essen | Pink Palace | ||
| 28 December 1984 | Völklingen | Sporthalle | ||
| 29 December 1984 | Bad Rappenau | Sporthalle | ||
| 30 December 1984 | Neunkirchen am Brand | Hemmerleinhalle | ||
Personnel
edit- Lemmy Kilmister – bass guitar, vocals
- Phil "Wizzö" Campbell – guitar
- Michael "Würzel" Burston – guitar
- Pete Gill – drums
References
edit- ^ Kilmister 2002, p. 130.
- ^ "Tour Dates – 080284". The Official Motörhead Website. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "How Motörhead became the 'Loudest Band in the World' & the fake teen journalist who heard it all". DangerousMinds. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Kilmister 2002, p. 133.
- ^ "chmetal bootlegs .:. Audio Recordings (Powered by MyHobbySite)". www.chmetal.info. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Kilmister 2002, p. 132-133.
- ^ Burridge 2019, p. 111-121.
- ^ a b "Search Results for "motorhead" – RaysGigs.com – Remember Where You Saw It First". www.raysgigs.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Concerts". The Boston Globe. 13 December 1984. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Poor advance ticket sales scrap Motorhead concert". The Pittsburgh Press. 6 December 1984. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
Bibliography
edit- Kilmister, Lemmy (2002). White Line Fever. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp. ISBN 0-684-85868-1.
- Burridge, Alan (2019). Motörhead - Keep Us On The Road. Cleopatra. ISBN 978-0997205664.