Ballbreaker World Tour

The Ballbreaker World Tour was a concert tour played by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, in support of their thirteenth studio album Ballbreaker, which was released on 26 September 1995. This tour had 5 legs around the world lasting 11 months starting on 12 January 1996 in Greensboro, North Carolina finishing on 30 November 1996 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ballbreaker World Tour
Tour by AC/DC
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • South America
  • Oceania
Associated albumBallbreaker
Start date12 January 1996
End date30 November 1996
Legs5
No. of shows155
AC/DC concert chronology

Background

This was Phil Rudd's first tour with the group since he rejoined in 1994.[1][2] The band started the tour in North America, followed by a European leg and an Australian leg at the end of the tour.[3] The band also performed in South America, playing to audiences of 65,000 in Brazil, Chile and Argentina.[2]

A video was played at the beginning of each concert featuring Beavis and Butt-head.[4] Each concert began with a large wrecking ball dropping down from a 38-foot crane and 'destroying' part of the stage which was a cement wall behind the drum riser, forming a gap in the stage, from which the band would emerge to open the show with "Back in Black". The sound system for the tour carried more than 50,000 watts.[5] Each show would conclude with "For Those About to Rock", which featured six working cannons.[4]

The Wildhearts supported on the second European and third US legs. "It turned from majesty to comedy to tragedy all in one month," shuddered mainstay Ginger. "We got there [the US] and took full advantage of the welcome that America affords a young band, which is as much drugs and alcohol as we could get our hands on – and then, inevitably, we started fighting with each other… I love AC/DC. They turn up, do their job and go. You tour for years and years and you don't do that by hanging out and partying all the time… We managed five dates."[6]

Reception

Brian Gnatt from the Michigan Daily, gave the Detroit performance a positive review. He opened his review, stating that despite the band's ages, they had a lot of untapped energy as they did 22 years ago. Gnatt praised the sound, stating that the guitar licks were as fresh as the day they were recorded as well as Brian Johnson's vocals - stating that they sounded good as ever despite the weakness of his voice on the Ballbreaker album. Also praising the performance of the band, Gnatt stated that it outshone all of the antics on stage, while also stating that Angus Young looked to be having fun while performing to screaming fans.[4]

Dale Martin from the Victoria Advocate had also given the band's performance a positive review. He opened his review, noting that the band thrives on simplicity and is a constant in the music world. The audience at the show as more subdued and expressed many approval, with the audience singing "You Shook Me All Night Long" until they lost their voices. Martin noted on the setlist changes in which the band performed all phases of their career. When Angus Young began his guitar solo, Martin said it lasted forever and that he was all over the place until he disappeared and reappeared on top of a burly security guard. He concluded his review, stating that fans at the end of the show were in awe and probably a little deaf, with sound reading decibels coming in at 129.[5]

Opening acts

Setlist
  1. "Back in Black"
  2. "Shot Down in Flames"
  3. "Thunderstruck"
  4. "Girls Got Rhythm"
  5. "Cover You in Oil" (Played sometimes instead of "Hail Caesar")
  6. "Shoot to Thrill"
  7. "Hard as a Rock"
  8. "Boogie Man"
  9. "Hail Caesar"
  10. "Hells Bells"
  11. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (played three times)
  12. "Dog Eat Dog" or "Down Payment Blues"
  13. "The Jack"
  14. "Ballbreaker"
  15. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
  16. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
  17. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
  18. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
  19. "T.N.T."
  20. "Let There Be Rock"

Encore

  1. "Highway to Hell"
  2. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"

Tour dates
List of 1996 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue[7][3][2]
Date City Country Venue
12 January 1996 Greensboro United States Greensboro Coliseum
13 January 1996 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
15 January 1996 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
17 January 1996 Memphis Pyramid Arena
18 January 1996 Birmingham BJCC Arena
20 January 1996 St. Petersburg Thunderdome
21 January 1996 Miami Miami Arena
22 January 1996 Daytona Beach Ocean Center
23 January 1996 Atlanta The Omni
25 January 1996 Houston The Summit
26 January 1996 Austin Frank Erwin Center
27 January 1996 San Antonio Alamodome
3 February 1996 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
4 February 1996[lower-alpha 1] San Jose San Jose Arena
5 February 1996 Sacramento ARCO Arena
7 February 1996 Portland Rose Garden Arena
8 February 1996 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
9 February 1996
10 February 1996 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome
12 February 1996 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
13 February 1996[lower-alpha 2] Anaheim Arrowhead Pond
14 February 1996[lower-alpha 3] Phoenix America West Arena
16 February 1996 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
17 February 1996
21 February 1996[lower-alpha 4] Inglewood United States Great Western Forum
2 March 1996 Minneapolis Target Center
3 March 1996 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre
5 March 1996 Milwaukee Bradley Center
7 March 1996 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
8 March 1996 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
9 March 1996 Chicago United Center
11 March 1996 Louisville Freedom Hall
13 March 1996 Landover USAir Arena
14 March 1996 Philadelphia CoreStates Spectrum
15 March 1996[8] New York City Madison Square Garden
17 March 1996 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
18 March 1996 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
19 March 1996 Boston FleetCenter
21 March 1996 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum
22 March 1996[lower-alpha 5] Toronto SkyDome
24 March 1996 Fairborn United States Ervin J. Nutter Center
25 March 1996 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
27 March 1996 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
28 March 1996
30 March 1996 Cleveland Gund Arena
31 March 1996
1 April 1996 St. Louis Kiel Center
2 April 1996 Kansas City Kemper Arena
4 April 1996 Dallas Reunion Arena
20 April 1996 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
21 April 1996 Stockholm Sweden Globen Arena
23 April 1996 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
25 April 1996 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
26 April 1996 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
29 April 1996 Kiel Germany Ostseehalle
30 April 1996 Berlin Deutschlandhalle
1 May 1996 Leipzig Messehalle
3 May 1996 Utrecht Netherlands Prins Van Oranjehal
4 May 1996 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
5 May 1996
7 May 1996 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
8 May 1996
10 May 1996 Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
11 May 1996 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
12 May 1996 Geneva Geneva Arena
14 May 1996 Bolzano Italy PalaOnda
15 May 1996 Bologna PalaDozza
16 May 1996 Rome PalaLottomatica
17 May 1996 Milan Filaforum
19 May 1996 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
21 May 1996 Mannheim Germany Maimarkthalle
22 May 1996
23 May 1996 Liévin France Stade Couvert Régional
24 May 1996 Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
25 May 1996
27 May 1996 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
28 May 1996
29 May 1996 Prague Czech Republic Prague Sports Hall
1 June 1996 Glasgow Scotland SECC Arena
2 June 1996 Aberdeen AECC Arena
3 June 1996 Newcastle upon Tyne England Newcastle Arena
17 June 1996 Birmingham NEC Arena
19 June 1996 Manchester MEN Arena
21 June 1996 London Wembley Arena
22 June 1996
26 June 1996 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
28 June 1996 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo
29 June 1996 Nancy France Zénith de Nancy
30 June 1996 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
2 July 1996 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
3 July 1996
6 July 1996 Lisbon Portugal Estádio do Restelo
9 July 1996[lower-alpha 6] Madrid Spain Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
10 July 1996
11 July 1996
13 July 1996 Bordeaux France Parc des Expositions
1 August 1996[9] Wantagh United States Jones Beach Amphitheater
2 August 1996 Hartford Meadows Music Theater
3 August 1996 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
6 August 1996 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Arena
8 August 1996 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
10 August 1996 Calgary Olympic Saddledome
12 August 1996 Seattle United States KeyArena
13 August 1996 Portland Rose Garden Arena
15 August 1996 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
16 August 1996 Paradise Thomas & Mack Center
17 August 1996 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
19 August 1996 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
21 August 1996 St. Louis Riverport Amphitheater
22 August 1996 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
24 August 1996 New Orleans Lakefront Arena
26 August 1996 Murfreesboro Murphy Center
27 August 1996 Lexington Rupp Arena
28 August 1996 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena
30 August 1996 West Palm Beach Coral Sky Amphitheater
31 August 1996 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
1 September 1996 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
3 September 1996 Winston-Salem Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6 September 1996 Philadelphia CoreStates Spectrum
7 September 1996 Albany Knickerbocker Arena
8 September 1996 Worcester Worcester Centrum
10 September 1996 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
12 September 1996[10] Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
13 September 1996 Columbus Polaris Amphitheater
14 September 1996 Tinley Park New World Music Theater
11 October 1996 Curitiba Brazil Pedreira Paulo Leminski
12 October 1996 São Paulo Estádio do Pacaembu
18 October 1996 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium
19 October 1996
22 October 1996 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional de Chile
2 November 1996 Perth Australia Burswood Dome
5 November 1996 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
7 November 1996 Melbourne Centre Court
8 November 1996
9 November 1996
11 November 1996 Boondall Brisbane Entertainment Centre
13 November 1996 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
14 November 1996
15 November 1996
17 November 1996
18 November 1996 Boondall Brisbane Entertainment Centre
21 November 1996 Darwin Marrara Oval
24 November 1996 Cairns Cairns Showgrounds
27 November 1996 Auckland New Zealand Ericsson Stadium
30 November 1996 Christchurch Queen Elizabeth II Park

Cancelled dates
List of cancelled dates, showing date, city, country, venue and reason of cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
22 March 1996 Quebec City Canada Colisée de Québec —
18 June 1996 Birmingham England NEC Arena
10 September 1996 College Park United States Bryce Jordan Centre

Box office score data
List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date
(1996)		 City Venue Attendance Gross Ref(s)
12 January Greensboro, United States Coliseum 15,899 $375,487 [11]
13 January Charlotte, United States Coliseum 15,870 $387,982
17 January Memphis, United States The Pyramid 16,463 $356,992 [12]
18 January Birmingham, United States BJCC Arena 10,005 / 10,704 $245,123 [13]
20 January St. Petersburg, United States Thunderdome 12,583 / 15,000 $293,974 [12]
23 January Atlanta, United States Omni Arena 12,994 $331,347 [14]
25 January Houston, United States Summit 13,433 $315,975 [15]
27 January San Antonio, United States Alamodome 15,237 $361,482
7 February Portland, United States Rose Garden 15,626 / 17,000 $355,740 [16]
10 February Tacoma, United States Dome 19,397 $443,469 [17]
13 February Anaheim, United States Arrowhead Pond 10,503 / 11,400 $241,742 [16]
14 February Phoenix, United States America West Arena 12,737 $314,109 [18]
16–17 February Mexico City, Mexico Sports Palace 29,304 / 31,218 $595,105 [17]
2 March Minneapolis, United States Target Center 15,010 $367,745 [16]
9 March Chicago, United States United Center 15,725 $393,125 [19]
11 March Louisville, United States Freedom Hall 16,404 $390,138
15 March New York City, United States Madison Square Garden 13,656 $461,770 [20]
19 March Boston, United States FleetCenter 15,033 $428,441 [21]
27–28 March Auburn Hills, United States Palace 32,887 $822,175
30–31 March Cleveland, United States Gund Arena 35,082 $860,430
4 April Dallas, United States Reunion Arena 15,671 $352,515 [22]

Personnel

Notes
  1. Originally scheduled for 2 February 1996.
  2. Originally scheduled for 30 January 1996.
  3. Originally scheduled for 29 January 1996.
  4. Originally scheduled for 1 February 1996.
  5. Originally scheduled for 23 March 1996 and was originally scheduled to be in Colisée de Québec in Quebec City.
  6. Originally scheduled for 4 July 1996.

References

Citations
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  2. Perkins 2011.
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