No Remorse Tour

No Remorse Tour
Tour by Motörhead
Associated albumNo Remorse
Start date26 April 1984
End date30 December 1984
Legs4 in Europe
2 in North America
1 in Oceania
7 total
No. of shows
  • 35 in Europe
  • 33 in Oceania
  • 23 in North America
  • 91 total 1 cancelled
Motörhead concert chronology
  • Another Perfect Tour
    (1983)
  • No Remorse Tour
    (1984)
  • 10th Anniversary Tour
    (1985)

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.

Background

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Around 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

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Lemmy 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

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  1. "Iron Fist"
  2. "Stay Clean"
  3. "Heart of Stone"
  4. "The Hammer"
  5. "Metropolis"
  6. "Shoot You in the Back"
  7. "Jailbait"
  8. "Killed by Death"
  9. "Ace of Spades"
  10. "Steal Your Face"
  11. "Nothing Up My Sleeve" (added on 12 October)
  12. "(We Are) The Road Crew"
  13. "Bite the Bullet"
  14. "The Chase Is Better Than the Catch"
  15. "No Class"
  16. "Motorhead"

Encore

  2. "Bomber"
  3. "Overkill"

Other songs played

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Tour dates

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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
6 December 1984 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

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References

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  1. ^ Kilmister 2002, p. 130.
  2. ^ "Tour Dates – 080284". The Official Motörhead Website. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Kilmister 2002, p. 133.
  5. ^ "chmetal bootlegs .:. Audio Recordings (Powered by MyHobbySite)". www.chmetal.info. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ^ Kilmister 2002, p. 132-133.
  7. ^ Burridge 2019, p. 111-121.
  8. ^ a b "Search Results for "motorhead" – RaysGigs.com – Remember Where You Saw It First". www.raysgigs.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Concerts". The Boston Globe. 13 December 1984. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Poor advance ticket sales scrap Motorhead concert". The Pittsburgh Press. 6 December 1984. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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