Operation Rock & Roll
Tour by Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, Dangerous Toys and Metal Church
Associated album
Start date9 July 1991
End date19 August 1991
No. of shows31
Judas Priest tour chronology
Painkiller Tour
(1990–1991)		 Operation Rock & Roll
(1991)		 Jugulator Tour
(1998)

Operation Rock & Roll was a 1991 concert tour featuring Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, Dangerous Toys and Metal Church. It ran from 9 July 1991 until 19 August 1991 in the United States and Canada. This tour was in honor of the US forces involved in Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War. This would also be Judas Priest's final tour with Rob Halford until 2004.[1]

Judas Priest continued to tour in support of Painkiller, with Alice Cooper supporting Hey Stoopid, Motörhead supporting 1916, Dangerous Toys supporting Hellacious Acres and Metal Church supporting The Human Factor.[2][3]

Rob Halford incident

On the 19 August 1991 show in Toronto, the last date of the tour, an incident occurred when Rob Halford collided with the drum riser as he was making his entrance onstage on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle as the band was set to perform, breaking his nose in the process. He was left unconscious as "Hell Bent for Leather" was being performed. Crew members struggled to search for Halford in the heavy induced fog, not knowing where he was. After a short while, guitarist Glenn Tipton stumbled upon him on the ground and Halford was then assisted by the crew members. He regained consciousness afterwards and finished the show with a plaster on the bridge of his nose. After the show, he was transferred to the local medical clinic where he was treated for a concussion.[4]

In the 2004 Reunited documentary, Tipton explained that so much dry ice, smoke and pyrotechnics was the primary factor that the center of the stage got stuck, "Rob went down on the ramp on the bike, and, so lucky, he'd actually just caught the top of his head, you know, I mean it could've literally have killed him. And it knocked him off. So we started the number not knowing what had gone on because there was so much dry ice and smoke, until I stepped on Rob, [Laughs] I actually stepped on Rob, 'What's this? On the stage', you know, 'some Priest prop.' And it was Rob and he was stunned so we played the first song which was, I'm not sure whether it was "Electric Eye" or, without him...anyway true to professional form he rallied around and joined us on stage in the second number."[5]

Set lists

Judas Priest setlist

  1. "Hell Bent for Leather"
  2. "Heading Out to the Highway"
  3. "The Hellion"
  4. "Electric Eye"
  5. "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover) (Dropped after 14 July 1991)
  6. "All Guns Blazing"
  7. "Metal Gods"
  8. "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll"
  9. "The Ripper"
  10. "Night Crawler"
  11. "A Touch of Evil"
  12. "Painkiller"
  13. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
  14. "Breaking the Law"
  15. "Living After Midnight"
  16. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

"Turbo Lover" and "Victim of Changes" were also occasionally performed.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
9 July 1991Salt Lake City United States Salt Palace
12 July 1991IrvineIrvine Meadows
13 July 1991Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre
14 July 1991SacramentoCal Expo Amphitheatre
16 July 1991MorrisonRed Rocks Amphitheatre
19 July 1991Cedar RapidsFive Seasons Center
20 July 1991Tinley ParkWorld Music Theater
21 July 1991AntiochStarwood Amphitheatre
23 July 1991LakelandLakeland Civic Center
24 July 1991OrlandoOrlando Arena
25 July 1991AtlantaCoca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre
27 July 1991HoustonThe Summit
28 July 1991DallasCoca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
30 July 1991CharlotteBlockbuster Pavilion
31 July 1991RaleighWalnut Creek Amphitheatre
2 August 1991BurgettstownStar Lake Amphitheater
3 August 1991ClarkstonPine Knob Music Theatre
4 August 1991MerrillvilleStar Plaza Theatre
6 August 1991NoblesvilleDeer Creek Music Center
7 August 1991RichfieldRichfield Coliseum
8 August 1991WeedsportCayuga County Fair Speedway
9 August 1991East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena
10 August 1991PhiladelphiaSpectrum
11 August 1991BristolLake Compounce
13 August 1991Old Orchard BeachThe Ball Park
14 August 1991MansfieldGreat Woods
15 August 1991LandoverCapital Centre
16 August 1991MiddletownOrange County Fair Speedway
17 August 1991Montreal CanadaMontreal Forum
19 August 1991Toronto CNE Grandstand

References

  1. ↑ "OPERATION ROCK'N'ROLL TOUR (1991)". chmetal.info. 5 January 2017. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Rule, Sheila (11 June 1992). "Pop Concerts Shake Off Last Summer's Malaise". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Devil Don. "Remembering Operation: Rock N' Roll". thegreatsouthernbrainfart.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "[HQ] Judas Priest - Accident - Toronto 1991 (Halford Falls From His Motorcycle) [Very Rare Video]". YouTube. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Judas Priest - Reunited Tour Documentary 2004 (Part 3)". YouTube. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.