The Fire Meets the Fury Tour
Tour by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationNorth America
Associated albumIn Step
Start dateOctober 25, 1989
End dateDecember 3, 1989
Legs1
No. of shows29
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble concert chronology

The Fire Meets the Fury Tour is a 1989 concert tour co-headlined by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck. Epic Records paired the two guitarists together for a 29-day concert tour starting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This tour was the third leg of the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble In Step Tour.[1] In addition to being one of the highest-grossing concert tours of 1989, The Fire Meets the Fury Tour won the Pollstar magazine award for most creative tour package of the year.[2]

The bands rehearsed at Prince's Paisley Park Studios on October 23 and 24, before beginning the tour at the Northrup Auditorium on October 25, 1989. Both Vaughan and Beck were advertised as headliners and received equal billing for the tour. In order to ensure equal billing, Vaughan and Beck alternated headline spots. Vaughan's manager Alex Hodges commented: "We were very careful to have equal billing and everything done in a way that it would be hard to say anyone was taking advantage of the other."[3] Jeff Beck won a coin flip by lighting designer Andy Elias and was named the headline act for the opening show in Minneapolis.[4] During the final show on December 3 in Oakland, California, in which Jeff Beck was the opening act, Carlos Santana joined Stevie Ray Vaughan on stage while playing a borrowed Stratocaster.[5]

Touring personnel

Bands:

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble[6]

Jeff Beck with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas[7]

Management/tour staff:[8]

  • Paul "Skip" Rickert (tour manager)
  • Mark Rutledge (production manager)
  • Bill Mounsey (stage manager)
  • René Martinez (guitar technician)
  • John "Bondo" Bond (keyboard technician)
  • Johnny "JW" Roberts (monitor engineer)
  • Andy Elias (set/lighting designer)
  • Gary Kudrna (sound technician)
  • Randy Bryant (sound technician)
  • Richard Luckett (tour merchandise manager)
  • Alex Hodges/Strike Force (talent management/Stevie Ray Vaughan)
  • Ernest Chapman (talent management/Jeff Beck)[9]

Videos

Typical setlists

Tour dates

Date[14] City Country Venue
October 25, 1989MinneapolisUnited StatesNorthrop Auditorium
October 27, 1989MilwaukeeMilwaukee Auditorium
October 28, 1989ChicagoUIC Pavilion
October 29, 1989St. LouisFox Theatre
October 31, 1989ColumbusBattelle Hall
November 1, 1989MontrealCanadaMontreal Forum
November 2, 1989TorontoSkyDome
November 3, 1989DetroitUnited StatesCobo Hall
November 4, 1989PittsburghA. J. Palumbo Center
November 6, 1989LandoverCapital Centre
November 7, 1989PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum
November 8, 1989WorcesterThe Centrum
November 11, 1989New York CityMadison Square Garden
November 12, 1989TroyHouston Field House
November 14, 1989ClevelandPublic Auditorium
November 15, 1989TrotwoodHara Arena
November 16, 1989LouisvilleLouisville Gardens
November 18, 1989BirminghamBoutwell Memorial Auditorium
November 19, 1989AtlantaThe Omni
November 21, 1989MiamiMiami Arena
November 22, 1989TampaUSF Sun Dome
November 24, 1989HoustonSam Houston Coliseum
November 25, 1989DallasState Fair Coliseum
November 26, 1989AustinFrank Erwin Center
November 27, 1989AmarilloAmarillo Civic Center
November 28, 1989AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum
November 29, 1989DenverMcNichols Sports Arena
December 1, 1989Los AngelesLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
December 2, 1989SacramentoArco Arena
December 3, 1989OaklandOakland Coliseum Arena

References

  1. ↑ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury): Santa Monica, CA 1989.
  2. ↑ Year End Top 200 North American Tours 1989. Pollstar. December 18, 1989. p 176.
  3. ↑ Hopkins 2011, p. 219
  4. ↑ Year End Top 200 North American Tours 1989. Pollstar. December 18, 1989. p 176.
  5. ↑ "Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan Meet and Play in 1984".
  6. ↑ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989.
  7. ↑ "Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Alone Together (Rolling Stone)".
  8. ↑ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989.
  9. ↑ "Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Alone Together (Rolling Stone)".
  10. ↑ "October 28, 1989 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  11. ↑ "Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck MTV Interview". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  12. ↑ "Jeff Beck Average Setlists | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  13. ↑ "Stevie Ray Vaughan Average Setlists of tour: The Fire Meets the Fury | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  14. ↑ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989.

Sources

  • Hopkins, Craig (2011). Stevie Ray Vaughan – Day by Day, Night After Night: His Final Years, 1983–1990. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1-61774-022-0.
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