Monsters of Rock Tour 1988
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Main article: Monsters of Rock
| Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 | ||||
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| Tour by Van Halen and Metallica | ||||
| Start date | May 23, 1988 | |||
| End date | July 30, 1988 | |||
| Legs | 1 | |||
| Shows | 32 | |||
| Van Halen and Metallica tour chronology | ||||
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The Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 was a festival tour of the USA in 1988, headlined by hard rock band Van Halen as part of their promotion for their OU812 album with heavy metal band Metallica as well as other bands including Scorpions, Dokken, and Kingdom Come. It formed the first section of the OU812 Tour, the main part of which followed immediately after Monsters of Rock 1988. As one of the many well known Monsters of Rock tours, the tour featured an impressive line-up, especially for a single day event, and proved very popular.
Being a large scale event with multiple acts, there was a long gap between many dates when the bands' gear was transported and set up.
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Tour bill
- Van Halen (closing act, 100 minutes)
- Scorpions (75 minutes)
- Dokken (60 minutes)
- Metallica (60 minutes)
- Kingdom Come (45 minutes)
Tour included General Admission seating in MeMphis
where the entire stadium had a food fight after Metallica.
In Tampa Florida, a stadium wide food fight also took place. This was general admission also, and took place between the concertgoers in the stadium stands, and the people on the field.
In Los Angeles, the power was shut off during Metallica's set because fans were aggressively rushing the stage. Angry fans then began to throw chairs and barricades. The members of Metallica sat on the drum riser and watched. After a short break, Metallica resumed their set. Fifteen people were arrested. [1]
In Dallas, Van Halen's set was cut short by vocalist Sammy Hagar's voice problems. He promised that Van Halen would return to Dallas and play a free show. Van Halen made good on the promise three years later on December 4, 1991 when they played a free concert at Dallas Alley , a gentrified area on the northwest side of downtown Dallas where free concerts were often hosted to boost traffic for restaurants and stores in the adjacent collection of shops.
Tour dates
References
- ^ The Bulletin. July 25, 1988. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X05TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D4cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3972,6825415&dq=metal-music&hl=en.
External links
- Van-Halen.com - The official Van Halen website
- Van Halen NewsDesk
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