Building Empires Tour

The Building Empires Tour was a concert tour by American heavy metal band Queensrÿche in support of their latest album Empire. The setlist consisted of the band performing their album Operation: Mindcrime in full. Suicidal Tendencies and Warrior Soul supported the band throughout North America.

Building Empires Tour

Tour by Queensrÿche
Associated album	Empire
Start date	October 29, 1990
End date	January 3, 1992
No. of shows	170
Queensrÿche concert chronology

Set list

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1. "Resistance"
2. "Walk in the Shadows"
3. "Best I Can"
4. "Hand on Heart" (Dropped after November 15, 1990)
5. "Empire"
6. "The Thin Line"
7. "Jet City Woman"
8. "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" (Starting on October 17, 1991)
9. "Roads to Madness"
10. "I Remember Now"
11. "Anarchy-X"
12. "Revolution Calling"
13. "Operation: Mindcrime"
14. "Speak"
15. "Spreading the Disease"
16. "The Mission"
17. "Suite Sister Mary"
18. "The Needle Lies"
19. "Electric Requiem"
20. "Breaking the Silence"
21. "I Don't Believe in Love"
22. "Waiting for 22"
23. "My Empty Room"
24. "Eyes of a Stranger"
25. "Della Brown" (Starting on November 8, 1991)
26. "Last Time in Paris" (Starting on July 21, 1991)
27. "Silent Lucidity"
28. "Take Hold of the Flame" (Dropped after July 21, 1991)

Tour Dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
October 29, 1990	Dublin	Ireland	SFX Hall
October 31, 1990	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Ulster Hall
November 1, 1990	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
November 2, 1990	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	Newcastle City Hall
November 4, 1990	Nottingham		Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
November 5, 1990	Bradford		St. George's Hall
November 6, 1990	Liverpool		Royal Court Theatre
November 8, 1990	Newport	Wales	Newport Centre
November 9, 1990	Poole	England	Poole Arts Centre
November 11, 1990	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
November 12, 1990	Aston		Aston Villa Leisure Centre
November 14, 1990	London		Hammersmith Odeon
November 15, 1990
November 18, 1990	Hamburg	Germany	Große Freiheit 36
November 19, 1990	Bonn		Biskuithalle
November 20, 1990	Ichtegem	Belgium	Sporthal Ichtegem
November 22, 1990	Hannover	Germany	Hannover Music Hall
November 23, 1990	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz		Jurahalle
November 24, 1990	Wertheim		Main-Tauber-Halle
November 26, 1990	Unterföhring		Theaterfabrik
November 27, 1990	Ludwigsburg		Forum Am Schlosspark
November 29, 1990	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Jaap Edenhal
November 30, 1990	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre
December 2, 1990	Senden	Germany	Gorki Park
December 3, 1990	Zürich	Switzerland	Volkshaus
December 5, 1990	Florence	Italy	Palasport
December 6, 1990	Milan		Rolling Stone
Rock in Rio
January 23, 1991	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Rock in Rio
Japan
January 29, 1991	Tokyo	Japan	NHK Hall
February 1, 1991	Osaka		Osaka Festival Hall
February 3, 1991	Tokyo		NHK Hall
February 4, 1991
February 5, 1991	Yokohama		Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
North America I
April 15, 1991	Amarillo	United States	Amarillo Civic Center
April 17, 1991	El Paso		UTEP Special Events Center
April 19, 1991	Houston		The Summit
April 20, 1991	Dallas		Reunion Arena
April 21, 1991	Lubbock		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
April 23, 1991	Odessa		Ector County Coliseum
April 24, 1991	San Antonio		Freeman Coliseum
April 25, 1991	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
April 27, 1991	New Orleans		UNO Lakefront Arena
April 29, 1991	Valley Center		Britt Brown Arena
April 30, 1991	Oklahoma City		Myriad Convention Center
May 1, 1991	Tulsa		Expo Square Pavilion
May 3, 1991	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
May 4, 1991	Kansas City		Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
May 5, 1991	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
May 7, 1991	Duluth		Duluth Arena
May 8, 1991	Minneapolis		Target Center
May 10, 1991	Madison		Dane County Coliseum
May 11, 1991	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena
May 12, 1991	La Crosse		La Crosse Center
May 14, 1991	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
May 15, 1991	Des Moines		Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium
May 17, 1991	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
May 18, 1991	Green Bay		Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
May 19, 1991	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
May 21, 1991	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
May 22, 1991	Louisville		Louisville Gardens
May 24, 1991	Columbus		Battelle Hall
May 25, 1991	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
May 26, 1991	Saginaw		Saginaw Civic Center
May 28, 1991	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
May 29, 1991	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium
May 31, 1991	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
June 1, 1991	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
June 2, 1991	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
June 4, 1991	Trotwood		Hara Arena
June 5, 1991	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
June 7, 1991	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial
June 8, 1991	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
June 19, 1991	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
June 21, 1991	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
June 22, 1991	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
June 23, 1991	Birmingham		BJCC Coliseum
June 25, 1991	Huntsville		Von Braun Civic Center
June 26, 1991	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
June 28, 1991	Chattanooga		UTC Arena
June 30, 1991	Atlanta		The Omni Coliseum
July 2, 1991	St. Petersberg		Bayfront Center
July 3, 1991	Miami		Miami Arena
July 5, 1991	Orlando		Orlando Arena
July 6, 1991	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
July 7, 1991	Pensacola		Pensacola Civic Center
July 9, 1991	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
July 10, 1991	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
July 12, 1991	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
July 13, 1991	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
July 14, 1991	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
July 16, 1991	Norfolk		Norfolk Scope
July 17, 1991	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
July 19, 1991	Fairfax		Patriot Center
July 20, 1991	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
July 21, 1991	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
July 23, 1991	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
July 24, 1991	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
July 26, 1991	Uniondale	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 27, 1991	Worcester	The Centrum
July 28, 1991	Albany	Knickerbocker Arena
July 30, 1991	Providence	Providence Civic Center
July 31, 1991	Hartford	Hartford Civic Center
Monsters of Rock
August 10, 1991	Gentofte	Denmark	Gentofte Stadion
August 13, 1991	Chorzów	Poland	Silesian Stadium
August 17, 1991	Castle Donington	England	Donington Park
August 22, 1991	Budapest	Hungary	Népstadion
August 24, 1991	Munich	Germany	Galopprennbahn Riem
August 25, 1991	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakob Stadium
August 27, 1991	Berlin	Germany	Waldbühne
August 28, 1991
August 30, 1991	Hasselt	Belgium	Kiewit Airfield
August 31, 1991	Hannover	Germany	Niedersachsenstadion
September 1, 1991	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Stadion de Goffert
September 7, 1991	Mainz	Germany	Mainz-Finthen Airport
September 8, 1991	Oldenburg		Weser-Ems Halle
September 11, 1991	Graz	Austria	Liebenauer Stadium
September 14, 1991	Modena	Italy	Festa de l'Unità
September 17, 1991	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
September 18, 1991
September 21, 1991	Paris	France	Hippodrome de Vincennes
North America III
October 12, 1991	Oakland	United States	Day on the Green
October 17, 1991	Edmonton	Canada	Northlands Coliseum
October 18, 1991	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome
October 21, 1991	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena
October 22, 1991	Fargo	United States	Bison Sports Arena
October 24, 1991	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
October 25, 1991	Auburn Hills	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills
October 27, 1991	Quebec City	Canada	Colisee de Quebec
October 28, 1991	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Centre
October 29, 1991	Montreal		Montreal Forum
October 31, 1991	Bangor	United States	Bangor Auditorium
November 1, 1991	Halifax	Canada	Halifax Metro Centre
November 3, 1991	Bethlehem	United States	Stabler Arena
November 4, 1991	Syracuse		Onondaga County War Memorial
November 5, 1991	Boston		Boston Garden
November 7, 1991	Baltimore		Baltimore Arena
November 8, 1991	Hershey		Hersheypark Arena
November 9, 1991	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
November 11, 1991	Johnstown		Cambria County War Memorial Arena
November 12, 1991	Wheeling		Wheeling Civic Center
November 13, 1991	Cincinnati		Cincinnati Gardens
November 15, 1991	Lexington		Rupp Arena
November 17, 1991	Muskegon		L.C. Walker Arena
November 18, 1991	Springfield		Prairie Capital Convention Center
November 19, 1991	Rochester		Mayo Civic Center
November 21, 1991	Manhattan		Bramlage Coliseum
November 22, 1991	Sioux Falls		Sioux Falls Arena
November 24, 1991	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
November 25, 1991
November 27, 1991	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center
November 29, 1991	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
November 30, 1991	Daly City		Cow Palace
December 1, 1991	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
December 4, 1991	Boise		BSU Pavilion
December 5, 1991	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
December 7, 1991	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
December 9, 1991	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
December 10, 1991	Tucson		Tucson Convention Center
December 11, 1991	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 12, 1991	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
December 13, 1991
December 14, 1991
December 15, 1991
December 28, 1991	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
December 30, 1991	Portland	United States	Portland Memorial Coliseum
December 31, 1991	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
January 1, 1992
January 3, 1992	Spokane		Spokane Coliseum