Flick of the Switch Tour

The Flick of the Switch Tour was a concert tour by the Australian hard-rock band AC/DC, in support of their ninth studio album, Flick of the Switch, which was released on 15 August 1983.

Flick of the Switch Tour

Tour by AC/DC
Poster to the concert in Paris, France
Location	Europe North America South America
Associated album	Flick of the Switch
Start date	14 October 1983 (1983-10-14)
End date	19 January 1985 (1985-01-19)
Legs	3
No. of shows	65
AC/DC concert chronology

Background

The Flick of the Switch tour took place in North America during the fall of 1983 when it was initially postponed,^[1] with the band performing on the Monsters of Rock Tour in 1984 alongside Van Halen.^[2] The North American leg had lower attendance for some shows on the tour, with mixed reviews coming in for the album.^[3] At the sold out show in New York City, the audience were described as "crazy as ever", with the band's music barely being heard over the audience.^[4] In 1985, during the recording of the Fly on the Wall album, the band took some time off studio to play two concerts at the Rock in Rio Festival in Brazil, on 15 January and 19 January, along with Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne and Whitesnake,^[2] in front of 400,000 in attendance.^[5] The stage design for the tour featured two cannons and pyrotechnics which was handled by Pete Cappadocia.^[1]

This was the first AC/DC tour to feature drummer Simon Wright,^[6] after the departure of Phil Rudd.^[7]

During the Tacoma Dome performance, two fans, a 21-year-old Fort Lewis soldier and a 14-year-old female fired off a skyrocket at the ceiling, burning a hole through it and causing damage costs of $25,000. They were both placed into jail, the 21-year-old later sentenced to three years of hard labor,^[8] while the 14-year-old was placed in a juvenile facility.^[9]

Tour dates

List of 1983 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue^[10][11]

Date	City	Country	Venue
11 October 1983	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
13 October 1983	Tacoma	United States	Tacoma Dome
14 October 1983	Portland		Memorial Coliseum
17 October 1983	Inglewood		The Forum
18 October 1983
19 October 1983	Daly City		Cow Palace
22 October 1983	Tempe		Compton Terrace Amphitheatre
23 October 1983	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
24 October 1983	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
26 October 1983	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
27 October 1983	Dallas		Reunion Arena
28 October 1983	San Antonio		HemisFair Arena
29 October 1983	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
30 October 1983	Houston		The Summit
1 November 1983	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
2 November 1983	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
3 November 1983	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
4 November 1983	Notre Dame		Edmund P. Joyce Center
6 November 1983	Saint Paul		St. Paul Civic Center
7 November 1983	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
8 November 1983	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
9 November 1983	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
11 November 1983	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
12 November 1983	Lexington		Rupp Arena
13 November 1983	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center
14 November 1983	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
15 November 1983
16 November 1983	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium
17 November 1983	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
18 November 1983
20 November 1983	Atlanta		The Omni
21 November 1983
22 November 1983	Birmingham		Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
23 November 1983	Bilxoi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
25 November 1983	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
26 November 1983[12]	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center
27 November 1983	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
28 November 1983	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
30 November 1983[13]	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
1 December 1983	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
2 December 1983	Worcester		Worcester Centrum
3 December 1983
4 December 1983	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
5 December 1983	New York City		Madison Square Garden
6 December 1983	Providence		Providence Civic Center
8 December 1983	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9 December 1983	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
10 December 1983	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
11 December 1983[14]	Landover		Capital Centre
12 December 1983
14 December 1983	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
15 December 1983	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
16 December 1983[15]	Montreal		Montreal Forum

List of 1984 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue^[11]

Date	City	Country	Venue
11 August 1984	San Sebastián	Spain	Velódromo de Anoeta
18 August 1984	Castle Donington	England	Donington Park
25 August 1984	Stockholm	Sweden	Råsunda Stadium
31 August 1984	Winterthur	Switzerland	Stadion Schützenwiese
1 September 1984	Karlsruhe	West Germany	Wildparkstadion
2 September 1984	Nuremberg		Stadion am Dutzendteich
5 September 1984	Rome	Italy	Nettuno Stadio Comunale
7 September 1984	Turin		Stadio Olimpico di Torino
11 September 1984	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
12 September 1984	Lyon		Halle Tony Garnier

List of 1985 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue^[11]

Date	City	Country	Venue
15 January 1985	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Cidade do Rock
19 January 1985

Personnel

• Angus Young – lead guitar
• Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Simon Wright – drums
• Brian Johnson – lead vocals