Razors Edge World Tour

The Razors Edge World Tour was a concert tour played by the hard rock band AC/DC, in support of their twelfth studio album The Razors Edge. This tour had 5 legs around the world lasting 12 months starting on 2 November 1990 in Worcester, Massachusetts, finishing on 16 November 1991 in Auckland, New Zealand.

The Razors Edge World Tour

Tour by AC/DC
Poster to the concert in Frankfurt, Germany
Location	Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	The Razors Edge
Start date	2 November 1990
End date	16 November 1991
Legs	5
No. of shows	160
AC/DC concert chronology

Background

It was the only tour to feature drummer Chris Slade until the Rock or Bust World Tour. Williams, who was struck with a kidney infection was filled in by Paul Greg on bass for several concerts on the first North American leg.^[1]

During the tour, the hugely successful Live at Donington show was performed.^[2] A video of the show has been released on VHS, then on DVD and Blu-ray.^[3] By the end of the tour, the band had grossed over 17 million dollars.^[4]

On 18 January 1991, three teen-age fans were crushed to death at a show in Salt Lake City when they fell to the floor at the beginning of the concert and were stepped on by other concertgoers, prompting the band to stop playing early on.^[5] Audience members were asking the band to stop the concert when the band was continuing to perform.^[6] The incident has since been a sore spot for AC/DC's rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young, according to their VH1 Behind The Music special in which it is reported that he has since refused to talk about it.^[7]

AC/DC performing in Castle Donington in 1991

King's X was the opening band for the tour's second North American leg and first European legs of the tour.^[8] L.A. Guns was the opening band for the third North American leg of the tour.

Reception

Greg Haymes from the Daily Gazette gave the performance at the Knickerbacker Arena a positive review, opening with the anticipation of metalheads who weren't disappointed as the show opened with the arena rattling, while the band performed at three different volumes. Haymes also noted that even if the band may seem anachronistic or cliched, he acknowledged the teaming of the band's members fit together perfectly, even with the simplicity of their songs.^[9]

Opening acts

Typical opening acts

• Love/Hate
• King's X
• L.A. Guns

Monsters of Rock opening acts

• Metallica
• Queensrÿche
• The Black Crowes
• Mötley Crüe
• Negazione
• Patrick Rondat
• Legion
• Tesla
• Pantera
• E.S.T.

Tour dates

List of 1990 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue^[10][11]

Date	City	Country	Venue
2 November 1990	Worcester	United States	Centrum in Worcester
3 November 1990
4 November 1990	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
6 November 1990	Philadelphia		Spectrum
7 November 1990	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
9 November 1990	Toronto	Canada	SkyDome
10 November 1990	Binghamton	United States	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
11 November 1990	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
13 November 1990	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
15 November 1990	Providence		Providence Civic Center
17 November 1990	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
18 November 1990	Landover		Capital Centre
20 November 1990	Lexington		Rupp Arena
21 November 1990	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
23 November 1990	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
24 November 1990	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
25 November 1990	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
26 November 1990	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium
28 November 1990	Rockford		Rockford MetroCentre
29 November 1990	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
30 November 1990	Bloomington		Met Center
1 December 1990	Madison		Dane County Expo Coliseum
3 December 1990	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
4 December 1990	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
6 December 1990	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
7 December 1990	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
8 December 1990	Tulsa		Mabee Center
9 December 1990	Manhattan		Bramlage Coliseum
12 December 1990	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
13 December 1990	Daly City		Cow Palace
14 December 1990
15 December 1990	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
16 December 1990

List of 1991 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue^[11]

Date	City	Country	Venue
11 January 1991	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
12 January 1991
15 January 1991	Portland	United States	Portland Memorial Coliseum
16 January 1991	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome
18 January 1991[a]	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace Acord Arena
20 January 1991	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
23 January 1991	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
25 January 1991	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
26 January 1991	Cincinnati		Cincinnati Gardens
27 January 1991	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
29 January 1991	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
31 January 1991	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena
1 February 1991	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center
2 February 1991	Birmingham		BJCC Coliseum
3 February 1991	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
5 February 1991	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
7 February 1991	Oklahoma City		Myriad Convention Center
10 February 1991	Dallas		Reunion Arena
11 February 1991	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
12 February 1991	Houston		The Summit
15 February 1991	Atlanta		The Omni Coliseum
16 February 1991	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
17 February 1991	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
19 February 1991	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
20 February 1991	Orlando		Orlando Arena
21 February 1991	Miami		Miami Arena
22 February 1991	St. Petersburg		Florida Suncoast Dome
20 March 1991	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall
22 March 1991	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
23 March 1991	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
24 March 1991	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
26 March 1991	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyerhalle
27 March 1991	Mannheim		Maimarkthalle
28 March 1991	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
30 March 1991	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt
31 March 1991	Nuremberg		Frankenhalle
1 April 1991	Hanover		Eilenriedehalle
3 April 1991	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
5 April 1991	Köln	Germany	Köln Sporthalle
6 April 1991	Leiden	Netherlands	Groenoordhallen
7 April 1991	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
9 April 1991	Munich		Olympiahalle
10 April 1991
12 April 1991	Oldenburg		Weser-Ems Halle
13 April 1991	Kiel		Ostseehalle
15 April 1991	London	England	Wembley Arena
16 April 1991
17 April 1991
20 April 1991[b]	Glasgow	Scotland	S.E.C.C. Arena
22 April 1991	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena
23 April 1991[b]
24 April 1991
26 April 1991[b]	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
27 April 1991[b]	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Kings Hall
24 May 1991	Buffalo	United States	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
25 May 1991	Burgettstown		Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater
27 May 1991	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
28 May 1991	Fairborn		Ervin J. Nutter Center
1 June 1991	Louisville		Freedom Hall
2 June 1991	Dallas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
3 June 1991	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
4 June 1991	San Antonio		HemisFair Arena
5 June 1991	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
6 June 1991	Phoenix		Desert Sky Pavilion
7 June 1991	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
8 June 1991	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
10 June 1991	Los Angeles		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
13 June 1991	Oakland		Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
14 June 1991	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
15 June 1991	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
17 June 1991	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
18 June 1991
21 June 1991[b]	Edmonton	Canada	Northlands Coliseum
22 June 1991[b]
23 June 1991	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome
27 June 1991	Bloomington	United States	Met Center
28 June 1991	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
29 June 1991	Tinley Park		New World Music Theater
1 July 1991	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center
2 July 1991	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
3 July 1991	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
5 July 1991	Albany		Knickerbocker Arena
6 July 1991	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
7 July 1991
8 July 1991	Hampton	United States	Hampton Coliseum
9 July 1991	Landover		Capital Centre
10 July 1991	Philadelphia		Spectrum
12 July 1991	New York City		Madison Square Garden
13 July 1991
14 July 1991	Old Orchard Beach		Seashore Performing Arts Center
10 August 1991	Copenhagen	Denmark	Gentofte Stadion
13 August 1991	Chorzów	Poland	Stadion Śląski
17 August 1991[b]	Castle Donington	England	Donington Park
22 August 1991	Budapest	Hungary	Népstadion
24 August 1991	Munich	Germany	Galopprennbahn Riem
25 August 1991	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakob Stadium
27 August 1991	Berlin	Germany	Waldbühne
28 August 1991
30 August 1991	Hasselt	Belgium	Kiewit Airfield
31 August 1991	Hanover	Germany	Niedersachsenstadion
1 September 1991	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Goffertstadion
7 September 1991	Mainz	Germany	Finthen Army Airfield
8 September 1991	Oldenburg		Weser-Ems-Halle
11 September 1991	Graz	Austria	Liebenauer Stadium
14 September 1991	Modena	Italy	Festa de l'Unità
17 September 1991	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
18 September 1991
21 September 1991	Paris	France	Hippodrome de Vincennes
24 September 1991	Barcelona	Spain	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
28 September 1991[b][c]	Moscow	Soviet Union	Tushino Airfield
14 October 1991	Sydney	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
15 October 1991
16 October 1991
18 October 1991	Melbourne		National Tennis Centre
19 October 1991
20 October 1991
23 October 1991	Perth		Perth Entertainment Centre
24 October 1991
28 October 1991	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
29 October 1991
1 November 1991	Melbourne		National Tennis Centre
5 November 1991	Boondall		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
6 November 1991
8 November 1991	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
9 November 1991
10 November 1991
14 November 1991[d]	Wellington	New Zealand	Athletic Park
16 November 1991	Auckland		Mount Smart Stadium

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references

Date	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref.
2–3 November 1990	Worcester, United States	Centrum	21,653 / 24,000	$433,060	[13]
6 November 1990	Philadelphia, United States	Spectrum	14,558	$278,012	[14]
7 November 1990	Pittsburgh, United States	Civic Arena	14,878	$260,682
9 November 1990	Toronto, Canada	SkyDome	27,954	$606,246	[15]
11 November 1990	East Rutherford, United States	Meadowlands Arena	18,821	$370,996	[14]
15 November 1990	Providence, United States	Civic Center	12,531 / 13,000	$244,354	[16]
17 November 1990	Richmond, United States	Coliseum	11,107 / 12,500	$198,750	[15]
20 November 1990	Lexington, United States	Rupp Arena	10,513 / 14,200	$197,119	[16]
23 November 1990	Richfield, United States	Coliseum	17,159	$340,464	[17]
24 November 1990	Auburn Hills, United States	Palace	17,741	$352,210
25 November 1990	Indianapolis, United States	Market Square Arena	14,162 / 15,500	$261,997
30 November 1990	Bloomington, United States	Met Center	14,908	$287,800
3 December 1990	Omaha, United States	Civic Auditorium	10,519	$196,032	[18]
6 December 1990	St. Louis, United States	Arena	11,312 / 12,700	$212,960
7 December 1990	Kansas City, United States	Kemper Arena	9,429 / 11,290	$185,880
12 December 1990	Sacramento, United States	ARCO Sports Arena	17,809	$394,560	[19]
15–16 December 1990	Long Beach, United States	Arena	17,809	$394,560	[20]
15 January 1991	Portland, United States	Arena	12,362	$239,013	[21]
16 January 1991	Tacoma, United States	Dome	25,607	$428,474
20 January 1991	Phoenix, United States	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	13,628	$265,117	[22]
23 January 1991	Denver, United States	McNichols Sports Arena	15,075	$313,683
25 January 1991	Rosemont, United States	Horizon	13,753	$307,901	[21]
26 January 1991	Cincinnati, United States	Gardens	9,824	$180,248
29 January 1991	Memphis, United States	Mid-South Coliseum	9,669 / 9,961	$178,877	[22]
31 January 1991	Knoxville, United States	Thompson-Boling Assembly Center & Arena	10,880	$201,033
2 February 1991	Birmingham, United States	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center	14,272 / 17,500	$267,993
5 February 1991	Little Rock, United States	Barton Coliseum	9,239 / 10,000	$170,922	[23]
7 February 1991	Oklahoma City, United States	Myriad Convention Center Arena	8,801 / 9,000	$158,194
10 February 1991	Dallas, United States	Reunion Arena	16,963	$311,459	[24]
12 February 1991	Houston, United States	The Summit	15,876	$295,389
15 February 1991	Atlanta, United States	The Omni	15,136	$290,072
16 February 1991	Charlotte, United States	Coliseum	18,379	$344,741
17 February 1991	Greensboro, United States	Coliseum	13,663	$254,058
19 February 1991	Jacksonville, United States	Coliseum	9,502 / 10,400	$187,665	[25]
20 February 1991	Orlando, United States	Centroplex Arena	11,342 / 12,220	$224,005
21 February 1991	Miami, United States	Arena	10,921 / 12,950	$226,611
22 February 1991	St. Petersburg, United States	Florida Suncoast Dome	16,234 / 17,500	$320,622

Personnel

• Brian Johnson – lead vocals
• Angus Young – lead guitar, backing vocals on "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" and "T.N.T"
• Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Cliff Williams – bass, backing vocals
• Chris Slade – drums

Additional musicians

• Paul Greg – bass^[1]

Notes

1. Stopped after 20 minutes, as 3 people have died following chaos on the floor of the arena.^[5]
2. Recorded for and/or included on the associated live album AC/DC Live.
3. This show was originally set to be planned in Red Square, but got changed to be in Tushino Airfield.
4. The show was originally scheduled the day before, but postponed because the stage roof collapsed due to high wind gusts and bad weather.^[12]