Recycler Tour

The Recycler Tour was a concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. Presented by Beaver Productions and sponsored by Miller Lite, the tour took place in North America and Europe. The set list featured material from the band's previous seven studio albums. Venues were mostly arenas.

Recycler Tour

Tour by ZZ Top
Location	North America Europe
Associated album	Recycler
Start date	October 2, 1990
End date	September 27, 1991
Legs	4
No. of shows	160
ZZ Top concert chronology

Itinerary

The tour coincided with the October 1990 release of the band's album Recycler. The tour began on October 2, 1990 in Vancouver, British Columbia and ended on September 27, 1991 in Mexico City.

Bryan Adams, The Law, Thunder, and Little Angels were the opening acts for the show on July 6, 1991.

Opening acts

• The Law
• Thunder
• Little Angels
• Black Crowes
• Extreme^[1]

Set list

Opening

John Farnham

Bryan Adams

1. "She's Only Happy When She's Dancing"
2. "Kids Wanna Rock"
3. "Hey Honey – I'm Packin' You In!"
4. "It's Only Love"
5. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
6. "Cuts Like a Knife"
7. "Take Me Back"
8. "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven"
9. "When the Night Comes"
10. "Heat of the Night"
11. "Heaven"
12. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
13. "Run to You"
14. "Somebody"
15. "There Will Never Be Another Tonight"
16. "Long Gone"
17. "Summer of '69"
18. "One Night Love Affair"
19. "C'mon Everybody"^[2]

ZZ Top

1. "Planet of Women"
2. "Sleeping Bag"
3. "Tell It"
4. "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers"
5. "Waitin' for the Bus"
6. "Jesus Just Left Chicago"
7. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
8. "Ten Foot Pole"
9. "Burger Man"
10. "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
11. "Concrete and Steel"
12. "My Head's in Mississippi"
13. "Manic Mechanic"
14. "Heard It on the X"
15. "Cheap Sunglasses"
16. "2000 Blues"
17. "Blue Jean Blues"
18. "Just Got Paid"
19. "Doubleback"
20. "Got Me Under Pressure"
21. "Sharp Dressed Man"
22. "Give It Up"
23. "Legs"
24. "Tube Snake Boogie"
25. "La Grange"
26. "Tush"^[3]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1: arenas in North America[4]
October 2, 1990	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum	Colin James	13,500 / 13,500	$301,827
October 4, 1990	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum		10,938 / 10,938	$226,743
October 5, 1990	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome		11,338 / 11,338	$239,594
October 6, 1990	Saskatoon		Saskatchewan Place		8,558 / 8,558	$189,454
October 7, 1990	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Arena		8,505 / 8,505	$194,615
October 11, 1990	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens		13,534 / 13,534	$294,697
October 13, 1990	Montreal		Montreal Forum		13,900 / 13,900	$268,307
October 20, 1990	Dallas	United States	Cotton Bowl	Steve Miller Band, Santana	74,100 / 74,100	$1,715,688
October 25, 1990	Wichita		Britt Brown Arena	Colin James	11,875 / 11,875	$224,837
October 26, 1990	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium		10,200 / 10,200	$229,203
October 28, 1990	Ames		Hilton Coliseum		10,350 / 10,350	$191,139
October 29, 1990	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center		10,000 / 10,000	$183,300
October 31, 1990	Milwaukee		Bradley Center		12,140 / 12,140	$226,420
November 1, 1990	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center Arena		9,908 / 9,908	$185,309
November 3, 1990	Minneapolis		Target Center	Johnny Van Zant	15,469 / 15,469	$313,278
November 4, 1990	Madison		Dane County Coliseum		—	—
November 6, 1990	Notre Dame		Joyce Center		9,094 / 9,094	$168,363
November 7, 1990	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena		23,710 / 23,710	$450,300
November 8, 1990
November 11, 1990	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena		18,515 / 24,700	$392,097
November 12, 1990
November 14, 1990	Billings		Yellowstone METRA		—	—
November 16, 1990	Pullman		Beasley Coliseum	Jeff Healey Band
November 18, 1990	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome		24,006 / 24,006	$466,840
November 19, 1990	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum		20,264 / 20,264	$395,117
November 20, 1990
November 21, 1990	Boise		BSU Pavilion		—	—
November 23, 1990	Reno		Lawlor Events Center		11,330 / 11,330	$210,093
November 24, 1990	Paradise		Thomas & Mack Center		12,543 / 12,543	$235,522
November 25, 1990	Inglewood		Great Western Forum		28,043 / 28,043	$573,330
November 26, 1990
November 29, 1990	Sacramento		ARCO Arena		16,675 / 16,675	$344,025
November 30, 1990	Daly City		Cow Palace		42,644 / 42,644	$913,725
December 1, 1990
December 2, 1990
December 8, 1990	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum		24,828 / 24,828	$466,093
December 9, 1990
December 10, 1990	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena		12,907 / 12,907	$265,254
December 13, 1990	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum		9,493 / 9,493	$176,560
December 15, 1990	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum		10,000 / 10,000	$200,000
December 16, 1990	Kansas City		Kemper Arena		12,404 / 12,404	$248,080
December 17, 1990	Oklahoma City		Myriad Convention Center		12,500 / 12,500	$233,660
Leg 2: arenas in the United States[5]
January 4, 1991	New Orleans	United States	Lakefront Arena	The Black Crowes	9,500 / 9,500	$179,100
January 5, 1991	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum		20,691 / 20,691	$413,820
January 6, 1991
January 7, 1991	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium		9,900 / 9,900	$185,880
January 9, 1991	Louisville		Freedom Hall		14,455 / 14,455	$281,873
January 10, 1991	Dayton		Ervin J. Nutter Center		11,160 / 12,198	$217,620
January 12, 1991	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center		11,427 / 11,427	$218,800
January 13, 1991	Landover		Capital Centre		30,553 / 30,553	$652,635
January 14, 1991
January 17, 1991	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center		24,431 / 24,431	$461,423
January 18, 1991
January 19, 1991	Worcester		Centrum in Worcester		22,797 / 22,797	$485,573
January 20, 1991
January 23, 1991	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center		18,300 / 18,300	$324,825
January 24, 1991
January 26, 1991	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum		12,312 / 12,312	$258,795
January 28, 1991	New York City		Madison Square Garden		26,915 / 26,915	$565,515
January 29, 1991
February 1, 1991	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium		13,409 / 13,409	$254,740
February 2, 1991	Toledo		Savage Hall		—	—
February 5, 1991	Albany		Knickerbocker Arena		13,054 / 13,756	$236,613
February 6, 1991	Providence		Providence Civic Center		11,732 / 12,450	$228,774
February 7, 1991	Hershey		Hersheypark Arena		10,000 / 10,000	$188,800
February 9, 1991	Syracuse		Carrier Dome		19,741 / 22,100	$379,386
February 11, 1991	Richfield		Coliseum at Richfield		29,224 / 29,224	$587,034
February 12, 1991
February 15, 1991	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon		44,890 / 44,890	$962,325
February 16, 1991
February 17, 1991
February 18, 1991	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena		23,181 / 23,181	$417,027
February 19, 1991
February 21, 1991	Auburn Hills		Palace of Auburn Hills		49,964 / 49,864	$1,071,383
February 22, 1991
February 23, 1991
February 25, 1991	Lexington		Rupp Arena		14,329 / 14,329	$282,998
February 26, 1991	Carbondale		SIU Arena		—	—
February 27, 1991	Chattanooga		UTC Arena
March 2, 1991	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum		11,346 / 11,346	$218,879
March 3, 1991	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena		16,601 / 16,601	$314,747
March 11, 1991	Philadelphia		Philadelphia Spectrum		27,878 / 27,878	$598,230
March 12, 1991
March 14, 1991	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena		26,114 / 26,114	$511,568
March 15, 1991
March 17, 1991	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum		—	—
March 20, 1991	Chapel Hill		Dean E. Smith Center		12,301 / 12,301	$246,140
March 21, 1991	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center		10,938 / 10,938	$210,240
March 24, 1991	Atlanta		The Omni		38,539 / 38,539	$769,098
March 25, 1991
March 26, 1991				Michelle Malone & Drag the River
March 29, 1991	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum		18,616 / 18,616	$358,700
March 30, 1991	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum		10,444 / 10,444	$198,240
April 2, 1991	Savannah		Savannah Civic Center		8,137 / 8,137	$150,760
April 3, 1991	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum		11,676 / 11,676	$221,600
April 4, 1991	North Fort Myers		Lee Civic Center	Dreams So Real	9,000 / 9,000	$171,580
April 6, 1991	Miami		Miami Arena		24,471 / 24,471	$521,753
April 7, 1991
April 10, 1991	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center	Hall Aflame	19,054 / 19,054	$397,019
April 11, 1991
April 13, 1991	Pensacola		Pensacola Civic Center		10,027 / 10,027	$189,820
April 14, 1991	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum		11,944 / 11,944	$224,560
April 17, 1991	Birmingham		Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center		15,202 / 15,202	$296,234
April 18, 1991	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum		10,384 / 10,384	$191,360
April 19, 1991	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum		10,350 / 10,350	$194,780
April 20, 1991	Lafayette		Cajundome		10,802 / 10,802	$203,320
April 22, 1991	Dallas	Reunion Arena	John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers	28,719 / 28,719	$590,085
April 23, 1991
April 25, 1991	Houston	The Summit		51,784 / 51,784	$1,088,612
April 26, 1991
April 27, 1991
April 28, 1991
April 29, 1991	San Antonio	Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center		—	—
May 1, 1991	Las Cruces	Pan American Center		10,205 / 10,205	$192,480
May 2, 1991	Lubbock	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum		10,500 / 10,500	$196,160
May 3, 1991	Austin	Frank Erwin Center	Jay Aaron	14,701 / 14,701	$296,528
Leg 3: stadiums in Europe
June 5, 1991	Helsinki	Finland	Oulunkylä Sportspark	Thunder	—	—
June 8, 1991	Stockholm	Sweden	Söderstadion	Desperado, Thunder
June 9, 1991				Roger McGuinn, Thunder
June 12, 1991	Copenhagen	Denmark	Gentofte Stadion	Bryan Adams, Thunder
June 15, 1991	Mannheim	Germany	Maimarktgelände	Bryan Adams
June 16, 1991	Nuremberg		Zeppelinfeld
June 19, 1991	Berlin		Waldbühne
June 20, 1991
June 22, 1991	Cologne		Müngersdorfer Stadion
June 23, 1991	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakob Stadium
June 25, 1991	Toulouse	France	Palais des Sports
June 27, 1991	Nantes		Stade Marcel Saupin
June 28, 1991	Paris		Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 29, 1991
June 30, 1991
July 2, 1991	Lyon		Halle Tony Garnier
July 3, 1991	Marseille		Vitrolles Stadium
July 6, 1991	Milton Keynes	England	Milton Keynes Bowl	Bryan Adams, The Law
Leg 4: arenas and amphitheaters in North America[6]
August 1, 1991	Salt Lake City	United States	Salt Palace	Extreme	9,940 / 9,940	$198,800
August 3, 1991	Bismarck		Bismarck Civic Center		—	—
August 4, 1991	Sioux Falls		Sioux Falls Arena		6,970 / 8,000	$139,400
August 6, 1991	Rapid City		Rushmore Plaza Civic Center		—	—
August 10, 1991	San Jose		Spartan Stadium	Steve Miller, Eric Johnson
August 11, 1991	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre	Extreme
August 12, 1991	Tucson		McKale Center
August 14, 1991	Odessa		Ector County Coliseum
August 16, 1991	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheatre
August 17, 1991	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheatre
August 18, 1991	Tulsa		Tulsa Convention Center
August 20, 1991	Des Moines		Veterans Memorial Auditorium
August 21, 1991	Duluth		DECC Arena
August 22, 1991	Rockford		Rockford MetroCentre
August 23, 1991	Tinley Park		World Music Theatre
August 24, 1991	East Lansing		Breslin Student Events Center
August 27, 1991	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center		8,067 / 16,400
August 29, 1991	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center		—
August 30, 1991	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
August 31, 1991	Old Orchard Beach		Seashore Performing Arts Center
September 1, 1991	Mansfield		Great Woods Center
September 3, 1991	Halifax	Canada	Halifax Metro Centre
September 6, 1991	Hamilton		Copps Coliseum
September 7, 1991	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Centre
September 11, 1991	Wallkill	United States	Orange County Speedway
September 13, 1991	Wheeling		WesBanco Arena
September 14, 1991	Baltimore		Baltimore Arena
September 15, 1991	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center
September 18, 1991	Murfreesboro		Murphy Center
September 19, 1991	Huntsville		Von Braun Civic Center
September 20, 1991	Monroe		Monroe Civic Center
September 27, 1991	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	—