Gigography
Nightmare Returns (1986 - 1987)
The Nightmare Returns Tour 1986 - 1987
Welcome To My Nightmare / Billion Dollar Babies / Years Ago / No More Mr. Nice Guy / Years Ago / Be My Lover / I'm Eighteen / The Worlds Needs Guts / Give It Up / Cold Ethyl / Only Women Bleed / Go To Hell / Ballad Of Dwight Fry / Teenage Frankenstein / Sick Things / I Love The Dead / School's Out / Elected / Under My Wheels
Approximate set time: 80 minutes
Love It To Death (1971):
Ballad Of Dwight Fry / I'm Eighteen
Killer (1971):
Under My Wheels / Be My Lover
School's Out (1972):
School's Out
Billion Dollar Babies (1973):
I Love The Dead / Elected / Billion Dollar Babies / No More Mr Nice Guy / Sick Things
Welcome To My Nightmare (1975):
Welcome To My Nightmare / Only Women Bleed / Cold Ethyl
Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (1976):
Go To Hell
Constrictor (1986):
The World Needs Guts / Give It Up / Teenage Frankenstein
1986 October
- 23: USA - Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, California
- 24: USA - National Orange Showgrounds, San Bernadino, California
- 28: USA - Lansing Civic Center, Lansing, Michigan
with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Ticket - 29: USA - Wendler Arena, Saginaw, Michigan with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
- 30: USA - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
with Vinnie Vincent Invasion. SOLD OUT
Ticket - 31: USA - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
with Vinnie Vincent Invasion. SOLD OUT
Ticket
1986 November
- 01: USA - Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio
with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Ticket - 02: USA - Wings Staduium, Kalamazoo, Michigan
with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Ticket - 04: USA - Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- 06: USA - Vet's Memorial, Columbus, Ohio
- 07: USA - Hara Arena, Dayton, Ohio with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
- 08: USA - Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
Audio Recording in circulation
Ticket - 09: USA - Civic Center, Erie, Pennsylvania Audio Recording in circulation
- 11: USA - Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Vinnie Vincent Invasion. SOLD OUT
- 12: USA - Kingston Armory, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Ticket - 13: USA - Patriot Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Ticket
- 14: USA - Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania SOLD OUT
- 15: USA - Palace Theatre, Albany, New York
Audio Recording in circulation
Ticket - 16: USA - Auditorium Theater, Rochester, New York
- 19: USA - Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
- 23: UK - Wembley Arena, London, England
Metal Hammer Review - January 1987
Ticket - 25: UK - Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 26: UK - Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland
Audio Recording in circulation
- 28: UK - Apollo Theater, Manchester, England
Audio Recording in circulation
Ticket - 29: UK - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, England
Audio Recording in circulation
Ticket - 30: UK - Apollo Theater, Manchester, England
1986 December
- 01: UK - City Hall, Newcastle, England
- 03: UK - Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, England
with Zodiac Mindwarp
Ticket - 04: UK - Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, England with Zodiac Mindwarp
- 05: UK - Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, England with Zodiac Mindwarp
- 12: USA - Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SOLD OUT
Ticket - 13: USA - Public Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Audio Recording in circulation - 14: USA - Memorial Auditorium, Utica, New York Ticket
- 15: USA - Landmark Theater, Syracuse, New York
- 18: USA - Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland
- 19: USA - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
- 20: USA - Memorial Arena, Fayetteville, North Carolina
with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Ticket - 22: USA - Galliard Auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina
- 26: USA - Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
- 27: USA - Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida
Audio Recording in circulation
Ticket - 28: USA - West Palm Beach Auditorium, West Palm Beach, Florida
with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Ticket - 29: USA - Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Florida
- 31: USA - James L. Knight Center, Miami, Florida Ticket
1987 January
- 02: USA - Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee
with Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Ticket - 03: USA - Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee
- 04: USA - Gardens, Louisville, Kentucky
- 06: USA - Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, West Virginia
- 09: USA - New Orleans Done, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 10: USA - Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, Alabama
- 11: USA - University of New Orleans Lakefront, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 16: USA - Houston Music Hall, Houston, Texas Ticket
- 17: USA - State Fair Coliseum, Dallas, Texas Ticket
- 18: USA - Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas
- 22: USA - Opera House, Spokane, Washington
- 23: USA - Civic Center, Portland, Oregon
- 24: USA - Arena, Seattle, Washington
- 27: USA - Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California
Audio Recording in circulation
Ticket - 28: USA - Civic Center, Bakersfield, California
- 29: USA - Thomas and Mark Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
- 31: USA - Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona Ticket
1987 February
- 04: USA - Brady Theatre, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 05: USA - Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
with Megadeth
Ticket - 06: USA - Veteran's Coliseum, Des Moines, Iowa Audio Recording in circulation
- 07: USA - Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul, Minnesota Audio Recording in circulation
- 08: USA - Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri Ticket
- 10: USA - Mecca Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 11: USA - SIU Arena, Carbondale, Illinois with Megadeth
- 12: USA - UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois
with Megadeth
Advert - 13: USA - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Audio Recording in circulation
Ticket - 14: USA - Five Seasons Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- 16: USA - Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Audio Recording in circulation
- 17: USA - Hershey Park Arena, Hershey, Pennsylvania Ticket 1 | Ticket 2
- 19: USA - Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island Ticket
- 20: USA - Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
- 21: Canada - Aitken Centre, Frederickton, New Brunswick
- 23: Canada - Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 26: Canada - Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario Ticket
- 27: Canada - Sudbury Arena, Sudbury, Ontario with Sword
- 28: Canada - Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, Quebec
with Sword
Audio Recording in circulation
Ticket | Advert
1987 March
- 02: Canada - Ottawa Civic Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
- 04: Canada - Victor J. Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario Audio Recording in circulation
- 05: USA - Civic Auditorium, Le Porte, Indiana
- 06: USA - Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio Audio Recording in circulation
- 07: USA - Civic Center Theater, Peoria, Illinois Ticket
- 11: USA - Sioux City Municipal Auditorium, Sioux City, Iowa Ticket
- 12: USA - Kansas Coliseum, Wichita, Kansas Ticket
- 13: USA - Civic Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska
- 15: USA - Bismarck Civic Center, Bismarck, North Dakota
- 19: USA - Salt Palace Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
with Tesla
Advert | Ticket - 21: USA - Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California
with Megadeth
Audio Recording in circulation
Advert - 22: USA - Tucson Community Center Exhibit, Tucson, Arizona
- 24: USA - Civic Center South Hall, El Paso, Texas Ticket
- 25: USA - Exhibition Hall, State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque, New Mexico
with Tesla
Ticket - 28: Canada - Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 30: Canada - Agridome, Regina, Saskatchewan Ticket
- 31: Canada - Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta
with Sword
Ticket
1987 August
- 30: UK - Reading Festival, Reading, England
Audio & Video Recordings in circulation
Advert | Advert 2
1987 September
- 09: Italy - Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy [CANCELLED]
Tour Materials
Nightmare Returns - 1986-87
(Pass)
From the collection of Kyle Wolfe
Lansing Civic Center, Lansing, MI - October 28, 1986
(Ticket)
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI - October 30, 1986
(Ticket)
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI - October 31, 1986
(Ticket)
Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH - November 1, 1986
(Ticket)
Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI - November 2, 1986
(Ticket)
Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland, OH - November 8, 1986
(Ticket)
Kingston Armory, Wilkes Barre, PA - November 12, 1986
(Ticket)
Patriot Center, George Washington University, Fairfax, VA - November 13, 1986
(Ticket)
Palace Theatre, Albany, NY - November 15, 1986
(Ticket)
Wembley Arena, London, UK - November 23, 1986
(Ticket)
Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK - November 28, 1986
(Ticket)
Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK - November 29, 1986
(Ticket)
Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, UK - December 3, 1986
(Ticket)
Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA - December 12, 1986
(Ticket)
Auditorium, Utica, NY - December 14, 1986
(Ticket)
Cumberland Civic Center, Fayetteville, NC - December 20, 1986
(Ticket)
Sun Dome, Tampa, FL - December 27, 1986
(Ticket)
West Palm Beach Auditorium, West Palm Beach, FL - December 28, 1986<
(Ticket)
James L. Knight Center, Miami, FL - December 31, 1986
(Ticket)
Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN - January 2, 1987
(Ticket)
Houston Music Hall, Houston, TX - January 16, 1987
(Ticket)
State Fair Coliseum, Dallas, TX - January 17, 1987
(Ticket)
Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA - January 27, 1987
(Ticket)
Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ - January 31, 1987
(Ticket)
Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO - February 5, 1987
(Ticket)
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO - February 8, 1987
(Ticket)
UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL - February 12, 1987
(Advert)
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI - February 13, 1987
(Ticket)
Hershey Park Arena, Hershey, PA - February 17, 1987
(Ticket)
Hershey Park Arena, Hershey, PA - February 17, 1987
(Ticket)
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI - February 19, 1987
(Ticket)
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada - February 26, 1987<
(Ticket)
Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, QC, Canada - February 28, 1987
(Advert)
Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, QC, Canada - February 28, 1987
(Ticket)
Civic Center Theater, Peoria, IL - March 7, 1987
(Ticket)
Sioux City Municipal Auditorium, Sioux City, IA - March 11, 1987
(Ticket)
Kansas Coliseum, Wichita, KS - March 12, 1987
(Ticket)
Salt Palace Arena, Salt Lake City, UT - March 19, 1987
(Ticket)
Courtesy of Steve Sand
Salt Palace Arena, Salt Lake City, UT - March 19, 1987
(Advert)
Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA - March 21, 1987
(Advert)
Civic Center South Hall, El Paso, TX - March 24, 1987
(Ticket)
Exhibition Hall, State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque, NM - March 25, 1987
(Ticket)
Agridome, Regina, SK, Canada - March 30, 1987
(Ticket)
Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, AB, Canada - March 31, 1987
(Ticket)
Reading Festival, Reading, UK - August 30, 1987
(Advert)
Reading Festival, Reading, UK - August 30, 1987
(Advert)