October Tour
{{Short description|1981–82 concert tour by U2}}
{{Primary sources|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox concert
| concert_tour_name = October Tour
| image =
| image_caption=
| artist = U2
| location = {{hlist|Europe|North America}}
| type =
| album = October
| start_date = 16 August 1981
| end_date = 7 August 1982
| number_of_legs = 5
| number_of_shows = 102
| last_tour = Boy Tour
(1980–81)
| this_tour = October Tour
(1981–82)
| next_tour = War Tour
(1982–83)
}}
The October Tour was a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2 that took place in 1981 and 1982 to support the band's second studio album, October, which was released in October 1981.
Itinerary
The tour followed a similar pattern to the previous tour and consisted of five legs, three in Europe and two in North America. The first leg began in Ireland in the August 1981 and ended in Berlin at the start of November, in total, 33 concerts were held. Soon after the first European leg, U2 travelled to North America to play 23 shows over the course of a month. Another European leg was held between December 1981 and February 1982 before heading back to the USA to fulfill the longest leg of the tour. The fourth leg ran from February through to April and was made up of 32 shows, considerably less than the European and American legs of the Boy tour. After a short break, the tour finished with a final 9 shows in Europe.{{Cite web |url=http://www.u2gigs.com/October_Tour.html |title=U2 October Tour |publisher=U2Gigs.com |access-date=27 September 2013 }}
Setlist
The setlist varied each night throughout the tour, with eight songs from October and ten from Boy being played. Songs such as "Rejoice", "Another Time, Another Place", "With a Shout (Jerusalem)", and "Fire" were dropped from the setlist towards the end of the tour. "Gloria" was used as the opener at almost every show, whilst "The Ocean" (used as the opener for the previous tour) was played predominantly as the closing song.
Tour dates
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! width="140"| Date ! width="140"| City ! width="140"| Country ! width="220"| Venue |
| colspan="4"| Leg 1: Europe{{cite web|url=https://www.u2.com/tour/index/tour/id/37|title=U2 > Tours > October > Leg 1: 1981, Europe|access-date=2 July 2018}} |
|---|
| 16 August 1981
| Ireland |
| 23 August 1981
| rowspan="3" |England |
| 29 August 1981 |
| 30 August 1981 |
| 31 August 1981
|Coasters |
| 2 September 1981
|Underground |
| 1 October 1981
| rowspan="3" |England |
| 2 October 1981 |
| 3 October 1981
| Salford |
| 4 October 1981
|Scotland |Tiffany's |
| 6 October 1981
| Coventry | rowspan="7" |England |
| 7 October 1981 |
| 8 October 1981
| Lyceum |
| 9 October 1981 |
| 10 October 1981 |
| 12 October 1981
| Brighton | Top Rank |
| 13 October 1981 |
| 14 October 1981
| Cardiff | Wales | Top Rank |
| 16 October 1981
| rowspan="6" |England | Kings Hall |
| 17 October 1981 |
| 18 October 1981
| Bristol | Locarno |
| 19 October 1981
| Locarno |
| 20 October 1981
|Tiffany's |
| 21 October 1981 |
| 23 October 1981
| Brussels | rowspan="3" |Belgium |
| 24 October 1981 |
| 25 October 1981
| Zaal Lux |
| 26 October 1981
| Paris | France |
| 28 October 1981
| Leiden | rowspan="5"|Netherlands |
| 29 October 1981
| Tilburg | De Harmonie |
| 30 October 1981
| Paradiso |
| 31 October 1981
| Arnhem |
| 1 November 1981
| De Lantaarn |
| 3 November 1981
| Hamburg | rowspan="2"|West Germany | Fabrik |
| 4 November 1981
| Metropol |
| colspan="4"| Leg 2: North America and Europe{{cite web|url=https://www.u2.com/tour/index/tour/id/38|title=U2 > Tours > October > Leg 2: 1981/82, North America/Europe|access-date=2 July 2018}} |
| 13 November 1981
| rowspan="23" |United States |
| 14 November 1981 |
| 15 November 1981 |
| 17 November 1981
| Center Stage |
| 18 November 1981
|Ripley's Music Hall |
| 20 November 1981
| rowspan="3"|New York City | rowspan="3"|The Ritz Club |
| 21 November 1981 |
| 22 November 1981 |
| 24 November 1981
| Passaic | Hitsville North Nightclub |
| 25 November 1981
| Hitsville South Nightclub |
| 28 November 1981 |
| 29 November 1981 |
| 1 December 1981
| Atlanta |
| 2 December 1981 |
| 4 December 1981 |
| 5 December 1981 |
| 6 December 1981
| Chicago |
| 7 December 1981 |
| 8 December 1981 |
| 10 December 1981
|Uncle Sam's |
| 11 December 1981
| Ontario Theater |
| 12 December 1981
| Hartford | Stage West |
| 13 December 1981
| Malibu Dance Club |
| 20 December 1981
| rowspan="2"|London | rowspan="2"|England | rowspan="2"|Lyceum Ballroom |
| 21 December 1981 |
| 23 January 1982
| Galway | rowspan="3"|Ireland |
| 24 January 1982
| Cork |
| 26 January 1982
| Dublin |
| colspan="4"|Leg 3: North America{{cite web|url=https://www.u2.com/tour/index/tour/id/38|title=U2 > Tours > October > Leg 3: 1982, America|access-date=2 July 2018}} |
| 11 February 1982
| rowspan="33" |United States | SS President Riverboat |
| 13 February 1982
| Austin |
| 14 February 1982
|Cardi's |
| 15 February 1982
|Cardi's |
| 16 February 1982
|Cardi's |
| 17 February 1982
|Jammy's |
| 19 February 1982
| Night Moves |
| 21 February 1982{{Cite web|last=Gabler|first=Jay|title=Here's the contract for U2's 1982 show at First Avenue|url=https://blog.thecurrent.org/2017/06/heres-the-contract-for-u2s-1982-show-at-first-avenue/|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Local Current Blog {{!}} The Current from Minnesota Public Radio|language=en-US}} |
| 22 February 1982
| Madison | Headliners |
| 23 February 1982 |
| 25 February 1982 |
| 27 February 1982
| Denver |
| 28 February 1982
| Lincoln |
| 3 March 1982 |
| 4 March 1982 |
| 5 March 1982
| Tampa |
| 6 March 1982 |
| 10 March 1982 |
| 11 March 1982
| Atlanta |
| 12 March 1982
| Memphis | North Hall Auditorium |
| 14 March 1982 |
| 16 March 1982
| Amherst |
| 17 March 1982
| rowspan="2"|New York City | rowspan="2"|The Ritz Club |
| 18 March 1982 |
| 19 March 1982 |
| 20 March 1982
| Providence |
| 21 March 1982
|rowspan="2"| Phoenix | Nightclub |
| 25 March 1982 |
| 26 March 1982 |
| 27 March 1982
| Los Angeles |
| 29 March 1982
| rowspan="2"|San Francisco | rowspan="2"|San Francisco Civic Auditorium |
| 30 March 1982 |
References
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