Time Tour

Time Tour

Tour by Electric Light Orchestra
Start date	15 September 1981
End date	5 March 1982
Legs	3
Electric Light Orchestra concert chronology

The Time Tour was a 1981–82 world concert tour by the English group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). The tour began on 15 September in Austin, Texas and ended on 5 March in Munich. The band for the first time in their history took to the stage without cellists but Mik Kaminski was still present with his violin.

Tour dates

North American Leg

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / Available	Revenue
15 September 1981	Austin	United States	Frank Erwin Center	9,371 / 11,623	$99,702
16 September 1981	Houston		The Summit	7,216 / 16,000	$83,960
17 September 1981	Fort Worth		Tarrant County Convention Center	6,463 / 13,000	$67,806
19 September 1981	Las Vegas		Aladdin Hotel
20 September 1981	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
23 September 1981	Los Angeles		The Forum	11,466 / 13,728	$140,630
24 September 1981	Oakland		Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	10,435 / 14,500	$120,624
27 September 1981	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena	10,150 / 17,000	$109,647
1 October 1981	Largo		Capital Centre
2 October 1981	Philadelphia		The Spectrum	10,525 / 12,017	$102,440
3 October 1981	Boston		Boston Garden
4 October 1981	Binghamton		Broome County Arena
6 October 1981	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7 October 1981	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center	7,244 / 16,267	$73,287
8 October 1981	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena	13,830 / 20,000	$163,968
10 October 1981	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
11 October 1981	Cleveland		The Coliseum at Richfield	11,500 / 19,500	$98,891
12 October 1981	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
14 October 1981	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center
15 October 1981	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	11,362 / 11,800	$113,192
16 October 1981	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena	12,275 / 16,000	$129,041
17 October 1981	Annapolis		Naval Academy
19 October 1981	Lexington		Rupp Arena	10,326 / 13,000	$102,748
20 October 1981	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium	6,265 / 9,546	$60,9775
21 October 1981	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
23 October 1981	Baton Rouge		LSU Assembly Center
24 October 1981	Mobile		Mobile Civic Center	7,764 / 13,000	$73,570
25 October 1981	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
26 October 1981	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center	7,121 / 11,000	$74,771
28 October 1981	Kansas City		Kemper Arena	12,114 / 17,000	$130,051
29 October 1981	St. Louis		Checkerdome	10,799 / 19,715	$115,712
30 October 1981	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium	12,000 / 12,000	$128,600
31 October 1981	Saint Paul		St. Paul Civic Center	16,184 / 16,184	$172,986
2 November 1981	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena
4 November 1981	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
5 November 1981	Chicago		Chicago Stadium
6 November 1981	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum	8,023 / 16,336	$81,809
7 November 1981	Bloomington		Assembly Hall	13,749 / 16,500	$129,590

UK Leg

Date	City	Country	Venue
1 December 1981	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Arena
2 December 1981
4 December 1981
5 December 1981
9 December 1981
10 December 1981
12 December 1981	Birmingham		NEC
13 December 1981
14 December 1981
15 December 1981
16 December 1981	Ingliston		Royal Highland Showground

European leg

Date	City	Country	Venue
4 February 1982	Drammen	Norway	Drammenshallen
6 February 1982	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
7 February 1982	Copenhagen	Denmark	Brøndbyhallen
10 February 1982	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
11 February 1982	Brussels	Belgium	Vorst Nationaal
13 February 1982	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt
14 February 1982
15 February 1982	Strasbourg	France	Rhénus Sport
16 February 1982	Paris		Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles
18 February 1982	Lyon		Palais des Sports de Lyon
19 February 1982	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
20 February 1982	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
23 February 1982	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
25 February 1982	Bremen	Germany	Stadthalle Bremen
26 February 1982	Würzburg		Carl-Diem-Halle
27 February 1982	Kassel		Eissporthalle Kassel
28 February 1982	Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
2 March 1982	Köln		Sporthalle
4 March 1982	Saarbrücken		Saarlandhalle
5 March 1982	Munich		Olympiahalle

Personnel

• Jeff Lynne – Vocals, guitars
• Bev Bevan – Drums
• Richard Tandy – Keyboards, Synthesiser
• Kelly Groucutt – Vocals, Bass guitar
• Mik Kaminski – Violin, Keyboards
• Louis Clark – Synthesiser
• Dave Morgan – Guitar, Vocoder

External links

• In-depth Tour Analysis at the Jeff Lynne Song Database (Jefflynnesongs.com)