Ballbreaker World Tour

Ballbreaker World Tour

Tour by AC/DC
Associated album	Ballbreaker
Start date	12 January 1996
End date	30 November 1996
Legs	7
No. of shows	155 played, 1 cancelled, 6 postponed
AC/DC concert chronology

The Ballbreaker World Tour was a rock concert tour played by the hard rock band AC/DC, which had 5 legs around the world lasting 11 months starting on 12 January 1996 in Greensboro, North Carolina finishing on 30 November 1996 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Background

This was returning drummer Phil Rudd's first tour with the group since 1981's For Those About to Rock Tour.

Live footage can be found on the DVD No Bull , filmed at Plaza de Toros Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain. A few more shows were released on the 2007 DVD box set Plug Me In.

Four shows were postponed on an early leg so Brian Johnson could attend his father's funeral.

A video was played at the beginning of each concert featuring Beavis and Butt-head attempting to get into the band's dressing room, only to be chased away by a female security guard sent by Angus Young.

Each concert began with a large wrecking ball 'destroying' part of the stage, forming a gap in the stage, from which the band would emerge to play "Back in Black." During "Ballbreaker", Johnson would climb onto the wrecking ball to sing. At the beginning of "Highway to Hell", the wrecking ball would drop to the floor of the stage, creating a "hole to hell", after which Angus Young would emerge from the hole in a cage from hell to play the song.

The Wildhearts supported on the second European and third US legs. "It turned from majesty to comedy to tragedy all in one month," shuddered mainstay Ginger. "We got there [the US] and took full advantage of the welcome that America affords a young band, which is as much drugs and alcohol as we could get our hands on – and then, inevitably, we started fighting with each other… I love AC/DC. They turn up, do their job and go. You tour for years and years and you don't do that by hanging out and partying all the time… We managed five dates."

Personnel

• Brian Johnson – lead vocals
• Angus Young – lead guitar
• Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, background vocals
• Cliff Williams – bass, background vocals
• Phil Rudd – drums

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / available	Revenue	Opening band
North America 1st leg
12 January 1996	Greensboro, North Carolina	United States	Greensboro Coliseum	15,899 / 15,899	$375,487
13 January 1996	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum	15,870 / 15,870	$387,982
15 January 1996	Columbia, South Carolina		Carolina Coliseum
17 January 1996	Memphis, Tennessee		Pyramid Arena	16,463 / 16,463	$356,992
18 January 1996	Birmingham, Alabama		BJCC Arena
20 January 1996	St. Petersburg, Florida		Thunderdome
21 January 1996	Miami		Miami Arena
22 January 1996	Daytona Beach, Florida		Ocean Center
23 January 1996	Atlanta		The Omni	12,994 / 12,994	$331,347
25 January 1996	Houston		The Summit	13,433 / 13,433	$315,975
26 January 1996	Austin, Texas		Frank Erwin Center
27 January 1996	San Antonio		Alamodome	15,237 / 15,237	$361,482
3 February 1996	Oakland, California		Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
4 February 1996	San Jose, California		San Jose Arena
5 February 1996	Sacramento, California		ARCO Arena
7 February 1996	Portland, Oregon		Rose Garden Arena	15,626 / 19,000	$355,740
8 February 1996	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
9 February 1996
10 February 1996	Tacoma, Washington	United States	Tacoma Dome	19,397 / 19,397	$443,469
12 February 1996	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
13 February 1996	Anaheim, California		Arrowhead Pond	10,503 / 18,000	$241,742
14 February 1996	Phoenix, Arizona		America West Arena	12,737 / 12,737	$314,109
16 February 1996	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	29,304 / 31,218	$595,105
17 February 1996
21 February 1996	Inglewood, California	United States	Great Western Forum
North America 2nd leg
2 March 1996	Minneapolis	United States	Target Center	15,010 / 15,010	$367,745	The Poor
3 March 1996	Rockford, Illinois		Rockford MetroCentre
5 March 1996	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
7 March 1996	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
8 March 1996	Evansville, Indiana		Roberts Municipal Stadium
9 March 1996	Chicago		United Center	15,725 / 15,725	$391,125
11 March 1996	Louisville, Kentucky		Freedom Hall	16,404 / 16,404	$390,138
13 March 1996	Landover, Maryland		USAir Arena
14 March 1996	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
15 March 1996	New York City		Madison Square Garden
17 March 1996	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Continental Airlines Arena
18 March 1996	Portland, Maine		Cumberland County Civic Center
19 March 1996	Boston		FleetCenter	15,033 / 15,033	$428,441
21 March 1996	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
23 March 1996	Toronto, Ontario		SkyDome
24 March 1996	Fairborn, Ohio	United States	Ervin J. Nutter Center
25 March 1996	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
27 March 1996	Auburn Hills, Michigan		The Palace of Auburn Hills	32,887 / 32,887	$822,175
28 March 1996
30 March 1996	Cleveland		Gund Arena	35,082 / 35,082	$860,430
31 March 1996
1 April 1996	St. Louis, Missouri		Kiel Center
2 April 1996	Kansas City, Missouri		Kemper Arena
4 April 1996	Dallas, Texas		Reunion Arena	15,671 / 15,671	$352,515
Europe 1st leg
20 April 1996	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
21 April 1996	Stockholm	Sweden	Globen Arena
23 April 1996	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall
25 April 1996	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen
26 April 1996	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
29 April 1996	Kiel	Germany	Ostseehalle
30 April 1996	Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
1 May 1996	Leipzig		Messehalle
3 May 1996	Utrecht	Netherlands	Prins Van Oranjehal
4 May 1996	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt
5 May 1996
7 May 1996	Dortmund		Westfalenhalle
8 May 1996
10 May 1996	Stuttgart		Schleyerhalle
11 May 1996	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
12 May 1996	Geneva		Geneva Arena
14 May 1996	Bolzano	Italy	PalaOnda
15 May 1996	Bologna		PalaDozza
16 May 1996	Rome		PalaLottomatica
17 May 1996	Milan		Filaforum
19 May 1996	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
21 May 1996	Mannheim	Germany	Maimarkthalle
22 May 1996
23 May 1996	Lille	France	Liévin
24 May 1996	Paris		Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
25 May 1996
27 May 1996	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
28 May 1996
29 May 1996	Prague	Czech Republic	Prague Sports Hall
1 June 1996	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC Arena
2 June 1996	Aberdeen		AECC Arena
3 June 1996	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	Newcastle Arena
Europe 2nd leg
17 June 1996	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena
19 June 1996	Manchester		MEN Arena
21 June 1996	London		Wembley Arena
22 June 1996
26 June 1996	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
28 June 1996	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Expo
29 June 1996	Nancy	France	Zénith de Nancy
30 June 1996	Lyon		Halle Tony Garnier	-	-	Wildhearts
2 July 1996	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
3 July 1996
6 July 1996	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio do Restelo	-	-	Joe Satriani
9 July 1996	Madrid	Spain	Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
10 July 1996			Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas (Filmed for No Bull.)
11 July 1996			Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
13 July 1996	Bordeaux	France	Parc des Expositions	-	-	Sepultura
North America 3rd Leg
1 August 1996	Wantagh, New York	United States	Jones Beach Amphitheater
2 August 1996	Hartford, Connecticut		Meadows Music Theater
3 August 1996	Buffalo, New York		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
6 August 1996	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canada	Winnipeg Arena
8 August 1996	Edmonton, Alberta		Northlands Coliseum
10 August 1996	Calgary, Alberta		Olympic Saddledome
12 August 1996	Seattle, Washington	United States	KeyArena
13 August 1996	Portland, Oregon		Rose Garden Arena
15 August 1996	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre
16 August 1996	Paradise, Nevada		Thomas & Mack Center
17 August 1996	Irvine, California		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
19 August 1996	Denver, Colorado		McNichols Sports Arena
21 August 1996	St. Louis, Missouri		Riverport Amphitheater
22 August 1996	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Myriad Convention Center
24 August 1996	New Orleans, Louisiana		Lakefront Arena
26 August 1996	Murfreesboro, Tennessee		Murphy Center
27 August 1996	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena
28 August 1996	Knoxville, Tennessee		Thompson–Boling Arena
30 August 1996	West Palm Beach, Florida		Coral Sky Amphitheater
31 August 1996	Jacksonville, Florida		Jacksonville Coliseum
1 September 1996	North Charleston, South Carolina		North Charleston Coliseum
3 September 1996	Winston-Salem, North Carolina		Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
6 September 1996	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
7 September 1996	Albany, New York		Knickerbocker Arena
8 September 1996	Worcester, Massachusetts		Worcester Centrum
10 September 1996	Charleston, West Virginia		Charleston Civic Center
12 September 1996	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
13 September 1996	Columbus, Ohio		Polaris Amphitheater
14 September 1996	Tinley Park, Illinois		New World Music Theater
South America
11 October 1996	Curitiba	Brazil	Pedreira Paulo Leminski
12 October 1996	São Paulo		Estádio do Pacaembu
18 October 1996	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium
19 October 1996
22 October 1996	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional de Chile
Australia/New Zealand
2 November 1996	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome
5 November 1996	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
7 November 1996	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
8 November 1996
9 November 1996
11 November 1996	Boondall		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
13 November 1996	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
14 November 1996
15 November 1996
17 November 1996
18 November 1996	Boondall		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
21 November 1996	Darwin		Marrara Oval
24 November 1996	Cairns		Cairns Showgrounds
27 November 1996	Auckland	New Zealand	Ericsson Stadium
30 November 1996	Christchurch		Queen Elizabeth II Park

First Night Setlist

1. "Back in Black"
2. "Shot Down in Flames"
3. "Girls Got Rhythm"
4. "Dog Eat Dog"
5. "Thunderstruck"
6. "Cover You in Oil"
7. "Shoot to Thrill"
8. "Boogie Man"
9. "Ballbreaker"
10. "Hells Bells"
11. "Down Payment Blues"
12. "The Jack"
13. "Who Made Who"
14. "Hard as a Rock"
15. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
16. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
17. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
18. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
19. "T.N.T."
20. "Let There Be Rock"

Encore:

1. "Hail Caesar"
2. "Highway to Hell"
3. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"

Typical setlist

1. "Back in Black"
2. "Shot Down in Flames"
3. "Thunderstruck"
4. "Girls Got Rhythm"
5. "Cover You in Oil" (Played sometimes instead of "Hail Caesar")
6. "Shoot to Thrill"
7. "Hard as a Rock"
8. "Boogie Man"
9. "Hail Caesar"
10. "Hells Bells"
11. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (played three times)
12. "Dog Eat Dog" or "Down Payment Blues"
13. "The Jack"
14. "Ballbreaker"
15. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
16. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
17. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
18. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
19. "T.N.T."
20. "Let There Be Rock"

Encore:

1. "Highway to Hell"
2. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"