No Remorse Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:No Remorse Tour
Artist:Motörhead
Album:No Remorse
Start Date:26 April 1984
End Date:30 December 1984
Number Of Legs:4 in Europe
2 in North America
1 in Oceania
7 total
Last Tour:Another Perfect Tour
(1983)
This Tour:No Remorse Tour
(1984)
Next Tour:10th Anniversary Tour
(1985)

The No Remorse Tour, sometimes called No Remorse Death on the Road Tour was a concert tour by heavy metal band Motörhead in support of their compilation album, No Remorse. It was the first tour for the new line up of Phil Campbell, Würzel, and Pete Gill.

Background

Around 1984, Motorhead were beginning to feel that they wished to leave their current record label, Bronze Records. However, over two years ensured of legal issues that kept the band from recording an album. On top of this, Phil Campbell was still contracted with his previous band, Persian Risk's label, Metal Masters. Drummer Pete Gill was also still in litigation with some money that his previous band, Saxon had owed him. As a result of this, only Lemmy and Würzel were able to take credit on the new tracks in No Remorse. As a result, the band decided that for the time being, doing a tour would be good.

Overview

Lemmy expressed that having a completely new line up of members "took ten years off of me, easy, 'cause they were so excited. The tour saw the band playing shows at Australia and New Zealand for the very first time. On 2 August, at the Shellharbour Club, Motorhead played one of their smallest shows, to a crowd of only 15 people in attendance.[1]

During their 2 December show at Cleveland, the band broke the world record for having the loudest show in the world, at 130 decibels beating The Who's previous record by 10 decibels. It was so loud that it cracked the theatre ceiling, sending plaster down onto the crowd below. Eventually a maintenance worker had to shut Motorhead's concert down, before the damage stopped. A man living near the venue reported that he was able to record the show from his living room.[2]

Around early September, the band took a break to write a couple of songs for what would be their next album Orgasmatron. One of them, "Nothing Up My Sleeve", would be added into the setlist after that. Partway through the UK leg, in early November 1984, Wurzel had to step out for a couple of shows due to having kidney stones, so the band simply kept going as a three-piece. During the show at Hammersmith Odeon, he was taken out on a wheelchair and played a couple of songs.

On 15 December, Wendy O' Williams made a guest appearance and sung No Class with the band.[3]

Setlist

  1. "Iron Fist"
  2. "Stay Clean"
  3. "Heart of Stone"
  4. "The Hammer"
  5. "Metropolis"
  6. "Shoot You in the Back"
  7. "Jailbait"
  8. "Killed by Death"
  9. "Ace of Spades"
  10. "Steal Your Face"
  11. "Nothing Up My Sleeve" (added on 12 October)
  12. "(We Are) The Road Crew"
  13. "Bite the Bullet"
  14. "The Chase Is Better Than the Catch"
  15. "No Class"
  16. "Motorhead"

Encore

  1. "Bomber"
  2. "Overkill"

Other songs played

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueSupport act(s)
Leg 1 – Warm-Up Europe gigs
26 April 1984HelsinkiFinlandLepakkorowspan="6"
27 April 1984KasinoKauhajoki
28 April 1984Tuiskula
29 April 1984SiilinjärviHuvikumpu
30 April 1984Aulava
1 May 1984Hepokatti
Leg 2 – Europe[4]
7 May 1984London EnglandHammersmith OdeonFist
Youngblood
3 June 1984Isle of ManPalace Lido
(Isle of Man TT)
rowspan="2"
10 June 1984BelgiumDon Bosco Sportzone
(Heavy Sound Festival)
Leg 3 – Oceania
20 July 1984New ZealandDunedin Town Hallrowspan="13"
21 July 1984Christchurch Town Hall
23 July 1984Wellington Show & Sports Building
24 July 1984Palmerston NorthRegent on Broadway
25 July 1984NapierNapier Municipal Theatre
26 July 1984RotoruaRotorua Civic Theatre
27 July 1984AucklandMainstreet Cabaret
28 July 1984
30 July 1984MelbourneAustraliaPalais Theatre
31 July 1984GeelongPalais Royal Theatre
1 August 1984GriffithYoogali Club
2 August 1984ShellharbourShellharbour Club
3 August 1984SydneyThe Family Inn
4 August 1984Selina's Coogee Bay HotelLightning Rock
5 August 1984ShellharbourShellharbour Clubrowspan="19"
7 August 1984AdelaideBridgeway Hotel
8 August 1984
9 August 1984MelbourneThe Venue
10 August 1984
11 August 1984Tarmac Club
12 August 1984
13 August 1984Nunawading Skate Ranch
14 August 1984SydneyCaringbah Inn
15 August 1984NewcastleNewcastle Workers Club
16 August 1984LismoreCentral Coast Workers Club
17 August 1984BrisbaneUnknown venue
18 August 1984Gold CoastJet Club
20 August 1984GoulburnGoulburn Work Club
21 August 1984SydneyManly Vale Hotel
22 August 1984PenrithPenrith Panthers Leagues Club
23 August 1984Sweethearts
25 August 1984PerthWhite Sands Hotel
26 August 1984Nookenburra Hotel
Leg 4 – Europe
21 September 1984BudapestHungaryVolan SC SporttelepPokolgép
P. Box
22 September 1984DebrecenStadion Dózsa György útP. Box
24 September 1984BelgradeYugoslaviaPionir Hallrowspan="2"
25 September 1984SarajevoUnknown venue
Leg 5 – Europe ("Death on the Road")
12 October 1984Great YarmouthEnglandCaister-on-SeaPersian Risk
13 October 1984BirminghamLadbrokes Holiday Village
(Kerrang! Wooargh Weekender)
24 October 1984ExeterUniversity of ExeterPersian Risk
25 October 1984NottinghamNottingham Royal Concert Hall
26 October 1984CoventryUniversity of Warwick
27 October 1984BradfordUniversity of Bradford
28 October 1984BirminghamBirmingham Odeon
29 October 1984ManchesterManchester Apollo
30 October 1984SheffieldSheffield City Hall
31 October 1984MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough Town Hall Crypt
1 November 1984Newcastle upon TyneMayfair Ballroom
2 November 1984EdinburghScotlandEdinburgh Playhouse
3 November 1984GlasgowBarrowland Ballroom
5 November 1984MargateEnglandMargate Winter Gardens
6 November 1984ReadingUniversity of Reading
7 November 1984LondonHammersmith Odeon
Leg 6 – North America[5] [6]
19 November 1984SacramentoUnited StatesSacramento Memorial AuditoriumExciter
Mercyful Fate
20 November 1984San FranciscoThe Warfield
21 November 1984Santa BarbaraArlington Theatre
23 November 1984Los AngelesHollywood Palladium
24 November 1984San DiegoAdams Avenue Theatre
25 November 1984PhoenixStrutts
27 November 1984San AntonioFreeman Coliseum
28 November 1984DallasBronco Bowl
1 December 1984ChicagoAragon Ballroom
2 December 1984ClevelandVariety Theatre
4 December 1984MilwaukeeEagles Club
5 December 1984DetroitGrand Circus Theatre
6 December 1984PittsburghSyria Mosque
6 December 1984BuffaloRooftop Skyroom
7 December 1984RochesterAuditorium Theatre
8 December 1984Upper DarbyTower Theater
11 December 1984NorfolkThe Boathouse
12 December 1984Washington, D.C. Ontario Theater
13 December 1984WorcesterE. M. Loew's Theatre of Performing Arts
14 December 1984New York City Beacon Theatre
15 December 1984PassaicCapitol Theatre
16 December 1984ProvidenceThe Living Room
17 December 1984CanadaLe Spectrum
18 December 1984 The Concert Hall
Leg 7 – Christmas Metal Meeting 1984
26 December 1984West GermanyRuesselsheim Walter Koebel HalleMercyful Fate
Helix
Girlschool
27 December 1984Pink Palace
28 December 1984Sporthalle
29 December 1984Sporthalle
30 December 1984Hemmerleinhalle

Personnel

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tour Dates – 080284. The Official Motörhead Website. en-US. 2020-04-06.
  2. Web site: 2020-03-02. How Motörhead became the 'Loudest Band in the World' & the fake teen journalist who heard it all. 2020-08-21. DangerousMinds.
  3. Web site: chmetal bootlegs .:. Audio Recordings (Powered by MyHobbySite). www.chmetal.info. 2020-05-04.
  4. Web site: Search Results for "motorhead" – RaysGigs.com – Remember Where You Saw It First. 2021-03-24. www.raysgigs.com.
  5. News: December 13, 1984. Concerts. The Boston Globe. May 4, 2021.
  6. News: December 6, 1984. Poor advance ticket sales scrap Motorhead concert. The Pittsburgh Press. February 10, 2021.