Rock a Little Tour explained

Concert Tour Name:Rock a Little Tour
Artist:Stevie Nicks
Album:Rock a Little
Start Date:April 11, 1986
End Date:October 10, 1986
Number Of Legs:4
Number Of Shows:63
Last Tour:The Wild Heart Tour
(1983)
This Tour:Rock a Little Tour
(1986)
Next Tour:The Other Side of the Mirror Tour
(1989)

Stevie Nicks supported the release of her third album Rock a Little with a world tour, which included shows in the United States, Canada and Australia. The tour started on April 11, 1986 in Houston, Texas and ended on October 6, 1986, in Sydney, Australia.

For the tour, Nicks performed four songs from Rock a Little: "Talk to Me", "No Spoken Word", "I Can't Wait" and "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You?".

The August 20 Red Rocks Amphitheatre show in Morrison, Colorado was taped and subsequently released on video in 1987. The September 16 Cayuga County Fairgrounds show in Weedsport, New York was recorded and later rebroadcast for the Westwood One Radio Networks Superstar Concert Series.

The Austrian band Opus and Peter Frampton were the support acts.[1]

Set list

  1. "Gold Dust Woman"*
  2. "Outside the Rain"
  3. "Dreams"
  4. "Talk to Me"
  5. "I Need to Know" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover)
  6. "No Spoken Word"
  7. "Sara"*
  8. "Beauty and the Beast"
  9. "I Can't Wait"
  10. "Gypsy"*
  11. "Leather and Lace"
  12. "Stand Back"
  13. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
  14. "How Still My Love"
  15. "Edge of Seventeen"
Encore
  1. "Rhiannon"
  2. "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You?"

Tour dates

Date! style="width:200px;"
CityCountryVenueTickets sold / availableRevenue
North America, leg 1
April 11, 1986 HoustonThe Summit13,890 / 17,050$210,816
April 12, 1986AustinFrank Erwin Center12,538 / 17,617$178,882
April 15, 1986DallasReunion Arena13,529 / 19,000$207,488
April 16, 1986Oklahoma CityMyriad Convention Center9,484 / 15,000$136,440
April 19, 1986Iowa CityCarver-Hawkeye Arena
April 20, 1986LincolnBob Devaney Sports Center
April 22, 1986LexingtonRupp Arena
April 25, 1986Baton RougeMaravich Assembly Center
April 26, 1986BiloxiMississippi Coast Coliseum
April 30, 1986KnoxvilleStokely Athletic Center
May 2, 1986HartfordHartford Civic Center14,941 / 14,941$229,102
May 3, 1986ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center12,296 / 12,296$187,550
May 6, 1986PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum17,220 / 17,220$275,054
May 7, 1986BaltimoreBaltimore Civic Center12,029 / 13,845$181,536
May 11, 1986TampaUSF Sun Dome8,947 / 10,608$143,152
North America, leg 2
May 30, 1986IndianapolisUnited StatesSports and Music Center7,531 / 8,708$123,573
May 31, 1986East TroyAlpine Valley Music Theatre
June 3, 1986WorcesterThe Centrum24,112 / 24,800$357,237
June 4, 1986
June 8, 1986WantaghJones Beach Marine Theater
June 9, 1986
June 11, 1986PittsburghCivic Arena12,475 / 13,257$185,008
June 13, 1986Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music Center
June 17, 1986HolmdelGarden State Arts Center
June 18, 1986
June 21, 1986Hoffman EstatesPoplar Creek Music Theater
June 22, 1986ClarkstonPine Knob Music Theatre
June 28, 1986PhoenixCompton Terrace Amphitheatre
June 29, 1986Costa MesaPacific Amphitheatre15,473 / 18,764$240,593
North America, leg 3
July 13, 1986San DiegoUnited StatesSan Diego Sports Arena
July 14, 1986Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre11,146 / 18,000$186,360
July 17, 1986SacramentoCal Expo Amphitheatre6,572 / 8,000$108,438
July 18, 1986InglewoodThe Forum
July 21, 1986Bonner SpringsSandstone Amphitheater
July 23, 1986PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum12,574 / 17,220$205,639
July 27, 1986PortlandCumberland County Civic Center7,418 / 8,758$122,397
July 29, 1986New HavenNew Haven Coliseum
July 30, 1986MansfieldGreat Woods Performing Arts Center11,457 / 15,260$180,143
August 2, 1986LandoverCapital Centre10,670 / 15,000$170,720
August 5, 1986New York CityMadison Square Garden
August 7, 1986AtlantaSix Flags Park
August 8, 1986Daytona BeachOcean Center8,837 / 8,837$141,392
August 11, 1986CanandaiguaFinger Lakes Performing Arts Center
August 12, 1986Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Springs Performing Arts Center
August 14, 1986TorontoCanadaCNE Grandstand
August 17, 1986MiddletownUnited StatesOrange County Fairgrounds
August 20, 1986MorrisonRed Rocks Amphitheatre7,007 / 9,000$132,009
August 28, 1986Long BeachLong Beach Arena
September 16, 1986WeedsportCayuga County Fair Speedway
Oceania
September 24, 1986SydneyAustraliaSydney Entertainment Centre
September 25, 1986
September 27, 1986BrisbaneBrisbane Festival Hall
September 29, 1986MelbourneMelbourne Festival Hall
September 30, 1986
October 1, 1986
October 4, 1986
October 6, 1986SydneySydney Entertainment Centre

Personnel

Source:[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1986 Rock a Little Tour ~ STEVIE NICKS.INFO. STEVIE NICKS.INFO. June 28, 2017. en-US.