October Tour

October Tour

Tour by U2
Location	Europe North America
Associated album	October
Start date	16 August 1981
End date	7 August 1982
Legs	5
No. of shows	102
U2 concert chronology

The October Tour was a concert tour by 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.

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

Date	City	Country	Venue
Leg 1: Europe
16 August 1981	County Meath	Ireland	Slane Castle
23 August 1981	London	England	Paris Theater
29 August 1981	Gateshead		Gateshead International Stadium
30 August 1981	Odell		Odell Castle
31 August 1981	Edinburgh	Scotland	Coasters
2 September 1981	Stockholm	Sweden	Underground
1 October 1981	Norwich	England	University of East Anglia
2 October 1981	Nottingham		Rock City
3 October 1981	Salford		Salford University
4 October 1981	Glasgow	Scotland	Tiffany's
6 October 1981	Coventry	England	Warwick University
7 October 1981	Leicester		Leicester Polytechnic Arena
8 October 1981	Sheffield		Lyceum
9 October 1981	Newcastle		Mayfair Ballroom
10 October 1981	Liverpool		Royal Court Theatre
12 October 1981	Brighton		Top Rank
13 October 1981	Portsmouth		Mecca Locarno
14 October 1981	Cardiff	Wales	Top Rank
16 October 1981	Stoke-on-Trent	England	Kings Hall
17 October 1981	Bracknell		Bracknell Sports Centre
18 October 1981	Bristol		Locarno
19 October 1981	Birmingham		Locarno
20 October 1981	Leeds		Tiffany's
21 October 1981	Hemel Hempstead		Hemel Hempstead Pavilion
23 October 1981	Brussels	Belgium	Ancienne Belgique
24 October 1981	Deinze		Brielpoort
25 October 1981	Herenthout		Zaal Lux
26 October 1981	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre
28 October 1981	Leiden	Netherlands	Stadsgehoorzaal
29 October 1981	Tilburg		De Harmonie
30 October 1981	Amsterdam		Paradiso
31 October 1981	Arnhem		Stokvishal
1 November 1981	Rotterdam		De Lantaarn
3 November 1981	Hamburg	West Germany	Fabrik
4 November 1981	West Berlin		Metropol
Leg 2: North America and Europe
13 November 1981	Albany	United States	J.B. Scott's
14 November 1981	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
15 November 1981	New Haven		Toad's Place
17 November 1981	Providence		Center Stage
18 November 1981	Philadelphia		Ripley's Music Hall
20 November 1981	New York City		The Ritz Club
21 November 1981
22 November 1981
24 November 1981	Passaic		Hitsville North Nightclub
25 November 1981	Asbury Park		Hitsville South Nightclub
28 November 1981	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium
29 November 1981	San Francisco		The Warfield Theatre
1 December 1981	Atlanta		The Agora
2 December 1981	Nashville		Underwood Auditorium
4 December 1981	Royal Oak		Royal Oak Music Theatre
5 December 1981	Grand Rapids		Fountain Street Church
6 December 1981	Chicago		Park West
7 December 1981	Lansing		Dooley's
8 December 1981	Cleveland		Agora Theatre
10 December 1981	Buffalo		Uncle Sam's
11 December 1981	Washington, D.C.		Ontario Theater
12 December 1981	Hartford		Stage West
13 December 1981	Lido Beach		Malibu Dance Club
20 December 1981	London	England	Lyceum Ballroom
21 December 1981
23 January 1982	Galway	Ireland	Leisureland
24 January 1982	Cork		Cork City Hall
26 January 1982	Dublin		RDS Main Hall
Leg 3: North America
11 February 1982	New Orleans	United States	SS President Riverboat
13 February 1982	Austin		The Opry House
14 February 1982	San Antonio		Cardi's
15 February 1982	Houston		Cardi's
16 February 1982	Dallas		Cardi's
17 February 1982	Oklahoma City		Jammy's
19 February 1982	St. Louis		Night Moves
21 February 1982	Minneapolis		First Avenue
22 February 1982	Madison		Headliners
23 February 1982	Champaign		University of Illinois
25 February 1982	Kansas City		Uptown Theater
27 February 1982	Denver		Rainbow Music Hall
28 February 1982	Lincoln		Colorado State University
3 March 1982	Fort Myers		Lee County Civic Center
4 March 1982	West Palm Beach		Civic Auditorium
5 March 1982	Tampa		Curtis Hixon Hall
6 March 1982	Tallahassee		Leon County Arena
7 March 1982	Jacksonville		Jacksonville University
10 March 1982	Knoxville		University of Tennessee
11 March 1982	Atlanta		Atlanta Civic Center
12 March 1982	Memphis		North Hall Auditorium
14 March 1982	Indianapolis		Indiana Convention Center
16 March 1982	Amherst		Bowker Auditorium
17 March 1982	New York City		The Ritz Club
18 March 1982
19 March 1982	Garden City		Nassau County Community College Ballroom
20 March 1982	Providence		Alumnae Hall
21 March 1982	Phoenix		Nightclub
25 March 1982			Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
26 March 1982	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
27 March 1982	Los Angeles		Los Angeles Sports Arena
29 March 1982	San Francisco		San Francisco Civic Auditorium
30 March 1982