No Remorse Tour

No Remorse Tour
Tour by Motörhead
Associated album	No Remorse
Start date	26 April 1984
End date	30 December 1984
Legs	4 in Europe; 2 in North America; 1 in Oceania; 7 total
No. of shows	35 in Europe; 33 in Oceania; 23 in North America; 91 total 1 cancelled;
Motörhead concert chronology
	; Another Perfect Tour; (1983); ; No Remorse Tour; (1984); ; 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

On 15 December, Wendy O' Williams made a guest appearance and sung No Class with the band.^[5]

Setlist

"Iron Fist"
"Stay Clean"
"Heart of Stone"
"The Hammer"
"Metropolis"
"Shoot You in the Back"
"Jailbait"
"Killed by Death"
"Ace of Spades"
"Steal Your Face"
"Nothing Up My Sleeve" (added on 12 October)
"(We Are) The Road Crew"
"Bite the Bullet"
"The Chase Is Better Than the Catch"
"No Class"
"Motorhead"

Encore

"Bomber"
"Overkill"

Other songs played

"Over the Top"
"Too Late Too Late"
"America"
"Locomotive"

Tour dates

Date^[6]^[7]	City	Country	Venue	Support act(s)
Leg 1 – Warm-Up Europe gigs
26 April 1984	Helsinki	Finland	Lepakko	—
27 April 1984	Kasino		Kauhajoki
28 April 1984	Nivala		Tuiskula
29 April 1984	Siilinjärvi		Huvikumpu
30 April 1984	Alavus		Aulava
1 May 1984	Tampere		Hepokatti
Leg 2 – Europe^[8]
7 May 1984	London	England	Hammersmith Odeon	Fist Youngblood
3 June 1984	Douglas	Isle of Man	Palace Lido (Isle of Man TT)	—
10 June 1984	Poperinge	Belgium	Don Bosco Sportzone (Heavy Sound Festival)	—
Leg 3 – Oceania
20 July 1984	Dunedin	New Zealand	Dunedin Town Hall	—
21 July 1984	Christchurch		Christchurch Town Hall
23 July 1984	Wellington		Wellington Show & Sports Building
24 July 1984	Palmerston North		Regent on Broadway
25 July 1984	Napier		Napier Municipal Theatre
26 July 1984	Rotorua		Rotorua Civic Theatre
27 July 1984	Auckland		Mainstreet Cabaret
28 July 1984	Auckland		Mainstreet Cabaret
30 July 1984	Melbourne	Australia	Palais Theatre
31 July 1984	Geelong		Palais Royal Theatre
1 August 1984	Griffith		Yoogali Club
2 August 1984	Shellharbour		Shellharbour Club
3 August 1984	Sydney		The Family Inn
4 August 1984	Sydney		Selina's Coogee Bay Hotel	Lightning Rock
5 August 1984	Shellharbour		Shellharbour Club	—
7 August 1984	Adelaide		Bridgeway Hotel
8 August 1984	Adelaide		Bridgeway Hotel
9 August 1984	Melbourne		The Venue
10 August 1984			The Venue
11 August 1984			Tarmac Club
12 August 1984			Tarmac Club
13 August 1984			Nunawading Skate Ranch
14 August 1984	Sydney		Caringbah Inn
15 August 1984	Newcastle		Newcastle Workers Club
16 August 1984	Lismore		Central Coast Workers Club
17 August 1984	Brisbane		Unknown venue
18 August 1984	Gold Coast		Jet Club
20 August 1984	Goulburn		Goulburn Work Club
21 August 1984	Sydney		Manly Vale Hotel
22 August 1984	Penrith		Penrith Panthers Leagues Club
23 August 1984	Penrith		Sweethearts
25 August 1984	Perth		White Sands Hotel
26 August 1984	Perth		Nookenburra Hotel
Leg 4 – Europe^[8]
21 September 1984	Budapest	Hungary	Volan SC Sporttelep	Pokolgép P. Box
22 September 1984	Debrecen	Hungary	Stadion Dózsa György út	P. Box
24 September 1984	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	Pionir Hall	—
25 September 1984	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	Unknown venue	—
Leg 5 – Europe ("Death on the Road")
12 October 1984	Great Yarmouth	England	Caister-on-Sea	Persian Risk
13 October 1984	Birmingham		Ladbrokes Holiday Village (Kerrang! Wooargh Weekender)	—
24 October 1984	Exeter		University of Exeter	Persian Risk
25 October 1984	Nottingham		Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
26 October 1984	Coventry		University of Warwick
27 October 1984	Bradford		University of Bradford
28 October 1984	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
29 October 1984	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
30 October 1984	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
31 October 1984	Middlesbrough		Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt
1 November 1984	Newcastle upon Tyne		Mayfair Ballroom
2 November 1984	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
3 November 1984	Glasgow	Scotland	Barrowland Ballroom
5 November 1984	Margate	England	Margate Winter Gardens
6 November 1984	Reading		University of Reading
7 November 1984	London		Hammersmith Odeon
Leg 6 – North America^[9]^[10]
19 November 1984	Sacramento	United States	Sacramento Memorial Auditorium	Exciter Mercyful Fate
20 November 1984	San Francisco		The Warfield
21 November 1984	Santa Barbara		Arlington Theatre
23 November 1984	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium
24 November 1984	San Diego		Adams Avenue Theatre
25 November 1984	Phoenix		Strutts
27 November 1984	San Antonio		Freeman Coliseum
28 November 1984	Dallas		Bronco Bowl
1 December 1984	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom
2 December 1984	Cleveland		Variety Theatre
4 December 1984	Milwaukee		Eagles Club
5 December 1984	Detroit		Grand Circus Theatre
~~6 December 1984~~	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque
6 December 1984	Buffalo		Rooftop Skyroom
7 December 1984	Rochester		Auditorium Theatre
8 December 1984	Upper Darby		Tower Theater
11 December 1984	Norfolk		The Boathouse
12 December 1984	Washington, D.C.		Ontario Theater
13 December 1984	Worcester		E. M. Loew's Theatre of Performing Arts
14 December 1984	New York City		Beacon Theatre
15 December 1984	Passaic		Capitol Theatre
16 December 1984	Providence		The Living Room
17 December 1984	Montreal	Canada	Le Spectrum
18 December 1984	Toronto	Canada	The Concert Hall
Leg 7 – Christmas Metal Meeting 1984
26 December 1984	Rüsselsheim am Main	West Germany	Ruesselsheim Walter Koebel Halle	Mercyful Fate Helix Girlschool
27 December 1984	Essen		Pink Palace
28 December 1984	Völklingen		Sporthalle
29 December 1984	Bad Rappenau		Sporthalle
30 December 1984	Neunkirchen am Brand		Hemmerleinhalle

Personnel

Lemmy Kilmister – bass guitar, vocals
Phil "Wizzö" Campbell – guitar
Michael "Würzel" Burston – guitar
Pete Gill – drums

References

^ Kilmister 2002, p. 130.
^ "Tour Dates – 080284". The Official Motörhead Website. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
^ "How Motörhead became the 'Loudest Band in the World' & the fake teen journalist who heard it all". DangerousMinds. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ Kilmister 2002, p. 133.
^ "chmetal bootlegs .:. Audio Recordings (Powered by MyHobbySite)". www.chmetal.info. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Kilmister 2002, p. 132-133.
^ Burridge 2019, p. 111-121.
^ ^a ^b "Search Results for "motorhead" – RaysGigs.com – Remember Where You Saw It First". www.raysgigs.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Concerts". The Boston Globe. 13 December 1984. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Poor advance ticket sales scrap Motorhead concert". The Pittsburgh Press. 6 December 1984. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

Bibliography

Kilmister, Lemmy (2002). White Line Fever. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp. ISBN 0-684-85868-1.
Burridge, Alan (2019). Motörhead - Keep Us On The Road. Cleopatra. ISBN 978-0997205664.