The Fire Meets the Fury Tour is a 1989 concert tour co-headlined by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck. Epic Records paired the two guitarists together for a 30-date concert tour starting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This tour was the third leg of the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble In Step Tour.Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury): Santa Monica, CA 1989. In addition to being one of the highest-grossing concert tours of 1989, The Fire Meets the Fury Tour won the Pollstar magazine award for most creative tour package of the year.Year End Top 200 North American Tours 1989. Pollstar. December 18, 1989. p 176.
The bands rehearsed at Prince's Paisley Park Studios on October 23 and 24, before beginning the tour at the Northrup Auditorium on October 25, 1989. Both Vaughan and Beck were advertised as headliners and received equal billing for the tour. In order to ensure equal billing, Vaughan and Beck alternated headline spots. Vaughan's manager Alex Hodges commented: "We were very careful to have equal billing and everything done in a way that it would be hard to say anyone was taking advantage of the other." Jeff Beck won a coin flip by lighting designer Andy Elias and was named the headline act for the opening show in Minneapolis.Year End Top 200 North American Tours 1989. Pollstar. December 18, 1989. p 176. During the final show on December 3 in Oakland, California, in which Jeff Beck was the opening act, Carlos Santana joined Stevie Ray Vaughan on stage while playing a borrowed Stratocaster.
Touring personnel
Bands:
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleStevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989. Stevie Ray Vaughan (guitars, vocals) Chris Layton (drums) Tommy Shannon (bass) Reese Wynans (keyboards)
Jeff Beck with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas Jeff Beck (guitars) Terry Bozzio (drums) Tony Hymas (keyboards)
Management/tour staff:Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989. Paul "Skip" Rickert (tour manager) Mark Rutledge (production manager) Bill Mounsey (stage manager) René Martinez (guitar technician) John "Bondo" Bond (keyboard technician) Johnny "JW" Roberts (monitor engineer) Andy Elias (set/lighting designer) Gary Kudrna (sound technician) Randy Bryant (sound technician) Richard Luckett (tour merchandise manager) Alex Hodges/Strike Force (talent management/Stevie Ray Vaughan) Ernest Chapman (talent management/Jeff Beck)
Videos Video from The Fire Meets the Fury Tour at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago (10/28/1989) Video of 1989 MTV Interview with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck
Typical setlists
Jeff Beck with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas
"Savoy" "Guitar Shop" "Big Block" "Sling Shot" "Behind the Veil" "Freeway Jam" "Where Were You" "Day in the House" "Stand on It" "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Charles Mingus cover) "Blue Wind" "People Get Ready" (The Impressions cover) "Going Down" (Alabama State Troopers cover)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
"The House Is Rockin'" "Tightrope" "Look at Little Sister" (Hank Ballard cover) "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (Buddy Guy cover) "Let Me Love You Baby" (Buddy Guy cover) "Texas Flood" (Larry Davis cover) "Wall of Denial" "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder cover) "Couldn't Stand the Weather" "Cold Shot" "Riviera Paradise" "Life Without You" "Crossfire" "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
Tour dates DateStevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989. City Country Venue October 25, 1989 Minneapolis United States Northrop Auditorium October 27, 1989 Milwaukee Milwaukee Auditorium October 28, 1989 Chicago UIC Pavilion October 29, 1989 St. Louis Fox Theatre October 31, 1989 Columbus Battelle Hall November 1, 1989 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum November 2, 1989 Toronto SkyDome November 3, 1989 Detroit United States Cobo Hall November 4, 1989 Pittsburgh A. J. Palumbo Center November 6, 1989 Landover Capital Centre November 7, 1989 Philadelphia The Spectrum November 8, 1989 Worcester The Centrum November 11, 1989 New York City Madison Square Garden November 12, 1989 Troy Houston Field House November 14, 1989 Cleveland Public Auditorium November 15, 1989 Trotwood Hara Arena November 16, 1989 Louisville Louisville Gardens November 18, 1989 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium November 19, 1989 Atlanta The Omni November 21, 1989 Miami Miami Arena November 22, 1989 Tampa USF Sun Dome November 24, 1989 Houston Sam Houston Coliseum November 25, 1989 Dallas State Fair Coliseum November 26, 1989 Austin Frank Erwin Center November 27, 1989 Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center November 28, 1989 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum November 29, 1989 Denver McNichols Sports Arena December 1, 1989 Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena December 2, 1989 Sacramento Arco Arena December 3, 1989 Oakland Oakland Coliseum Arena
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