Monsters of Rock Tour 1984
The Monsters of Rock Tour 1984 was a festival tour of Europe in 1984. The lineup for the then-annual Monsters of Rock festival in Donington, England took the festival out on tour. For a short portion of the tour, hard rock band Van Halen played on the bill as the brief European leg of their 1984 Tour supporting the album of the same name. It was the second portion of the tour after a large North American one and featured the final performances by David Lee Roth with the band until he rejoined in 2007. Raised tensions may explain why they left the bill before the tour's end.
Tour dates
Tour Bill
Core Bill
- AC/DC
- Mötley Crüe
Individual Bills
England
- AC/DC
- Van Halen
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Gary Moore
- Accept
- Y&T
- Mötley Crüe
- Tommy Vance
Sweden
- AC/DC
- Van Halen
- Mötley Crüe
Switzerland
- AC/DC
- Van Halen
- Gary Moore
- Dio
- Accept
- Mötley Crüe
Germany
- AC/DC
- Van Halen
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Dio
- Gary Moore
- Accept
- Mötley Crüe
Italy
- AC/DC
- Mötley Crüe
Personnel
AC/DC
- Angus Young – Lead guitar
- Brian Johnson – Lead vocals
- Malcolm Young – Rhythm guitar and background vocals
- Cliff Williams – Bass and background vocals
- Simon Wright – Drums and percussion
Ozzy Osbourne
- Ozzy Osbourne – Lead vocals
- Jake E. Lee – Guitar
- Bob Daisley – Bass and background vocals
- Tommy Aldridge – Drums and percussion
- Don Airey – Keyboards and background vocals
Van Halen
- Eddie Van Halen – Lead guitar, background vocals and lead keyboards
- David Lee Roth – Lead vocals
- Michael Anthony – Bass, background vocals and bass keyboards
- Alex Van Halen – Drums and percussion
Gary Moore
- Gary Moore – Guitar and lead vocals
- Paul Thompson — Drums and percussion
- Craig Gruber — Bass and background vocals
- Neil Carter — Keyboards and background vocals
Dio
- Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
- Vivian Campbell – Guitar
- Jimmy Bain – Bass
- Vinnie Appice – Drums and percussion
- Claude Schnell – Keyboards
Accept
- Udo Dirkschneider – Vocals
- Wolf Hoffmann – Lead/rhythm guitar
- Jörg Fischer – Rhythm/lead guitar
- Peter Baltes – Bass
- Stefan Kaufmann – Drums and percussion
Y&T
- Dave Meniketti – Lead vocals and lead/rhythm guitar
- Joey Alves – Rhythm/lead guitar and background vocals
- Phil Kennemore – Bass and background vocals
- Leonard Haze – Drums and percussion
Mötley Crüe
- Vince Neil – Lead vocals
- Mick Mars – Guitar and backing vocals
- Nikki Sixx – Bass and backing vocals
- Tommy Lee – Drums, percussion and backing vocals
Setlists
AC/DC
- "Guns for Hire"
- "Shoot to Thrill"
- "Sin City"
- "Back in Black"
- "Shot Down in Flames"
- "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
- "Bad Boy Boogie"
- "Flick of the Switch"
- "Hells Bells"
- "The Jack"
- "Have a Drink on Me"
- "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
- "Highway to Hell"
- "Whole Lotta Rosie"
- "Let There Be Rock"
- "T.N.T."
- "For Those About to Rock "
Van Halen
- "Unchained"
- "Hot for Teacher"
- Alex Van Halen drum solo
- "On Fire"
- "Runnin' with the Devil"
- "Little Guitars"
- "House of Pain"
- Michael Anthony bass solo
- "I'll Wait"
- "Everybody Wants Some!!"
- "Oh, Pretty Woman"
- "1984" and "Jump"
- Eddie Van Halen guitar solo
- "Panama"
- "Growth" and "You Really Got Me"
Ozzy Osbourne
- "I Don't Know"
- "Mr. Crowley"
- "Over the Mountain"
- "Rock 'N' Roll Rebel"
- "Bark at the Moon"
- "Revelation Mother Earth"
- "Steal Away the Night"
- "Suicide Solution"
- "Centre of Eternity"
- Tommy Aldridge drum solo
- "Flying High Again"
- "Iron Man"
- "Paranoid"
Gary Moore
- "Rockin' Every Night"
- "Wishing Well"
- "Murder in the Skies"
- "Cold Hearted"
- "Shapes of Things"
- "Victims of the Future"
- "So Far Away"
- "Empty Rooms"
- "Blinder"
- Gary Moore guitar aolo
- "White Knuckles" and "Rockin' & Rollin'"
- "Parisienne Walkways"
Dio
- "Stand Up & Shout"
- "One Night in the City"
- "Mystery"
- "Egypt "
- "Holy Diver"
- Vinny Appice drum solo
- "Heaven & Hell"
- Vivian Campbell guitar solo
- "The Last in Line"
- "Rainbow in the Dark"
- "Man on the Silver Mountain"
- "Long Live Rock 'N' Roll"
- "The Mob Rules"
Accept
- "Fast as a Shark"
- "Restless and Wild"
- "Love Child"
- "Turn Me On"
- "Princess of the Dawn"
- Wolf Hoffmann guitar solo
- "Son of a Bitch"
- "London Leatherboys"
- "Balls to the Wall"
Y&T
- "Mean Streak"
- "Barroom Boogie"
- "Lipstick & Leather"
- "Rescue Me"
- "Rock & Roll's Gonna Save the World"
- "Masters & Slaves"
- Dave Meniketti guitar solo
- "Hell or High Water"
- "Forever"
Mötley Crüe
- "Shout at the Devil"
- "Bastard"
- "Knock 'Em Dead Kid"
- Nikki Sixx bass solo
- "Ten Seconds to Love"
- "Piece of Your Action"
- Tommy Lee drum solo
- "Red Hot"
- Mick Mars guitar solo
- "Looks That Kill"
- "Live Wire"
- "Helter Skelter"