The Nylon Curtain Tour

The Nylon Curtain Tour was a 1982 concert tour by singer-songwriter Billy Joel. This tour was Joel's first tour following a divorce from his first wife and manager Elizabeth Weber and after a motorcycle accident that occurred earlier in the year.[1]

The Nylon Curtain Tour
Continental tour by Billy Joel
LocationNorth America
Associated albumThe Nylon Curtain
Start dateOctober 24, 1982
End dateDecember 31, 1982
Legs1
No. of shows35
Billy Joel concert chronology

Background

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The tour began on October 24, 1982, in Salt Lake City and ended on December 31, 1982, with a New Year's Eve at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The December 29 show at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale was released as the video special Live from Long Island. It was originally broadcast on HBO in 1983 before it became available on VHS.

This was the first tour following the departure of Richie Cannata on saxophone and keyboards. He was replaced with Mark Rivera (who still performs with Joel, as of 2024) and David LeBolt (who was dismissed after the Bridge Tour in 1987).

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North America Leg
October 24, 1982 Salt Lake City United States

Salt Palace

October 26, 1982 Tempe ASU Activity Center
October 28, 1982 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
October 30, 1982 Kansas City Kemper Arena
November 1, 1982 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center
November 3, 1982 St. Louis Checkerdome
November 4, 1982 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
November 6, 1982 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
November 7, 1982 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
November 9, 1982 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
November 10, 1982 Detroit United States Joe Louis Arena
November 11, 1982 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
November 13, 1982 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
November 15, 1982 Landover Capital Centre
November 17, 1982 Worcester The Centrum
November 19, 1982 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
November 20, 1982 Philadelphia The Spectrum
November 22, 1982 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
November 24, 1982 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
November 25, 1982 St. Petersburg Bayfront Center
November 27, 1982 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
November 28, 1982 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
November 30, 1982 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
December 2, 1982 Austin Frank Erwin Center
December 3, 1982 Dallas Reunion Arena
December 5, 1982 Houston The Summit
December 9, 1982 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum
December 12, 1982 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
December 14, 1982 Inglewood The Forum
December 17, 1982 Vancouver Canada

Pacific Coliseum

December 20, 1982 Edmonton

Northlands Coliseum

December 26, 1982 East Rutherford United States Brendan Byrne Arena
December 27, 1982 Bethlehem Stabler Arena
December 29, 1982 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 31, 1982 New York City Madison Square Garden

Setlist

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This setlist is from the December 29 show at Nassau Coliseum. It does not represent all the dates throughout the tour.

  1. "Chain Gang" (Opening Music)
  2. "Allentown"
  3. "My Life"
  4. "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
  5. "Piano Man"
  6. "Don't Ask Me Why"
  7. "The Stranger"
  8. "Scandinavian Skies"
  9. "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
  10. "She's Always a Woman"
  11. "Pressure"
  12. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
  13. "Just The Way You Are"
  14. "Goodnight Saigon"
  15. "Stiletto"
  16. "Until the Night"
  17. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
  18. "Sometimes a Fantasy"
  19. "Big Shot"
  20. "You May Be Right"
  21. "Only the Good Die Young"
  22. "Souvenir"

Personnel

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  • Billy Joel – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, harmonica
  • Mark Rivera – saxophone, flute, clarinet, vocals, percussion, keyboards, rhythm guitar
  • Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar, vocals
  • David Brown – lead guitar, vocals
  • Russell Javors – rhythm guitar, vocals
  • David Lebolt – keyboards
  • Liberty DeVitto – drums, percussion

References

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  1. ^ Bordowitz, Hank. Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man (Revised ed. 2011), p. 217