Sacred Heart tour lasted from 1985 to 1986 - some may argue that there were Sacred Heart and Intermission tours, but I consider them here as one tour. There were a number of warming-up bands - Rough Cutt, Accept, Keel and possibly Twisted Sister, too. Some sources suggest that Accept would've played with them both in 1985 and 1986, but I haven't got confirmation about that yet.
| Date | Venue | City and State | Country | Other bands | Comments |
| 10.08.1985 | Super Rock Festival | Tokyo | Japan | Rough Cutt, Foreigner, Sting, Mama's Boys, Earthshaker, a couple of Japanese bands | 25000 people |
| 13.08.1985 | Oakwood Amphitheatre | Oakland, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 3600 people, some sources say the venue was Coliseum |
| 14.08.1985 | Cal Expo | Sacramento, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 3400 people |
| 15.08.1985 | Country Club | Reseda, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | Date not confirmed |
| 16.08.1985 | Pacific Amphitheater | Costa Mesa, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | |
| 17.08.1985 | Selland Arena | Fresno, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 5000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 19.08.1985 | Salt Palace | Salt Lake City, UT | USA | Rough Cutt | 6900 people |
| 20.08.1985 | Pocatello, ID | USA | Rough Cutt | 3500 people | |
| 21.08.1985 | New York City, NY | USA | Rough Cutt | Date might be incorrect | |
| 23.08.1985 | Sandstone Amphitheatre | Kansas City, MO | USA | Rough Cutt | 5100 people |
| 25.08.1985 | Alpine Valley | East Troy, WI | USA | Rough Cutt | 7000 people. Date is often claimed to be 27th, but Hoffman Estates
was on that date. Ticket stubs for the East Troy gig bear August 25th
date.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 27.08.1985 | Poplar Creek | Hoffman Estates, IL | USA | Rough Cutt | 5500 people, some sources incorrectly suggest this would've been 26th or 29th
instead. Some sources also incorrectly claim East Troy show as on
27th.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture. |
| 28.08.1985 | Riverbend | Cincinnati, OH | USA | Rough Cutt | 3300 people, some sources suggest this was on 30th instead |
| 30.08.1985 | Pine Knob Music Theatre | Clarkston, MI | USA | Rough Cutt | 6300 people, some sources suggest this was on 31st instead. Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 31.08.1985 | CNE Grandstand | Toronto, ON | Canada | Rough Cutt, Helix | 12000 people, some sources incorrectly suggest this was on September 1st
instead.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. |
| 01.09.1985 | Memorial Auditorium | Buffalo, NY | USA | Rough Cutt | 5100 people, some sources incorrectly suggest this was on 2nd instead |
| 02.09.1985 | Broome County Arena | Binghampton, NY | USA | Rough Cutt | Date might be different - this is just a guess of the date. Some sources list this as December 2nd, 1985, but that is almost certainly incorrect too. This show might have been cancelled? |
| 03.09.1985 | War Memorial | Rochester, NY | USA | Rough Cutt | 5100 people |
| 04.09.1985 | R.P.I. Fieldhouse | Troy, NY | USA | Rough Cutt | 2800 people, capacity 3000 |
| 06.09.1985 | Forum | Montreal, PQ | Canada | Rough Cutt | 9500 or 16000 people depending on the source |
| 07.09.1985 | Coliseum | Quebec City, PQ | Canada | Rough Cutt | 10500 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for pass picture. |
| 09.09.1985 | Cumberland County Civic Center | Portland, ME | USA | Rough Cutt | 4500 people |
| 10.09.1985 | Sunken Gardens | Boston, MA | USA | Rough Cutt | |
| 11.09.1985 | Civic Centre | Providence, RI | USA | Rough Cutt | 6200 people, some sources incorrectly suggest Accept was the warming-up band |
| 13.09.1985 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, PA | USA | Rough Cutt | 3500 people or sold out according to different sources, the show was filmed, but never released. |
| 14.09.1985 | Coliseum | New Haven, CT | USA | Rough Cutt | Some sources claim there were 2200 people, but it was apparently sold-out/almost sold-out show with 10500 people |
| 17.09.1985 | War Memorial | Syracuse, NY | USA | Rough Cutt | 3100 people |
| 18.09.1985 | Civic Centre | Baltimore, MD | USA | Rough Cutt | 7000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 19.09.1985 | Betlehem, PA | USA | Rough Cutt | 3000 people | |
| 21.09.1985 | Nassau Coliseum | Uniondale, NY | USA | Rough Cutt | 11000 people |
| 22.09.1985 | Civic Arena | Pittsburgh, PA | USA | Rough Cutt | 6600 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 24.09.1985 | Hampton Coliseum | Hampton, VA | USA | Rough Cutt | At least 10000 people, capacity 13000 |
| 27.09.1985 | Coliseum | Charlotte, NC | USA | Rough Cutt | Click
here for ticket stub picture.
Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. |
| 28.09.1985 | The Omni | Atlanta, GA | USA | Rough Cutt | 9600 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 29.09.1985 | Boutwell Auditorium | Birmingham, AL | USA | Rough Cutt | 4000 people |
| 01.10.1985 | Lakefront Arena | New Orleans, LA | USA | Rough Cutt | 4800 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 02.10.1985 | Biloxi, MS | USA | Rough Cutt | 3000 people | |
| 04.10.1985 | Civic Center Arena | Lakeland, FL | USA | Rough Cutt | Sold out, 10000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 05.10.1985 | Sportatorium | Hollywood, FL | USA | Rough Cutt | 8000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 06.10.1985 | Jacksonville, FL | USA | Rough Cutt | 4000 people | |
| 08.10.1985 | Nashville, TN | USA | Rough Cutt | 6200 people | |
| 09.10.1985 | Freedom Hall | Louisville, KY | USA | Rough Cutt | Capacity 19800, 17000, 8000 or 3100 people according to different sources |
| ??.10.1985 | Evansville, IN | USA | Rough Cutt | ||
| 12.10.1985 | U.I.C. Pavillion | Chicago, IL | USA | Rough Cutt | 4000 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 13.10.1985 | 5 Seasons Center | Cedar Rapids, IA | USA | Rough Cutt | 3600 people |
| 14.10.1985 | Omaha Civic Auditorium | Omaha, NE | USA | Rough Cutt | 3500 people.
Click here for pass picture. Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 16.10.1985 | Bloomington, MN | USA | Rough Cutt | 7000 people | |
| 18.10.1985 | Wings Stadium | Kalamazoo, MI | USA | Rough Cutt | 5500 people |
| 19.10.1985 | Lansing Civic Center | Lansing, MI | USA | Rough Cutt | 3800 people |
| 20.10.1985 | Saginaw Civic Center | Saginaw, MI | USA | Rough Cutt | 5200 people |
| 22.10.1985 | Ohio Center | Columbus, OH | USA | Rough Cutt | 5000 people |
| 23.10.1985 | Sports Arena | Toledo, OH | USA | Rough Cutt | 4000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 24.10.1985 | Market Square Arena | Indianapolis, IN | USA | Rough Cutt | 7000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 25.10.1985 | Coliseum | Cleveland, OH | USA | Rough Cutt | 11000 people |
| 27.10.1985 | Meadowsland Arena | Meadowlands, NJ | USA | Rough Cutt | 12000 people, sold out show. Some sources claim the venue was Brendan Byrne Arena - which is the official name for the venue. Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for pass picture. Click here for promoter pass picture. |
| ??.??.1985 | Civic Center | Saddlebrook, NJ | USA | Rough Cutt | Date might be 28th or 29th of October, but some sources suggest November |
| 30.10.1985 | Capital Center | Landover, MD | USA | Rough Cutt | 8000 people |
| 31.10.1985 | Centrum | Worcester, MA | USA | Rough Cutt | 10000 people. Click here for pass picture. Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 02.11.1985 | Cobo Arena | Detroit, MI | USA | Rough Cutt | 9000 people. Some sources list the venue as Joe Louis Arena, but
ticket stub says Cobo Arena.
Click here for generic blue pass picture. Click here for purple photo pass picture. Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture. |
| 03.11.1985 | Dayton, OH | USA | Rough Cutt | 6800 people | |
| 04.11.1985 | Springfield, IL | USA | Rough Cutt | 3000 people, some sources claim this was in Carbondale, IL | |
| 05.11.1985 | Carbondale, IL | USA | Rough Cutt | ||
| ??.11.1985 | Wichita, KS | USA | Rough Cutt | ||
| 08.11.1985 | Tulsa Convention Center | Tulsa, OK | USA | Rough Cutt | 3000 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture Click here for another ticket stub picture. |
| 09.11.1985 | Lloyd Noble Center | Norman, OK | USA | Rough Cutt | 4600 people |
| 10.11.1985 | Shreveport, LA | USA | Rough Cutt | 4700 people | |
| 12.11.1985 | El Paso, TX | USA | Rough Cutt | 4100 people | |
| 13.11.1985 | Odessa, TX | USA | Rough Cutt | 2200 people | |
| 14.11.1985 | San Antonio, TX | USA | Rough Cutt | 6500 people | |
| 15.11.1985 | The Summit | Houston, TX | USA | Coney Hatch, Rough Cutt | 10200 people |
| 17.11.1985 | Reunion Arena | Dallas, TX | USA | Rough Cutt | 10200 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| ??.11.1985 | Amarillo, TX | USA | Rough Cutt | ||
| 20.11.1985 | McNichols Arena | Denver, CO | USA | Rough Cutt | 7200 people |
| 22.11.1985 | Tingley Coliseum | Albuquerque, NM | USA | Rough Cutt | 9400 people |
| 23.11.1985 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Phoenix, AZ | USA | Rough Cutt | Capacity 15600, although some sources say 25000. Sold out/almost sold out, other sources say 14000 people |
| 24.11.1985 | Tucson, AZ | USA | Rough Cutt | 6600 people | |
| 27.11.1985 | Civic Auditorium | Bakersfield, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 3200 people.
Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 30.11.1985 | Lawlor Events Centre | Reno, NV | USA | Rough Cutt | 3600 people |
| 04.12.1985 | Orange Pavillion | San Bernardino, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 7500 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. Ronnie mentions "we are recording tonight for a live album" during the show, possibly Intermission recordings? |
| 06.12.1985 | Sports Arena | San Diego, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 10000 people, Intermission recordings?
Click here for gig poster picture. Click here for promoter pass picture. |
| 07.12.1985 | Forum | Los Angeles, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 12000 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture. Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 08.12.1985 | Cow Palace | San Francisco, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 11000 people, sold out.
Click here for pass picture Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 11.12.1985 | Honolulu, HI | USA | |||
| 28.12.1985 | P.N.E. Coliseum | Vancouver, BC | Canada | Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force | 5500 people |
| 30.12.1985 | Coliseum | Spokane, WA | USA | Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force | 6800 people |
| 31.12.1985 | Tacoma Dome | Tacoma, WA | USA | Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, TKO or Frehley's Comet | 13500 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
03.01.1986 | Northlands Coliseum | Edmonton, AB | Canada | Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force | Capacity 7500, 5000 people |
| 04.01.1986 | The Corral | Calgary, AB | Canada | Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force | Capacity 7000, 3800 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 06.01.1986 | Memorial Coliseum | Portland, OR | USA | Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force | Capacity 9040, 5700 people |
| 07.01.1986 | Civic Center? | Medford, OR | USA | Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force | |
| 08.01.1986 | Dee Events Centre | Ogden, UT | USA | Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force | Capacity 6700, 3700 people |
| 10.01.1986 | Thomas & Mack Arena | Las Vegas, NV | USA | Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force | Capacity 11898, 6500 people |
| 12.01.1986 | NBC Arena | Honolulu, HI | USA | Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force | Capacity 7805, 5500 people. Click here for pass picture. |
| ??.04.1986 | The Tube | Newcastle | UK | TV broadcast, studio audience. The show was broadcasted on TV on April 4th, but was recorded a couple of days before that. | |
| 14.04.1986 | Icehall | Helsinki | Finland | Keel | Capacity 8000, 6000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 16.04.1986 | Drammenshallen | Oslo | Norway | Keel | 2600 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 18.04.1986 | Scandinavium | Gothenburg | Sweden | Keel | 4600 people |
| 19.04.1986 | Isstadion | Stockholm | Sweden | Keel | 5500 or 6000 people, depending on the source |
| 20.04.1986 | Isstadion | Malmo | Sweden | Keel | Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 21.04.1986 | Valbyhallen | Copenhagen | Denmark | Keel | 2200 people |
| 24.04.1986 | Stadthalle | Offenbach | Germany | Keel | Some sources incorrectly claim this was in Frankfurt (Offenbach is
a suburb of Frankfurt), 3600 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. |
| 25.04.1986 | Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle | Munich | Germany | Keel | 4500 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 26.04.1986 | Friedrich Ebert Halle | Ludwigshafen | Germany | Keel | 5000 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. |
| 27.04.1986 | Grugahalle | Essen | Germany | Keel | 4600 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture. Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 29.04.1986 | Boblingen Sporthalle | Stuttgart | Germany | Keel | 4700 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture Click here for another ticket stub picture Click here for another ticket stub picture. Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 30.04.1986 | Hemmerleinhalle | Neunkirchen | Germany | Keel | 5600 people. Some sources claim this was in Nurnberg instead, but ticket stubs say Hemmerleinhalle, Neunkirchen |
| 02.05.1986 | Eilenriedehalle | Hannover | Germany | Keel | 3700 people |
| 03.05.1986 | Ijsselhal | Zwolle | Netherlands | Keel | 7000 people.
Click here for gig promo sticker picture. |
| 04.05.1986 | Vorst Nationaal | Brussels | Belgium | Keel | 2500 people.
Click here for pass picture. Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. |
| 05.05.1986 | Le Zenith | Paris | France | Keel | 5500 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. Click here for poster picture. |
| 07.05.1986 | N.E.C. | Birmingham | UK | Keel | 7000 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. Click here for 3rd ticket stub picture. Click here for 4th ticket stub picture. Click here for 5th ticket stub picture. Click here for a picture of the press invitation. |
| 08.05.1986 | City Hall | Newcastle | UK | Keel | 2200 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. Click here for 3rd ticket stub picture. |
| 09.05.1986 | Playhouse | Edinburgh | UK | Keel | 3100 people |
| 10.05.1986 | Queens Hall | Leeds | UK | Keel | 3500 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for another ticket stub picture. |
| 12.05.1986 | Hammersmith Odeon | London | UK | Keel | 3500 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 13.05.1986 | Hammersmith Odeon | London | UK | Keel | 3000 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 14.05.1986 | Hammersmith Odeon | London | UK | Keel | 3000 people.
Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 18.05.1986 | Dublin | Ireland | Keel | ||
| 21.05.1986 | Dublin | Ireland | Keel | ||
| 31.05.1986 | USA | Location unknown, 1st show on this US leg, might have never happened although advertised | |||
| 06.06.1986 | Sportatorium | Hollywood, FL | USA | Accept | 5000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 07.06.1986 | Bayfront Center Arena | St. Petersburg, FL | USA | Accept | Capacity 10000, sold out. Some sources claim that this was in Tampa, FL with 5700 people. Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 08.06.1986 | Civic Centre | Pensacola, FL | USA | Accept | 2500 people |
| 13.06.1986 | Betlehem, PA | USA | Accept | 2600 people | |
| 14.06.1986 | Civic Arena | Pittsburgh, PA | USA | Accept | 5000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 15.06.1986 | Merriweather Post Pavillion | Columbia, MD | USA | Accept | 4000 people |
| 17.06.1986 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, PA | USA | Accept | 10000 people, Sacred Heart: The Video filmings.
Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 18.06.1986 | Civic Centre | Providence, RI | USA | Accept | 7000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 20.06.1986 | Madison Square Garden | New York City, NY | USA | Accept | 13000 people.
Click here for aftershow pass picture. Click here for guest pass picture. Click here for ticket stub picture. Click here for 2nd ticket stub picture. |
| 22.06.1986 | CNE Grandstand | Toronto, ON | Canada | Accept | 5000 people |
| 24.06.1986 | Riverbend Music Center | Cincinnati, OH | USA | Accept | 2500 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 25.06.1986 | Municipal Auditorium | Nashville, TN | USA | Accept | Date not confirmed. Dio played in Nashville, TN in June 1986, but
the exact date reimains unknown. The ticket stub does not bear
clear date for the show. However, June 25th is the most likely
date due to the other dates of the tour.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 27.06.1986 | IMA Sports Arena | Flint, MI | USA | Accept | Sold out, capacity 5913, 5500 or 4600 people depending on the source |
| 28.06.1986 | Welch Auditorium | Grand Rapids, MI | USA | Accept | 4600 people. |
| 29.06.1986 | Peoria Civic Center Arena | Peoria, IL | USA | Accept | Capacity 9400, 3000 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 02.07.1986 | Trout Aire Amphitheatre | Minneapolis, MN | USA | Accept | 4000 people |
| 03.07.1986 | Civic Centre | La Crosse, WI | USA | Accept | 2500 people |
| 05.07.1986 | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | East Troy, WI | USA | Accept | 6300 people.
Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 07.07.1986 | Rapid City, SD | USA | Accept | 2500 people | |
| 12.07.1986 | Folsom Field | Boulder, CO | USA | Van Halen (HL), Loverboy, BTO | 25 000 people. |
| 14.07.1986 | County Coliseum | El Paso, TX | USA | Accept | 3500 people |
| 17.07.1986 | Memorial Coliseum | Corpus Christi, TX | USA | Accept | 3500 people, some sources list this as 18.07.1986.
Click here for ticket stub picture Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 19.07.1986 | Texxas Jam, Cotton Bowl | Dallas, TX | USA | Bachman Turner Overdrive, Keel, Krokus, Loverboy, Van Halen (headliner) | 65000 people.
Click here for pass picture. Click here for gig poster picture. Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 21.07.1986 | Tingley Coliseum | Albuquerque, NM | USA | Accept | 4500 people |
| 23.07.1986 | Phoenix, AZ | USA | Accept | 8300 people. Click here for pass picture | |
| 25.07.1986 | Sports Arena | San Diego, CA | USA | Accept | 6000 people |
| 26.07.1986 | Irvine Meadows Theatre | Irvine, CA | USA | Accept | Hear 'N Aid show with various other artists singing the song Stars, 10000 people |
| 27.07.1986 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, CA | USA | Accept | 4800 people. Click here for ticket stub picture |
| 29.07.1986 | Oakwood Amphitheatre/Oakwood Lake Resort | Manteca, CA | USA | Accept | 3800 people. Some sources incorrectly claim the city was Modesto, CA. Click here for gig poster picture. |
| 01.08.1986 | Ventura County Fairgrounds | Ventura, CA | USA | Accept + one other | |
| 30.08.1986 | Hokkaido Koseinenkin Hall | Sapporo | Japan | 1500 people | |
| 01.09.1986 | Koseinenkin Hall | Osaka | Japan | 1700 people | |
| 02.09.1986 | Koseinenkin Hall | Osaka | Japan | 2200 people | |
| 03.09.1986 | Nippon Budokan Hall | Tokyo | Japan | 6500 people | |
| 05.09.1986 | Yubin Chokin Hall | Hiroshima | Japan | 1000 people | |
| 08.09.1986 | Sun Palace Hall | Fukuoka | Japan | 1100 people | |
| 09.09.1986 | Shimin | Nagoya | Japan | 1300 people | |
| 13.09.1986 | Entertainment Centre | Sydney | Australia | White Witch, Boss | 6500 people |
| 16.09.1986 | Festival Hall | Melbourne | Australia | White Witch | 4100 people |
| ??.09.1986 | Brisbane | Australia | White Witch | Not confirmed | |
| 11.10.1986 | R.C. Coliseum | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Rough Cutt | 6000 people, some sources say the date was October 10th but according to an eyewitness, it was on 11th instead |
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The page has been updated on 02.05.2008
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