Monsters of Rock Tour 1984

Monsters of Rock Tour 1984
Tour by Van Halen
Start date	August 18, 1984
End date	September 2, 1984
Legs	1
Shows	5
Van Halen tour chronology
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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 and raised tensions may explain why they left the bill before the tour's end.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Dates with Van Halen on the bill[1]
August 18, 1984	Castle Donington	England	Donington Park
August 25, 1984	Stockholm	Sweden	Råsunda Stadium
August 31, 1984	Winterthur	Switzerland	Schützenwiese
September 1, 1984	Karlsruhe	Germany	Wildparkstadion
September 2, 1984	Nuremberg		Zeppelinfeld
Following Van Halen's exit
September 5, 1984	Rome	Italy	Nettuno Stadio
September 7, 1984	Turin		Stadio Comunale

Tour bill

Core bill

• AC/DC
• Van Halen (headline act)
• Mötley Crüe
• Accept
• 2 - 3 other acts inclding Robert Dilorenzo

Other bands played some dates, but not others. List of individual bills below:

Individual bills

UK

• AC/DC
• Van Halen
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Gary Moore
• Y&T
• Accept
• Mötley Crüe

Sweden

• AC/DC
• Van Halen
• Mötley Crüe

Switzerland

• AC/DC
• Van Halen
• Gary Moore
• Dio
• Accept
• Mötley Crüe

Germany (both dates)

• AC/DC (Flick of the Switch tour)
• Van Halen (1984 release tour, Valerie Bertinelli made a brief appearance)
• Ozzy Osbourne (Bark at the Moon Tour)
• Gary Moore (Victims of the Future Tour)
• Dio (Last in Line Tour)
• Accept (Balls to the Wall Tour)
• Mötley Crüe (Shout at the Devil Tour)

References

1. ^ http://www.bootlegvideos.com/vhtourdates.html Accessed on 1 September 2007

External links

• Van-Halen.com - The official Van Halen website
• Van Halen NewsDesk
• [1] Original German Poster