Steel Wheels
1989-08-31–1990-08-25
Concerts & sources
Dates include warm-up and club shows listed under this tour.
0 concerts have no setlist available.
View the source archiveExplore Steel Wheels, the albumSteel Wheels: stage design and the touring deal
The Steel Wheels stage was meant to gain character as the tour wore it down. ABC’s 1989 20/20 report credits Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts with helping design its industrial appearance. In the accompanying interview, the set is described as getting closer to the desired look as it is used and thrown around on tour.
Behind the production was a deal Forbes reported as a US$70 million guarantee from promoter Michael Cohl, plus a share of profits, for the 1989 tour. The magazine described two stages leapfrogging between cities to maintain the schedule, with construction costs of up to US$1 million each.
Sources: ABC 20/20 · Forbes · 2 October 1989
Concerts & setlists
Explore the tour lineupExplore opening acts on this tour- London · Wembley StadiumUnited Kingdom
- London · Wembley StadiumUnited Kingdom
- Berlin · Radrennbahn WeissenseeGermany
- Berlin · Radrennbahn WeissenseeGermany
- Tokyo · Tokyo DomeJapan
- Tokyo · Tokyo DomeJapan
- Tokyo · Tokyo DomeJapan
- Tokyo · Tokyo DomeJapan
- Tokyo · Tokyo DomeJapan
- Tokyo · Tokyo DomeJapan
- Tokyo · Tokyo DomeJapan
- Tokyo · Tokyo DomeJapan
- Tokyo · Tokyo DomeJapan
- Tokyo · Tokyo DomeJapan
- Atlantic City · Convention HallUnited States
- Atlantic City · Convention HallUnited States
- Atlantic City · Convention HallUnited States
- Montreal · Stade OlympiqueCanada
- Montreal · Stade OlympiqueCanada
- Pontiac · Pontiac SilverdomeUnited States
- Pontiac · Pontiac SilverdomeUnited States
- Indianapolis · Hoosier DomeUnited States
- Indianapolis · Hoosier DomeUnited States
- Toronto · SkyDomeCanada
- Toronto · SkyDomeCanada
- Minneapolis · Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeUnited States
- Minneapolis · Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeUnited States
- Clemson · Memorial StadiumUnited States
- Jacksonville · Gator BowlUnited States
- Atlanta · Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant FieldUnited States
- Tampa · Tampa StadiumUnited States
- Miami · Miami Orange BowlUnited States
- Miami · Miami Orange BowlUnited States
- New Orleans · Louisiana SuperdomeUnited States
- Dallas · Cotton BowlUnited States
- Dallas · Cotton BowlUnited States
- Houston · Houston AstrodomeUnited States
- Oakland · Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumUnited States
- Oakland · Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumUnited States
- Vancouver · BC Place StadiumCanada
- Vancouver · BC Place StadiumCanada
- Queens · Shea StadiumUnited States
- Queens · Shea StadiumUnited States
- Queens · Shea StadiumUnited States
- Queens · Shea StadiumUnited States
- Los Angeles · Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumUnited States
- Los Angeles · Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumUnited States
- Los Angeles · Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumUnited States
- Los Angeles · Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumUnited States
- Queens · Shea StadiumUnited States
- Queens · Shea StadiumUnited States
- Kansas City · Arrowhead StadiumUnited States
- Ames · Cyclone StadiumUnited States
- Birmingham · Legion FieldUnited States
- Foxborough · Sullivan StadiumUnited States
- Foxborough · Sullivan StadiumUnited States
- Foxborough · Sullivan StadiumUnited States
- Cleveland · Cleveland StadiumUnited States
- Washington · Robert F. Kennedy Memorial StadiumUnited States
- Washington · Robert F. Kennedy Memorial StadiumUnited States
- Syracuse · Carrier DomeUnited States
- Syracuse · Carrier DomeUnited States
- Louisville · Cardinal StadiumUnited States
- St. Louis · Busch Memorial StadiumUnited States
- Raleigh · Carter-Finley StadiumUnited States
- Cincinnati · Riverfront StadiumUnited States
- East Troy · Alpine Valley Music TheatreUnited States
- East Troy · Alpine Valley Music TheatreUnited States
- East Troy · Alpine Valley Music TheatreUnited States
- Pittsburgh · Three Rivers StadiumUnited States
- Toronto · CNE StadiumCanada
- Toronto · CNE StadiumCanada
- Philadelphia · Veterans StadiumUnited States
- Philadelphia · Veterans StadiumUnited States
Sources & coverage
About these numbers
Concert figures describe 2,181 distinct archive record IDs from 1962-07-12 to 2024-07-21. Separate same-day record IDs remain separate; they have not all been reviewed as unique performed concerts.
1,506 records have stored song entries; 675 do not. Complete-setlist coverage is not established. Missing entries do not establish that a song was not played.
Song observations count distinct record IDs with a matching title after playback entries are excluded. These are documented appearances, not verified full-song performances. Tour groupings can include warm-up dates.
- MusicBrainz — album identities, editions and track programmes
Core metadata only. Exact release-group, edition and recording links appear on the relevant pages. Artwork, annotations, genre associations and ratings are excluded.
MusicBrainz data licence - setlist.fm — concert history and setlists
Concert dates, venues and setlists from the editor-supplied archive. Every concert page credits setlist.fm and links to its original record. Song observations are calculated by Glimmer Wire from those entries, with playback excluded.
Snapshot: 2026-10-03T21:42:51Z. Original database supplied and factually approved by the editor; normalized and calculated by Glimmer Wire. Counts can change when records or identities are corrected.
Calculation record
Concert records: distinct concert.setlist_id. Country groups: concert.country_code. Stored entries: records with non-playback setlist_song rows. Song appearances: distinct concert_song.setlist_id matched to setlist_song by record ID, position and exact raw title, excluding tape = 1. This does not use a complete-setlist percentage denominator.
Snapshot SHA-256: 7e86a3e2d0670574fd1e8bf42cd9e4dc99d3325db8db1b471707805387b00e5a
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