# The Fire Meets the Fury Tour

The Fire Meets the Fury Tour is a 1989 concert tour co-headlined by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck. Epic Records paired the two guitarists together for a 30-date concert tour starting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This tour was the third leg of the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble In Step Tour. In addition to being one of the highest-grossing concert tours of 1989, The Fire Meets the Fury Tour won the Pollstar magazine award for most creative tour package of the year.
The bands rehearsed at Prince's Paisley Park Studios on October 23 and 24, before beginning the tour at the Northrup Auditorium on October 25, 1989. Both Vaughan and Beck were advertised as headliners and received equal billing for the tour. In order to ensure equal billing, Vaughan and Beck alternated headline spots. Vaughan's manager Alex Hodges commented: "We were very careful to have equal billing and everything done in a way that it would be hard to say anyone was taking advantage of the other." Jeff Beck won a coin flip by lighting designer Andy Elias and was named the headline act for the opening show in Minneapolis. During the final show on December 3 in Oakland, California, in which Jeff Beck was the opening act, Carlos Santana joined Stevie Ray Vaughan on stage while playing a borrowed Stratocaster.

## Touring personnel

Bands:
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
* Stevie Ray Vaughan (guitars, vocals)
* Chris Layton (drums)
* Tommy Shannon (bass)
* Reese Wynans (keyboards)
Jeff Beck with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas
* Jeff Beck (guitars)
* Terry Bozzio (drums)
* Tony Hymas (keyboards)
Management/tour staff:
* Paul "Skip" Rickert (tour manager)
* Mark Rutledge (production manager)
* Bill Mounsey (stage manager)
* René Martinez (guitar technician)
* John "Bondo" Bond (keyboard technician)
* Johnny "JW" Roberts (monitor engineer)
* Andy Elias (set/lighting designer)
* Gary Kudrna (sound technician)
* Randy Bryant (sound technician)
* Richard Luckett (tour merchandise manager)
* Alex Hodges/Strike Force (talent management/Stevie Ray Vaughan)
* Ernest Chapman (talent management/Jeff Beck)

## Videos

* Video from The Fire Meets the Fury Tour at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago (10/28/1989)
* Video of 1989 MTV Interview with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| October 25, 1989 | Minneapolis | United States | Northrop Auditorium |
| October 27, 1989 | Milwaukee | United States | Milwaukee Auditorium |
| October 28, 1989 | Chicago | United States | UIC Pavilion |
| October 29, 1989 | St. Louis | United States | Fox Theatre |
| October 31, 1989 | Columbus | United States | Battelle Hall |
| November 1, 1989 | Montreal | Canada | Montreal Forum |
| November 2, 1989 | Toronto | Canada | SkyDome |
| November 3, 1989 | Detroit | United States | Cobo Hall |
| November 4, 1989 | Pittsburgh | United States | A. J. Palumbo Center |
| November 6, 1989 | Landover | United States | Capital Centre |
| November 7, 1989 | Philadelphia | United States | The Spectrum |
| November 8, 1989 | Worcester | United States | The Centrum |
| November 11, 1989 | New York City | United States | Madison Square Garden |
| November 12, 1989 | Troy | United States | Houston Field House |
| November 14, 1989 | Cleveland | United States | Public Auditorium |
| November 15, 1989 | Trotwood | United States | Hara Arena |
| November 16, 1989 | Louisville | United States | Louisville Gardens |
| November 18, 1989 | Birmingham | United States | Boutwell Memorial Auditorium |
| November 19, 1989 | Atlanta | United States | The Omni |
| November 21, 1989 | Miami | United States | Miami Arena |
| November 22, 1989 | Tampa | United States | USF Sun Dome |
| November 24, 1989 | Houston | United States | Sam Houston Coliseum |
| November 25, 1989 | Dallas | United States | State Fair Coliseum |
| November 26, 1989 | Austin | United States | Frank Erwin Center |
| November 27, 1989 | Amarillo | United States | Amarillo Civic Center |
| November 28, 1989 | Albuquerque | United States | Tingley Coliseum |
| November 29, 1989 | Denver | United States | McNichols Sports Arena |
| December 1, 1989 | Los Angeles | United States | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
| December 2, 1989 | Sacramento | United States | Arco Arena |
| December 3, 1989 | Oakland | United States | Oakland Coliseum Arena |