The True Confessions Tour was a concert tour by Bob Dylan and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
A concert video, Hard to Handle, filmed in Sydney, Australia on February 24 and 25 was directed by Gillian Armstrong. The HBO Special was released on Virgin Music VHS in 1986 and CBS/Fox Video laserdisc in 1988.
Background The tour started with two concerts in New Zealand and thirteen concerts in Australia before four concerts in Japan. Both Dylan and Petty took a break after this tour before returning to the road in June to perform a forty-one date tour of the United States and Canada. During the tour the pair performed two concerts at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, three concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City and two concerts at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. The tour came to a close on August 6 in Paso Robles, California. The pair would tour together the following year on the Temples in Flames Tour.
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueTickets sold / available Gross revenueOceaniaFebruary 5, 1986WellingtonNew ZealandWellington Athletic ParkFebruary 7, 1986AucklandMount Smart StadiumFebruary 10, 1986SydneyAustraliaSydney Entertainment CentreFebruary 11, 1986February 12, 1986February 13, 1986February 15, 1986AdelaideMemorial Drive ParkFebruary 17, 1986PerthPerth Entertainment CentreFebruary 18, 1986February 20, 1986MelbourneKooyong StadiumFebruary 21, 1986February 22, 1986February 24, 1986SydneySydney Entertainment CentreFebruary 25, 1986March 1, 1986BrisbaneLang ParkAsiaMarch 5, 1986TokyoJapanNippon BudokanMarch 6, 1986OsakaOsaka-jō HallMarch 8, 1986NagoyaAichi Prefectural GymnasiumMarch 10, 1986TokyoNippon BudokanNorth AmericaJune 9, 1986San DiegoUnited StatesSan Diego Sports ArenaJune 11, 1986RenoLawlor Events Center9,006 / 10,000$151,310June 12, 1986SacramentoCal Expo Amphitheatre12,396 / 12,396$216,930June 13, 1986BerkeleyHearst Greek Theatre17,000 / 17,000$339,860June 14, 1986June 16, 1986Costa MesaPacific Amphitheatre37,528 / 37,528$626,682June 17, 1986June 18, 1986PhoenixArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum13,536 / 13,536$151,310June 20, 1986HoustonSouthern Star AmphitheaterJune 21, 1986AustinFrank Erwin Center14,958 / 15,205$334,828June 22, 1986DallasReunion Arena14,342 / 18,000$224,255June 24, 1986IndianapolisMarket Square Arena9,125 / 18,000$159,687June 26, 1986MinneapolisHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome50,588 / 53,000$1,011,760June 27, 1986East TroyAlpine Valley Music Theatre23,184 / 23,184$288,152June 29, 1986Hoffman EstatesPoplar Creek Music TheaterJune 30, 1986ClarkstonPine Knob Music TheatreJuly 1, 1986July 2, 1986AkronRubber Bowl35,292 / 38,000$690,180July 4, 1986Orchard ParkRich Stadium63,850 / 75,000$1,277,000July 6, 1986Washington, D.C.Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium108,235 / 130,000$2,132,700July 7, 1986July 8, 1986MansfieldGreat Woods Performing Arts CenterJuly 9, 1986July 11, 1986HartfordHartford Civic Center15,593 / 15,593$269,157July 13, 1986Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts Center19,290 / 25,000July 15, 1986New York CityMadison Square GardenJuly 16, 1986July 17, 1986July 19, 1986PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum37,301 / 37,301$585,478July 20, 1986July 21, 1986East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena13,507 / 14,638$255,519July 22, 1986MansfieldGreat Woods Performing Arts CenterJuly 24, 1986Bonner SpringsSandstone AmphitheaterJuly 26, 1986MorrisonRed Rocks Amphitheatre17,668 / 17,668$379,943July 27, 1986July 29, 1986PortlandCivic Stadium18,540 / 18,540$334,828July 31, 1986TacomaTacoma DomeAugust 1, 1986VancouverCanadaBC Place Stadium23,164 / 28,000$378,017August 3, 1986InglewoodUnited StatesThe ForumAugust 5, 1986Mountain ViewShoreline AmphitheatreAugust 6, 1986Paso RoblesPaso Robles Mid-State Fairground
Setlist
Typical first leg setlist Justine Positively 4th Street Clean-Cut Kid I'll Remember You Trust Yourself That Lucky Old Sun Masters of War A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Girl from the North Country It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know Just Like a Woman I'm Moving On Lenny Bruce When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky Lonesome Town Ballad of a Thin Man Seeing the Real You at Last Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Across The Borderline Like a Rolling Stone I and I In the Garden Blowin' in the WindEncore Rock 'Em Dead Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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Typical second leg setlist So Long, Good Luck and Goodbye Positively 4th Street Clean-Cut Kid I'll Remember You Shot of Love We Had It All Masters of War To Ramona Shake a Hand One Too Many Mornings A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know Band of the Hand When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky Lonesome Town Ballad of a Thin Man Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Seeing the Real You at Last Across the Borderline I and I Like a Rolling Stone In the GardenEncore Blowin' in the Wind Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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References
External links
BobLinks – Comprehensive log of concerts and set lists Bjorner's Still on the Road – Information on recording sessions and performances