The Nylon Curtain Tour

The Nylon Curtain Tour was a 1982 concert tour by singer-songwriter Billy Joel. This tour was Joel's first tour following a divorce from his first wife and manager Elizabeth Weber and after a motorcycle accident that occurred earlier in the year.

The Nylon Curtain Tour

Continental tour by Billy Joel
Location	North America
Associated album	The Nylon Curtain
Start date	October 24, 1982
End date	December 31, 1982
Legs	1
No. of shows	35
Billy Joel concert chronology

Background

The tour began on October 24, 1982, in Salt Lake City and ended on December 31, 1982, with a New Year's Eve at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The December 29 show at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale was released as the video special Live from Long Island. It was originally broadcast on HBO in 1983 before it became available on VHS.

This was the first tour following the departure of Richie Cannata on saxophone and keyboards. He was replaced with Mark Rivera (who still performs with Joel, as of 2024) and David LeBolt (who was dismissed after the Bridge Tour in 1987).

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America Leg
October 24, 1982	Salt Lake City	United States	Salt Palace
October 26, 1982	Tempe		ASU Activity Center
October 28, 1982	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
October 30, 1982	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
November 1, 1982	Saint Paul		St. Paul Civic Center
November 3, 1982	St. Louis		Checkerdome
November 4, 1982	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
November 6, 1982	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
November 7, 1982	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
November 9, 1982	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
November 10, 1982	Detroit	United States	Joe Louis Arena
November 11, 1982	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
November 13, 1982	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
November 15, 1982	Landover		Capital Centre
November 17, 1982	Worcester		The Centrum
November 19, 1982	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
November 20, 1982	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
November 22, 1982	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
November 24, 1982	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
November 25, 1982	St. Petersburg		Bayfront Center
November 27, 1982	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
November 28, 1982	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum
November 30, 1982	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
December 2, 1982	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
December 3, 1982	Dallas		Reunion Arena
December 5, 1982	Houston		The Summit
December 9, 1982	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum
December 12, 1982	Oakland		Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
December 14, 1982	Inglewood		The Forum
December 17, 1982	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
December 20, 1982	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
December 26, 1982	East Rutherford	United States	Brendan Byrne Arena
December 27, 1982	Bethlehem		Stabler Arena
December 29, 1982	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 31, 1982	New York City		Madison Square Garden

Setlist

This setlist is from the December 29 show at Nassau Coliseum. It does not represent all the dates throughout the tour.

1. "Chain Gang" (Opening Music)
2. "Allentown"
3. "My Life"
4. "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
5. "Piano Man"
6. "Don't Ask Me Why"
7. "The Stranger"
8. "Scandinavian Skies"
9. "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
10. "She's Always a Woman"
11. "Pressure"
12. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
13. "Just The Way You Are"
14. "Goodnight Saigon"
15. "Stiletto"
16. "Until the Night"
17. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
18. "Sometimes a Fantasy"
19. "Big Shot"
20. "You May Be Right"
21. "Only the Good Die Young"
22. "Souvenir"

Personnel

• Billy Joel – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, harmonica
• Mark Rivera – saxophone, flute, clarinet, vocals, percussion, keyboards, rhythm guitar
• Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar, vocals
• David Brown – lead guitar, vocals
• Russell Javors – rhythm guitar, vocals
• David Lebolt – keyboards
• Liberty DeVitto – drums, percussion