In 1984, I had missed the two concerts I really, really wanted to see (Van Halen & Duran Duran) as my parents thought I was two young and/or couldn't be bothered coming with me or finding a responsible adult to do it. So on July 12, 1985, I finally found someone whom my parents agreed to let me go with, a lad in my high school three years older than me. I had all the main act's albums, but knew nothing of the opening act.
Venue: Montreal Forum
Opening Act:
Joe Walsh - Confessor Tour (setlist.fm shows this as being a complete concert, though I don't think it was such a long set. It was more in the 40 minutes range if I recall correctly)
1. The Confessor
2. Turn to Stone
3. Good Man Down
4. Funk #49
5. Life's Been Good
6. Rocky Mountain Way
7. The Bomber: Closet Queen/Bolero/Cast Your Fate to the Wind
8. Tomorrow
9. Indian Summer
10. Dreams
11. Pretty Maids All in a Row
12. Walk Away
13. Help Me Through the Night
14. In the City
15. Cinnamon Girl
16. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
17. Life in the Fast Lane
Main Act:
Foreigner - Agent Provocateur Tour (could not find a set list so I'm using the same one as the
Texas show used for the Westwood One Radio Series broadcast)
1. Intro
2. Feels Like The First Time
3. Double Vision
4. Cold As Ice
5. Long, Long Way From Home
6. Head Games
7. Waiting For A Girl Like You
8. Down On Love
9. Stranger In My Own House
10. That Was Yesterday
11. I Want To Know What Love Is
12. Reaction To Action
13. Urgent
14. Dirty White Boy
15. Jam
16. Hot Blooded
17. Jukebox Hero
18. Outro
I was really impressed by the size of the venue and the size of the crowd. Walsh's set was a rockin' one and the only track I recognized was Life in the Fast Lane. Foreigner had one of those early laser shows in their lighting rig so that was neat. The show was amazing and they were in great form. I loved it. They had a local choir join them on stage for I Want to Know What Love Is, but my favourite track from the album was That Was Yesterday and the version they played had an extra intro which they used for the 12" of the song. At the end of the show I got a T-Shirt and Tour Book (like one did in them days) and I still have my ticket stub. I came back a happy lad indeed.
