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Adelaide Oval, located in Adelaide, South Australia, has regularly been host to large outdoor concerts. The first major international act to perform at the Oval was Fleetwood Mac, in 1977. Many big names have performed there since, including David Bowie, Linda Ronstadt, KISS, Simon and Garfunkel, Paul McCartney and Wings, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Pearl Jam, AC/DC, and the Foo Fighters.[1]
Artists who have performed at the Adelaide Oval include:
| Date
|
Artist
|
Opening act(s)
|
Tour / Concert name
|
Attendance
|
Revenue
|
| 28 January 1977 |
Little River Band |
|
|
|
|
| 23 November 1977 |
Fleetwood Mac |
|
Rumours |
|
|
| 11 November 1978 |
David Bowie |
The Angels |
Isolar II
|
45,650 / 50,000 |
$684,750
|
| 13 November 1978 |
Peter Frampton |
Cold Chisel |
|
|
|
| 5 February 1979 |
Rod Stewart |
Cold Chisel |
Blondes 'Ave More Fun Tour |
|
|
| 18 November 1980 |
KISS |
Eyes
|
Unmasked Tour |
|
|
| 9 February 1983 |
Simon & Garfunkel |
|
Summer Evening |
|
|
| 9 November 1983 |
David Bowie |
|
Serious Moonlight |
|
|
| 1 March 1993 |
Paul McCartney |
|
The New World Tour |
|
|
| 1 December 1993 |
Madonna |
Peter Andre |
The Girlie Show World Tour |
40,000 |
|
| 26 November 1996 |
Michael Jackson |
|
HIStory World Tour |
50,000 |
|
| 18 March 1998 |
Elton John
Billy Joel |
|
Face to Face |
37,500 |
|
| 6 December 2002 |
Pink |
|
Party Tour |
|
|
| 2 March 2004 |
Fleetwood Mac |
|
Say You Will Tour |
|
|
| 26 March 2005 |
Neil Diamond |
|
2005 World Tour |
|
|
| 17 November 2009 |
Pearl Jam |
Liam Finn & EJ Barnes
Ben Harper |
Backspacer |
|
|
| 2 March 2010 |
AC/DC |
Wolfmother
Calling All Cars |
Black Ice World Tour |
41,569 |
$5,396,590
|
| 5 December 2011 |
Foo Fighters |
Tenacious D
Fucked Up
Calling All Cars[2]
|
Wasting Light |
36,000 |
|
| 25 October 2014 |
The Rolling Stones |
Jimmy Barnes |
14 On Fire |
54,115[3] |
$8,906,058
|
| 21 November 2015 |
AC/DC |
The Hives
Kingswood |
Rock or Bust World Tour |
50,000 |
|
| 18 February 2017 |
Guns N' Roses |
Wolfmother |
Not in This Lifetime... |
33,713 |
$3,541,050
|
| 13 March 2017 |
Adele |
– |
Adele Live 2016 |
70,000 |
|
| 26 October 2017 |
Midnight Oil |
Bad Dreems
Spiderbait
|
The Great Circle |
11,000 |
|
| 7 March 2018 |
Ed Sheeran |
Missy Higgins |
÷ Tour |
62,915 |
$5,103,599
|
| 25 January 2019 |
Phil Collins |
|
Not Dead Yet Tour |
30,000 |
$2,675,500
|
| 19 November 2019 |
U2 |
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds |
The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 |
30,708 |
$2,497,877
|
| 26 February 2020 |
Queen + Adam Lambert |
|
The Rhapsody Tour |
42,484 |
$4,436,072
|
| 29 November 2022 |
Guns N' Roses |
|
Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour |
|
|
| 7 March 2023 |
Ed Sheeran |
Budjerah
Maisie Peters |
+–=÷x Tour |
59,708 / 59,708 |
$6,665,766
|
| 27 February 2024 |
Pink |
Tones and I |
Pink Summer Carnival |
|
|
