Last at Bat Tour

Last at Bat Tour

Tour by Meat Loaf
An inflatable bat on stage during the Newcastle opening night
Associated album	Bat Out of Hell (reissue) Hell in a Handbasket
Start date	April 5, 2013
End date	May 25, 2013
Legs	1
No. of shows	17 in Europe
Meat Loaf concert chronology

Last at Bat was a Meat Loaf concert tour which was billed as the tour, that played at 17 dates in Europe during April and May 2013.^[1]

The first show was in Newcastle, England on 5 April 2013. The Nottingham performance was cancelled hours before it was due to begin, due to medical conditions affecting several members of the band.^[2] The Manchester performance was also cancelled for the same reason; both were rescheduled to 20 and 25 May respectively and made Manchester the date of the tour.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Notes
Europe
April 5, 2013	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena
April 7, 2013	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
April 10, 2013	London	England	The O2 Arena
April 12, 2013	Birmingham		LG Arena
April 14, 2013	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena	Cancelled and rescheduled for May 20
April 17, 2013	Manchester		Manchester Arena	Cancelled and rescheduled for May 25
April 19, 2013	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
April 21, 2013	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
April 25, 2013	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt
April 28, 2013	Berlin		O2 World Berlin
April 30, 2013	Munich		Olympiahalle
May 3, 2013	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
May 5, 2013	Hamburg		O2 World Hamburg
May 8, 2013	Oberhausen		König Pilsener Arena
May 11, 2013	Zwolle	Netherlands	IJsselhallen
May 14, 2013	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
May 17, 2013	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
May 20, 2013	Nottingham	England	Capital FM Arena	Rescheduled from April 14
May 25, 2013	Manchester		Manchester Arena	Rescheduled from April 17

Set List

Act one

The first act set includes some of Meat Loaf's greatest hits.^[3] The first act set lasts around 50 minutes. The band come on stage to the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four".

1. "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)"
2. "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back"
3. "Dead Ringer for Love"
4. "If It Ain't Broke, Break It"
5. "Los Angeloser"
6. "The Giving Tree" / "Palome"
7. "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are"
8. "Out of the Frying Pan (And into the Fire)"

Act two

The second act set is the Bat Out of Hell album performed in full and in order.

1. "Bat Out of Hell"
2. "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"
3. "Heaven Can Wait"
4. "All Revved Up with No Place to Go"
5. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
6. "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"
7. "For Crying Out Loud"

Encore

1. "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (Abridged version)
2. "Boneyard" / "Free Bird" / "All Revved Up With No Place to Go"

Band

• Meat Loaf – lead vocals
• Patti Russo – female lead vocals
• John Miceli – drums
• Paul Crook – guitar
• Randy Flowers – guitar, backing vocals
• Dave Luther – saxophone, keyboards, backing vocals
• Danny Miranda – bass, backing vocals
• Justin Avery – piano, backing vocals

References

1. "Meat Loaf – Last At Bat Tour in 2013 the final goodbye to his fans". Fame Magazine. 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
2. "Meat Loaf pulls out of Nottingham concert". BBC News. 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
3. "Meat Loaf Announces 'Last At Bat' Tour – UK". Meat Loaf. 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2013-04-06.