| Date | Venue | City and State | Country | Other bands | Comments |
| 1983-07-23 | Concert Barn | Antioch, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 3000 people. First Dio gig ever!
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| 1983-07-26 | Red Rocks Amphitheater | Denver, CO | USA | Aerosmith (HL) | |
| 1983-07-29 | Colorado State Fairgrounds | Pueblo, CO | USA | Aerosmith (HL) | Click here for pass picture. |
| 1983-07-30 | Compton Terrace | Phoenix, AZ | USA | Aerosmith (HL) | 8000 people.
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| 1983-07-31 | Community Center Amphitheater | Tucson, AZ | USA | Aerosmith (HL) | |
| 1983-08-02 | Cal Expo Amphitheatre | Sacramento, CA | USA | Aerosmith (HL) | Capacity 10000, 4075 people. Some sources claim the venue was California Expo Center, but ticket stubs say Cal Expo Amphitheatre.
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| 1983-08-03 | Ventura County Fairgrounds | Ventura, CA | USA | Aerosmith (HL) | 7000 people, Aerosmith played only 45 minutes.
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| 1983-08-05 | The Pacific Amphitheater | Costa Mesa, CA | USA | Aerosmith (HL) | |
| 1983-08-06 | Sports Arena | San Diego, CA | USA | Aerosmith (HL) | Capacity 14217, 5678 people. Some sources list this incorrectly as Sacramento, CA.
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| 1983-08-11 | The Stampede Corral | Calgary, AB | Canada | Aerosmith (HL) | Some sources incorrectly claim the venue was Saddledome but it didn't open until 1983-10-15. |
| 1983-08-12 | Northlands Coliseum | Edmonton, AB | Canada | Aerosmith (HL) | |
| 1983-08-14 | Unknown, please e-mail any additional info | Winnipeg, MB | Canada | Aerosmith (HL) | Almost certainly cancelled show. |
| 1983-08-20 | Monsters Of Rock | Castle Donington | UK | Tommy Vance, Diamond Head, Twisted Sister, ZZ Top, Meat Loaf, Whitesnake (HL) | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-10-01 | Paramount Theater | Seattle, WA | USA | Queensryche | 3000 people, sold out/almost sold out. Some sources incorrectly claim this was on October 3rd.
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| 1983-10-02 | Starry Night | Portland, OR | USA | Wild Dogs | 1200 people.
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| 1983-10-04 | Memorial Auditorium | Sacramento, CA | USA | Queensryche | |
| 1983-10-05 | Civic Auditorium | San Jose, CA | USA | Queensryche | 4 pm show, added after the 8pm show sold out. Sold-out show, 5961 people, although some sources list the venue capacity as 3060.
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| 1983-10-05 | Civic Auditorium | San Jose, CA | USA | Queensryche | 8 pm show. Sold-out show, 5961 people, although some sources list the venue capacity as 3060.
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| 1983-10-07 | Civic Center | Santa Monica, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 8 pm show, sold-out, 3500 people.
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| 1983-10-07 | Civic Center | Santa Monica, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 11.30 pm show, sold-out, 3500 people.
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| 1983-10-08 | Orange Pavillion | San Bernardino, CA | USA | Rough Cutt, Vandenberg | Capacity 5000, 4680 people.
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| 1983-10-09 | Fox Theater | San Diego, CA | USA | Rough Cutt | 2500 people, some sources incorrectly claim this was on September 29th instead. |
| 1983-10-11 | County Coliseum | El Paso, TX | USA | Y & T | 4000 people. |
| 1983-10-13 | Memorial Coliseum | Corpus Christi, TX | USA | Y & T | |
| 1983-10-14 | Convention Center Arena | San Antonio, TX | USA | Y & T | 4000 people. The venue is also known as HemisFair Arena.
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| 1983-10-15 | Bronco Bowl | Dallas, TX | USA | Y & T | 4000 people.
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| 1983-10-16 | Houston Music Hall | Houston, TX | USA | Y & T | Capacity 3023, 2847 people. Some sources list the venue as "Jones Hall" while some other list it as "Houston Music Hall" instead. According to a fan, the show was at "Houston Music Hall", smaller venue attached to the front of "Sam Houston Coliseum." To add more confusion, some sources list this date as Fresno, CA, but the Fresno show really was on December 28th instead.
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| 1983-10-17 | Louisville Gardens | Louisville, KY | USA | Unknown, please e-mail any additional info | Capacity 6000. Most likely rumored gig only, not mentioned in local newspapers at least. Only Setlist.fm has this show listed. Please e-mail if you know if this show was held or not. |
| 1983-10-17 | Selland Arena | Fresno, CA | USA | The date is almost certainly incorrect, probably confused with the 1983-12-28 show. Some sources incorrectly claim this was 1983-10-16 but that is also highly unlikely. | |
| 1983-10-19 | Uptown Theater | Kansas City, MO | USA | The Invasion | The show was originally scheduled for Memorial Hall, but was moved because of slow ticket sales. Someone almost managed to steal Vivian Campbell's guitars but was caught by the security.
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| 1983-10-20 | Eagles Ballroom | Milwaukee, WI | USA | Y & T | Sold-out show. Some sources suggest the date was October 22nd instead but at least ticket stub says October 20th.
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| 1983-10-21 | Aragon Ballroom | Chicago, IL | USA | Y & T | 2500 people. |
| 1983-10-22 | Eagles Ballroom | Milwaukee, WI | USA | Queensryche (?) | The 1983-10-20 show is likely the same one as this? |
| 1983-10-23 | Kleinhans Music Hall | Buffalo, NY | USA | Y & T | 1800 people. |
| 1983-10-24 | Mid-Hudson Civic Center | Poughkeepsie, NY | USA | Y & T | 3000 people.
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| 1983-10-25 | Beacon Theater | New York, NY | USA | Mountain | 2500 people.
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| 1983-10-?? | The Auditorium | Rochester, NY | USA | Queensryche (?) | Some sources suggest the date was 1983-10-24, and the venue is sometimes mentioned as War Memorial Auditorium (capacity 10 000, The Auditorium capacity was about 2000). However, according to multiple local fans this show didn't happen at all. It remains unknown if it is just rumored show or scheduled and then cancelled. |
| 1983-10-?? | Bronco Bowl | Fort Worth, TX | USA | Y & T | This is the same as Dallas, TX show on 1983-10-15. The venue resided on Fort Worth Avenue, hence the confusion. |
| 1983-??-?? | I.S.U. Mini Dome | Pocatello, ID | USA | Unknown, please e-mail any additional info | Not confirmed, may not have happened at all. Please e-mail if you know if this show was held or not. |
| 1983-10-30 | Apollo Theatre | Manchester | UK | Waysted | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-10-31 | Colston Hall | Bristol | UK | Waysted | |
| 1983-11-01 | Victoria Hall | Hanley | UK | Waysted | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-11-03 | Odeon | Birmingham | UK | Waysted | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-11-04 | St. David's Hall | Cardiff | UK | Waysted | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-11-05 | Hammersmith Odeon | London | UK | Waysted | Warming-up band may have been Heavy Pettin' instead of Waysted?
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| 1983-11-07 | Gaumont Theatre | Southampton | UK | Waysted | Some sources incorrectly claim that the date was 10th.
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| 1983-11-08 | De Montfort Hall | Leicester | UK | Waysted | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-11-09 | City Hall | Sheffield | UK | Waysted | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-11-11 | City Hall | Newcastle | UK | Waysted | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-11-12 | Apollo Theatre | Glasgow | UK | Waysted | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-11-13 | Royal Court Theatre | Liverpool | UK | Waysted | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-11-16 | Olympen | Lund | Sweden | - | 800 people, capacity 2500. |
| 1983-11-17 | Draken | Stockholm | Sweden | - | 2000 people, although official capacity only 1050. |
| 1983-11-18 | Kulturhuset | Hamar | Norway | - | Capacity 1100. |
| 1983-11-21 | Kulttuuritalo | Helsinki | Finland | - | 1500 people, sold out show.
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| 1983-11-23 | Saga Cinema | Copenhagen | Denmark | Waysted | Capacity 1300. |
| 1983-11-25 | Markthalle | Hamburg | Germany | Waysted | Capacity 1000. |
| 1983-11-26 | Alabamahalle | Munich | Germany | Waysted | Capacity 900.
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| 1983-11-27 | Volkshaus | Zurich | Switzerland | Waysted | Capacity 1250. |
| 1983-11-28 | Messehalle | Nurnberg | Germany | Waysted | Never happened, Nurnberg area gig was on 1983-11-29 in Neunkirchen am Brand. |
| 1983-11-29 | Hemmerleinhalle | Neunkirchen am Brand | Germany | Waysted | Capacity 3500. Often listed as Nurnberg, but the venue is in Neunkirchen am Brand just outside of Nurnberg. Some sources claim incorrectly that this was at Messehalle, Nurnberg on November 28th. Crew itinerary confirms Hemmerleinhalle as the venue and November 29th as the date. |
| 1983-11-30 | Stadthalle | Offenbach | Germany | Waysted | Capacity 2000.
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| 1983-12-03 | Forest National/Vorst Nationaal | Brussels | Belgium | Waysted | Capacity 4000-8000 depending on the setup.
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| 1983-12-04 | Muziekcentrum Vredenburg | Utrecht | Netherlands | Waysted | Capacity 2000. Live In Concert video filmings.
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| 1983-12-06 | Espace Balard | Paris | France | Waysted | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-12-10 | Tower Theater | Upper Darby, PA | USA | Twisted Sister | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-12-11 | Syria Mosque | Pittsburgh, PA | USA | Humble Pie | Capacity about 2000, sold out or at least almost sold out.
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| 1983-12-12 | Massey Hall | Toronto, ON | Canada | Anvil | Click here for ticket stub picture. |
| 1983-12-13 | Verdun Auditorium | Montreal, PQ | Canada | Anvil | Some sources incorrectly list Twisted Sister as the opening act.
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| 1983-12-15 | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Ft. Wayne, IN | USA | Unknown, please e-mail any additional info. | |
| 1983-12-?? | Tower Theater | Upper Darby, PA | USA | Twisted Sister | Dio played at Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA on 1983-12-10. There are rumors of a second show at the same venue with date mentioned as 1983-12-15, but Dio played on that date in Ft. Wayne, IN. It is unlikely that this second Upper Darby, PA gig happened. |
| 1983-12-16 | Civic Center | Atlanta, GA | USA | Danny Spanos, Humble Pie | Click here for ticket stub picture.
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| 1983-12-17 | Saenger Performing Arts Center | New Orleans, LA | USA | NastyNasty | Someone was throwing fireworks on stage from the balcony, almost causing the show to be stopped early.
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| 1983-12-19 | Oklahoma Civic Center Music Hall | Oklahoma, OK | USA | Helix | Sold out show, 3200 people.
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| 1983-12-20 | Civic Auditorium | Albuquerque, NM | USA | Dokken | Capacity 5000, 3098 people. Some sources claim Helix was the warming-up band but a fan says Dokken opened the show. Sometimes the venue is incorrectly listed as Tingley Coliseum.
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| 1983-12-21 | Centennial Hall | Mesa, AZ | USA | Helix | Capacity 2000, 1803 people.
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| 1983-12-27 | Civic Auditorium | Bakersfield, CA | USA | Rough Cutt, Dokken | Capacity 3000, 2778 people. Some sources incorrectly claim this was in Fresno, CA. This may be because Ronnie confused the cities and mentioned Fresno on stage before realizing the gig was in Bakersfiled instead.
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| 1983-12-28 | Selland Arena | Fresno, CA | USA | Y & T, Rough Cutt | Capacity 7000, 5164 people. Recorded for radio broadcast by Westwood One. Some sources suggest the date for Fresno, CA was October 16th or 17th or January 10th 1984, but all those dates are incorrect. Holy Diver tour stopped just once in Fresno, CA and it was on December 28th.
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| 1983-12-30 | Long Beach Arena | Long Beach, CA | USA | Y & T, Dokken | Sold-out show, 13915 people.
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| 1983-12-31 | Cow Palace | Daly City, CA | USA | Y & T, Dokken | Some female impersonator/someone dressed like Father Time announced the change of the year. Sold-out show, 14500 people.
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| 1984-01-04 | Rock Palace | Hollywood, CA | USA | Eddie Money | TV broadcast show, filmed in front of fan club audience. Broadcasted on TV on January 14th, 1984.
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| 1984-01-06 | Civic Auditorium | Santa Cruz, CA | USA | Black And Blue | Sold-out show, 1964 people. Some sources claim incorrectly that this would've been January 7th.
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| 1984-01-07 | Arlington Theater | Santa Barbara, CA | USA | Black And Blue | Sold-out show, 1898 people.
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| 10.01.1984 | Selland Arena | Fresno, CA | USA | Rumored show only. The only Fresno, CA show on Holy Diver tour happened on 1983-12-28. |
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