TheIce on Fire Tour was a worldwideconcert tour held byEnglishmusician andcomposerElton John, in support of his 19th studio albumIce on Fire. The tour included three legs (in the UK, Europe and North America) and a total of 122 shows.

John had decided he wanted to hit the road with his new band, made up of some of the musicians who had worked with him on theIce on Fire album in January, as well as a new set of backing singers: Alan Carvell,Helena Springs and Shirley Lewis – making it the largest band John had ever taken on tour.

On 14 November 1985, the tour began inDublin and continued across theBritish Isles, including nine nights in a row atWembley Arena, before concluding on 11 January 1986, inBelfast,Northern Ireland. As usual, John would select a handful of songs from his most recent album for inclusion in the set; in this instance, "Shoot Down the Moon", "This Town" and the singles "Nikita" and "Wrap Her Up" — all fromIce on Fire. The tour would continue in three months' time, but with a different percussionist.^[1]

PercussionistJody Linscott replacedRay Cooper on this second leg of the1985–1986 World Tour, which began at thePalacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid on 1 March and continued throughEurope before concluding on 26 April at theVorst Nationaal inBrussels,Belgium.

After a four-month a break, during which John and the band recorded theLeather Jackets album, the North American leg of the world tour began at thePine Knob Music Theatre inClarkston, Michigan on 17 August and ended on 15 October with eight nights at Los Angeles'Universal Amphitheatre. One unique aspect to this tour was that John played acoustic guitar on stage (onLesley Duncan's "Love Song"), something he had not done since 1976.

This part of the tour proved especially difficult for John, who unknowingly had developed potentially cancerous nodules on hisvocal cords, and by the time he played his four-night run inNew York City in mid-September, he was having a great deal of difficulty singing. John was ordered by his doctor not to speak while off-stage, and there was serious doubt as to whether or not he could finish this segment of the tour, let alone pull off the upcomingsymphonic tour of Australia.

• Elton John – lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar on "Love Song"
• Davey Johnstone – lead guitar, backing vocals
• David Paton – bass guitar
• Fred Mandel – keyboards, rhythm guitar
• Charlie Morgan – drums
• Ray Cooper – percussion (UK leg)
• Jody Linscott – percussion, drums (Europe and North American legs)
• Alan Carvell – backing vocals
• Gordon Neville - backing vocals (Europe and North American legs)
• Helena Springs – backing vocals (UK leg)
• Shirley Lewis – backing vocals
• Onward International Horn Section^[10]

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