the subsequent "building empires" tour was the first full-fledged tour to feature queensrÿche as a headlining act (the band had previously headlined a tour in japan in support of "operation: mindcrime", and had headlined a handful of club and theater shows in the u.s. between 1984 and 1988, and the uk in 1988). the group used its headlining status to perform "operation: mindcrime" in its entirety, as well as songs from "empire". the tour lasted 18 months, longer than any tour the band had undertaken before or has since. the tour also added a black page to the band's history, when during a show in a sports hall in ichtegem, belgium on november 20, 1990, a scuffle in the audience resulted in an american fan stabbing a belgian fan fatally in the chest. tour manager howard ungerleider immediately stopped the show as the band was only playing the seventh song on the set list, "roads to madness". a live album, recorded may 10–12, 1991, was released later that year as "". the tour also included an mtv unplugged appearance at warner hollywood studios in los angeles on april 27, 1992.