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Raised on Radio Tour

The Raised on Radio Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Journey. The tour was the last with lead singer Steve Perry. It was the only tour with Randy Jackson on bass, while Mike Baird played drums. The band's previous rhythm section, Ross Valory and Steve Smith, were fired during recording sessions for the preceding Raised on Radio album. Valory and Smith, however, received their percentage of the profits from the tour.

Raised on Radio Tour
Tour by Journey
LocationUnited States
Associated albumRaised on Radio
Start dateAugust 23, 1986
End dateFebruary 1, 1987
No. of shows74
Journey concert chronology
  • Frontiers Tour
    (1983)
  • Raised on Radio Tour
    (1986–1987)
  • Vacation's Over Tour
    (1998–1999)

Background

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The tour started on August 23, 1986, at the Mountain Aire Festival in Angels Camp, California and ended February 1, 1987 in Anchorage, Alaska. Opening acts for the tour included Honeymoon Suite, The Outfield, Glass Tiger and Andy Taylor from Duran Duran. The tour was videotaped by MTV and made into a documentary, which includes interviews and concert footage of the band at the height of their career. State of the art computerized lighting and large movable video screens that resembled pool table holders were used as part of the elaborate stage design.

Perry left the band at the conclusion of the last concert, citing that he was tired of touring, which in turn was affecting his health and voice, and did not like the band's music being used in commercials or other endeavors:

I called Jon and Neal together. We met in San Rafael, we sat on the edge of the marina, and I just told them, 'I can't do this anymore. I've got to get out for a while.' And they said: 'Well, what do you mean?' And I said: 'That's exactly what I mean, is what I'm saying. I just don't want to be in the band any more. I want to get out, I want to stop.' And I think Jon said: 'Well, just take some time off, and we'll think,' and I said: 'OK, fine.' And I just sort of fell back into my life. I looked around and realized that my whole life had become everything I'd worked so hard to be, and when I came back to have a regular life, I had to go find one.
— Steve Perry[1]

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Attendance Gross[2][3]
August 23, 1986 Angels Camp United States Mountain Aire Festival 18,216 / 18,216 $455,928
September 10, 1986 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum
September 11, 1986
September 13, 1986 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
September 14, 1986
September 16, 1986 Boise BSU Pavilion 8,688 / 8,688 $130,099
September 17, 1986 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
September 19, 1986 Denver McNichols Sports Arena 16,286 / 18,235 $267,159
September 20, 1986 Lincoln Bob Devaney Sports Center
September 21, 1986 Kansas City Kemper Arena 13,684 / 13,684 $213,584
September 25, 1986 Bloomington Met Center 14,022 / 17,700 $222,173
September 26, 1986 Milwaukee MECCA Arena 8,259 / 8,259 $136,274
September 28, 1986 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 11,544 / 11,544 $178,782
September 30, 1986 St. Louis St. Louis Arena 15,614 / 15,614 $210,880
October 1, 1986 Louisville Freedom Hall 11,394 / 11,394 $182,304
October 2, 1986 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum 14,192 / 14,192 $228,966
October 4, 1986 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon 15,543 / 15,543 $270,221
October 5, 1986 Champaign Assembly Hall
October 8, 1986 Detroit Joe Louis Arena 35,007 / 35,007 $577,616
October 9, 1986
October 11, 1986 Richfield Richfield Coliseum 31,602 / 35,000 $505,632
October 12, 1986
October 14, 1986 Philadelphia The Spectrum 32,350 / 32,350 $533,775
October 15, 1986
October 18, 1986 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 13,254 / 13,254 $218,695
October 19, 1986 Pittsburgh Civic Arena 31,773 / 31,773 $508,724
October 20, 1986
October 22, 1986 Landover Capital Centre 29,806 / 29,806 $491,779
October 23, 1986
October 25, 1986 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena 57,483 / 61,398 $946,113
October 26, 1986
October 28, 1986
October 30, 1986 Worcester Worcester Centrum 24,910 / 24,910 $411,903
October 31, 1986
November 2, 1986 Providence Providence Civic Center 12,868 / 12,868 $215,693
November 3, 1986 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
November 4, 1986
November 6, 1986 Hampton Hampton Coliseum 13,487 / 13,487 $215,792
November 8, 1986 Charleston Charleston Civic Center 12,508 / 12,508 $200,128
November 13, 1986 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 15,148 / 15,148 $242,363
November 14, 1986 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 12,485 / 12,485 $199,760
November 15, 1986 Columbia Carolina Coliseum 11,684 / 11,684 $186,944
November 18, 1986 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
November 21, 1986 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum 11,277 / 11,277 $180,432
November 22, 1986 Lakeland Jenkins Arena 9,878 / 9,878 $162,987
November 23, 1986 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium 13,496 / 13,496 $215,936
November 26, 1986 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum 13,519 / 13,519 $216,304
November 28, 1986 Chattanooga UTC Arena
November 29, 1986 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 11,122 / 11,122 $177,952
November 30, 1986 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
December 2, 1986 Dallas Reunion Arena 30,166 / 30,166 $527,905
December 3, 1986
December 4, 1986 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center 14,286 / 14,286 $250,005
December 6, 1986 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 10,000 / 10,000 $165,000
December 7, 1986 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum 15,073 / 15,073 $248,705
December 9, 1986 New Orleans Lakefront Arena 9,091 / 9,091 $154,547
December 10, 1986 Houston The Summit 15,884 / 15,884 $262,086
December 12, 1986 Austin Frank Erwin Center 15,924 / 15,924 $258,627
December 14, 1986 Phoenix Veterans Memorial Coliseum 24,979 / 24,979 $412,754
December 15, 1986
December 17, 1986 Tucson Tucson Convention Center 8,471 / 8,471 $139,772
December 20, 1986 Daly City Cow Palace 23,380 / 23,380 $409,150
December 21, 1986
December 26, 1986 Long Beach Long Beach Arena 25,276 / 25,276 $514,416
December 27, 1986
December 29, 1986 Fresno Selland Arena 9,771 / 9,771 $155,224
December 30, 1986 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 11,016 / 11,016 $182,638
December 31, 1986 Long Beach Long Beach Arena 12,638 / 12,638 $257,208
January 2, 1987 Fresno Selland Arena 9,771 / 9,771 $155,224
January 4, 1987 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 11,016 / 11,016 $182,638
January 15, 1987 Honolulu Blaisdell Arena 22,550 / 22,550 $394,625
January 17, 1987
January 18, 1987
February 1, 1987 Anchorage Sullivan Arena

Cancelled shows

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Date City Country Venue Reason
November 9, 1986 Richmond United States Richmond Coliseum
November 11, 1986 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center [4]
— Tokyo Japan —

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Daniels, The Untold Story of Journey, p. 89.
  2. ^ "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 46. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 15, 1986. p. 30. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Billboard". 98 (52). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 27, 1986: 36. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 13, 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Entertainment: "Journey Cancels Tonight's Show". – Richmond Times-Dispatch. – November 11, 1986.
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