5150 Tour

5150 Tour

Promotional tour by Van Halen
Location	North America • United States • Canada
Associated album	5150
Start date	March 27, 1986
End date	November 3, 1986
Number of shows	North America () United States () • Canada () Cancelled () Overall:
Van Halen concert chronology

The 5150 Tour was a concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen.

History

This was the band's first tour with Sammy Hagar on lead vocals (and second electric guitar), following the acrimonious departure of original singer David Lee Roth. It was also a tour to promote the band's first album with Hagar, 5150.

Like many Van Halen tours, the routing only took the band across North America, as travelling internationally was hard for the band's complicated and heavy stage set. Furthermore, Hagar wanted to establish himself as the band's new singer in their homeland. The first leg of the tour was entirely USA dates, though a few Canadian ones slipped into the second and third legs.

The 1986 Tour took place in the context of the great David Lee Roth-Van Halen split, with former Van Halen fan base being split as well. Those who had gone onto the new Van Halen's side of the split used the concerts as an opportunity to voice their stance, frequently via unison chants of "Fuck Dave!" The tour set a trend later Hagar-era ones would follow: the number of pre-Hagar Van Halen songs was kept to a minimum, with Hagar only being willing to play that era's best-known songs. An Eddie Van Halen/Hagar guitar duel was also a frequent part of the concerts. "Rock and Roll", by Led Zeppelin was the closing song every night. Canadian rock legends Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Loverboy were support acts on many of the outdoor stadium gigs in North America.

The tour was supposed to start with dates in Hawaii and Alaska, but they were cancelled at the last minute, due to the band finishing the mixing of the album.

The group's biggest hit, "Jump", was usually omitted from the set list, or sung by the audience instead of Hagar. To fill in the set list almost all the songs from the 5150 album were used, as well as covers and some of Hagar's pre-Van Halen work. This included solo work like his recent MTV hit "I Can't Drive 55" and Montrose songs. Indeed, the addition of Hagar's guitar gave Eddie Van Halen more room to move, or to play keyboards on certain songs.

The 1986 Tour was a major high for the band, although they had a couple a low moments during the tour. The first blow was when their new manager Ed Leffler was hospitalized in Texas after an altercation in a hotel elevator. The second blow was when Eddie's wife Valerie Bertinelli suffered a miscarriage; she didn't reveal to Eddie that she was pregnant at the time, until it was too late.

The second concert at New Haven Coliseum was filmed and shown live on television and released on VHS with the title Live Without a Net; it has subsequently been released on DVD.

Tour Dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue
United States (1st Leg)
March 27, 1986	Shreveport	United States	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum (Sammy's 1st Show)
March 28, 1986	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
March 29, 1986	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
March 31, 1986	Birmingham		Jefferson Civic Coliseum
April 1, 1986	Huntsville		Von Braun Civic Arena
April 3, 1986	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
April 4, 1986	Baton Rouge		Baton Rouge River Center Arena
April 5, 1986	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
April 7, 1986	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
April 8, 1986	North Fort Myers		Lee County Civic Arena
April 10, 1986	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Arena
April 11, 1986
April 12, 1986	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum
April 14, 1986	Atlanta		"The Omni" Coliseum
April 16, 1986	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
April 18, 1986	Louisville		Freedom Hall
April 19, 1986	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium
April 20, 1986	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
April 22, 1986	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
April 23, 1986 [2]
April 24, 1986	Rockford		Rockford Metro Center
April 26, 1986	Carbondale		SIU Arena
April 27, 1986	Peoria		Peoria Civic Arena
April 29, 1986	St. Paul		St. Paul Civic Arena
April 30, 1986	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Arena
May 2, 1986	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
May 3, 1986	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
May 4, 1986
May 5, 1986	Milwaukee		Mecca Arena
May 6, 1986	Cincinnati		Cincinnati Gardens
May 7, 1986
May 9, 1986	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
May 10, 1986
May 11, 1986
May 13, 1986	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
May 14, 1986	Charleston		Charleston Civic Coliseum
May 16, 1986	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
May 17, 1986	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
May 18, 1986	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Arena
May 20, 1986 ?	Atlanta ?		"The Omni" Coliseum ?
May 21, 1986	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
May 23, 1986	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theater
May 24, 1986
May 26, 1986	Des Moines		Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium
May 27, 1986	Omaha		Omaha Civic Arena
May 28, 1986	Valley Center		Britt Brown Arena
May 30, 1986	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
May 31, 1986
North America (2nd Leg)
June 28, 1986	San Diego	United States	San Diego Sports Arena
June 29, 1986
July 2, 1986	Inglewood		The Forum
July 3, 1986
July 5, 1986
July 8, 1986	Chandler		Compton Terrace
July 10, 1986	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center
July 12, 1986	Boulder		Folsom Field (Colorado Sun-Day 1986)
July 14, 1986	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
July 16, 1986	Oklahoma City		"The Myriad" Convention Center Arena
July 19, 1986	Dallas		The Cotton Bowl (Texxas Jam 1986)
July 21, 1986	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
July 22, 1986
July 23, 1986
July 25, 1986	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
July 26, 1986
July 28, 1986	East Rutherford		"The Meadowlands" Arena
July 29, 1986
July 31, 1986
August 1, 1986
August 2, 1986	Hempstead		Nassau Coliseum
August 4, 1986	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
August 5, 1986
August 6, 1986
August 8, 1986	Landover		Capital Center
August 9, 1986
August 11, 1986	Worcester		"The Centrum" Arena
August 12, 1986
August 14, 1986
August 15, 1986
August 18, 1986	Toronto	Canada	CNE Stadium
August 20, 1986	Montreal		Montreal Forum
August 22, 1986	Providence	United States	Providence Civic Arena
August 23, 1986	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Arena
August 24, 1986
August 26, 1986	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum (Live Without a Net)
August 27, 1986
August 29, 1986	Niagara Falls		Niagara Falls Civic Arena
August 30, 1986
September 1, 1986	Rochester		Silver Stadium
1986 MTV Video Music Awards
September 5, 1986	Universal City	United States	Universal Amphitheater ("Best of Both Worlds" & "Love Walks In")
North America (Final Leg)
September 27, 1986	Louisiana	United States	The Cajun Dome
September 29, 1986	Houston		"The Summit" Arena
September 30, 1986	Fort Worth		Tarrant County Convention Center Arena
October 1, 1986
October 3, 1986	San Antonio		San Antonio Convention Center Arena
October 4, 1986	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
October 6, 1986	Las Cruces		Pan American Center
October 8, 1986	Salt Lake City		"The Salt Palace" Arena
October 10, 1986	Casper		Casper Events Center
October 11, 1986	Rapid City		Don Barnett Arena
October 14, 1986	Billings		"The Yellowstone" METRA
October 16, 1986	Pullman		Beasley Coliseum
October 18, 1986	Pocatello		The Mini Dome
October 19, 1986	Boise		BSU Pavilion
October 21, 1986	Seattle		Seattle Coliseum
October 22, 1986
October 23, 1986	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place Stadium
October 25, 1986	Portland	United States	Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 26, 1986
October 29, 1986	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
October 31, 1986	Daly City		"The Cow Palace" Arena
November 1, 1986
November 2, 1986
November 3, 1986

References

1. Van Halen Tour Dates
2. Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 20, 17 may 1986.

External links

• Van-Halen.com - The official Van Halen website
• Van Halen NewsDesk