Escape Tour

Escape Tour

Tour by Journey
Associated album	Escape
Start date	July 27, 1981
End date	July 2, 1982
Legs	6
Journey concert chronology

The Escape Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Journey. It was one of Journey's most successful concert tours, in support of their first number one album, Escape. The tour included six consecutive sold out dates at the Pine Knob Theatre in Detroit, and four straight sold out shows at the Los Angeles Forum, and Chicago's Rosemont Horizon. Journey also made an appearance on July 2, 1982 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California with Blue Öyster Cult, Triumph and Aldo Nova. The 8 ¹⁄₂-month tour took Journey through Japan and North America. Point Blank, Billy Squier, Greg Kihn Band and Loverboy were the opening acts during the tour.

Tour dates

Over the course of the tour, Journey played the following dates:^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Date	City	Country	Venue
Asia
July 27, 1981	Osaka	Japan	Festival Hall
July 28, 1981	Nagoya		Kokai-do
July 29, 1981	Tokyo		Koseinenkin Hall
July 31, 1981
August 1, 1981			Nakano Sun Plaza
August 2, 1981
North America
August 15, 1981	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Massey Hall
August 16, 1981	Ottawa, Ontario		Ottawa Civic Centre
August 17, 1981	Montreal, Quebec		The Forum
August 19, 1981	Quebec City, Quebec		Le Colisee
August 22, 1981	Montreal, Quebec		The Forum
August 25, 1981	Portland, Maine	United States	Cumberland County Civic Center
August 27, 1981	Saratoga Springs, New York		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 28, 1981	Columbia, Maryland		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 29, 1981	South Yarmouth, Massachusetts		Cape Cod Coliseum
August 31, 1981	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio		Blossom Music Center
September 1, 1981
September 3, 1981	Hoffman Estates, Illinois		Poplar Creek Music Theater
September 4, 1981
September 5, 1981	East Troy, Wisconsin		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
September 6, 1981
September 8, 1981	Clarkston, Michigan		Pine Knob Music Theater
September 9, 1981
September 11, 1981
September 12, 1981
September 13, 1981
September 14, 1981
September 15, 1981	Saint Paul, Minnesota		Saint Paul Civic Center
September 16, 1981	Ames, Iowa		Hilton Coliseum
September 18, 1981	Kansas City, Missouri		Kemper Arena
September 19, 1981
September 20, 1981	Wichita, Kansas		Levitt Arena
September 21, 1981	Omaha, Nebraska		Omaha Civic Auditorium
September 23, 1981	St Louis, Missouri		Checkerdome
September 29, 1981	Rosemont, Illinois		Rosemont Horizon
September 30, 1981	Champaign, Illinois		Assembly Hall
October 1, 1981	Cincinnati, Ohio		Riverfront Coliseum
October 2, 1981	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Civic Arena
October 3, 1981	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena
October 8, 1981	Hartford, Connecticut		Hartford Civic Center
October 9, 1981	Syracuse, New York		Carrier Dome
October 10, 1981	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 15, 1981	Jacksonville, Florida		Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 20, 1981	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum
October 22, 1981	Lakeland, Florida		Lakeland Center
October 23, 1981
October 24, 1981	Pembroke Pines, Florida		Hollywood Sportatorium
October 27, 1981	Knoxville, Tennessee		Thompson-Boling Arena
October 28, 1981	Nashville, Tennessee		Municipal Auditorium
October 30, 1981	Memphis, Tennessee		Mid-South Coliseum
October 31, 1981	Mobile, Alabama		Municipal Auditorium
November 1, 1981	Baton Rouge, Louisiana		LSU Assembly Center
November 3, 1981	Little Rock, Arkansas		Barton Coliseum
November 5, 1981	Houston, Texas		The Summit
November 6, 1981
November 7, 1981	Dallas, Texas		Reunion Arena
November 8, 1981	Austin, Texas		Frank Erwin Center
November 10, 1981	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Tingley Coliseum
November 11, 1981	Amarillo, Texas		Amarillo Civic Center
November 13, 1981	Las Cruces, New Mexico		Pan American Center
November 14, 1981	Tucson, Arizona		Tucson Convention Center
November 15, 1981	Phoenix, Arizona		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 17, 1981	Denver, Colorado		McNichols Arena postponed to May 27
November 19, 1981	Salt Lake, Utah		Salt Palace postponed to May 29
November 21, 1981	San Diego, California		San Diego Sports Arena
November 22, 1981	Inglewood, California		The Forum
November 23, 1981
November 24, 1981
November 25, 1981
November 29, 1981	Fresno, California		Ratcliffe Stadium
November 30, 1981	Daly City, California		Cow Palace
December 1, 1981
December 2, 1981
December 3, 1981	Pocatello, Idaho		MiniDome
December 4, 1981	Seattle, Washington		Seattle Center Coliseum
December 5, 1981
December 6, 1981
December 7, 1981	Portland, Oregon	Memorial Coliseum
December 8, 1981
December 10, 1981	Oakland, California	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
December 11, 1981	Daly City, California	Cow Palace
December 12, 1981
December 21, 1981	Honolulu, Hawaii	Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
December 22, 1981
Asia
April 9, 1982	Fukuoka	Japan	Sun Palace Hall
April 11, 1982	Kyoto		Kyoto Kaikan
April 12, 1982	Osaka		Festival Hall
April 13, 1982			Prefectural Gymnasium
April 14, 1982	Nagoya		Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
April 16, 1982	Tokyo		Budokan
April 17, 1982	Yokohama		Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
North America
April ??, 1982	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
April 25, 1982	Edmonton, Alberta		Northlands Coliseum
April 26, 1982	Calgary, Alberta		Stampede Corral
April 28, 1982	Winnipeg, Manitoba		Winnipeg Arena
April 30, 1982	Toronto, Ontario		Maple Leaf Gardens
May 1, 1982	Buffalo, New York	United States	Memorial Auditorium
May 3, 1982	Boston, Massachusetts		Boston Garden
May 4, 1982
May 6, 1982	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Meadowlands Arena
May 7, 1982
May 8, 1982	Landover, Maryland		Capital Centre
May 10, 1982	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		The Spectrum
May 11, 1982
May 13, 1982	Richfield, Ohio		Richfield Coliseum
May 14, 1982
May 15, 1982	Detroit, Michigan		Joe Louis Arena
May 16, 1982
May 18, 1982	Louisville, Kentucky		Freedom Hall
May 19, 1982	Indianapolis, Indiana		Market Square Arena
May 21, 1982	Rosemont, Illinois		Rosemont Horizon
May 22, 1982
May 23, 1982
May 24, 1982
May 27, 1982	Denver, Colorado		McNichols Arena
May 28, 1982
May 29, 1982	Salt Lake City, Utah		Salt Palace
May 30, 1982
June 2, 1982	Portland, Oregon		Memorial Coliseum
June 3, 1982
June 4, 1982
June 12, 1982	Dallas, Texas		Cotton Bowl
June 13, 1982	Houston, Texas		Astrodome
June 26, 1982	Oakland, California		Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
July 2, 1982	Pasadena, California		Rose Bowl

References

1. http://steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/EscapeTourSchedule.html
2. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (17 April 1982). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
3. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (29 May 1982). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=JSQEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Billboard&hl=en&ei=MBSKTurTIYKpsQKxpIyXDw&sa=X&oi=book_
5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aktTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=24MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7001,1923945&dq=journey+concert&hl=enresult&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=journey&f=false