Journeyman World Tour

Journeyman World Tour
World tour by Eric Clapton

German promotional poster.
Location Asia · Australia · Europe · New Zealand · North & South America
Associated album Journeyman
Start date January 14, 1990 (1990-01-14)
End date March 9, 1991 (1991-03-09)
Number of shows 153

The Journeyman World Tour is a two-year worldwide concert tour by the British rock musician Eric Clapton to promote his 1989 studio album release Journeyman. Eric Clapton played a total of 153 around the globe, without cancelling or re-dating any shows. The concert tour was Eric Clapton's first to be completely sold out. Exactly 2,432,600 concert visitors were attracted by Eric Clapton's performances in two years, earning the British rock musician his ever biggest touring income in a timespan of two years, based on an average ticket price of 35 US-Dollars. The performances have been called by both music critics and fans, Eric Clapton's best and were recorded for various TV programmes and Bootleg recordings around the world. The tour started on January 14, 1990 at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre and ended at London's Royal Albert Hall on March 9, 1991.

Background

Touring and personnel

After finishing the recording sessions for Journeyman, Eric Clapton was pleased with the recordings and wanted "one of his favourite albums" to do well across the globe.[1] Eric Clapton and his manager Peter Jackson therefore organized an extensive concert world tour to promote the new studio album a couple of months before.[2] The British rock musician also insisted to record some of the shows to put out a good live album, which Eric Clapton wanted to release for a long time.[3] For the world tour, Eric Clapton changed his line-up from time to time, due to different projects he performed in while being on tour. For a longest period of time Eric Clapton was backed by his house band consisting of Phil Palmer on rhythm guitar, Nathan East on bass guitar and background vocals, Steve Ferrone on drums, Greg Phillinganes on keyboards and backing vocals as well as Tessa Niles and Katie Kissoon, who also sang background vocals.[4] Later, Eric Clapton invited Chuck Leavell and Ray Cooper to come to play with him around the globe on the Hammond organ and on Percussion instruments. For a brief period of time Alan Clark was part of the band.[5] For his Blues band, Eric Clapton decided to play with fellow guitarists Robert Cray and Buddy Guy in 1990. When the British guitarist revisited the Blues nights at London's Royal Albert Hall, Jimmie Vaughan was also one of the special guests for the shows. Eric Clapton formed the Blues house band with Jamie Oldaker on drums, Johnnie Johnson at the piano, Richard Cousins and Joey Spampinato on bass guitar.[6] For a short amount of time, Eric Clapton performed his songs backed by a horn section consisting of Ronnie Cuber and Louis Manni on saxophone, Alan Rubin and Randy Brecker on the trumpet.[7] For his orchestral performances, Eric Clapton hired the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Michael Kamen as the conductor.[8]

Equipment

The 1989 Soldano/Cornish system.

As with every Eric Clapton world tour, a selection of concert and album memorabilia was produced. These novelties were available at the official world tour concerts and were different to where the rock artist performed.[9] Official Journeyman World Tour memorabilia included bumper stickers, touring programmes,[10] guest and VIP passes,[11] concert posters[12] as well as special limited edition jackets, shirts and recordings, released on vinyl grammophone record.[13] For his world tour, Eric Clapton used the Soldano/Cornish Guitar Routing System, a guitar effects and amplifier system, that was especially built by Pete Cornish and Soldano Custom Amplification from 1988 to 1989. The British rock musician used the complex system to achieve his studio tone, while playing live. In 1989, Eric Clapton reveiled that his typical Journeyman sound has cost him around fifty thousand pounds.[14] Eric Clapton sold the massive touring system in 2011 at the Bonhams auction house for a total of 32,940$USD.[15] After the auction had finished, Eric Clapton stated, he regretted selling the amp system but sees the upside to the auction to ease his pain.[16]

A 1990 Gianni Versace stage suit, especially made for the world tour.

For his world tour, Eric Clapton wore Versace outfits only, that Gianni and Donatella Versace especially made for the British rock musician to take out on tour. These suits included wool, linen and silk materials in black, dark blue, purple, cream, white and black-and-cream-stripes outfits with matching shirts, belts, shoes and sunglasses. Gianni Versace also decorated some Fender and Ernie Ball guitar straps for Eric Clapton with colorful rhinestones.[17] In his tour programme, Eric Clapton wrote: "Anyone with a discerning eye who has seen me in concert during the last five years will know that I am a Gianni Versace fanatic... His approach to design and his sensitivity to colour appeal to the dormant artist in me and somehow I feel that his clothes bridge the gap between the fire of rock and roll and the purity of classical tailoring".[18] That was much to the annoyance of Giorgio Armani, who previously equipped Eric Clapton with clothes for long tours. However, Giorgio Armani worked closely with Eric Clapton after the Journeyman World Tour.[19] In his 2007 autobiography "My Life", Eric Clapton calls Gianni Versace the best tailor he has ever worked with.[1] Versace and Armani were also part of the Italian Journeyman shows.[20]

Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan

After Eric Clapton and his band played with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy Guy played their setlist at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre on August 26, 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan and three crew members as well as the pilot crashed with a Bell 206 helicopter from East Troy, Wisconsin to Chicago. All five people on board the helicopter were killed. Eric Clapton thought of maybe cancelling the tour to show his sadness and respect to the people who perished, but instead decided to promote the album once more and dedicate the rest of the tour to Stevie Ray Vaughan, the pilot and his three crew members.[1] As a result, Jimmie Vaughan's song Six Strings Down features the concert and death of his brother. He song's lyrics start with an opening line of "Alpine Valley, in the middle of the night".[21]

Tour dates

No.
[22]		 Date(s)
[22]		 C.
[22]		 City
[22]		 Venue
[22]		 Attendance
[23]		 Sales
[23]		 Revenue
[23]
Europe
1–3 January 14–16, 1990 United Kingdom Birmingham National Exhibition Centre 48,000 / 48,000 100% $1,680,000
4–22 January 18 – February 10, 1990 London Royal Albert Hall 144,000 / 144,000 $5,040,000
23 February 14, 1990 Finland Helsinki Helsingin jäähalli 8,200 / 8,200 $287,000
24 February 16, 1990 Sweden Stockholm Ericsson Globe 16,000 / 16,000 $560,000
25 February 17, 1990 Norway Oslo Skedsmohollen 16,000 / 16,000 $560,000
26 February 19, 1990 Denmark Copenhagen K.B. Hallen 3,000 / 3,000 $105,000
27 February 20, 1990 Germany Hamburg Sporthalle Hamburg 7,000 / 7,000 $245,000
28 February 22, 1990 Belgium Brussels Forest National 8,000 / 8,000 $280,000
29 February 23, 1990 Germany Essen Grugahalle 10,000 / 10,000 $350,000
30 February 24, 1990 Netherlands Den Haag Nederlands Congres Centrum 8,000 / 8,000 $280,000
31–32 February 26–27, 1990 Italy Milan Palatrussardi 16,800 / 16,800 $588,000
33 March 1, 1990 Germany Munich Olympiahalle München 12,000 / 12,000 $420,000
34–35 March 3–4, 1990 France Paris La Zénith de Paris 12,400 / 12,400 $434,000
36 March 5, 1990 Germany Frankfurt am Main Festhalle 9,800 / 9,800 $343,000
North America
37 March 24, 1990 United States New York City NBC Studios 300 / 300 100% N/A
38 March 28, 1990 Atlanta, GA Omni Coliseum 16,000 / 16,000 $560,000
39 March 30, 1990 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Coliseum 23,000 / 23,000 $805,000
40 March 31, 1990 Chapel Hill, NC Dean E. Smith Center 21,000 / 21,000 $735,000
41 April 2, 1990 New York City Madison Square Garden 20,000 / 20,000 $700,000
42 April 3, 1990 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center 20,000 / 20,000 $700,000
43 April 4, 1990 Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Spectrum 18,000 / 18,000 $630,000
44 April 6, 1990 Hempstead, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 17,000 / 17,000 $595,000
45 April 7, 1990 Syracuse, NY Carrier Dome 56,000 / 56,000 $1,960,000
46–47 April 9–10, 1990 Worcester, MA DCU Center 28,000 / 28,000 $980,000
48–49 April 12–13, 1990 Hartford, CT XL Center 32,000 / 32,000 $1,120,000
50 April 15, 1990 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills 22,000 / 22,000 $770,000
51 April 16, 1990 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena 17,000 / 17,000 $595,000
52 April 17, 1990 Cleveland, OH Richfield Coliseum 20,000 / 20,000 $700,000
53 April 19, 1990 Indianapolis, IN Market Square Arena 16,000 / 16,000 $560,000
54 April 20, 1990 Ames, IA Hilton Coliseum 15,000 / 15,000 $525,000
55 April 21, 1990 St. Louis, MO St. Louis Arena 20,000 / 20,000 $700,000
56 April 23, 1990 New Orleans, LA Lakefront Arena 8,900 / 8,900 $311,500
57 April 24, 1990 Houston, TX The Summit 16,000 / 16,000 $560,000
58 April 25, 1990 Dallas, TX Reunion Arena 19,000 / 19,000 $665,000
59 April 27, 1990 Denver, CO McNichols Sports Arena 17,000 / 17,000 $595,000
60 April 29, 1990 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum 11,000 / 11,000 $385,000
61 April 30, 1990 Tempe, AZ Arizona State University Pavilion 10,000 / 10,000 $350,000
62 May 1, 1990 Los Angeles, CA The Forum 18,000 / 18,000 $630,000
63 May 3, 1990 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center 14,800 / 14,800 $518,000
64 May 4, 1990 Costa Mesa, CA Pacific Amphitheatre 18,000 / 18,000 $630,000
65 May 5, 1990 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre 22,500 / 22,500 $787,500
66–68 July 21–23, 1990 Miami, FL Miami Arena 49,500 / 49,500 $1,732,500
69 July 25, 1990 Orlando, FL Amway Arena 18,000 / 18,000 $630,000
70 July 27, 1990 St. Petersburg, FL Tropicana Field 36,000 / 36,000 $1,260,000
71 July 28, 1990 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre 19,000 / 19,000 $665,000
72 July 30, 1990 Nashville, TN Starwood Amphitheatre 17,100 / 17,100 $598,500
73 July 31, 1990 Memphis, TN Mid-South Coliseum 10,000 / 10,000 $350,000
74 August 2, 1990 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum 15,000 / 15,000 $525,000
75–76 August 3–4, 1990 Landover, MD Capital Centre 36,000 / 36,000 $1,260,000
77–78 August 6–7, 1990 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center 40,000 / 40,000 $1,400,000
79–81 August 9–11, 1990 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center 59,700 / 59,700 $2,089,500
82 August 13, 1990 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center 25,000 / 25,000 $875,000
83–84 August 14–15, 1990 Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Spectrum 36,000 / 36,000 $1,260,000
85–86 August 17–18, 1990 Hempstead, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,000 / 16,000 $560,000
87 August 21, 1990 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center 23,000 / 23,000 $805,000
88 August 22, 1990 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre 15,200 / 15,200 $532,000
89 August 23, 1990 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center 20,500 / 20,500 $717,500
90–91 August 25–26, 1990 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre 19,000 / 19,000 $665,000
92 August 28, 1990 Bonner Springs, KS Cricket Wireless Amphitheater 18,000 / 18,000 $630,000
93 August 29, 1990 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center 20,000 / 20,000 $700,000
94 August 31, 1990 Knoxville, TN Thompson–Boling Arena 24,500 / 24,500 $857,500
95 September 1, 1990 Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 10,500 / 10,500 $367,500
96 September 2, 1990 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coast Coliseum 11,500 / 11,500 $402,500
South America
97 September 29, 1990 Chile Santiago de Chile Estadio nacional de Chile 50,000 / 50,000 100% $1,750,000
98 October 3, 1990 Uruguay Montevideo Estadio Centenario 76,000 / 76,000 $2,660,000
99 October 5, 1990 Argentina Buenos Aires Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti 70,000 / 70,000 $2,296,000
100 October 7, 1990 Brazil Rio de Janeiro Praça da Apoteose 40,000 / 40,000 $1,400,000
101 October 9, 1990 Brasília Ginásio Nilson Nelson 24,000 / 24,000 $840,000
102 October 11, 1990 Belo Horizonte Estádio Jornalista Felippe Drummond 25,000 / 25,000 $875,000
103 October 13, 1990 Florianópolis Estádio Orlando Scarpelli 19,900 / 19,900 $696,500
104 October 16, 1990 Porto Alegre Ginásio Gigantinho 14,000 / 14,000 $490,000
105–107 October 19–21, 1990 São Paulo Estádio do Morumbi 240,000 / 240,000 $8,400,000
Australia & New Zealand
108–109 November 7–8, 1990 New Zealand Auckland Mount Smart Stadium 94,000 / 94,000 100% $3,290,000
110 November 10, 1990 Australia Canberra Royal Theatre Canberra 10,000 / 10,000 $350,000
111–112 November 12–13, 1990 Adelaide Festival Theatre 4,000 / 4,000 $140,000
113 November 15, 1990 Melbourne Melbourne Park 15,000 / 15,000 $525,000
114–115 November 16–17, 1990 Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney 26,500 / 26,500 $927,500
116 November 19, 1990 Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane 14,500 / 14,500 $507,500
Asia
117 November 24, 1990 Singapore Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium 13,000 / 13,000 100% $455,000
118 November 26, 1990 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Stadium Negara 10,000 / 10,000 $350,000
119 November 29, 1990 China Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum 12,500 / 12,500 $437,500
120–122 December 4–6, 1990 Japan Tokyo Nippon Budokan 42,000 / 42,000 $1,470,000
123 December 9, 1990 Yoyogi National Gymnasium 13,000 / 13,000 $455,000
124 December 10, 1990 Nagoya Nagoya-shi Sōgō Taiikukan 10,000 / 10,000 $350,000
125 December 11, 1990 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall 13,400 / 13,400 $469,000
126 December 13, 1990 Yokohama Yokohama Arena 17,000 / 17,000 $595,000
Europe
127–128 January 31 – February 2, 1991 Republic of Ireland Dublin Point Theatre 17,000 / 17,000 100% $595,000
129–153 February 5 – March 9, 1991 United Kingdom London Royal Albert Hall 192,000 / 192,000 $6,720,000
153 14 months on tour 22 78 cities visited 86 venues played 2,432,600 / 2,432,600 100% $85,165,500

Setlist

The setlist was changed whenever Eric Clapton felt like it. He also played completely different setlists for various projects he was in during his two-year world tour. For his Blues concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, the British guitarist played mostly cover versions of songs and Blues standards such as "Have You Ever Loved a Woman", "Worried Life Blues", "Key to the Highway" and "Hoodoo Man Blues".[24] For his orchestra set, Eric Clapton played the theme song of his Edge of Darkness soundtrack and a guitar concerto that Michael Kamen has written for him. He also performed new interpretations of his classic rock standards, including "Layla", "White Room", "Sunshine of Your Love", "Lay Down Sally", "I Shot the Sheriff" and "Bell Bottom Blues".[25] Eric Clapton also performed new songs, that he had especially written and recorded for his, then, new 1989 studio album including "Pretending", "Bad Love", "Before You Accuse Me" and "Running on Faith".[26]

Reception

LGN music critics liked the world tour and especially recognised Eric Clapton's guitar tone throughout the whole Journeyman World Tour, stating: "this period saw a resurrection of Clapton going back to basics. The tones he captured during this era are really amazing. [...] Eric was mainly using a Soldano SLO-100 amp head giving him a very saturated blues tone".[27] Fellow guitar slinger Joe Bonamassa recalled a great Journeyman show, he saw as a teenager and also liked the way Eric Clapton made things sound at the time, calling Eric Clapton's Journeyman tone "one of the best tones Clapton has ever had".[28]

Official releases

Date Release Ref.
February 10, 1990 BBC Radio 1 – Eric Clapton in Concert [29]
March 24, 1990 Saturday Night Live – Eric Clapton 1990 [30]
October 8, 1991 24 Nights [31]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Clapton, Eric (2007). My Life. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 9783462039344.
  2. ↑ Clapton, Eric (2014). "Touring Interview". Planes, Trains and Eric (DVD). United States: Eagle Rock Entertainment. EREDV1046.
  3. ↑ "Top MTV Guitarists Interview (Excerpt)". MTV Interviews 1986. Youtube.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ "16 February 1990 – Eric Clapton & His Band". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ "17 February 1990 – Eric Clapton & His Band". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ "03 February 1990 – Eric Clapton & His Band". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ "30 January 1990 – Eric Clapton & His Band". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  8. ↑ "09 February 1990 – Eric Clapton & His Band". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Eric Clapton Memorabilia – 0001 NYC Bumper Sticker Q104". Q104. Where's Eric!. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Journeyman Touring Programme". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Journeyman 1991 (All Access Areas)". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Royal Albert Hall 1990 Concert Poster". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  13. ↑ "EC Access Exclusive "Cocaine" Recording (1991)". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  14. ↑ Will, Judith (2014). Memorable Moments of Rock History (1980–2000). Will Press (Collection Editions). p. 246.
  15. ↑ "A pair of 1988 Soldano SLO-100 and a 1989 Pete Cornish Guitar Routing System". Bonhams. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  16. ↑ Wallace, Carey (2011). "Wallace & Hodgson – The Guitarshop on Sunset Boulevard". London: 54.
  17. ↑ "Eric Clapton's Guitar Rig, Gear & Pedalboard". Equipboard. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Lot Notes – A Fender/Versace guitar strap". Christie's. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Giorgio Armani Hosts Party for Eric Clapton in Celebration of Christie's Auction...". prnewswire.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Eric Clapton – Milan, Italy – February 27, 1990". geetarz.org. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Six Strings Down – Jimmie Vaughan | Song Lyrics | AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 See tour archives at "External links".
  23. 1 2 3 Will, Judith (2014). Memorable Moments of Rock History (1980–2000). Collection Edition (Will Press). p. 234. Note: Based on the information that the average price for one ticket is 35 US-Dollar and every concert was sold out.
  24. ↑ "Eric Clapton Blues Band 1990". Youtube.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Eric Clapton – Orchestra Night 1990". Youtube.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Eric Clapton Hartford 1990". Youtube.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  27. ↑ "The Many Tones of Eric Clapton". LGN Music. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  28. ↑ Bonamassa, Joe. "Top 5 Strat Masters". The Pickup Radio Show. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  29. ↑ "10 February 1990 – Eric Clapton & His Band". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  30. ↑ "24 March 1990 – Eric Clapton & His Band". Where's Eric!. Whereseric.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  31. ↑ "24 Nights – Eric Clapton | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 30, 2015.

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