Permanent Vacation Tour

Permanent Vacation Tour
Tour by Aerosmith
Associated album Permanent Vacation
Start date October 16, 1987 (1987-10-16)
End date September 15, 1988 (1988-09-15)
Legs 5
Number of shows 146
Aerosmith concert chronology

The Permanent Vacation Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Aerosmith that lasted from October 1987 to September 1988. The tour was put on in support of the band's commercially successful comeback album Permanent Vacation, released in September 1987.

Background

The tour was notable as the band's first tour since completing drug rehabilitation. Guns N' Roses, a band notorious for drug abuse at the time, was the supporting act for part of the tour, primarily during the summer of 1988. Aerosmith asked Guns N' Roses to not do drugs in their presence, so they wouldn't relapse.[1] The two bands had a similar style, musically and personality, and were on the same record label at the time, Geffen Records. Upon their first meeting, the band members couldn't help but notice how much they resembled each other.[2] Guns N' Roses' video for "Paradise City" included footage from a show in which they opened for Aerosmith and Deep Purple at Giants Stadium on August 16, 1988. Duff McKagan can be seen wearing an Aerosmith t-shirt in the video. Bands Dokken and White Lion also filled the opening slot on the tour.

In addition, during a show on this tour, Liv Tyler, aged 11 at the time, found out that her sister was Mia Tyler and her father was Steven Tyler for the first time.[3]

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North America I
October 16, 1987 Binghamton, New York United States Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
October 17, 1987 Buffalo, New York Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
October 19, 1987 Syracuse, New York War Memorial at Oncenter
October 20, 1987 Toronto, Ontario Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
October 22, 1987 Montreal, Quebec Montreal Forum
October 24, 1987 Rochester, New York United States Rochester Community War Memorial
October 25, 1987 Glens Falls, New York Glens Falls Civic Center
October 27, 1987 Portland, Maine Cumberland County Civic Center
October 28, 1987
October 30, 1987 Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center
October 31, 1987
November 1, 1987 Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield Civic Center
November 3, 1987 New Haven, Connecticut New Haven Coliseum
November 5, 1987 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Civic Arena[5]
November 7, 1987 Lake Placid, New York Olympic Center
November 8, 1987 Uniondale, New York Nassau Coliseum
November 10, 1987 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Spectrum
November 11, 1987
November 13, 1987 East Rutherford, New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena
November 14, 1987 Richmond, Virginia Richmond Coliseum
November 16, 1987 Hampton, Virginia Hampton Coliseum
November 17, 1987 Roanoke, Virginia Roanoke Civic Center
November 19, 1987 Landover, Maryland Capital Centre
November 20, 1987 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Stabler Arena
November 22, 1987 Raleigh, North Carolina Reynolds Coliseum
November 25, 1987 Toledo, Ohio Toledo Sports Arena
November 26, 1987 Indianapolis, Indiana Market Square Arena
November 27, 1987 Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati Gardens
November 29, 1987 Richfield, Ohio Richfield Coliseum
November 30, 1987 Fort Wayne, Indiana Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
December 2, 1987 Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon
December 3, 1987 Columbus, Ohio Battelle Hall
December 5, 1987 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
December 6, 1987 Saginaw, Michigan Wendler Arena
December 8, 1987 Milwaukee, Wisconsin MECCA Arena
December 9, 1987 St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
December 11, 1987 Omaha, Nebraska Omaha Civic Auditorium
December 12, 1987 Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul Civic Center Arena
December 13, 1987 Madison, Wisconsin Dane County Exposition Center
December 27, 1987 Augusta, Maine Augusta Civic Center
December 28, 1987 Worcester, Massachusetts The Centrum
December 30, 1987
December 31, 1987
North America II
January 16, 1988 Seattle, Washington United States Seattle Center Coliseum
January 18, 1988 Pullman, Washington Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum
January 20, 1988 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Pacific Coliseum
January 21, 1988 Portland, Oregon United States Memorial Coliseum
January 23, 1988 Reno, Nevada Lawlor Events Center
January 24, 1988 Sacramento, California ARCO Arena
January 26, 1988 Fresno, California Selland Arena
January 27, 1988 Inglewood, California The Forum
January 29, 1988 Daly City, California Cow Palace
January 30, 1988 Oakland, California Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
February 1, 1988 San Diego, California San Diego Sports Arena
February 2, 1988 Paradise, Nevada Thomas & Mack Center
February 4, 1988 Long Beach, California Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
February 6, 1988
February 7, 1988 Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 8, 1988 Tucson, Arizona Tucson Community Center
February 10, 1988 El Paso, Texas The Special Events Center
February 12, 1988 Austin, Texas Frank Erwin Center
February 13, 1988 Dallas, Texas Reunion Arena
February 15, 1988 Houston, Texas The Summit
February 16, 1988 San Antonio, Texas Freeman Coliseum
February 18, 1988 Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa Convention Center
February 19, 1988 Kansas City, Missouri Kemper Arena
February 21, 1988 Carbondale, Illinois SIU Arena
February 22, 1988 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Five Seasons Center
February 24, 1988 Valley Center, Kansas Kansas Coliseum
February 25, 1988 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Myriad Convention Center
February 27, 1988 Shreveport, Louisiana Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
February 28, 1988 New Orleans, Louisiana Lakefront Arena
North America III
March 21, 1988 Roanoke, Virginia United States Roanoke Civic Center
March 23, 1988 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum
March 25, 1988 Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum
March 26, 1988 Columbia, South Carolina Carolina Coliseum
March 28, 1988 Savannah, Georgia Savannah Civic Center
March 31, 1988 Knoxville, Tennessee James White Civic Coliseum
April 1, 1988 Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Municipal Auditorium
April 2, 1988 Little Rock, Arkansas Barton Coliseum
April 5, 1988 Memphis, Tennessee Mid-South Coliseum
April 6, 1988 Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Coliseum
April 8, 1988 Atlanta, Georgia Omni Coliseum
April 9, 1988 Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center
April 11, 1988 Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Civic Center
April 12, 1988 Chattanooga, Tennessee UTC Arena
April 14, 1988 Biloxi, Mississippi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
April 16, 1988 Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
April 17, 1988 Pembroke Pines, Florida Hollywood Sportatorium
April 20, 1988 Lakeland, Florida Lakeland Civic Center
April 22, 1988 North Fort Myers, Florida Lee County Civic Center
April 29, 1988 Johnson City, Tennessee Freedom Hall Civic Center
April 30, 1988 Louisville, Kentucky Freedom Hall
May 2, 1988 Trotwood, Ohio Hara Arena
May 3, 1988 Evansville, Indiana Roberts Municipal Stadium
May 6, 1988 Rochester, Minnesota Mayo Civic Center
May 8, 1988 Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Winnipeg Arena
May 9, 1988 Regina, Saskatchewan Agridome
May 12, 1988 Edmonton, Alberta Northlands Coliseum
May 14, 1988 Calgary, Alberta Olympic Saddledome
May 17, 1988 Boise, Idaho United States BSU Pavilion
May 18, 1988 Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Palace
May 20, 1988 Denver, Colorado McNichols Sports Arena
May 21, 1988 Pueblo, Colorado Colorado State Fair
May 22, 1988 Albuquerque, New Mexico Tingley Coliseum
Asia
June 17, 1988 Nagoya Japan Nagoya-Shi Kokaido
June 20, 1988 Osaka Osaka Castle Hall
June 21, 1988 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
June 23, 1988
June 24, 1988
June 26, 1988 Yokohama Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
North America IV[6]
July 2 & 3, 1988 Honolulu, Hawaii United States Neal S. Blaisdell Arena[7]
July 17, 1988 Hoffman Estates, IllinoisPoplar Creek Music Theater
July 19, 1988 Richfield, Ohio Richfield Coliseum
July 20, 1988 Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling Civic Center
July 22, 1988 Cape Girardeau, Missouri Show Me Center
July 24, 1988 Dallas, Texas Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
July 26, 1988 Bonner Springs, Kansas Sandstone Amphitheater
July 27, 1988 Ames, Iowa Hilton Coliseum
July 29, 1988 East Troy, Wisconsin Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 30, 1988 Mears, Michigan Val Du Lakes Amphitheatre
August 1, 1988 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverbend Music Center
August 2, 1988 Indianapolis, Indiana Market Square Arena
August 4, 1988 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Spectrum
August 5, 1988
August 6, 1988 Saratoga Springs, New York Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 7, 1988 Middletown, New York Orange County Fairgrounds
August 9, 1988 The Spectrum Cayuga County Fairgrounds
August 11, 1988 Clarkston, Michigan Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 12, 1988
August 13, 1988
August 16, 1988 East Rutherford, New Jersey Giants Stadium
August 17, 1988 Columbia, Maryland Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 19, 1988 Portland, Maine Cumberland County Civic Center
August 21, 1988 Toronto, Ontario Canada Exhibition Stadium
August 22, 1988 Ottawa, Ontario Lansdowne Park
August 24, 1988 Mansfield, Massachusetts United States Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts
August 25, 1988
August 26, 1988
August 28, 1988 Thornville, Ohio Buckeye Lake Music Center
August 30, 1988 Plains Township, Pennsylvania Pocono Downs
August 31, 1988 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Civic Arena
September 2, 1988 Antioch, Tennessee Starwood Amphitheatre
September 3, 1988 St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
September 7, 1988 Universal City, California 5th MTV Video Music Awards
performed "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
September 8, 1988 Concord, California Concord Pavilion
September 9, 1988 Sacramento, California California Exposition & State Fair
September 10, 1988 Mountain View, California Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 12, 1988 Chandler, Arizona Compton Terrace Amphitheater
September 14, 1988 Costa Mesa, California Pacific Amphitheatre
September 15, 1988

Setlist

The band consistently played six tracks from Permanent Vacation: the major singles "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Angel", and "Rag Doll", as well as the rock radio hit "Hangman Jury", the rocking title track, and the Beatles cover "I'm Down". The band also played numerous songs from their classic 1973-1982 era. A typical setlist would be this:

  1. "Toys in the Attic"
  2. "Same Old Song and Dance
  3. "Big Ten Inch Record"
  4. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
  5. "Lightning Strikes"
  6. "Rag Doll"
  7. "Hangman Jury"
  8. "Permanent Vacation"
  9. "Angel"
  10. "Back in the Saddle"
  11. "Last Child"
  12. "Draw the Line"
  13. "Rats in the Cellar"
  14. "One Way Street"
  15. "Dream On"
  16. "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
  17. "Sweet Emotion"
  18. "I'm Down"
  19. "Walk This Way"

References

  1. ↑ Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 460-461. Avon, 1997
  2. ↑ Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 460. Avon, 1997
  3. ↑ Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 461-462. Avon, 1997
  4. ↑ http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm?pid=804192
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H1INAAAAIBAJ&sjid=620DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5590,2018894&dq=aerosmith
  6. ↑ http://www.gnrontour.com/setlistalm88.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/aerosmith-white-lion-hawaii-concert-handbill
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