Escape Tour

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.

Escape Tour
Tour by Journey
Associated albumEscape
Start dateJuly 27, 1981
End dateJuly 2, 1982
Legs6
No. of shows132
Journey concert chronology

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, the Greg Kihn Band and Loverboy were the opening acts during the tour.

Reception

Deborah Deasy, a reporter from the Pittsburgh Press, who attended the sold out October 2, 1981 performance, gave criticism toward the band on their deliverance of fast and furious noise, even noting that there was too little 'danceable rock 'n' roll'. The reporter noted on Perry's vocals being grating and overworked, but praised the other members of Journey individually. Deborah cited on the uninspired songwriting and the chemistry, criticizing the band as 'generic rock'. She concluded her review, praising the stage work done by the technical, set and sound designers as well as the surprise fireworks, but also noted on the opening act Point Blank had, criticizing the lackluster lead singer who she claimed was "too impressed with himself".[1]

Personnel
  • Steve Perry – lead vocals
  • Neal Schon – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Ross Valory – bass, backing vocals
  • Jonathan Cain – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Smith – drums, percussion

Setlist

Tour dates

Over the course of the tour, Journey played the following dates:[2][3][4][5][6]

Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / Available Revenue
Asia
July 27, 1981OsakaJapanFestival HallN/A
July 28, 1981NagoyaKokai-do
July 29, 1981TokyoKoseinenkin Hall
July 31, 1981
August 1, 1981Nakano Sun Plaza
August 2, 1981
North America
August 15, 1981TorontoCanadaMassey HallN/A
August 22, 1981MontrealThe Forum
August 23, 1981OttawaOttawa Civic Centre
August 25, 1981PortlandUnited StatesCumberland County Civic Center
August 27, 1981Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts Center
August 28, 1981ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion
August 29, 1981YarmouthCape Cod Coliseum
August 31, 1981Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music Center
September 1, 1981
September 3, 1981Hoffman EstatesPoplar Creek Music Theater
September 4, 1981
September 5, 1981East TroyAlpine Valley Music Theatre
September 6, 1981
September 8, 1981ClarkstonPine Knob Music Theater
September 9, 1981
September 11, 1981
September 12, 1981
September 13, 1981
September 14, 1981
September 15, 1981St. PaulSt. Paul Civic Center
September 16, 1981AmesHilton Coliseum
September 18, 1981Kansas CityKemper Arena31,373 / 34,331$316,591
September 19, 1981
September 20, 1981WichitaLevitt Arena10,500 / 10,500$105,000
September 21, 1981OmahaOmaha Civic Auditorium12,000 / 12,000$114,000
September 23, 1981St. LouisCheckerdome17,517 / 17,517$172,206
September 28, 1981 Terre Haute Hulman Center
September 29, 1981RosemontRosemont Horizon
September 30, 1981ChampaignAssembly Hall
October 1, 1981CincinnatiRiverfront Coliseum
October 2, 1981PittsburghCivic Arena
October 3, 1981LexingtonRupp Arena17,652 / 17,652$179,726
October 6, 1981 Boston Boston Garden
October 8, 1981HartfordHartford Civic Center16,198 / 16,198$171,975
October 9, 1981SyracuseCarrier Dome
October 10, 1981UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 11, 1981ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center
October 12, 1981 Philadelphia The Spectrum
October 13, 1981 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
October 15, 1981JacksonvilleVeterans Memorial Coliseum11,512 / 11,512$114,530
October 16, 1981 Birmingham Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
October 17, 1981 Atlanta The Omni
October 18, 1981 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
October 20, 1981CharlotteCharlotte Coliseum
October 21, 1981 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
October 22, 1981LakelandLakeland Civic Center20,000 / 20,000$199,318
October 23, 1981[7]
October 24, 1981Pembroke PinesHollywood Sportatorium
October 27, 1981KnoxvilleThompson–Boling Arena
October 28, 1981NashvilleMunicipal Auditorium9,900 / 9,900$98,460
October 30, 1981MemphisMid-South Coliseum11,632 / 11,632$122,136
October 31, 1981MobileMunicipal Auditorium
November 1, 1981Baton RougeLSU Assembly Center
November 3, 1981Oklahoma CityMyriad Convention Center14,735 / 14,735$159,357
November 5, 1981HoustonThe Summit34,904 / 34,904$377,577
November 6, 1981
November 7, 1981DallasReunion Arena38,025 / 38,025$453,719
November 8, 1981
November 10, 1981AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum
November 11, 1981AmarilloAmarillo Civic Center
November 13, 1981Las CrucesPan American Center
November 14, 1981TucsonTucson Convention Center
November 15, 1981PhoenixArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 21, 1981San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena
November 22, 1981InglewoodThe Forum70,000 / 70,000$729,018
November 23, 1981
November 24, 1981
November 25, 1981
November 29, 1981FresnoRatcliffe Stadium
November 30, 1981Daly CityCow Palace41,710 / 41,710$443,346
December 1, 1981
December 2, 1981
December 3, 1981PocatelloMinidome
December 4, 1981SeattleSeattle Center Coliseum44,910 / 44,910$538,920
December 5, 1981
December 6, 1981
December 7, 1981PortlandMemorial Coliseum
December 8, 1981
December 10, 1981OaklandOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
December 11, 1981Daly CityCow Palace
December 12, 1981
December 21, 1981HonoluluNeal S. Blaisdell Arena
December 22, 1981
Asia
April 9, 1982FukuokaJapanSun Palace Hall
April 11, 1982KyotoKyoto Kaikan
April 12, 1982OsakaFestival Hall
April 13, 1982Prefectural Gymnasium
April 14, 1982NagoyaAichi Prefectural Gymnasium
April 16, 1982TokyoBudokan
April 17, 1982YokohamaYokohama Cultural Gymnasium
North America
April 23, 1982VancouverCanadaPacific Coliseum
April 25, 1982EdmontonNorthlands Coliseum17,178 / 18,117$214,787
April 26, 1982CalgaryStampede Corral7,500 / 7,500$101,105
April 28, 1982WinnipegWinnipeg Arena14,646 / 17,230$172,116
April 30, 1982TorontoMaple Leaf Gardens12,792 / 19,307$151,146
May 1, 1982BuffaloUnited StatesMemorial Auditorium17,293 / 17,293$176,046
May 3, 1982BostonBoston Garden31,000 / 31,000$371,242
May 4, 1982
May 6, 1982East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena41,224 / 41,224$482,646
May 7, 1982
May 8, 1982LandoverCapital Centre18,896 / 18,896$200,109
May 10, 1982PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum37,226 / 37,226$441,203
May 11, 1982
May 13, 1982RichfieldRichfield Coliseum37,221 / 37,221$465,262
May 14, 1982
May 15, 1982DetroitJoe Louis Arena39,900 / 39,900$461,316
May 16, 1982
May 18, 1982LouisvilleFreedom Hall19,400 / 19,400$217,548
May 19, 1982IndianapolisMarket Square Arena18,178 / 18,178$197,945
May 21, 1982RosemontRosemont Horizon73,080 / 73,080$865,833
May 22, 1982
May 23, 1982
May 24, 1982
May 27, 1982DenverMcNichols Arena33,900 / 36,000$424,301
May 28, 1982
May 29, 1982Salt Lake CitySalt Palace26,259 / 26,318$244,222
May 30, 1982
June 2, 1982PortlandMemorial Coliseum
June 3, 1982
June 4, 1982
June 12, 1982DallasCotton Bowl64,945 / 70,000$1,199,310
June 13, 1982HoustonAstrodome65,000 / 65,000$1,160,504
June 26, 1982OaklandOakland–Alameda County Coliseum57,500 / 57,500$957,851
July 2, 1982PasadenaRose Bowl83,214 / 90,000$1,373,031

References
  1. Deasy, Deborah (October 6, 1981). "Journey Concert Turns Out To Be Monotonous Trip". The Pittsburgh Press. p. B-4.
  2. http://steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/EscapeTourSchedule.html
  3. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (17 April 1982). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (29 May 1982). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. "Billboard". 1982-05-15.
  6. 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
  7. "Journey concert sold out". Lakeland Ledger. October 23, 1981. Retrieved January 31, 2021. Tonight's rock concert by Journey and Loverboy at 8 p.m. in the Lakeland Civic Center arena is sold out.
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