Keep the Faith Tour

The Keep the Faith Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Bon Jovi that ran during the first half of 1993. The tour was put on in support of the band's multi-platinum 1992 album Keep the Faith. The concert tour was extended and changed name to the I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Tour at the end of June 1993.

Keep the Faith Tour
Tour by Bon Jovi
Start dateFebruary 8, 1993
End dateJune 17, 1993
Legs3
No. of shows42 in Europe
29 in North America
10 in Asia
81 in Total
Bon Jovi concert chronology

Personnel
  • Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, guitar, maracas for Keep the Faith
  • Richie Sambora – guitar, backing vocals, talkbox
  • Alec John Such – bass, cabasa for Wanted Dead of Alive, backing vocals
  • Tico Torres – drums, percussion, backing vocals for Livin' on a Prayer
  • David Bryan – keyboards, piano, backing vocals

Setlist
  1. I Believe
  2. Wild in the Streets
  3. You Give Love a Bad Name
  4. Born to Be My Baby
  5. Can't Help Falling in Love
  6. Bed of Roses
  7. Keep the Faith
  8. I'd Die for You
  9. Blood Money
  10. Blaze Of Glory
  11. Dry County
  12. Lay Your Hands on Me
  13. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
  14. Blood on Blood
  15. Bad Medicine
  16. Shout
  17. In These Arms
  18. Wanted Dead or Alive
  19. Livin' on a Prayer

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America
February 8, 1993 Quebec City Canada Colisée de Québec
February 9, 1993 Sudbury Sudbury Community Arena
February 10, 1993 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
February 13, 1993 Portland United States Cumberland County Civic Center
February 15, 1993 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
February 16, 1993 Albany Knickerbocker Arena
February 18, 1993 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
February 19, 1993 Worcester Centrum in Worcester
February 20, 1993 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
February 22, 1993 Philadelphia The Spectrum
February 24, 1993 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum
February 25, 1993 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
February 26, 1993 Pittsburgh United States Civic Arena
February 27, 1993 Landover Capital Centre
March 1, 1993 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
March 2, 1993 Auburn Hills The Palace Of Auburn Hills
March 3, 1993 Cleveland Cleveland State University Convocation Center
March 5, 1993 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
March 6, 1993 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
March 7, 1993 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena
March 11, 1993 Phoenix America West Arena
March 12, 1993 Inglewood Great Western Forum
March 14, 1993 Oakland Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
March 15, 1993 Sacramento ARCO Arena
March 17, 1993 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
March 19, 1993 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
March 20, 1993 Madison Dane County Coliseum
Filming for Bed Of Roses video
March 21, 1993 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
March 22, 1993 Columbus Battelle Hall
March 23, 1993 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
March 25, 1993 Tampa USF Sun Dome
March 26, 1993 Orlando Orlando Arena
March 27, 1993 Miami Miami Arena
Europe
March 31, 1993 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
April 1, 1993 Berlin Deutschlandhalle
April 2, 1993 Dortmund Westfalenhallen
April 4, 1993 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion
April 5, 1993
April 6, 1993 Milan Italy Forum di Assago
April 7, 1993 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier
April 9, 1993 Rotterdam Netherlands Sportpaleis van Ahoy
April 10, 1993 Hamburg Germany Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
April 12, 1993 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
April 14, 1993 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
April 16, 1993 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
April 17, 1993 Stockholm Stockholm Globe Arena
April 19, 1993 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
April 21, 1993 Hannover Germany Eilenriedehalle
April 22, 1993 Brussels Belgium Forest National
April 23, 1993 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam
April 25, 1993 Nuremberg Germany Frankenhalle
April 26, 1993 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
April 27, 1993 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
April 28, 1993 Lausanne Switzerland CIG de Malley
April 30, 1993 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
May 1, 1993 San Sebastián Velódromo de Anoeta
May 2, 1993 Madrid Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
May 4, 1993 Toulouse France Palais des Sports de Toulouse
May 5, 1993 Bordeaux Patinoire de Mériadeck
May 7, 1993 Paris Zénith de Paris
May 8, 1993 Essen Germany Grugahalle
May 10, 1993 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre
May 11, 1993
May 12, 1993
May 14, 1993 London Wembley Arena
May 15, 1993
May 16, 1993
May 18, 1993 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
May 19, 1993 Glasgow Scotland SEC Centre
May 21, 1993 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
May 22, 1993 Belfast Northern Ireland King's Hall
Asia
June 2, 1993 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
June 3, 1993
June 4, 1993
June 6, 1993 Yoyogi National Gymnasium
June 7, 1993
June 9, 1993 Osaka Osaka-Jo Hall
June 10, 1993
June 12, 1993 Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza
June 13, 1993 Nagoya Nagoya Century Hall
June 16, 1993 Maebashi Yamada Green Dome Maebashi
June 17, 1993 Yokohama Yokohama Stadium

Box office score data
Venue City Tickets Sold / Available Gross Revenue
Hartford Civic Center Hartford 7,429 / 11,807 (63%) $174,248[1]
Centrum in Worcester Worcester 9,206 / 10,694 (86%) $192,033[1]
Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford 19,681 / 19,681 (100%) $442,310[1]
Montreal Forum Montreal 12,529 / 12,529 (100%) $268,568[2]
Civic Arena Pittsburgh 9,653 / 10,500 (92%) $194,584[2]
TOTAL (for the 5 concerts listed) 58,498 / 65,211 (90%) 1,271,743

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Tour

While the Keep the Faith Tour ended in Japan in June 1993, the band continued to tour the world with the I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Tour. Under the new tour, the band visited Australia and South America, as well as revisiting North America, Asia and Europe in the same year. The band played 172 shows during 1993, under both the Keep the Faith Tour and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Tour.

References
  1. "Billboard, Vol. 105, Num. 10, 6 march 1993".
  2. "Billboard, Vol. 105, Num. 11, 13 march 1993".
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