Raised on Radio Tour

The Raised on Radio Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Journey. The tour was the last with lead singer Steve Perry. Session players Randy Jackson and Mike Baird played bass and drums, respectively, as Ross Valory and Steve Smith were fired during recording sessions for the album. Valory and Smith, however, received their percentage of the profits from the tour.

Raised on Radio Tour
Tour by Journey
Associated albumRaised on Radio
Start dateAugust 23, 1986
End dateFebruary 1, 1987
No. of shows74
Journey concert chronology

The tour started on August 23, 1986, at the Mountain Aire Festival in Angels Camp, California and ended February 1, 1987 in Anchorage, Alaska. Opening acts for the tour included Honeymoon Suite, The Outfield, Glass Tiger and Andy Taylor from Duran Duran. The tour was videotaped by MTV and made into a documentary, which includes interviews and concert footage of the band at the height of their career. State of the art computerized lighting and large movable video screens that resembled pool table holders were used as part of the elaborate stage design.

Perry left the band at the conclusion of the last concert, citing that he was tired of touring, which in turn was affecting his health and voice, and did not like the band's music being used in commercials or other endeavors:

I called Jon and Neal together. We met in San Rafael, we sat on the edge of the marina, and I just told them, 'I can't do this anymore. I've got to get out for a while.' And they said: 'Well, what do you mean?' And I said: 'That's exactly what I mean, is what I'm saying. I just don't want to be in the band any more. I want to get out, I want to stop.' And I think Jon said: 'Well, just take some time off, and we'll think,' and I said: 'OK, fine.' And I just sort of fell back into my life. I looked around and realized that my whole life had become everything I'd worked so hard to be, and when I came back to have a regular life, I had to go find one.
— Steve Perry[1]

Personnel

Setlist

Tour dates

Dates, cities, and venues for the Raised on Radio Tour.[2]

Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / available Revenue
August 23, 1986Angels Camp, CaliforniaUnited StatesMountain Aire Festival18,216 / 18,216$455,928
September 10, 1986Portland, OregonPortland Memorial Coliseum
September 11, 1986
September 13, 1986SeattleSeattle Center Coliseum
September 14, 1986
September 16, 1986Boise, IdahoBSU Pavilion8,688 / 8,688$130,099
September 17, 1986Salt Lake CitySalt Palace
September 19, 1986DenverMcNichols Sports Arena16,286 / 18,235$267,159
September 20, 1986Lincoln, NebraskaBob Devaney Sports Center
September 21, 1986Kansas City, MissouriKemper Arena13,684 / 13,684$213,584
September 25, 1986Bloomington, MinnesotaMet Center14,022 / 17,700$222,173
September 26, 1986MilwaukeeM.E.C.C.A. Arena8,259 / 8,259$136,274
September 28, 1986IndianapolisMarket Square Arena11,544 / 11,544$178,782
September 30, 1986St. LouisThe Arena15,614 / 15,614$210,880
October 1, 1986Louisville, KentuckyFreedom Hall11,394 / 11,394$182,304
October 2, 1986CincinnatiRiverfront Coliseum14,192 / 14,192$228,966
October 4, 1986Rosemont, IllinoisRosemont Horizon15,543 / 15,543$270,221
October 5, 1986Champaign, IllinoisAssembly Hall
October 8, 1986Detroit, MichiganJoe Louis Arena35,007 / 35,007$577,616
October 9, 1986
October 11, 1986Richfield, OhioRichfield Coliseum31,602 / 35,000$505,632
October 12, 1986
October 14, 1986PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum32,350 / 32,350$533,775
October 15, 1986
October 18, 1986Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo Memorial Auditorium13,254 / 13,254$218,695
October 19, 1986Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCivic Arena31,773 / 31,773$508,724
October 20, 1986
October 22, 1986Landover, MarylandCapital Centre29,806 / 29,806$491,779
October 23, 1986
October 25, 1986East Rutherford, New JerseyBrendan Byrne Arena57,483 / 61,398$946,113
October 26, 1986
October 28, 1986
October 30, 1986Worcester, MassachusettsWorcester Centrum24,910 / 24,910$411,903
October 31, 1986
November 2, 1986Providence, Rhode IslandProvidence Civic Center12,868 / 12,868$215,693
November 3, 1986Hartford, ConnecticutHartford Civic Center
November 4, 1986
November 6, 1986Hampton, VirginiaHampton Coliseum13,487 / 13,487$215,792
November 8, 1986Charleston, West VirginiaCharleston Civic Center12,508 / 12,508$200,128
November 13, 1986Greensboro, North CarolinaGreensboro Coliseum15,148 / 15,148$242,363
November 14, 1986Charlotte, North CarolinaCharlotte Coliseum12,485 / 12,485$199,760
November 15, 1986Columbia, South CarolinaCarolina Coliseum11,684 / 11,684$186,944
November 18, 1986AtlantaOmni Coliseum
November 21, 1986Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville Coliseum11,277 / 11,277$180,432
November 22, 1986Lakeland, FloridaLakeland Civic Center9,878 / 9,878$162,987
November 23, 1986Pembroke Pines, FloridaHollywood Sportatorium13,496 / 13,496$215,936
November 26, 1986Birmingham, AlabamaBJCC Coliseum13,519 / 13,519$216,304
November 28, 1986Chattanooga, TennesseeUTC Arena
November 29, 1986Memphis, TennesseeMid-South Coliseum11,122 / 11,122$177,952
November 30, 1986Biloxi, MississippiMississippi Coast Coliseum
December 2, 1986Dallas, TexasReunion Arena30,166 / 30,166$527,905
December 3, 1986
December 4, 1986Oklahoma CityMyriad Convention Center14,286 / 14,286$250,005
December 6, 1986Shreveport, LouisianaHirsch Memorial Coliseum10,000 / 10,000$165,000
December 7, 1986Biloxi, MississippiMississippi Coast Coliseum15,073 / 15,073$248,705
December 9, 1986New OrleansLakefront Arena9,091 / 9,091$154,547
December 10, 1986HoustonThe Summit15,884 / 15,884$262,086
December 12, 1986Austin, TexasFrank Erwin Center15,924 / 15,924$258,627
December 14, 1986Phoenix, ArizonaVeterans Memorial Coliseum24,979 / 24,979$412,754
December 15, 1986
December 17, 1986Tucson, ArizonaTucson Convention Center8,471 / 8,471$139,772
December 20, 1986Daly City, CaliforniaCow Palace23,380 / 23,380$409,150
December 21, 1986
December 26, 1986Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach Arena25,276 / 25,276$514,416
December 27, 1986
December 29, 1986Fresno, CaliforniaSelland Arena9,771 / 9,771$155,224
December 30, 1986San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena11,016 / 11,016$182,638
December 31, 1986Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach Arena12,638 / 12,638$257,208
January 2, 1987Fresno, CaliforniaSelland Arena9,771 / 9,771$155,224
January 4, 1987San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena11,016 / 11,016$182,638
January 15, 1987Honolulu, HawaiiNeal S. Blaisdell Center22,550 / 22,550$394,625
January 17, 1987
January 18, 1987
February 1, 1987Anchorage, AlaskaSullivan Arena

Cancelled shows
Date City Country Venue Reason
November 9, 1986 Roanoke, Virginia United States Roanoke Civic Center [3]
November 11, 1986

References
  1. Daniels, The Untold Story of Journey, p. 89.
  2. https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/digital_journey/jrny-tourdates.html&date=2009-10-25+19:30:39
  3. Entertainment: "Journey Cancels Tonight's Show". – Richmond Times-Dispatch. – November 11, 1986.
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