Eat 'Em and Smile Tour

Eat 'Em and Smile Tour
Tour by David Lee Roth

Tourbook cover (for tour in support of Eat 'Em and Smile)
Start date August 16, 1986
End date February 22, 1987
Legs 2
No. of shows 105 played
David Lee Roth concert chronology

The Eat 'Em and Smile Tour was a North American concert tour by hard rock singer David Lee Roth. It was his first tour since leaving Van Halen in 1985, and is the only tour to have featured the line-up of Roth, Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, and Gregg Bissonette (as well as touring keyboardist Brett Tuggle).

Overview

With the success of the Eat 'Em and Smile album in North America, an extensive tour was embarked upon. The setlist was almost evenly split between Van Halen classics ("Unchained", "Panama", "Jump", etc.) and Roth solo hits ("California Girls", "Yankee Rose", "Goin' Crazy", etc.). As with past Van Halen tours, Roth once again incorporated a concert trademark in which he sang a song ("Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love") from a mini stage in the middle of the venue at each performance, while the rest of the band continued to perform on the main stage.[1] Another concert highlight was an extended guitar and bass solo "battle" (often lasting over ten minutes), which saw Vai and Sheehan try to top each other on their respective instrument.[2] No professionally filmed or recorded video or audio footage has ever been released from this tour, but its massive stage set can be seen in the performance section of the "Yankee Rose" video.[3] The opening acts on this tour included Cinderella and Tesla at various points.

A video shoot took place on February 17, 1987 in Lakeland, Florida.[4]

Setlist

  1. "Shy Boy" (Talas cover)
  2. "Tobacco Road" (John D. Loudermilk cover)
  3. "Unchained" (Van Halen song)
  4. "Panama" (Van Halen song)
  5. Drum solo
  6. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison cover)
  7. "Ladies' Nite in Buffalo?"
  8. "Everybody Wants Some!!" (Van Halen song)
  9. "On Fire" (Van Halen song)
  10. "Bump and Grind"
  11. "Ice Cream Man" (John Brim cover)
  12. "Big Trouble"
  13. "Yankee Rose"
  14. Bass/Guitar Solos
  15. "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (Van Halen song)
  16. "Goin' Crazy!"
  17. "Jump" (Van Halen song)
  18. "California Girls" (The Beach Boys cover)[5]

Tour dates

Date City Venue
Rehearsal
August 12, 1986 Hampton, Virginia Hampton Coliseum
August 13, 1986
August 14, 1986
August 15, 1986
First North American Leg
August 16, 1986 Hampton, Virginia Hampton Coliseum
August 18, 1986 Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum
August 19, 1986 Columbia, South Carolina Carolina Coliseum
August 21, 1986 Roanoke, Virginia Roanoke Civic Center
August 22, 1986 Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum
August 23, 1986 Nashville, Tennessee Municipal Auditorium
August 25, 1986 Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Civic Center
August 26, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee Mid-South Coliseum
August 27, 1986 Little Rock, Arkansas Barton Coliseum
August 29, 1986 Norman, Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Center
September 2, 1986 Minneapolis, Minnesota Met Center
September 3, 1986 Omaha, Nebraska Omaha Civic Auditorium
September 5, 1986 La Crosse, Wisconsin The Center
September 6, 1986 Kansas City, Missouri Sandstone Amphitheater
September 7, 1986 Carbondale, Illinois SIU Arena
September 9, 1986 Evansville, Indiana Roberts Municipal Stadium
September 12, 1986 Madison, Wisconsin Dane County Coliseum
September 13, 1986 Ames, Iowa Hilton Coliseum
September 14, 1986 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Five Seasons Center
September 17, 1986 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
September 18, 1986 Battle Creek, Michigan Kellogg Arena
September 19, 1986 Chicago Rosemont Horizon
September 20, 1986 Peoria, Illinois Peoria Civic Center
September 22, 1986 Fort Wayne, Indiana Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
September 23, 1986 Indianapolis, Indiana Market Square Arena
September 25, 1986 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Civic Arena
September 26, 1986 Detroit Michigan Cobo Arena
September 27, 1986 Detroit Michigan Cobo Arena
September 29, 1986 Cleveland, Ohio Richfield Coliseum
September 30, 1986 Buffalo, New York Memorial Auditorium
October 2, 1986 Glens Falls, New York Glens Falls Civic Center
October 3, 1986 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Civic Center
October 4, 1986 New York City Madison Square Garden
October 5, 1986 Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester Centrum
October 6, 1986 Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester Centrum
October 7, 1986 Landover, Maryland Capital Center
October 10, 1986 East Rutherford, New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena
October 11, 1986 Philadelphia The Spectrum
October 23, 1986 Atlanta The Omni
October 24, 1986 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum
October 25, 1986 Clemson, South Carolina Littlejohn Coliseum
October 26, 1986 Huntington, West Virginia Huntington Civic Center
October 28, 1986 Richmond, Virginia Richmond Coliseum
October 30, 1986 Toledo, Ohio Toledo Sports Arena
October 31, 1986 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
November 1, 1986 Montreal Montreal Forum
November 2, 1986 Portland, Maine Cumberland County Civic Center
November 6, 1986 Savannah, Georgia Savannah Civic Center
November 7, 1986 Augusta, Georgia Augusta Civic Center
November 8, 1986 Biloxi, Mississippi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
November 9, 1986 Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center
November 12, 1986 Lakeland, Florida Lakeland Civic Center
November 13, 1986 Lakeland, Florida Lakeland Civic Center
November 14, 1986 Hollywood, Florida Hollywood Sportatorium
November 15, 1986 Hollywood, Florida Hollywood Sportatorium
November 18, 1986 Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Coliseum
November 20, 1986 Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa Convention Center
November 21, 1986 Dallas, Texas Reunion Arena
November 22, 1986 Shreveport, Louisiana Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
November 23, 1986 Houston The Summit
November 26, 1986 Austin, Texas Frank Erwin Center
November 28, 1986 El Paso, Texas El Paso County Coliseum
November 29, 1986 Phoenix, Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 30, 1986 Albuquerque, New Mexico Tingley Coliseum
December 2, 1986 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
December 3, 1986 Boise, Idaho Boise State University Pavilion
December 7, 1986 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
December 8, 1986 Portland, Oregon Portland Coliseum
December 9, 1986 Spokane, Washington Spokane Coliseum
December 10, 1986 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
December 12, 1986 San Francisco The Cow Palace
December 13, 1986 San Francisco The Cow Palace
December 14, 1986 Fresno, California Selland Arena
December 16, 1986 Las Vegas Thomas and Mack Center
December 18, 1986 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
December 19, 1986 Los Angeles The Forum
Rehearsal
January 6, 1987 Calgary location unknown
Second North American leg
January 7, 1987 Calgary Olympic Saddledome
January 8, 1987 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
January 10, 1987 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
January 14, 1987 New Haven, Connecticut Veterans Memorial Coliseum
January 15, 1987 East Rutherford, New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena
January 16, 1987 Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center
January 17, 1987 Augusta, Maine Augusta Civic Center
January 19, 1987 Utica, New York Utica Memorial Auditorium
January 20, 1987 Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield Civic Center
January 21, 1987 Binghamton, New York Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
January 23, 1987 Uniondale, New York Nassau Coliseum
January 24, 1987 Rochester, New York Rochester War Memorial
January 26, 1987 Syracuse, New York Onondaga County War Memorial
January 28, 1987 Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center
January 30, 1987 Saginaw, Michigan Wendler Arena
January 31, 1987 Dayton, Ohio Hara Arena
February 1, 1987 Ann Arbor, Michigan Crisler Arena
February 3, 1987 Erie, Pennsylvania Erie Civic Center
February 5, 1987 Rockford, Illinois Rockford Metro Center
February 6, 1987 Green Bay, Wisconsin Brown County Arena
February 7, 1987 Duluth, Minnesota Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
February 9, 1987 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
February 11, 1987 Columbus, Ohio Ohio Center
February 12, 1987 Chattanooga, Tennessee University of Tennessee Arena
February 13, 1987 Montgomery, Alabama Garrett Coliseum
February 14, 1987 Albany, Georgia Albany Civic Center
February 18, 1987 Lakeland, Florida Lakeland Civic Center
February 22, 1987 Denver McNichols Arena

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References

  1. ↑ Ain´t Talkin' 'Bout Love, Detroit 1986. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via YouTube.
  2. ↑ "Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan Solos, Detroit 1986". YouTube.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Yankee Rose music video". Dailymotion.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile Tour Dates - 1986-1987". Jamtothis.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "David Lee Roth Setlist at Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, September 26, 1986". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile Tour Dates - 1986-1987". Jamtothis.com. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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