Journeyman World Tour

Journeyman World Tour
World tour by Eric Clapton

German promotional poster.
Location Asia · Australia · Europe · New Zealand · North & South America
Associated album Journeyman
Start date January 14, 1990 (1990-01-14)
End date March 9, 1991 (1991-03-09)
No. of shows 153

The Journeyman World Tour is a two-year worldwide concert tour by the British rock musician Eric Clapton to promote his 1989 studio album release Journeyman. Clapton played a total of 153 concerts around the globe, without cancelling or re-scheduling. The performances were recorded for various TV programmes. The tour started on 14 January 1990 at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre and ended at London's Royal Albert Hall on 9 March 1991.

Tour dates

No.
[1]		 Date(s)
[1]		 C.
[1]		 City
[1]		 Venue
[1]
Europe
1–3 January 14–16, 1990 United Kingdom Birmingham National Exhibition Centre
4–22 January 18 – February 10, 1990 London Royal Albert Hall
23 February 14, 1990 Finland Helsinki Helsingin jäähalli
24 February 16, 1990 Sweden Stockholm Ericsson Globe
25 February 17, 1990 Norway Oslo Skedsmohollen
26 February 19, 1990 Denmark Copenhagen K.B. Hallen
27 February 20, 1990 Germany Hamburg Sporthalle Hamburg
28 February 22, 1990 Belgium Brussels Forest National
29 February 23, 1990 Germany Essen Grugahalle
30 February 24, 1990 Netherlands Den Haag Nederlands Congres Centrum
31–32 February 26–27, 1990 Italy Milan Palatrussardi
33 March 1, 1990 Germany Munich Olympiahalle München
34–35 March 3–4, 1990 France Paris Zénith de Paris
36 March 5, 1990 Germany Frankfurt am Main Festhalle
North America
37 March 24, 1990 United States New York City NBC Studios
38 March 28, 1990 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
39 March 30, 1990 Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum
40 March 31, 1990 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Dean E. Smith Center
41 April 2, 1990 New York City Madison Square Garden
42 April 3, 1990 East Rutherford, New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena
43 April 4, 1990 Philadelphia The Spectrum
44 April 6, 1990 Hempstead, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
45 April 7, 1990 Syracuse, New York Carrier Dome
46–47 April 9–10, 1990 Worcester, Massachusetts The Centrum
48–49 April 12–13, 1990 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Civic Center
50 April 15, 1990 Auburn Hills, Michigan Palace of Auburn Hills
51 April 16, 1990 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
52 April 17, 1990 Cleveland, Ohio Richfield Coliseum
53 April 19, 1990 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
54 April 20, 1990 Ames, IA Hilton Coliseum
55 April 21, 1990 St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
56 April 23, 1990 New Orleans Lakefront Arena
57 April 24, 1990 Houston The Summit
58 April 25, 1990 Dallas Reunion Arena
59 April 27, 1990 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
60 April 29, 1990 Albuquerque, New Mexico Tingley Coliseum
61 April 30, 1990 Tempe, Arizona ASU Activity Center
62 May 1, 1990 Los Angeles Great Western Forum
63 May 3, 1990 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
64 May 4, 1990 Costa Mesa, California Pacific Amphitheatre
65 May 5, 1990 Mountain View, California Shoreline Amphitheatre
66–68 July 21–23, 1990 Miami Miami Arena
69 July 25, 1990 Orlando, Florida Amway Arena
70 July 27, 1990 St. Petersburg, Florida Suncoast Dome
71 July 28, 1990 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheatre
72 July 30, 1990 Nashville, Tennessee Starwood Amphitheatre
73 July 31, 1990 Memphis, Tennessee Mid-South Coliseum
74 August 2, 1990 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum
75–76 August 3–4, 1990 Landover, Maryland Capital Centre
77–78 August 6–7, 1990 East Rutherford, New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena
79–81 August 9–11, 1990 Mansfield, Massachusetts Great Woods Center
82 August 13, 1990 Saratoga Springs, New York Saratoga Performing Arts Center
83–84 August 14–15, 1990 Philadelphia The Spectrum
85–86 August 17–18, 1990 Hempstead, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
87 August 21, 1990 Cleveland, Ohio Blossom Music Center
88 August 22, 1990 Detroit Pine Knob Music Theatre
89 August 23, 1990 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
90–91 August 25–26, 1990 East Troy, Wisconsin Alpine Valley Music Theatre
92 August 28, 1990 Bonner Springs, Kansas Sandstone Center
93 August 29, 1990 St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
94 August 31, 1990 Knoxville, Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena
95 September 1, 1990 Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
96 September 2, 1990 Biloxi, Mississippi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
South America
97 September 29, 1990 Chile Santiago de Chile Estadio nacional de Chile
98 October 3, 1990 Uruguay Montevideo Estadio Centenario
99 October 5, 1990 Argentina Buenos Aires Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
100 October 7, 1990 Brazil Rio de Janeiro Praça da Apoteose
101 October 9, 1990 Brasília Ginásio Nilson Nelson
102 October 11, 1990 Belo Horizonte Estádio Jornalista Felippe Drummond
103 October 13, 1990 Florianópolis Estádio Orlando Scarpelli
104 October 16, 1990 Porto Alegre Ginásio Gigantinho
105–107 October 19–21, 1990 São Paulo Estádio do Morumbi
Australia & New Zealand
108–109 November 7–8, 1990 New Zealand Auckland Mount Smart Stadium
110 November 10, 1990 Australia Canberra Royal Theatre Canberra
111–112 November 12–13, 1990 Adelaide Festival Theatre
113 November 15, 1990 Melbourne Melbourne Park
114–115 November 16–17, 1990 Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney
116 November 19, 1990 Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane
Asia
117 November 24, 1990 Singapore Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
118 November 26, 1990 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Stadium Negara
119 November 29, 1990 China Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum
120–122 December 4–6, 1990 Japan Tokyo Nippon Budokan
123 December 9, 1990 Yoyogi National Gymnasium
124 December 10, 1990 Nagoya Nagoya-shi Sōgō Taiikukan
125 December 11, 1990 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
126 December 13, 1990 Yokohama Yokohama Arena
Europe
127–128 January 31 – February 2, 1991 Republic of Ireland Dublin Point Theatre
129–153 February 5 – March 9, 1991 United Kingdom London Royal Albert Hall
153 14 months on tour 22 78 cities visited 86 venues played

Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan

Clapton and his band headlined a multiple bill with Stevie Ray Vaughan and other blues guitarists at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre on August 26, 1990. Afterward, Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash, along with the helicopter pilot, two of Clapton's touring crew members, and Clapton's Los Angeles booking agent, Bobby Brooks. Clapton considered cancelling the tour to show his respect, but all of his touring colleagues said they should continue. Their next concert in St. Louis was dedicated to Vaughan.[2]

Reception

LGN music critics liked the world tour and especially recognised Eric Clapton's guitar tone throughout the whole Journeyman World Tour, stating: "this period saw a resurrection of Clapton going back to basics. The tones he captured during this era are really amazing. [...] Eric was mainly using a Soldano SLO-100 amp head giving him a very saturated blues tone".[3] Fellow guitar slinger Joe Bonamassa recalled a great Journeyman show, he saw as a teenager and also liked the way Eric Clapton made things sound at the time, calling Eric Clapton's Journeyman tone "one of the best tones Clapton has ever had".[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5
  2. ↑ Clapton, Eric (9 October 2007). Clapton: The Autobiography. Crown/Archetype. pp. 240–41. ISBN 9780767928427.
  3. ↑ "The Many Tones of Eric Clapton". LGN Music. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ Bonamassa, Joe. "Top 5 Strat Masters". The Pickup Radio Show. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
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