5150 Tour

5150 Tour

Tour by Van Halen
Location	North America
Associated album	5150
Start date	March 27, 1986 (1986-03-27)
End date	November 3, 1986 (1986-11-03)
Legs	3
No. of shows	111
Van Halen concert chronology
1984 Tour (1984) 5150 Tour (1986) OU812 Tour (1988–1989)

The 5150 Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Van Halen in support of their seventh studio album, 5150 .

Background

This was the band's first tour with Sammy Hagar on lead vocals (and second electric guitar), following the acrimonious departure of original singer David Lee Roth. ^[1]

Like many Van Halen tours, the routing took the band across North America only, as traveling internationally was hard for the band's complicated and heavy stage set. Furthermore, Hagar wanted to establish himself as the new singer in their homeland. The first leg of the tour was entirely United States dates, though Canadian ones slipped into the second and third legs.

The tour took place in the aftermath of the David Lee Roth-Van Halen split, with the fanbase being split too. Those who had joined the new Van Halen's side used the concerts as an opportunity to voice their stance, frequently via unison chants of "Fuck Dave!" ^[2] The tour set a trend later Hagar-era ones would follow: the number of pre-Hagar Van Halen songs was kept to a minimum, with the singer willing only to play that era's best-known songs. An Eddie Van Halen/Hagar guitar duel was also a usual part of the concerts. "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin was the closing song every night. Canadian rock legends Bachman–Turner Overdrive, ^[3] Loverboy and Kim Mitchell opened a few dates in Rochester and Niagara Falls, and were support acts on many of the outdoor stadium gigs in North America.

The tour was supposed to start with dates in Hawaii and Alaska, but they were cancelled at the last minute, due to the band finishing the mixing of the album.

The group's biggest hit, "Jump", was usually omitted from the set list, or sung by the audience instead of Hagar. Almost all the songs from 5150 were played, as well as covers and some of Hagar's pre-Van Halen work. The latter included his recent MTV hit "I Can't Drive 55" and Montrose songs. The addition of Hagar's guitar gave Eddie Van Halen more room to move, or to play keyboards on certain songs.

The tour was a major high for the band, albeit with a couple of low points. The first was when their new manager Ed Leffler was hospitalized in Texas after an altercation in a hotel elevator. The second was when Eddie's wife Valerie Bertinelli suffered a miscarriage; she didn't reveal to Eddie that she was pregnant at the time, until it was too late.

"We were selling records faster than they could print them and we were selling out every show," recalled Hagar. "We felt invincible." ^[4]

The second concert at New Haven Coliseum was filmed and shown live on television and released on VHS as Live Without a Net ; it has subsequently been released on DVD. ^[5]

Before the last show of the tour on November 3, 1986 at the Cow Palace, Eddie cut his hair into a braided rat tail, while Alex shaved his head bald. ^[6] The story was that supposedly at the end of the tour, everyone would have their heads shaved (Sammy chose not to for maintaining his look for a photo shoot soon to come, Michael chose not to in fear of not knowing how long it would take to grow back as his hair was thinning at the time.

Reception

Moira McCormick from Billboard who attended the Chicago performance at Rosemont Horizon, gave the performance a positive review. She opened her review stating that the band's concert that night was further testimony to the band's previous success with both David Lee Roth and the popularity of the guitarist Eddie Van Halen whom she claimed can triumph in speed contests and praised him for performing with "incredible finesse". Regarding the vocalist Sammy Hagar, she said that the audience had welcomed him as the band's lead singer, being supportive of his vocal work especially on the band's older material. She concluded her review, stating that the band was still one of America's leading rock forces, judging by the record sales and audience reactions. ^[7]

Setlist

1. "You Really Got Me"
2. "There's Only One Way to Rock"
3. "Summer Nights"
4. "Get Up"
5. "Drum solo"
6. "Dreams"
7. "5150"
8. "Bass Solo"
9. "Panama"
10. "Best of Both Worlds"
11. "Love Walks In"
12. "Good Enough"
13. "Guitar Solo"
14. "I Can't Drive 55"
15. "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love"

Encore

16. "Why Can't This Be Love"
17. "Jump"
18. "Rock and Roll" (Led Zeppelin cover)
19. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Cream cover)
20. "Wild Thing" (The Troggs cover)

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
March 27, 1986	Shreveport	United States	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
March 28, 1986	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
March 29, 1986	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
March 31, 1986	Birmingham		Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
April 1, 1986	Huntsville		Von Braun Civic Center
April 3, 1986	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
April 4, 1986	Baton Rouge		Riverside Centroplex
April 5, 1986	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
April 7, 1986	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
April 8, 1986	North Fort Myers		Lee County Civic Center
April 10, 1986	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center
April 11, 1986
April 12, 1986	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum
April 14, 1986	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
April 16, 1986	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
April 18, 1986	Louisville		Freedom Hall
April 19, 1986	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium
April 20, 1986	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
April 22, 1986	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
April 23, 1986  [8]
April 24, 1986	Rockford		Rockford MetroCentre
April 26, 1986	Carbondale		SIU Arena
April 27, 1986	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
April 29, 1986	Saint Paul		St. Paul Civic Center
April 30, 1986	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
May 2, 1986	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
May 3, 1986	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
May 4, 1986
May 5, 1986	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena
May 6, 1986	Cincinnati		Cincinnati Gardens
May 7, 1986
May 9, 1986	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
May 10, 1986
May 11, 1986
May 13, 1986	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
May 14, 1986	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
May 16, 1986	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
May 17, 1986	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
May 18, 1986	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center
May 20, 1986	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
May 21, 1986	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
May 23, 1986	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
May 24, 1986
May 26, 1986	Des Moines		Veterans Memorial Auditorium
May 27, 1986	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
May 28, 1986	Valley Center		Kansas Coliseum
May 30, 1986	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
May 31, 1986
June 28, 1986	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
June 29, 1986
July 2, 1986	Inglewood		The Forum
July 3, 1986
July 5, 1986
July 8, 1986	Chandler		Compton Terrace
July 10, 1986	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center
July 12, 1986	Boulder		Folsom Field (Colorado Sun-Day)
July 14, 1986	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
July 16, 1986	Oklahoma City		Myriad Convention Center
July 19, 1986	Dallas		Cotton Bowl ( Texxas Jam )
July 21, 1986	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
July 22, 1986
July 23, 1986
July 25, 1986	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
July 26, 1986
July 28, 1986	East Rutherford	Brendan Byrne Arena
July 29, 1986
July 31, 1986
August 1, 1986
August 2, 1986	Uniondale	Nassau Coliseum
August 4, 1986	Philadelphia	Spectrum
August 5, 1986
August 6, 1986
August 8, 1986	Landover	Capital Centre
August 9, 1986
August 11, 1986	Worcester	Worcester Centrum
August 12, 1986
August 14, 1986
August 15, 1986
August 18, 1986	Toronto	Canada	CNE Grandstand
August 20, 1986	Montreal		Montreal Forum
August 22, 1986	Providence	United States	Providence Civic Center
August 23, 1986	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
August 24, 1986
August 26, 1986	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum ( Live Without a Net )
August 27, 1986
August 29, 1986	Niagara Falls		Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center
August 30, 1986
September 1, 1986	Rochester		Silver Stadium
September 27, 1986	Lafayette		Cajundome
September 29, 1986	Houston		The Summit
September 30, 1986	Fort Worth		Tarrant County Convention Center Arena
October 1, 1986
October 3, 1986	San Antonio		San Antonio Convention Center Arena
October 4, 1986	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
October 6, 1986	Las Cruces		Pan American Center
October 8, 1986	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
October 10, 1986	Casper		Casper Events Center
October 11, 1986	Rapid City		Don Barnett Arena
October 14, 1986	Billings		Yellowstone Metra
October 16, 1986	Pullman		Beasley Coliseum
October 18, 1986	Pocatello		Minidome
October 19, 1986	Boise		BSU Pavilion
October 21, 1986	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
October 22, 1986
October 23, 1986	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place
October 25, 1986	Portland	United States	Memorial Coliseum
October 26, 1986
October 29, 1986	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
October 31, 1986	Daly City		Cow Palace
November 1, 1986
November 2, 1986
November 3, 1986

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references

Date (1986)	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
April 18	Louisville, United States	Freedom Hall	10,616	$149,640	[9]
April 19	Evansville, United States	Roberts Stadium	10,953	$158,818
April 20	Nashville, United States	Municipal Auditorium	9,900	$148,500
May 13	Pittsburgh, United States	Civic Arena	15,899	$235,265	[10]
June 28–29	San Diego, United States	Sports Arena	23,825	$355,260	[11]
July 28–August 1	East Rutherford, United States	Meadowlands Arena	78,172	$1,284,659	[12]
September 27	Lafayette, United States	Cajundome	9,434	$135,360	[13]
September 29	Houston, United States	The Summit	13,977	$220,137
September 30–October 1	Fort Worth, United States	Tarrant County Convention Center	20,170	$302,550	[14]
October 25–26	Portland, United States	Memorial Coliseum Complex	20,412	$326,592	[15]
October 29	Reno, United States	Lawlor Events Center	9,581	$158,087
October 31–November 3	San Francisco, United States	Cow Palace	57,270	$950,745	[12]

Personnel

• Eddie Van Halen – guitar, backing vocals, lead keyboards
• Michael Anthony – bass, backing vocals, keyboards
• Alex Van Halen – drums
• Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, guitar

References

1. Giles, Jeff (March 24, 2016). "When Van Halen Started the Sammy Hagar Era With '5150'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
2. Dodds, Kevin (12 October 2011). Edward Van Halen: a Definitive Biography. iUniverse. ISBN   9781462054817 – via Google Books.
3. Bachman, Randy (6 September 2011). Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories. Penguin Canada. ISBN   9780143185772 – via Google Books.
4. Elliott, Paul (March 2014). "The best of both worlds". Classic Rock . No. 194. p. 49.
5. Wardlaw, Matt (August 27, 2021). "35 Years Ago: Van Halen Shoot Their 'Live Without a Net' Video". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
6. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Eddie Van Halen - Solo 5150 tour (San Francisco) - Filmed by @Willlll D'Beats". YouTube .
7. McCormick, Moira (May 17, 1986). "Talent in Action: Van Halen". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 20. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 22. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved March 22, 2022.
8. Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 20, 17 may 1986. 17 May 1986.
9. "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 18. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 3, 1986. p. 23. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved March 24, 2022.
10. "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 22. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 31, 1986. p. 21. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved March 24, 2022.
11. "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 29. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 19, 1986. p. 22. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved March 22, 2022.
12. "Top Boxscores". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 27, 1986. p. Y-39. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved March 24, 2022.
13. "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 41. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 11, 1986. p. 27. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved March 24, 2022.
14. "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 42. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 18, 1986. p. 24. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved March 24, 2022.
15. "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 46. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 15, 1986. p. 30. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved March 24, 2022.

External links

• Van-Halen.com – The official Van Halen website
• Van Halen NewsDesk