Done with Mirrors Tour

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Done with Mirrors Tour
Tour by Aerosmith
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Associated album Done with Mirrors
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Aerosmith concert chronology

The Done with Mirrors Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Aerosmith that lasted from August 1985 to August 1986. The tour was put on in support of the band's 1985 comeback album Done with Mirrors , released in November 1985.

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Background

The "Done with Mirrors" tour was the band's second tour after the reunion of the classic Aerosmith lineup in 1984. In August and September 1985, the band performed a few warm-up shows (mainly at outdoor venues in markets in which the band was strong) as a preview before their new album was released. Following the release of their comeback album, Done with Mirrors in November 1985, the band began the main tour in January 1986, where the band played arenas across America through August of that year. Ted Nugent was the opening act of most concerts of this leg. Some early dates of the tour featured Divinyls as the opening act. The tour was confined strictly to the United States, and was generally a success, with the band performing in many markets for two-night stands and even performing in large stadiums, such as Sullivan Stadium in their hometown Massachusetts. However, with the album only going gold and failing to meet commercial expectations, it was obvious that the band needed a big hit record and couldn't continue to rely on touring alone. Only months after the tour ended, the band experienced a resurgence in popularity with the successful remake of "Walk This Way" by Run-DMC featuring lead singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry. In the meantime, the band members entered drug rehabilitation and started working on their next album, the multi-platinum smash hit Permanent Vacation (1987).

Setlist

  1. "Back in the Saddle"
  2. "Same Old Song and Dance"
  3. "Bone To Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)"
  4. "Big Ten Inch Record"
  5. "My Fist Your Face"
  6. "Last Child"
  7. "No Suprize"
  8. "She's On Fire"
  9. "The Hop"
  10. "Lightning Strikes"
  11. "Shela"
  12. "Walk This Way"
  13. "Let the Music Do the Talking"
  14. "Sweet Emotion"
  15. "Toys in the Attic"
  16. "Dream On"
  17. "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
  18. "Rats in the Cellar"

Tour dates

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DateCityCountryVenue
Preview tour
August 23, 1985 East Troy United States Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 24, 1985 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theater
August 25, 1985 Rochester Silver Stadium
August 27, 1985 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
September 2, 1985 Chandler Compton Terrace
September 14, 1985 Lynn Manning Bowl
September 22, 1985 Honolulu Aloha Stadium
November 6, 1985 Boston Orpheum Theatre 1
November 7, 1985
Full tour
January 16, 1986 Portland United States Portland Memorial Coliseum
January 17, 1986 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
January 19, 1986 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
January 21, 1986 Medford Jackson County Auditorium
January 23, 1986 Reno Lawlor Events Center
January 24, 1986 Daly City Cow Palace
January 27, 1986 Fresno Selland Arena
January 28, 1986 Bakersfield Bakersfield Centennial Garden
January 29, 1986
January 30, 1986 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
January 31, 1986Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
February 1, 1986 San Bernardino Orange Pavilion
February 3, 1986 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
February 5, 1986 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
February 6, 1986 Lubbock Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
February 8, 1986 Lafayette Cajundome
February 9, 1986 Austin Frank Erwin Center
February 11, 1986 Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
February 12, 1986 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum
February 14, 1986 Odessa Ector County Coliseum
February 15, 1986 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
February 16, 1986 Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center
February 18, 1986 Beaumont Beaumont Civic Center
February 20, 1986 Dallas Reunion Arena
February 21, 1986 Houston The Summit
March 7, 1986 Landover Capital Centre
March 8, 1986 Philadelphia Spectrum
March 11, 1986 Worcester Worcester Centrum
March 12, 1986
March 14, 1986 Salisbury Wicomico Youth and Civic Center
March 15, 1986 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
March 16, 1986 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
March 18, 1986 Providence Providence Civic Center
March 19, 1986 Syracuse Onondaga War Memorial
March 20, 1986 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
March 22, 1986 Norfolk Norfolk Scope
March 23, 1986 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
March 25, 1986 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
March 26, 1986 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center
March 28, 1986 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
March 29, 1986 North Fort Myers Lee County Civic Center
March 30, 1986 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
April 1, 1986 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
April 2, 1986 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
April 3, 1986 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center
April 4, 1986 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
April 5, 1986 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center
April 8, 1986New York City Madison Square Garden
April 10, 1986 Hershey Hersheypark Arena
April 12, 1986 East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena
April 13, 1986 Bethlehem Stabler Arena
April 15, 1986Glens FallsGlens Falls Civic Center
April 16, 1986 Portland, Maine Cumberland County Civic Center
April 20, 1986 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center
April 23, 1986Corpus ChristiMemorial Coliseum
April 24, 1986San AntonioFreeman Coliseum
May 1, 1986 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
May 2, 1986 Erie Louis J. Tullio Arena
May 4, 1986 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
May 5, 1986
May 6, 1986 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
May 8, 1986 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
May 9, 1986 Bloomington Met Center
May 11, 1986 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
May 12, 1986 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
May 14, 1986 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
May 16, 1986 Columbus Ohio Center
May 17, 1986 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
May 18, 1986 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
May 19, 1986
May 20, 1986 Saginaw Wendler Arena
May 22, 1986 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
May 23, 1986 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
May 24, 1986 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
May 26, 1986 Des Moines Iowa State Fairgrounds
May 27, 1986 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
May 29, 1986 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
May 30, 1986East TroyAlpine Valley Music Theatre
June 1, 1986 Evansville Mesker Amphitheatre
June 4, 1986 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
June 5, 1986 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
June 7, 1986 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
June 8, 1986 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
June 10, 1986 Birmingham Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
June 11, 1986 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center
June 13, 1986 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
June 14, 1986 Memphis Memphis in May Festival
June 25, 1986 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
August 3, 1986PhiladelphiaSpectrum
August 25, 1986Syracuse Empire Expo Center
August 31, 1986 Foxborough Sullivan Stadium

Boxscore

Not all data are listed
Date(s)VenueCityAttendanceTicket grossing
August 25, 1985 [2] Silver StadiumRochester18,201 / 25,000 (73%)$279,235
September 2, 1985 [3] Compton TerraceChandler35,868 / 35,868 (100%)$569,886
January 23, 1986 [4] Lawlor Events CenterReno3,754 / 7,000 (54%)$56,310
January 31, 1986 [4] Los Angeles Memorial Sports ArenaLos Angeles12,102 / 12,102 (100%)$181,162
February 20, 1986 [5] Reunion ArenaDallas13,643 / 14,939 (91%)$204,420
February 21, 1986 [5] The SummitHouston10,030 / 10,964 (91%)$142,790
March 7, 1986 [6] Capital CentreLandover17,728 / 17,728 (100%)$257,056
March 8, 1986 [6] SpectrumPhiladelphia17,599 / 17,599 (100%)$227,814
March 11, 1986 [6] Worcester CentrumWorcester,12,154 / 12,154 (100%)$170,109
March 15, 1986 [6] New Haven ColiseumNew Haven10,538 / 10,538 (100%)$151,921
March 16, 1986 [6] Springfield Civic CenterSpringfield10,000 / 10,000 (100%)$145,115
March 18, 1986 [6] Providence Civic CenterProvidence12,655 / 12,655 (100%)$183,497
March 22, 1986 [6] Norfolk ScopeNorfolk10,436 / 11,800 (88%)$144,911
April 1, 1986 [7] Nashville Municipal AuditoriumNashville9,551 / 9,551 (100%)$143,265
April 4, 1986 [7] Charlotte ColiseumCharlotte11,260 / 12,900 (87%)$152,010
April 8, 1986 [5] Madison Square GardenNew York City18,492 / 18,492 (100%)$314,007
April 10, 1986 [5] Hersheypark ArenaHershey6,129 / 8,498 (72%)$88,870
April 12, 1986 [5] Meadowlands ArenaEast Rutherford17,722 / 21,098 (84%)$263,629
April 13, 1986 [5] Stabler ArenaBethlehem5,676 / 6,637 (85%)$83,312
April 15, 1986 [5] Glens Falls Civic CenterGlens Falls,5,796 / 8,114 (71%)$84,042
April 16, 1986 [5] Cumberland County Civic CenterPortland9,302 / 9,302 (100%)$134,879
May 4, 1986 [8] War Memorial ArenaRochester10,827 / 10,827 (100%)$146,184
May 6, 1986 [9] Toledo Sports ArenaToledo7,500 / 7,500 (100%)$109,645
May 8, 1986 [10] Rosemont HorizonRosemont11,978 / 18,100 (66%)$185,659
May 9, 1986 [10] Met CenterBloomington16,305 / 17,761 (92%)$231,802
May 11, 1986 [10] Peoria Civic CenterPeoria6,209 / 9,173 (68%)$90,031
May 16, 1986 [11] Ohio CenterColumbus7,080 / 7,080 (100%)$102,660
May 17, 1986 [11] Market Square ArenaIndianapolis12,512 / 14,000 (89%)$184,622
May 19, 1986 [9] Wings StadiumKalamazoo6,841 / 8,113 (84%)$102,615
May 20, 1986 [11] Wendler ArenaSaginaw7,347 / 7,347 (100%)$107,625
May 22, 1986 [12] Joe Louis ArenaDetroit12,678 / 15,904 (80%)$190,170
May 23, 1986 [12] Richfield ColiseumRichfield16,007 / 19,329 (83%)$240,105
May 24, 1986 [12] Riverbend Music CenterCincinnati8,378 / 16,000 (52%)$118,415
May 26, 1986 [12] Iowa State FairgroundsDes Moines15,003 / 32,000 (47%)$247,978
May 27, 1986 [12] Kiel AuditoriumSt. Louis10,172 / 12,532 (81%)$146,580
May 29, 1986 [13] Allen County War Memorial ColiseumFt. Wayne6,144 / 9,000 (68%)$87,642
May 30, 1986 [12] Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy17,871 / 20,000 (89%)$87,642
June 1, 1986 [13] Mesker AmphitheatreEvansville6,049 / 9,000 (67%)$85,863
June 13, 1986 [14] Mississippi Coast ColiseumBiloxi10,087 / 15,000 (67%)$151,305
August 31, 1986 [15] Sullivan StadiumFoxborough24,762 / 30,000 (83%)$439,526

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