Fantasy Tour

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Fantasy Tour
Tour by New Edition
Location North America
Associated albums New Edition
Start dateOctober 27, 1984
End dateSeptember 29, 1985
Legs2
No. of showsEstimated 150 [1]
Supporting acts Whodini
Fat Boys
UTFO
Attendanceunknown
Box officeunknown
New Edition concert chronology

The Fantasy Tour was the third concert tour of New Edition. The tour supported the group's second studio albums New Edition . It was their first major tour where they headlined theaters as well as arenas throughout the United States. It was also the last tour with the five original members: Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Michael and Ralph.

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Overview

After the success of their eponymous album, New Edition embarked in a tour of theaters, arenas, sate fairs and several theme parks across the country. By May 1985, the group had already played 50 concerts to more than 350,000 people. [1]

On May 20 the group performed in Boston for the 6th anniversary of Kiss 108 in front of 15,000 fans. The next day they performed at a Kiss 108 Private Party held at "The Metro". Ronnie just had a tonsillectomy so he was missing during those shows.

On May 24 they performed at "Hip Hop Birthday party" at New York's Popular Nightclub The Roxy.

For the 4th of July they performed at "The Beach Boys Love Concert" at the mall of Washington with several other entertainers, [2] the event drew an estimated crowd of 550,000. [3]

On August 9, the group gave a concert at Six Flags Over Texas in Performing for more than 15,000 people. By 4 pm, the temperature rose to 80 degrees and 50 pecent humidity and the crowd had been standing in the park's concert area for 3 to 5 hours. The concert scheduled was halted briefly at about 9 pm to administer first-aid to some in the crowd. More than 200 young people were treated for heat-related ailments, 36 fans were treated at an Arlington hospital and 11 others at a hospital in nearby Grand Prairie for dehydration and hyperventilation. No serious injuries were reported, concert resumed after a brief interruption. [4] [5]

They concluded the tour by taking part in the Budweiser Superfest in Chicago and Cleveland with acts such as Teena Marie, Kool & the Gang, and Jesse Johnson.

Setlists

[6] 1985
  1. "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"
  2. "Kinda Girls We Like"
  3. "My Secret (didja get it yet?)"
  4. "Popcorn Love"
  5. "Jealous Girl"
  6. "Is This The End?"
  7. "Candy Girl"
  8. "Pass the beat"
  9. "Hide and Seek"
  10. " Axel F interlude"
  11. "I'm Leaving You Again"
  12. "Lost In Love"
  13. "I Would Die For You" (by Prince)
  14. "Mr Telephone Man"
  15. "Cool It Now"


Note:

  • In Boston, "I would Die 4 U" was performed after "My Secret".

Supporting acts

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueNo. of performances
North America
1984
October 27 Lake Buena Vista United States Disney World Magic Kingdom 1
November 23 Anaheim Disneyland 1
November 241
November 271
December 30 Hampton Hampton Coliseum 1
December 1 Westbury Westbury Music Fair 2
December 4 Charleston Gaillard Center 1
December 7 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 1
December 15 Columbia Township Auditorium 2
December 16 Richmond Richmond Coliseum 1
December 27 Upper Darby Tower Theater 2
1985
February 9 Lake Buena Vista United States Tomorrowland Terrace 2
February 14 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Auditorium 1
February 15 Tampa Curtis Hixon Hall 1
February 16 Miami Knights center 1
February 17 Jacksonville Civic auditorium 1
February 18 Daytona Beach Bethune-Cookman college 1
February 21 Greenville Greenville memorial auditorium 1
February 22 Montgomery Garrett Coliseum 2
February 23 Birmingham Boutwell Auditorium 1
February 24 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Arena 1
February 28 Augusta Augusta Civic Center 1
March 1 Macon Macon City Auditorium 1
March 2 Atlanta Fox theater 2
March 3 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 1
March 7 Huntsville Propst Arena 1
March 8 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium 1
March 9 Memphis Orpheum Theater 2
March 10 Saint Louis Kiel Auditorium 1
March 13 Allendale Grand Valley State College 1
March 14 Detroit Masonic Temple Theater 2
March 15 Highland Heights Front Row Theater 2
March 16 Chicago Arie Crown Theater 1
March 17 St.Louis Fox Theater 1
March 19 Monroe Monroe Civic Center 1
March 21 New orleans Lakefront Arena 1
March 22 Baton Rouge Centroplex Arena 1
March 23 Houston Arena Theatre [7] 1
Mach 24 Dallas Music Hall at Fair Park 1
March 30 Anaheim Disneyland 1
April 6 San Carlos Circle Star Theater 1
April ? Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 1
April 18 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum 1
April 20 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium 1
May 2 Cleveland Public Hall 1
May 3 Indianapolis Indiana Convention Center 1
May 5 Charleston Charleston Coliseum & Civic Center 1
May 8 East Lansing MSU Auditorium 1
May 10 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens 1
May 11 Detroit Fox Theater 1
May 20 Boston Boston Garden 1
May 21BostonThe Metro1
May 24 New York City The Roxy 1
June 1 Charlotte Carrowinds Palladium 2
June Doswell Kings Dominion 2
June 6 Jackson Six Flags Great Adventure 1
June 16 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center 1
June 19 Ventura Majestic Ventura Theater 1
June 20 Del Mar Del Mar Fairgrounds 1
June 21 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheater 1
June 22 Oakland Paramount Theater 1
June 22 Eureka Six Flags Over Mid-America 1
June 26 Kansas City Worlds Of Fun Forum Amphitheater 2
June 27 Urbandale Metro Ice Sports Arena 1
June 28 Milwaukee Henry W. Maier Festival Park 1
June 29 Clarkston Pine Knob Theater 1
June 30 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater 1
July 2 New York City Pier 84 1
July 4 Washington National Mall 1
July 19 Washinton Convention Center 1
July 20 Salisbury Wicomico Youth and Civic Center 1
July 21 Pittsburgh Syria Mosque 1
July 26 Philadelphia Spectrum 1
July 27 Westbury Westbury Music Fair 1
July 281
July 31 Providence Providence Civic Center 1
August 1 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 1
August 3 Birmingham Fair Park 1
August 3 New Orleans Tad Gormley Stadium 1
August 4 Atlanta Omni Coliseum 1
August 8 Little Rock Barton Coliseum 1
August 9 Arlington Six Flags Over Texas 1
August 10 Houston Six Flags AstroWorld 1
August 11ArlingtonSix Flags Over Texas1
August 16 Merillville Holiday Star Theater 2
August 17 Columbus Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds 1
August 18 Highland Heights Front Row Theater 2
August 23 Kansas City Worlds Of Fun Forum Amphitheater 1
September 6 York York Fair GrandStand1
September 7 Rochester War Memorial 1
September 13 Chicago UIC Pavilion 1
September 141
September 15 Cleveland Public Auditorium 1
September 22 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 1
September 29 Berkley Hearst Greek Theater 1

Personnel

Vocalists/Dancers
Musicians
Security
Management and Production

References

  1. 1 2 George, Nelson (11 May 1985). "Walters: It's a great concert year". Billboard.
  2. ↑ "For Mall Crowd, "Good Vibrations"". Washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. 1985-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Beach Boys nixed for July 4 concert-UPI Archives". UPI. United Press International. 1985-08-21.
  4. ↑ "Forty-seven of more than 15,000 teenagers waiting to hear... - UPI Archives". UPI. United Press International. 1985-08-10.
  5. ↑ "Officials at Six Flags over Texas amusement park, where..." UPI Archives. United Press International. 1985-08-11.
  6. ↑ "Live Edition". New Edition. 30 March 1985. p. 34. Possibly the Tour Book.
  7. ↑ "Mar 20, 1985, page 26 - The Houston Post at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
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