Permanent Vacation Tour

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Permanent Vacation Tour
Tour by Aerosmith
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Associated album Permanent Vacation
Start dateOctober 16, 1987 (1987-10-16)
End dateSeptember 15, 1988 (1988-09-15)
Legs5
No. of shows147
Aerosmith concert chronology
  • Done with Mirrors Tour
    (1985–1986)
  • Permanent Vacation Tour
    (1987–1988)
  • Pump Tour
    (1989–1990)

The Permanent Vacation Tour, by American hard rock band Aerosmith, lasted from October 1987 to September 1988. It supported the band's commercially successful comeback album Permanent Vacation , released in September 1987.

Contents

Background

The tour was the band's first since completing drug rehabilitation. Guns N' Roses, notorious for drug abuse at the time, was the supporting act for part of the tour, primarily during the summer of 1988. Aerosmith asked Guns to not do drugs in their presence, so they wouldn't relapse. [1] "I told those guys, 'This is my dressing room and, if you whip out the coke, I'm going to have to leave,'" Steven Tyler recalled. "That was it. Then it was printed that we banned them from drinking backstage. Never." [2]

The two bands had a similar style, musically and personality-wise, and were both on Geffen Records at the time. Upon their first meeting, the band members couldn't help but notice how much they resembled each other. [3] Guns N' Roses' video for "Paradise City" included footage from a show in which they opened for Aerosmith and Deep Purple at Giants Stadium on August 16, 1988. Duff McKagan can be seen wearing an Aerosmith T-shirt in the video.

"Thank God we got to meet some people that weren't fucked up!" remarked Guns guitarist Izzy Stradlin. "It influenced me, big-time… cos Tyler and those guys, they were always like my rock idols… When we toured with them, I'd go out to watch and they'd sound fucking amazing! I thought, We're gonna have to really pull this shit together to keep up." [4]

Extreme, Dokken and White Lion also filled opening slots on the tour.

During a show on this tour, Liv Tyler, aged 11 at the time, learned that her sister was Mia Tyler and her father was Steven Tyler. [5]

Tour dates

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DateCityCountryVenueTickets sold / availableRevenue
North America I
October 16, 1987 Binghamton United States Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
October 17, 1987 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 10,254 / 17,000$164,060
October 19, 1987 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial
October 20, 1987 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 11,955 / 12,500$203,779
October 22, 1987 Montreal Montreal Forum
October 24, 1987 Rochester United States Rochester Community War Memorial 10,718 / 10,718$166,276
October 25, 1987 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center 7,812 / 7,812$128,898
October 27, 1987 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center 15,573 / 19,000$250,956
October 28, 1987
October 30, 1987 Providence Providence Civic Center 28,350 / 28,350$467,775
October 31, 1987
November 1, 1987 Springfield Springfield Civic Center 10,227 / 10,227$165,000
November 3, 1987 New Haven New Haven Coliseum 10,165 / 10,165$162,701
November 5, 1987 Pittsburgh Civic Arena [7] 13,326 / 16,000$223,210
November 7, 1987 Lake Placid Olympic Center
November 8, 1987 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 15,122 / 16,822$263,587
November 10, 1987 Philadelphia The Spectrum 17,504 / 17,504$261,876
November 11, 1987
November 13, 1987 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena 19,436 / 20,528$315,288
November 14, 1987 Richmond Richmond Coliseum 10,407 / 12,500$150,330
November 16, 1987 Hampton Hampton Coliseum 8,730 / 13,800$128,377
November 17, 1987 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center 7,374 / 8,064$116,704
November 19, 1987 Landover Capital Centre 16,255 / 18,700$261,046
November 20, 1987 Bethlehem Stabler Arena
November 21, 1987 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
November 22, 1987 Raleigh Reynolds Coliseum
November 25, 1987 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
November 26, 1987 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 14,310 / 17,000$225,090
November 27, 1987 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens 10,205 / 10,205$155,186
November 29, 1987 Richfield Richfield Coliseum 15,577 / 18,000$250,763
November 30, 1987 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 6,045 / 7,450$95,508
December 2, 1987 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon 10,852 / 18,055$172,359
December 3, 1987 Columbus Battelle Hall
December 5, 1987Detroit Joe Louis Arena 19,409 / 19,409$339,658
December 6, 1987 Saginaw Wendler Arena 7,001 / 7,001$122,518
December 8, 1987 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
December 9, 1987 St. Louis St. Louis Arena 11,249 / 19,008$178,563
December 11, 1987 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium 9,040 / 12,000$134,633
December 12, 1987 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center 17,962 / 17,962$263,050
December 13, 1987 Madison Dane County Coliseum 8,895 / 12,000$131,628
December 27, 1987 Augusta Augusta Civic Center 7,206 / 8,225$108,328
December 28, 1987 Worcester The Centrum 33,702 / 38,312$580,000
December 30, 1987
December 31, 1987
North America II
January 16, 1988 Seattle United States Seattle Center Coliseum 13,768 / 13,768$240,940
January 18, 1988 Pullman Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum 5,694 / 6,500$93,951
January 20, 1988 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum 12,778 / 14,000$190,212
January 21, 1988 Portland United States Memorial Coliseum 8,772 / 12,000$134,738
January 23, 1988 Reno Lawlor Events Center 6,456 / 7,500$109,752
January 24, 1988 Sacramento ARCO Arena 8,722 / 10,000$152,635
January 26, 1988 Fresno Selland Arena 7,207 / 10,748$118,916
January 27, 1988 Inglewood The Forum 14,728 / 14,728$243,950
January 29, 1988 Daly City Cow Palace
January 30, 1988 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
February 1, 1988 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 11,713 / 11,713$197,085
February 2, 1988 Paradise Thomas & Mack Center 7,299 / 12,432$117,266
February 4, 1988 Long Beach Long Beach Arena 26,124 / 26,124$439,058
February 6, 1988
February 7, 1988 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,000 / 14,000$226,291
February 8, 1988 Tucson Tucson Community Center 9,111 / 9,111$134,190
February 10, 1988 El Paso The Special Events Center 7,075 / 8,268$105,013
February 12, 1988 Austin Frank Erwin Center 8,870 / 13,251$138,193
February 13, 1988 Dallas Reunion Arena 15,354 / 15,965$255,483
February 15, 1988 Houston The Summit 10,829 / 12,061$178,605
February 16, 1988 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum
February 18, 1988 Tulsa Tulsa Convention Center 8,358 / 8,992$135,523
February 19, 1988 Kansas City Kemper Arena 14,756 / 16,935$238,177
February 21, 1988 Carbondale SIU Arena
February 22, 1988 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center 10,000 / 10,000$159,207
February 24, 1988 Valley Center Kansas Coliseum 8,493 / 8,493$133,997
February 25, 1988 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center 8,268 / 15,291$136,973
February 27, 1988 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 10,000 / 10,000$160,000
February 28, 1988 New Orleans Lakefront Arena 8,768 / 8,768$139,105
North America III
March 21, 1988 Roanoke United States Roanoke Civic Center 6,889 / 11,000$99,397
March 23, 1988 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 6,534 / 15,780$101,029
March 25, 1988 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 11,294 / 11,900$186,351
March 26, 1988 Columbia Carolina Coliseum 6,897 / 12,456$104,560
March 28, 1988 Savannah Savannah Civic Center 6,225 / 8,532$97,235
March 31, 1988 Knoxville James White Civic Coliseum 7,319 / 7,319$112,712
April 1, 1988 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium 9,900 / 9,900$154,496
April 2, 1988 Little Rock Barton Coliseum 9,911 / 9,911$158,576
April 5, 1988 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 9,061 / 12,035$135,984
April 6, 1988 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum 10,200 / 10,200$145,995
April 8, 1988 Atlanta Omni Coliseum 14,118 / 15,291$247,065
April 9, 1988 Birmingham Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center 14,309 / 14,309$236,099
April 11, 1988 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center 8,446 / 10,000$135,136
April 12, 1988 Chattanooga UTC Arena 5,479 / 11,648$87,252
April 14, 1988 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum 9,240 / 9,240$139,755
April 15, 1988 Tallahassee Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center 8,128 / 10,004$117,570
April 16, 1988 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum 8,765 / 11,676$127,650
April 17, 1988 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium 11,193 / 12,937$161,130
April 20, 1988 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center 9,310 / 10,000$134,535
April 22, 1988 North Fort Myers Lee County Civic Center
April 29, 1988 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center 9,070 / 9,070$145,514
April 30, 1988 Louisville Freedom Hall 11,000 / 19,293$172,266
May 2, 1988 Trotwood Hara Arena 8,000 / 8,000$131,093
May 3, 1988 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium 9,036 / 12,000$318,831
May 5, 1988 Peoria Peoria Civic Center 8,069 / 9,667$127,562
May 6, 1988 Rochester Mayo Civic Center 7,012 / 7,012$102,123
May 8, 1988 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Arena 9,612 / 12,443$161,980
May 9, 1988 Regina Agridome 4,702 / 8,770$161,980
May 11, 1988 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place 5,185 / 9,914$65,777
May 12, 1988 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
May 14, 1988 Calgary Olympic Saddledome 10,197 / 17,305$155,140
May 17, 1988 Boise United States BSU Pavilion 6,206 / 9,150$89,094
May 18, 1988 Salt Lake City Salt Palace 10,577 / 12,100$166,588
May 20, 1988 Denver McNichols Sports Arena 8,361 / 18,000$150,619
May 21, 1988 Pueblo Colorado State Fair 8,227 / 12,000$132,645
May 22, 1988 Albquerque Tingley Coliseum 6,747 / 10,000$112,910
Asia
June 17, 1988 Nagoya JapanNagoya-Shi Kokaido
June 20, 1988 Osaka Osaka Castle Hall
June 21, 1988Tokyo Nippon Budokan
June 23, 1988
June 24, 1988
June 26, 1988 Yokohama Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
North America IV
July 2, 1988 Honolulu United States Neal S. Blaisdell Arena [8] 13,313 / 17,442$231,618
July 3, 1988
July 17, 1988 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater 23,674 / 25,202$348,714
July 19, 1988RichfieldRichfield Coliseum17,819 / 19,410$303,835
July 20, 1988 Wheeling Wheeling Civic Center
July 22, 1988 Cape Girardeau Show Me Center
July 24, 1988Dallas Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre 14,440 / 14,440$204,668
July 26, 1988 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater 13,374 / 15,999$224,037
July 27, 1988 Ames Hilton Coliseum 12,107 / 15,000
July 29, 1988 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre 19,473 / 34,000
July 30, 1988 Mears Val Du Lakes Amphitheatre
August 1, 1988Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
August 2, 1988IndianapolisMarket Square Arena16,800 / 16,800$254,022
August 4, 1988PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum35,730 / 35,730$569,525
August 5, 1988
August 6, 1988 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center 19,455 / 19,455$347,254
August 7, 1988 Middletown Orange County Fairgrounds 15,645 / 15,645$246,028
August 9, 1988 Weedsport Cayuga County Fair Speedway
August 11, 1988 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre 44,153 / 44,153$790,165
August 12, 1988
August 13, 1988
August 16, 1988East Rutherford Giants Stadium 55,799 / 63,000$1,224,292
August 17, 1988 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 16,516 / 16,516$265,550
August 19, 1988PortlandCumberland County Civic Center
August 21, 1988TorontoCanada Exhibition Stadium 18,000 / 25,000$356,421
August 22, 1988 Ottawa Lansdowne Park
August 24, 1988 Mansfield United States Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts 45,780 / 45,780$794,606
August 25, 1988
August 26, 1988
August 28, 1988 Thornville Buckeye Lake Music Center 19,137 / 30,000$351,094
August 30, 1988 Plains Township Pocono Downs 22,869 / 22,869$444,851
August 31, 1988PittsburghCivic Arena16,658 / 16,658$292,503
September 2, 1988 Antioch Starwood Amphitheatre 16,750 / 16,750$253,194
September 3, 1988St. LouisSt. Louis Arena16,392 / 16,392$281,015
September 8, 1988 Concord Concord Pavilion
September 9, 1988Sacramento California Exposition & State Fair 12,200 / 12,200$225,700
September 10, 1988 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 20,000 / 20,000$343,634
September 12, 1988 Chanler Compton Terrace 22,827 / 22,827$365,861
September 14, 1988 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre 37,528 / 37,528$670,030
September 15, 1988

Setlist

The band consistently played six tracks from Permanent Vacation: the major singles "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Angel", and "Rag Doll", as well as the rock radio hit "Hangman Jury", the rocking title track, and the Beatles cover "I'm Down". The band also played numerous songs from their classic 1973–1982 era. A typical setlist would be this:

  1. "Toys in the Attic"
  2. "Same Old Song and Dance
  3. "Big Ten Inch Record"
  4. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
  5. "Lightning Strikes"
  6. "Rag Doll"
  7. "Hangman Jury"
  8. "Permanent Vacation"
  9. "Angel"
  10. "Back in the Saddle"
  11. "Last Child"
  12. "Draw the Line"
  13. "Rats in the Cellar"
  14. "One Way Street"
  15. "Dream On"
  16. "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
  17. "Sweet Emotion"
  18. "I'm Down"
  19. "Walk This Way"

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