Pretty on the Inside Tour

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Pretty on the Inside Tour
Tour by Hole
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Flyer for Toronto date at The Rivoli
Start dateJune 1991 (1991-06)
End dateDecember 22, 1991 (1991-12-22)
Hole concert chronology

The Pretty on the InsideTour was the first international concert tour by American alternative rock band Hole in promotion of their debut album, Pretty on the Inside . The tour began in the summer of 1991, and concluded in December of that year. The tour largely had Hole as a supporting act, with them performing as an opener for Mudhoney's European tour, as well as The Smashing Pumpkins in the United States.

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Overview

In anticipation of the release of Hole's debut studio album, Pretty on the Inside (1991), the group embarked on an international concert tour in promotion of the record. The tour began in July 1991 in Los Angeles. [1] For the first European leg of the tour, Hole was a supporting act for Mudhoney. [2] The band returned to North America in the fall and toured in the United States and Canada before returning to Europe in November 1991.

The band opened for Nirvana at several European dates, including in Ghent, Belgium [3] and Nijmegen, Netherlands. [4] During this time, frontwoman Courtney Love became romantically involved with Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain; [5] [6] the two had previously been acquainted in May 1991. [7]

The band returned to the United States in mid-December 1991, appearing as a supporting act for the West Coast tour of The Smashing Pumpkins, supporting their debut album, Gish . [8] [9]

Reception

Sam Batra of The Guardian wrote of the band's London date in December 1991: "There's no pretending that [Love] is in control. This is the sound of living on the edge and consequently working it out in splurges of furious noise seems to be the only articulation that has any authenticity," adding that "it's as if every flurry of noise unravels itself, breaks down as it struggles within the confines of a genre that is predominately male. Hole will burn themselves out. See them before they lose it willfully." [10] Adam Sweeting, reviewing the University of London Union performance, noted that the band's songs seem to be "teetering on the edge of collapse, [while] Love pouts, whispers, and shrieks...  the volume of the voice is startling." [11] Richard Cromelin of the Los Angeles Times observed of the band's supporting performance at a Los Angeles Smashing Pumpkins concert that the crowd "didn’t take to Courtney Love’s powerful howls of anguish." [9] At the end of the show, Love "ordered the band to a halt and hurled her guitar to the ground," after which guitarist Eric Erlandson demolished his guitar by smashing it against the floor. [9]

Other acts

Supporting

Supported

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueRef.
North America
June 23, 1991 Los Angeles United States Hollywood Palladium [13]
June 28, 1991 Seattle The Off Ramp
June 29, 1991 Vancouver CanadaThe Cruel Elephant
July 1, 1991 Calgary Republik
July 4, 1991 Minneapolis United StatesUptown Bar
July 5, 1991 Madison O’Cayz Corral [14]
July 6, 1991 Chicago Avalon Niteclub
July 7, 1991Los Angeles Jabberjaw [1]
July 8, 1991 Kalamazoo Club Soda
July 11, 1991 Montreal Canada Les Foufounes Électriques [12]
July 12, 1991 Boston United States The Rathskeller
July 15, 1991 New York City CBGB [15]
July 18, 1991 Philadelphia Khyber Pass
July 19, 1991 Hoboken Maxwell's [16]
July 20, 1991 Washington, D.C. The 9:30 Club
July 22, 1991 Richmond Twisters [17]
July 23, 1991 Charlotte Milestone Club
July 24, 1991 Athens 40 Watt Club
July 25, 1991 Atlanta The Masquerade
July 31, 1991 Austin The Cannibal Club
August 1, 1991 Dallas Trees
Europe
August 9, 1991 Windsor EnglandThe Old Trout Pub [2]
August 11, 1991 London Astoria Theatre [18]
August 12, 1991 [2]
August 13, 1991 Brighton The Zap [19]
August 14, 1991 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall [2]
August 15, 1991 Newcastle upon Tyne Riverside [2]
August 16, 1991 Glasgow Scotland Queen Margaret Union [20]
August 18, 1991 Manchester EnglandInternational II [2]
August 19, 1991 Bristol Bierkeller Theatre [2]
August 20, 1991 Sheffield The Leadmill [2]
August 21, 1991 Birmingham Goldwyns [2]
August 22, 1991LondonNew Cross Venue [2]
North America
October 25, 1991Los AngelesUnited States The Palace [21]
October 27, 1991
October 29, 1991 Chicago Un­known
October 30, 1991KalamazooClub Soda [22]
November 1, 1991 Toronto Canada The Rivoli [23]
November 6, 1991 Cambridge United StatesTower Records
November 7, 1991BostonThe Rathskeller
November 8, 1991New York CityCBGB
November 9, 1991PhiladelphiaKhyber Pass [24]
November 11, 1991 Carrboro Cat's Cradle
November 15, 1991Austin Emo's [25]
Europe
November 21, 1991LondonEngland The Underworld [26]
November 23, 1991 Ghent BelgiumVooruit Concertzaal [3]
November 24, 1991 Nijmegen NetherlandsDoornroosje [4]
November 25, 1991 Nancy FranceBar La Plage
November 26, 1991 Paris La Cigale
November 27, 1991 Villeurbanne Transbordeur
November 28, 1991 Mezzago Italy Bloom
December 2, 1991 Frankfurt GermanyCooky's [27]
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December 3, 1991 Berlin The Loft
December 4, 1991 Cologne Rose Club
December 4, 1991 Hamburg Markthalle
December 6, 1991 Groningen NetherlandsVera [28]
December 7, 1991 Utrecht Tivoli
December 8, 1991 Amsterdam Melkweg [29]
December 10, 1991 Newport WalesTJ's [5]
December 11, 1991 Exeter EnglandLemongrove [30]
December 12, 1991London University of London Union [11]
December 13, 1991 Leeds Duchess of York [10]
December 14, 1991GlasgowScotland The Mayfair [10]
December 15, 1991ManchesterEngland The Boardwalk [10]
North America
December 16, 1991 San Diego United StatesSound FX [8]
December 17, 1991Los Angeles Whisky a Go Go [9]
December 19, 1991 San Francisco I-Beam
December 20, 1991 Sacramento Cattle Club [31]
December 22, 1991 Portland The Underground [32]

Notes

  1. ↑ Two further shows were scheduled in Germany on December 20 and 21, 1991, in Dortmund and Bremen, respectively, but were cancelled.

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