Right Here Right Now Tour

Right Here Right Now Tour

Tour by Van Halen
Start date	April 1, 1993
End date	August 28, 1993
Legs	2
No. of shows	60
Van Halen concert chronology
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour (1991–1992) Right Here Right Now Tour (1993) Balance Tour (1995)

The Right Here Right Now Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Van Halen in support of their live double album and the accompanying video Live: Right Here, Right Now .

Background

Following a European tour in support of the live album's release, the band went out on a summer-long tour in North America. ^[1] Approximately 31 of its 41 shows were sold out, and was in support of the anti-hunger organization USA Harvest. ^[2] Groton had the only show not sold out by the end of the tour, as the state at the time had a shaky economy. ^[3] The Groton show was almost cancelled because of a thunderstorm, but the band continued to perform, despite the danger. ^[4]

The tour was the shortest ever promotion undertaken by the band, if previous tours that were promoting the same album were combined and the 2007 reunion tour's lack of actual promotion are taken into account. This was possibly since all the other tours were in promotion of albums of new material to advertise. This made for a more varied setlist than any previous tour and was the band's only 'greatest hits' tour until the 2004 and 2007 reunion tours.

Reception

The tour was met with positive reviews, with the Detroit Free Press stating that the concerts were "blessedly devoid of the usual hard rock glitz and gimmickry" while Cleveland Plain Dealer had said that the band consistently delivered one of the most energetic and entertaining rock 'n' roll shows. ^[1]

Scott Iwasaki, a staff writer from the Deseret News gave the performance in Park City a positive review. He opened his statement, saying that rock 'n' roll was meant to be played live when the band pushed the "arena sound" into heavy metal while performing to an audience of 14,000 that were singing along and full of adrenaline and enthusiasm. He praised the dynamics of the songs, which were noted as magical and energetic, as well as acknowledging the individual solo acts done by the band members. He claimed that Anthony had performed a powerful bass solo, pushing his bass guitar to the limits while the notes rumbled throughout. He also added on Alex Van Halen's drum solo, who he stated had plastered his drum set with neck-breaking speed and precision, with each hit of the snare and roll of the toms shaking the venue, with cheers from the audience when he performed a latin-rhythm interlude to prevent his solo from being drawn out. ^[5]

Setlists

Europe "Poundcake" "Judgement Day" "Runaround" "When It's Love" "There's Only One Way To Rock" "Bass Solo" "Pleasure Dome" "Drum Solo" "Panama" "Right Now" "Why Can't This Be Love" "Finish What Ya Started" "Eagles Fly" "Guitar Solo" "Unchained" "5150" "Best Of Both Worlds" "Top Of The World" "Ain't Talkin Bout Love" "Jump" Encore "You Really Got Me"

North America "Mine All Mine" "Why Can't This Be Love" "Poundcake" "Judgement Day" "Panama" "Love Walks In" "Runaround" "Bass Solo" "Best Of Both Worlds" "Pleasure Dome" "Drum Solo" "Dreams" "Right Now" "Finish What Ya Started" "Give To Live" "Eagles Fly" "Top Of The World" "Guitar Solo" "Unchained" "There's Only One Way To Rock" "Ain't Talkin Bout Love" "Jump" Encore "You Really Got Me" "Rockin In The Free World"

Tour dates

Date [6]	City	Country	Venue
Europe
March 30, 1993	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
April 1, 1993	Rome	Italy	Palaghiaccio
April 2, 1993	Milan		Palatrussardi
April 4, 1993	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt
April 5, 1993	Nuremberg		Frankenhalle
April 7, 1993	Hamburg		Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
April 9, 1993	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena
April 10, 1993	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
April 11, 1993	Copenhagen	Denmark	Copenhagen Forum
April 13, 1993	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam
April 14, 1993	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Expo
April 16, 1993	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
April 17, 1993	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
April 19, 1993	Essen		Grugahalle
April 21, 1993	Paris	France	Le Zénith
April 25, 1993	Birmingham	England	National Exhibition Centre
April 27, 1993	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
April 29, 1993	London		Wembley Arena
North America
June 25, 1993	Clarkston	United States	Pine Knob Music Theatre
June 26, 1993
June 28, 1993	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
June 29, 1993	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
July 1, 1993	Barrie	Canada	Molson Park
July 3, 1993	Corfu	United States	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 4, 1993	Weedsport		Cayuga County Fair Speedway
July 6, 1993	Middletown		Orange County Fair Speedway
July 7, 1993	Groton		Thames Music Theater
July 9, 1993	Mansfield		Great Woods Performing Arts Center
July 10, 1993
July 11, 1993 [7]	Wantagh		Jones Beach Theater
July 13, 1993
July 14, 1993
July 16, 1993 [8]	Burgettstown		Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater
July 17, 1993 [9]	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 18, 1993 [9]
July 20, 1993 [10]	Charlotte		Blockbuster Pavilion
July 21, 1993	Raleigh		Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
July 23, 1993	Atlanta		Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre
July 24, 1993 [11]	Antioch		Starwood Amphitheatre
July 25, 1993	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center
July 27, 1993	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
July 28, 1993	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheatre
July 30, 1993	Tinley Park		New World Music Theatre
July 31, 1993	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 2, 1993	Thornville		Buckeye Lake Music Center
August 5, 1993	Dallas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
August 6, 1993	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 7, 1993
August 10, 1993	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 12, 1993	Oklahoma City		Oklahoma State Fairgrounds
August 14, 1993	Phoenix		Desert Sky Pavilion
August 16, 1993	Park City		Park West Amphitheater
August 18, 1993	Portland		Portland Meadows
August 20, 1993	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 21, 1993
August 22, 1993	Sacramento		Cal Expo Amphitheatre
August 24, 1993
August 27, 1993	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre
August 28, 1993

Box office score data

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

Date (1993)	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
June 25–26	Clarkston, United States	Pine Knob Music Theatre	30,506	$773,370	[12]
July 28	Maryland Heights, United States	Riverport Amphitheatre	19,996	$428,137	[13]
July 30	Tinley Park, United States	World Music Theatre	24,610	$569,075

Personnel

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

Additional musician

• Alan Fitzgerald – keyboards

References

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3. Kaplan, Karen (August 28, 1993). "Sub base may lose summer concert series". No. 58. New London, Connecticut: The Day. pp. A1, A10. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
4. Kaplan, Karen (July 8, 1993). "Van Halen storms sub base despite lightning, downpour". No. 7. New London, Connecticut: The Day. pp. A1, A8. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
5. Iwasaki, Scott (August 17, 1993). "Van Halen gives fans a shot of adrenaline". No. 64. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Deseret News. p. C10. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
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8. Morris, Scott (July 16, 1993). "Pop! Goes Van Halen". No. 180. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 4. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
9. "Regional Places To Go: Music". No. 163. Fredericksburg, Virginia: The Free Lance-Star. July 10, 1993. p. 6. Retrieved April 15, 2022. Van Halen/Vince Neil, July 17-18
10. "Entertainment Notes: Yanni, Van Halen in Charlotte". The Times-News. No. 199. Hendersonville, North Carolina. July 18, 1993. p. 6E. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
11. "Calendar: Saturday". Daily News. No. 169. Bowling Green, Kentucky. p. 12-C. Retrieved April 15, 2022. Rock group Van Halen with opening act Vince Neil will be in concert at 8 p.m. at Starwood Amphitheatre in Nashville.
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