To the Extreme World Tour

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To the Extreme World Tour
Tour by Vanilla Ice
Associated album To the Extreme
Start dateJanuary 16, 1991
End dateAugust 1, 1992
Legs3
No. of shows74

To the Extreme World Tour was the first headlining tour by American recording artist Vanilla Ice to promote his album To the Extreme . The tour consisted of three legs, starting on January 16, 1991 at Louisville and ending in Mexico City on August 1, 1992. On this tour, Vanilla Ice performed in arenas and theaters across the world including Australia, Latin America, North America and Europe. [1] Despite the mixed reviews by the critics several shows were reported as sold out by the local media. The Party and Riff were selected as the opening act of some United States and Canada concerts until March 31, 1991. [2] On March 6, 1991, he released Extremely Live with material recorded at Miami, Cleveland, Kissimee, Columbus and Tampa concerts.

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Reception

Critical reception

The reception of the tour was lukewarm. The Washington Post gave negative review to Ice stage performance comparing him to MC Hammer stating "while Hammer is acrobatic and tireless in concert, Ice was inelastic and tiresome" however praised the 3-D effects during the concert and the live instruments such as drums and saxophone that "helped spruce up the otherwise generic-sounding "Hooked" and "I Love You." [3] In other hand, The Evening Sun gave a mixed review to the March 31, 1991 concert at Baltimore titled "Maybe, Ice wasn't nice, but he wasn't all bad, either". [4]

Commercial reception

Most of the venues booked had a capacity between 2,500 to 10,000 seats and some were reported sold out. Around 3,200 were reported at Ottawa and Oklahoma concert. [5] [6] The concert at the Beacon Theater in New York was reported sold out. [7] The concert in Ontario, Canada was also reported sold out packed with 5,500 fans. [8] The Toronto Concert at the Auditorium de Verdun was reported sold out. [9]

The concert of August 31, 1991 in Duluth, Minnesota, at the 2,500-seat Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Auditorium was abruptly canceled, while promoters claimed that they couldn't accommodate the roadshow's huge set, media reported that only 900 tickets were sold. [10] In Auckland, New Zealand, the concert was cancelled due to poor tickets sales, however, an extra show was added in Melbourne, Australia due to the high demand. [11] Ice also visited Sydney, Perth and Adelaide. [1]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
January 16, 1991 Louisville United States Louisville Gardens
January 17, 1991 Columbus Veterans Memorial Auditorium
January 18, 1991 Pittsburgh Syria Mosque
January 19, 1991 Cleveland Cleveland Music Hall
January 20, 1991 Fairfax Patriot Center
January 24, 1991 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Auditorium
January 25, 1991 St. Louis American Theater
January 26, 1991 [12] Omaha Omaha Music Hall
January 27, 1991 Tulsa Brady Theatre
January 30, 1991 Chicago Riviera Theatre
January 31, 1991 Royal Oak Royal Oak Music Theatre
February 1, 1991 Indianapolis Murat Theatre
February 2, 1991 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
February 3, 1991 Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre
February 6, 1991 New York Beacon Theatre
February 7, 1991 Philadelphia Tower Theatre
February 8, 1991 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
February 9, 1991 Charleston King Street Palace
February 10, 1991 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
February 12, 1991 Nashville Tennessee Performing Arts Center
February 13, 1991 Chattanooga UTC Arena
February 14, 1991 Atlanta Atlanta Civic Center
February 15, 1991 Birmingham Boutwell Auditorium
February 16, 1991 New Orleans Lakefront Arena
February 17, 1991 Little Rock Robinson Center Music Hall
February 20, 1991 Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall
February 21, 1991 [13] San Antonio San Antonio Municipal Auditorium
February 22, 1991 Austin Long Center for the Performing Arts
February 23, 1991 [14] Dallas Fair Park Coliseum
February 24, 1991 Houston The Summit
February 27, 1991 Miami James L. Knight Center
February 28, 1991 Tampa USF Sun Dome
March 1, 1991 [15] Kissimmee Tupperware Center Theatre and Convention Complex
March 3, 1991 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Auditorium
March 7, 1991 Buffalo Shea's Performing Arts Center
March 13, 1991 Albany Palace Theatre
March 14, 1991 [16] Providence Providence Performing Arts Center
March 15, 1991 Springfield Paramount Theatre
March 16, 1991 [a] Daytona Beach Daytona Beach Bandshell
March 18, 1991 [17] Boston Orpheum Theatre
March 20, 1991 [18] Montreal Canada Auditorium de Verdun
March 22, 1991 [19] Toronto Congress Theatre
March 23, 1991 [20] Ottawa Civic Centre
March 29, 1991 Marietta United States Marietta College
March 31, 1991 Baltimore Baltimore Arena
April 11, 1991 Hershey Hersheypark Arena
Europe
June 22, 1991 London United Kingdom Wembley Arena
North America
June 25, 1991 Mexico City Mexico Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
June 26, 1991 Guadalajara Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progreso
Europe
July 3, 1991 Munich Germany Circus Krone
July 4, 1991 Düsseldorf Philipshalle
July 5, 1991 Berlin Deutschalandhalle
July 6, 1991 [b] Hamburg Stadtpak Freilchtbuhe
July 7, 1991 Frankfurt Festhalle
July 8, 1991 Dubendorf SwitzerlandSporthalle im Chreis
July 16, 1991 Genova Italy Palazzo dello Sport
July 19, 1991 Brussels Belgium Forest National
July 20, 1991 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy
North America
August 23, 1991 [8] Ottawa Canada Lansdowne Park
August 24, 1991 [21]
August 26, 1991 [22] [23] Detroit United States Joe Louis Arena
August 31, 1991 Grand Forks Chester Fritz Auditorium
September 6, 1991 Santa Clarita Magic Mountain Showcase Theatre
September 7, 1991 Santa Clara Great America
September 10, 1991 [24] Puyallup Washington State Fair
September 11, 1991
Latin America and Asia
September 23, 1991 [25] Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Stadium Negara
September 25, 1991 [26] Manila Philippines Aranata Coliseum
September 30, 1991 [27] Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
December 31, 1991 Grand Cayman Cayman IslandsTreasure Island Resort Beach
February 20, 1992 Lima Peru Coliseo Eduardo Dibós
February 27, 1992 [28] Buenos Aires Argentina Teatro Gran Rex
February 28, 1992
May 30, 1992 Santo Domingo Dominican RepublicRenaissance Jaragua Hotel & Casino
July 2, 1992 Izmir TurkeyÇeşme Açıkhava Tiyatrosu
July 29, 1992 Acapulco MexicoMundo Imperial Forum
July 30, 1992 Puebla Estadio de béisbol Hermanos Serdán
July 31, 1992 Mexico CIty Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
August 1, 1992

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
March 24, 1991OntarioCanadaWaterloo nightclubUnknown [29]
August 22, 1991TorontoOntario Place ForumLogistic Issues [30]
August 30, 1991DuluthUnited StatesDuluth Entertainment Convention Center AuditoriumLogistic Issues [31]
September 21, 1991AucklandNew ZealandPoor Tickets Sales [11]

Notes

  1. ↑ MTV Spring Break
  2. ↑ The concert of july 6, 1991 Stadtpark Open Air 1991

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