Slippery When Wet Tour

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Slippery When Wet Tour
Tour by Bon Jovi
Start date July 14, 1986
End date October 17, 1987
Bon Jovi concert chronology

The Slippery When Wet Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Bon Jovi that ran from 1986 through to 1987. The tour was put on in support of the band's multi-platinum 1986 album Slippery When Wet. The tour was the first major worldwide tour for the band, visiting places such as Australia and Canada for the first time.

Personnel

Support Acts

The major support act for the Slippery When Wet tour was Cinderella. They played at the majority of the shows during the North American leg of the tour. In mainland Europe, heavy metal band Queensrÿche was the support act. For the UK leg of the tour, support came from the British band FM on all dates except for the last three[1] for which Queensrÿche was the support act. Judas Priest actually headlined over the band during the first leg in Canada. Monsters of Rock 1986 in Germany: Warlock, Michael Schenker Group, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions (Headliner).

Setlist

The setlist of the tour varied between shows and countries. An average of 16 to 18 songs were played at each show. This is a set list from the show at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri, United States which was also popular throughout the Tour:

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
North America (Supporting Judas Priest)
July 14, 1986 Vancouver Canada Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum N/A N/A
July 16, 1986 Calgary Olympic Saddledome
July 17, 1986 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
July 19, 1986 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
July 22, 1986 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
July 23, 1986 Montreal Montreal Forum
July 24, 1986 Quebec City Quebec City Coliseum
July 25, 1986 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
Asia
August 11, 1986 Nagoya Japan Aichi Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan N/A N/A
August 12, 1986 Fukuoka Fukuoka San Paresu
August 13, 1986 Osaka Fesutibaru Hōru
August 14, 1986
August 16, 1986 Kobe Kobe Kokusai Kaikan
August 18, 1986 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
August 20, 1986 Yokohama Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
August 21, 1986 Sendai Miyagi-Ken Kōkaidō
August 23, 1986 Aomori Aomori Shimin Bunka Hōru
August 25, 1986 Sapporo Hokkaido Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
Europe
August 30, 1986 Nuremberg West Germany Zeppelinfeld (Monsters Of Rock '86) N/A N/A
August 31, 1986 Mannheim Maimarktgelände (Monsters Of Rock '86)
North America (Supporting 38 Special)[2]
September 9, 1986 Binghamton United States Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena 6,936 / 7,200 $92,499
September 12, 1986 East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena 14,028 / 17,200 $209,760
September 13, 1986 Mansfield Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts 11,342 / 15,000 $160,628
September 14, 1986 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center 5,787 / 7,200 $81,978
September 19, 1986 Philadelphia Spectrum 9,349 / 12,742 $126,616
September 21, 1986 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 9,530 / 12,000 $142,950
September 23, 1986 Cullowhee Ramsey Center N/A N/A
September 26, 1986 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 12,443 / 12,443 $180,424
September 27, 1986 Atlanta The Omni 14,555 / 14,555 $222,825
September 28, 1986 Pelham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 7,858 / 7,858 $106,755
October 1, 1986 Columbia Hearnes Center N/A N/A
October 3, 1986 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 11,544 / 11,544 $155,142
October 4, 1986 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium 13,600 / 13,600 $190,400
October 5, 1986 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 11,000 / 11,000 $150,156
October 7, 1986 Pittsburgh Civic Arena N/A N/A
October 8, 1986 Dayton Hara Arena 8,000 / 8,000 $112,000
October 10, 1986 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center 10,000 / 10,000 $141,578
October 11, 1986 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium 12,000 / 12,000 $160,458
October 12, 1986 Bloomington Met Center 11,849 / 12,500 $166,640
October 17, 1986 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium 9,900 / 9,900 $143,550
October 18, 1986 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 11,511 / 11,511 $166,910
October 28, 1986 New Orleans Lakefront Arena N/A N/A
October 30, 1986 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center
October 31, 1986 Houston The Summit
November 1, 1986 Dallas Reunion Arena
Europe
November 7, 1986 Bradford United Kingdom St George's Hall N/A N/A
November 9, 1986 Ipswich Gaumont Theatre
November 10, 1986 Sheffield Sheffield City Hall
November 11, 1986 Birmingham Odeon Theatre
November 12, 1986 Edinburgh Edinburgh Playhouse
November 14, 1986 Manchester Manchester Apollo
November 15, 1986 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
November 17, 1986 London Hammersmith Odeon
November 18, 1986
November 20, 1986 Liverpool Royal Court Theatre
November 21, 1986 Hanley Victoria Hall
November 23, 1986 Leicester De Montfort Hall
November 24, 1986 London Hammersmith Odeon
November 25, 1986
November 27, 1986 Arnhem Netherlands Rijnhal
November 28, 1986 Paris France Le Zénith de Paris
November 29, 1986 Luzern Switzerland Festhalle Allmend
November 30, 1986 Würzburg West Germany Carl-Diem-Halle
December 2, 1986 Dortmund Westfalenhallen
December 3, 1986 Hanover Eilenriedehalle
December 4, 1986 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Center
December 6, 1986 Stockholm Sweden Johanneshovs Isstadion
December 8, 1986 Helsinki Finland Helsingin Jäähalli
North America[3]
December 19, 1986 Bethlehem United States Stabler Arena 11,359 / 12,236 $173,370
December 20, 1986
December 21, 1986 Johnstown Cambria County War Memorial Arena 7,000 / 7,000 $96,250
December 26, 1986 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center 9,500 / 9,500 $137,750
December 27, 1986 Worcester Centrum in Worcester 12,236 / 12,236 $167,946
December 29, 1986 Baltimore Baltimore Arena 13,525 / 13,641 $200,550
December 30, 1986 New Haven New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum N/A N/A
December 31, 1986 East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena 18,534 / 18,534 $293,130
January 2, 1987 Hershey Hersheypark Arena 7,653 / 7,653 $94,245
January 3, 1987 Kingston Kingston Armory N/A N/A
January 4, 1987 Utica Utica Memorial Auditorium N/A N/A
January 9, 1987 Denver McNichols Sports Arena 16,995 / 16,995 $249,621
January 10, 1987 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum N/A N/A
January 11, 1987 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum 8,000 / 8,000 $115,880
January 13, 1987 Tucson Tucson Convention Center 9,562 / 9,562 $129,125
January 14, 1987 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,002 / 16,002 $224,028
January 16, 1987 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 13,675 / 13,675 $198,240
January 18, 1987 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center 9,514 / 11,845 $141,645
January 19, 1987 San Bernardino National Orange Showgrounds 6,500 / 6,500 $36,058
January 20, 1987 Fresno Fresno Convention Center 9,085 / 9,085 $122,097
January 21, 1987 Long Beach Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center 13,783 / 13,783 $218,729
January 23, 1987 Reno Lawlor Events Center 9,567 / 9,567 $148,289
January 24, 1987 Daly City Cow Palace 14,500 / 14,500 $239,250
January 26, 1987 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum 26,315 / 26,315 $421,020
January 27, 1987
January 31, 1987 Tyler The Oil Palace N/A N/A
February 2, 1987 Dallas Reunion Arena 17,798 / 17,798 $248,308
February 3, 1987 Corpus Christi Bayfront Plaza Convention Center 5,088 / 5,088 $71,451
February 4, 1987 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center 12,622 / 12,622 $178,950
February 6, 1987 Lake Charles Lake Charles Civic Center 8,000 / 8,000 $116,000
February 7, 1987 Houston The Summit 14,979 / 14,979 $212,549
February 8, 1987 Austin Frank Erwin Center 16,069 / 16,069 $251,664
February 10, 1987 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 10,000 / 10,000 $145,000
February 11, 1987 Starkville Humphrey Coliseum N/A N/A
February 12, 1987 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum 15,090 / 15,090 $218,836
February 14, 1987 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium 13,154 / 13,154 $184,156
February 15, 1987 St. Petersburg Bayfront Center 8,600 / 8,600 $129,000
February 17, 1987 Fort Myers Lee County Civic Center 9,219 / 9,219 $138,014
February 18, 1987 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,676 / 11,676 $173,145
February 21, 1987 San Juan Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium N/A N/A
February 24, 1987 Oklahoma City United States Myriad Convention Center 14,450 / 14,450 $216,750
February 26, 1987 Kansas City Kemper Arena 16,748 / 16,748 $255,533
February 27, 1987 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium 10,522 / 10,522 $152,700
February 28, 1987 Little Rock Barton Coliseum 10,000 / 10,000 $150,000
March 1, 1987 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum N/A N/A
March 2, 1987 Starkville Humphrey Coliseum N/A N/A
March 2, 1987 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 15,740 / 15,740 $228,230
March 4, 1987 Chicago Chicago Pavilion 18,704 / 18,704 $295,552
March 5, 1987
March 6, 1987 Rochester Mayo Civic Center 7,490 / 7,490 $116,095
March 8, 1987 Milwaukee MECCA Arena 10,910 / 10,910 $165,540
March 10, 1987 Detroit Cobo Arena 23,998 / 23,998 $395,967
March 11, 1987
March 12, 1987 Indianapolis Market Square Arena N/A N/A
March 14, 1987 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre N/A N/A
March 18, 1987 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens 20,410 / 20,410 $300,510
March 19, 1987
March 20, 1987 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center N/A N/A
March 21, 1987 Lexington Rupp Arena 22,283 / 22,283 $334,245
March 23, 1987 Atlanta The Omni 31,663/ 31,663 $490,777
March 24, 1987
March 25, 1987 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 12,900 / 12,900 $189,915
March 27, 1987 Pittsburgh Civic Arena 16,282 / 16,282 $224,455
March 28, 1987 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium N/A N/A
March 30, 1987 Richfield Township Richfield Coliseum 18,066 / 18,066 $270,990
March 31, 1987 Huntington Huntington Civic Center 10,791 / 10,791 $161,865
April 2, 1987 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spectrum N/A N/A
April 3, 1987 Hartford Hartford Civic Center N/A N/A
April 4, 1987 Philadelphia Spectrum 34,340 / 34,340 $466,550
April 5, 1987
April 7, 1987 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 18,189 / 18,189 $229,634
April 9, 1987 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena 7,200 / 7,200 $101,674
April 10, 1987 Troy RPI Field House 7,635 / 7,635 $111,862
April 11, 1987 Springfield Springfield Civic Center N/A N/A
April 13, 1987 Landover Capital Centre 17,787 / 17,787 $293,496
April 15, 1987 Philadelphia Spectrum 34,340 / 34,340 $466,550
April 16, 1987
May 1, 1987 Providence Providence Civic Center 25,664 / 25,664 $416,666
May 2, 1987
May 3, 1987 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial N/A N/A
May 5, 1987 Pittsburgh Civic Arena 16,553 / 16,553 $248,441
May 6, 1987 Richfield Township Richfield Coliseum N/A N/A
May 8, 1987 Richmond Richmond Coliseum 12,500 / 12,500 $178,536
May 9, 1987 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 14,928 / 15,000 $238,848
May 10, 1987 Hampton Hampton Coliseum 13,800 / 13,800 $199,070
May 12, 1987 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center 9,891 / 9,891 $148,365
May 13, 1987 Knoxville Stokely Athletic Center 11,991 / 11,991 $194,852
May 14, 1987 Birmingham Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center 17,220 / 17,220 $258,300
May 16, 1987 Nashville Starwood Amphitheatre N/A N/A
May 17, 1987 Des Moines Iowa State Fairgrounds Grandstand (Iowa Jam '87) 29,097 $516,165
May 18, 1987 St. Louis St. Louis Arena 18,423 / 18,423 $281,232
May 20, 1987 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum N/A N/A
May 21, 1987 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 15,732 / 15,732 $228,132
May 22, 1987 Louisville Freedom Hall 15,642 / 19,104 $242,451
May 24, 1987 Thornville Buckeye Lake Music Center 42,500 / 42,500 $680,000
May 26, 1987 Detroit Joe Louis Arena N/A N/A
May 27, 1987
May 28, 1987
May 29, 1987 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium 13,140 /13,140 $203,745
May 30, 1987 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon 31,335 / 31,335 $548,363
May 31, 1987
June 5, 1987 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre 9,133 / 9,133 $141,562
June 6, 1987 Bloomington Met Center 33,719 / 33,719 $546,678
June 7, 1987
June 9, 1987 Peoria Peoria Civic Center 10,875 / 10,875 $168,563
June 10, 1987 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center 10,000 / 10,000 $155,000
June 11, 1987 Kansas City Kemper Arena 16,417 / 16,417 $249,349
June 13, 1987 Casper Casper Events Center 10,424 / 10,424 $155,260
June 14, 1987 Denver McNichols Sports Arena 25,384 / 29,000 $422,959
June 15, 1987
June 17, 1987 Salt Lake City Salt Palace N/A N/A
June 18, 1987
June 20, 1987 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre 45,000 / 45,000 $716,005
June 21, 1987
June 22, 1987
June 25, 1987 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre N/A N/A
June 26, 1987
June 27, 1987
June 29, 1987 Portland Memorial Coliseum Complex 23,514 / 23,514 $376,224
June 30, 1987
July 2, 1987 Vancouver Canada British Columbia Place N/A N/A
July 3, 1987 Akron United States Rubber Bowl N/A N/A
July 4, 1987 Calgary Canada Olympic Saddledome 16,530 / 16,530 $254,672
July 10, 1987 East Troy United States Alpine Valley Music Theatre 30,892 / 30,892 $467,417
July 12, 1987 Toronto Canada Canadian National Exhibition 22,788 / 22,788 $381,881
July 14, 1987 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre N/A N/A
July 15, 1987 Quebec City Quebec City Coliseum
July 16, 1987 Montreal Montreal Forum
July 18, 1987 Pittsburgh United States Civic Arena 16,501 / 16,501 $247,650
July 21, 1987 Landover Capital Centre 33,593 / 34,490 $554,285
July 22, 1987
July 23, 1987 Hershey Hersheypark Arena N/A N/A
July 25, 1987 Erie Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium 15,608 / 15,608 $249,728
July 27, 1987 Mansfield Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts 45,000 / 45,000 $702,948
July 28, 1987
July 29, 1987
August 1, 1987 New York City Madison Square Garden N/A N/A
August 2, 1987
August 3, 1987
August 6, 1987 East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena 38,284 / 41,056 $684,696
August 7, 1987
August 9, 1987 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,547 / 16,547 $304,050
Europe
August 22, 1987 Castle Donington United Kingdom Donington Park (Monsters of Rock '87) N/A N/A
Oceania[4]
September 5, 1987 Melbourne Australia Melbourne Entertainment Centre N/A N/A
September 6, 1987
September 7, 1987
September 9, 1987
September 10, 1987
September 12, 1987 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
September 14, 1987 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
September 15, 1987
September 16, 1987
September 17, 1987
September 18, 1987
September 19, 1987 Auckland New Zealand Western Springs Stadium
Asia
September 24, 1987 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan N/A N/A
September 25, 1987
September 28, 1987
September 29, 1987
September 30, 1987
October 1, 1987 Yokohama Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
October 3, 1987 Nagoya Nagoya-Shi Sōgō Taiikukan
October 5, 1987 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
October 6, 1987
October 7, 1987 Shizuoka Shizuoka-Shi Bunka Hōru
North America
October 15, 1987 Honolulu, HI United States Neal S. Blaisdell Center N/A N/A
October 16, 1987
October 17, 1987

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