Journeyman World Tour

Journeyman World Tour
World tour by Eric Clapton
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumJourneyman
Start dateJuly 6, 1989 (1989-07-06)
End dateMarch 9, 1991 (1991-03-09)
No. of shows165
Eric Clapton concert chronology

The Journeyman World Tour was a 2+1⁄2-year concert tour by English musician Eric Clapton that began on July 6, 1989, in The Hague and concluded on March 9, 1991, in London. The tour was Clapton's first tour following the release of his 1989 studio album Journeyman. The guitarist played a total of 165 shows throughout Europe, North America, Asia, South America and Africa.


Setlist

This set list is representative of the tour's average setlist as conducted by Setlist.fm, which represents all concerts for the duration of the tour.[1]

  1. "Pretending"
  2. "Running on Faith"
  3. "No Alibis"
  4. "I Shot the Sheriff"
  5. "White Room"
  6. "Can't Find My Way Home"
  7. "Bad Love"
  8. "Before You Accuse Me"
  9. "Old Love"
  10. "Badge"
  11. "Wonderful Tonight"
  12. "Cocaine"
  13. "Layla"
  14. "Cross Road Blues"
  15. "Sunshine of Your Love"

Personnel

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Box office
Eurasia
6 July 1989 The Hague Netherlands Statenhal —
7 July 1989
9 July 1989 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
10 July 1989
13 July 1989 Jerusalem Israel Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater —
14 July 1989 Zemach Zemach Amphitheatre
15 July 1989 Caesarea Caesarea Amphitheatre
17 July 1989
Africa
20 July 1989 Cairo Egypt Stad El Qahira El Dawly —
22 July 1989 Lobamba Eswatini Somhlolo National Stadium
23 July 1989
25 July 1989 Harare Zimbabwe International Conference Center
26 July 1989
28 July 1989 Gaborone Botswana Boipuso Hall
30 July 1989 Maputo Mozambique Estádio da Machava 40,000[2] —
Europe
14 January 1990 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre — —
15 January 1990 — —
16 January 1990 — —
18 January 1990 London Royal Albert Hall — —
19 January 1990 — —
20 January 1990 — —
22 January 1990 — —
23 January 1990 — —
24 January 1990 — —
26 January 1990 — —
27 January 1990 — —
28 January 1990 — —
30 January 1990 — —
31 January 1990 — —
1 February 1990 — —
3 February 1990 — —
4 February 1990 — —
5 February 1990 — —
8 February 1990 — —
9 February 1990 — —
10 February 1990 — —
14 February 1990 Helsinki Finland The Icehall — —
16 February 1990 Stockholm Sweden Globen Arena — —
17 February 1990 Oslo Norway Skedsmohallen — —
19 February 1990 Copenhagen Denmark K.B. Hallen — —
20 February 1990 Hamburg West Germany Sporthalle Arena — —
22 February 1990 Brussels Belgium Forest National — —
23 February 1990 Essen West Germany Grugahalle — —
24 February 1990 The Hague Netherlands Statenhal — —
26 February 1990 Milan Italy Palatrussardi — —
27 February 1990 — —
1 March 1990 Munich West Germany Olympiahalle — —
3 March 1990 Paris France Le Zénith — —
4 March 1990 — —
5 March 1990 Frankfurt West Germany Festhalle Frankfurt — —
North America
28 March 1990 Atlanta United States Omni Coliseum
30 March 1990 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
31 March 1990 Chapel Hill Dean E. Smith Center
2 April 1990 New York City Madison Square Garden
3 April 1990 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
4 April 1990 Philadelphia The Spectrum
6 April 1990 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7 April 1990 Syracuse Carrier Dome
9 April 1990 Worcester Worcester Centrum
10 April 1990
12 April 1990 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
13 April 1990
15 April 1990 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
16 April 1990 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
17 April 1990 Cleveland Richfield Coliseum
19 April 1990 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
20 April 1990 Ames Hilton Coliseum
21 April 1990 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
23 April 1990 New Orleans Lakefront Arena
24 April 1990 Houston The Summit
25 April 1990 Dallas Reunion Arena
27 April 1990 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
29 April 1990 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
30 April 1990 Tempe ASU Activity Center
1 May 1990 Inglewood Great Western Forum
3 May 1990 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
4 May 1990 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre
5 May 1990 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
21 July 1990 Miami Miami Arena
22 July 1990
23 July 1990
25 July 1990 Orlando Orlando Arena
27 July 1990 Saint Petersburg Suncoast Dome
28 July 1990 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheatre
30 July 1990 Nashville Starwood Amphitheatre
31 July 1990 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
2 August 1990 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
3 August 1990 Landover Capital Centre
4 August 1990
6 August 1990 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
7 August 1990
9 August 1990 Mansfield Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts
10 August 1990
11 August 1990
13 August 1990 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
14 August 1990 Philadelphia The Spectrum
15 August 1990
17 August 1990 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
18 August 1990
21 August 1990 Cleveland Blossom Music Center
22 August 1990 Detroit Pine Knob Pavilion
23 August 1990 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
25 August 1990 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
26 August 1990
28 August 1990 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
29 August 1990 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
31 August 1990 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena
1 September 1990 Birmingham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
2 September 1990 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
South America
29 September 1990 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional 46,000[3] —
3 October 1990 Montevideo Uruguay Estadio Centenario 50,000[4] —
5 October 1990 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio River Plate 70,000[5] —
7 October 1990 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Praça da Apoteose 40,000[6] —
9 October 1990 Brasília Ginásio Nilson Nelson —
11 October 1990 Belo Horizonte Ginásio Mineirinho 30,000[7] —
13 October 1990 Florianópolis Estádio Orlando Scarpelli 25,000[8] —
16 October 1990 Porto Alegre Ginásio Gigantinho 15,000[9] —
19 October 1990 São Paulo Olympia 5,000[10] —
20 October 1990 5,000[10] —
21 October 1990 5,000[10] —
Oceania
7 November 1990 Auckland New Zealand Supertop — —
8 November 1990 — —
10 November 1990 Canberra Australia Royal Theatre — —
12 November 1990 Adelaide Festival Theatre — —
13 November 1990 — —
15 November 1990 Melbourne National Tennis Centre — —
16 November 1990 Sydney Entertainment Centre — —
17 November 1990 — —
19 November 1990 Brisbane Entertainment Centre — —
Asia
24 November 1990 Singapore Indoor Stadium — —
26 November 1990 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Stadium Negara — —
29 November 1990 Hong Kong The Coliseum — —
4 December 1990 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan — —
5 December 1990 — —
6 December 1990 — —
9 December 1990 Yoyogi Olympic Pool — —
10 December 1990 Nagoya Rainbow Hall — —
11 December 1990 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall — —
13 December 1990 Yokohama Yokohama Arena — —
Europe
31 January 1991 Dublin Ireland The Point —
2 February 1991
5 February 1991 London England Royal Albert Hall
6 February 1991
7 February 1991
9 February 1991
10 February 1991
11 February 1991
13 February 1991
14 February 1991
15 February 1991
17 February 1991
18 February 1991
19 February 1991
23 February 1991
24 February 1991
25 February 1991
27 February 1991
28 February 1991
1 March 1991
3 March 1991
4 March 1991
5 March 1991
7 March 1991
8 March 1991
9 March 1991
TOTAL

Reception

LGN music critics liked the world tour and especially recognised Eric Clapton's guitar tone throughout the whole Journeyman World Tour, stating: "this period saw a resurrection of Clapton going back to basics. The tones he captured during this era are really amazing. [...] Eric was mainly using a Soldano SLO-100 amp head giving him a very saturated blues tone".[11] Fellow guitar slinger Joe Bonamassa recalled a great Journeyman show, he saw as a teenager and also liked the way Eric Clapton made things sound at the time, calling Eric Clapton's Journeyman tone "one of the best tones Clapton has ever had".[12]

References

  1. ^ "Eric Clapton Average Setlists of tour: Journeyman | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  2. ^ Crossroads Guitar Auction – Eric Clapton and Friends for the Crossroads Centre. New York City: Christie′s. 24 June 2004. p. 86.
  3. ^ Camila Mendoza (28 September 2018). "Fiebre noventera: 28 años de Rock In Chile, el debut de David Bowie y Eric Clapton en nuestro país" (in Spanish). La Rata. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. ^ Carlos Ares (5 October 1990). "20 heridos en Montevideo en un recital de Eric Clapton". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Después de once años, Eric Clapton vuelve a Argentina – Suplemento Estilo – Diario Los Andes". Estilo (in Spanish). Los Andes. 6 October 2001. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  6. ^ "A passarela é do samba, mas a Praça da Apoteose é do rock" (in Portuguese). Globo.com. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Memórias: Eric Clapton no Mineirinho – 11 de outubro de 1990 – Vitrola dos Sousa" (in Portuguese). Vitrola dos Sousa. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  8. ^ Stefani Ceolla (29 November 2018). "Slash vem a SC: Relembre 10 grandes shows de rock no Estado" (in Portuguese). Versar Magazine. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Eric Clapton volta a se apresentar em Porto Alegre nesta quinta após 10 anos" (in Portuguese). Itapema FM. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  10. ^ a b c "Eric Clapton volta a São Paulo".
  11. ^ "The Many Tones of Eric Clapton". LGN Music. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  12. ^ Bonamassa, Joe. "Top 5 Strat Masters". The Pickup Radio Show. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2015.