To the Extreme World Tour

To the Extreme World Tour

Tour by Vanilla Ice
Associated album	To the Extreme
Start date	January 16, 1991
End date	August 1, 1992
Legs	3
No. of shows	74

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.

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

Date	City	Country	Venue
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	Switzerland	Sporthalle 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 Islands	Treasure 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 Republic	Renaissance Jaragua Hotel & Casino
July 2, 1992	Izmir	Turkey	Çeşme Açıkhava Tiyatrosu
July 29, 1992	Acapulco	Mexico	Mundo 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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
March 24, 1991	Ontario	Canada	Waterloo nightclub	Unknown[29]
August 22, 1991	Toronto		Ontario Place Forum	Logistic Issues[30]
August 30, 1991	Duluth	United States	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Auditorium	Logistic Issues[31]
September 21, 1991	Auckland	New Zealand		Poor Tickets Sales[11]

Notes

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

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