A 25–Year Celebration Tour

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A 25–Year Celebration Tour
Tour by Santana
Santana Japanese Tour 1991 Program.jpg
The cover of the Japanese tour program.
Start dateJanuary 19, 1991 (1991-01-19)
End dateNovember 3, 1991 (1991-11-03)
Legs8
No. of shows32 in North America
16 in Europe
6 in Asia
3 in South America
57 in total
Santana concert chronology

A 25–Year Celebration Tour was the twenty-fifth concert tour by Santana in 1991, celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band.

Tour band[]

  • Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (through April)[1]
  • Tony Lindsay – lead vocals (beginning April)[1]
  • Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
  • Benny Rietveld – bass guitar
  • Walfredo Reyes Jr. – drums (through April)[1]
  • Gaylord Birch – drums (from April to June)[1][2]
  • Billy Johnson – drums (beginning June)[2]
  • Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals
  • Karl Perazzo – timbales, percussion, vocals (beginning April)[1]

Set list[]

The tour began on January 19 at the Rock in Rio II festival within the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and ended on November 3 at a Bill Graham memorial concert at the Polo Fields in San Francisco, California.[3] This is an average set list of this tour:[4]

  1. "Mandela" (Armando Peraza)
  2. "It's a Jungle Out There" (Carlos Santana)
  3. "Somewhere in Heaven" (Alex Ligertwood, Santana)
  4. "Life Is for Living" (Pat Sefolosha)
  5. "Batuka" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve)
  6. "No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Rolie, Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie)
  7. "We Don't Have to Wait" (Santana, Armando Peraza, Thompson)
  8. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
  9. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
  10. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
  11. "Right On" (Marvin Gaye, Earl DeRouen)
  12. "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix)
  13. "Save the Children" (Bobby Womack)
  14. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
  15. "Blues for Salvador" (Santana, Chester D. Thompson)
  16. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)
Encore
  2. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)

Tour dates[]

Brazilian leg (January 19–24)[]

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1991) 		City Country Venue
January 19[a] Rio de Janeiro Brazil Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
January 24[a]

U.S. leg (April 27 – May 11)[]

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1991) 		City Country Venue
April 27 Las Vegas United States Sam Boyd Silver Bowl
April 28
April 30 San Francisco Warfield Theatre
May 1
May 10 Honolulu Waikiki Shell
May 11 Lahaina Royal Lahaina Tennis Stadium

Japan leg (May 15–22)[]

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1991) 		City Country Venue
May 15 Osaka Japan Festival Hall
May 17 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sunpalace
May 18 Amagasaki Amagasaki-shi Sougou Bunka Center
May 19 Nagoya Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall
May 21 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
May 22 Yokohama Kanagawa Kenmin Hall

U.S. leg (May 25–26)[]

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1991) 		City Country Venue
May 25 George United States Champs de Brionne Music Theatre
May 26 Portland Portland Civic Auditorium

Aruban show (June 16)[]

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1991) 		City Country Venue
June 16 Oranjestad Aruba Don Elias Mansur Ballpark

North American leg (June 20–28)[]

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1991) 		City Country Venue
June 20 Los Angeles United States Greek Theatre
June 21
June 22
June 25 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
June 26
June 28 Denver United States Mile High Stadium

European leg (July 7–27)[]

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1991) 		City Country Venue
July 7 Paris France Zénith de Paris
July 9 Athens Greece Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
July 10 London England Wembley Arena
July 12 Aschaffenburg Germany Unterfrankenhalle
July 13[b] Leysin Switzerland Place des Feuilles
July 14 Landshut Germany ETSV Sporthalle
July 15 Vienna Austria Praterstadion
July 17 Cologne Germany Tanzbrunnen
July 18 Hamburg Freilichtbühne
July 19 Aalborg Denmark Provstejorden
July 20 Copenhagen Valby Idrætspark
July 21 Odense Odense University
July 23 Vienne France Théâtre Antique
July 24[c] Juan-les-Pins La Pinède Gould
July 25[d] San Sebastián Spain Velódromo de Anoeta
July 27 Lisbon Portugal Estádio José Alvalade

North American leg (August 30 – November 3)[]

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1991) 		City Country Venue
August 30 Santa Fe United States Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
August 31
(2 shows)
September 1 Tucson Pima County Fairgrounds
September 2 Mesa Mesa Amphitheatre
September 4 Burbank Starlight Bowl
September 6 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre
September 7 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl
September 8 Berkeley William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre
September 25 Houston Ripley House
September 26 Detroit Fox Theatre
September 27 Toronto Canada Massey Hall
September 28 Syracuse United States Carrier Dome
October 1 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
October 2 Burlington Burlington Memorial Auditorium
October 4 New York City Paramount Theater
October 5 Palladium
October 6 Philadelphia Fairmount Park
October 30 Mill Valley Sweetwater
November 3[e] San Francisco Polo Fields

Box office score data[]

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date
(1991) 		City Venue Attendance Gross Ref(s)
April 27 Las Vegas, United States Sam Boyd Silver Bowl 79,000 / 79,000 $1,856,500 [5]
April 28 [5]
June 20 Los Angeles, United States Greek Theatre 17,123 / 17,532 $394,379 [6]
June 21 [6]
June 22 [6]
September 28 Syracuse, United States Carrier Dome 25,000 / 25,000 $562,500 [7]
TOTAL 121,123 / 121,532 (99%) $2,813,379

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b The concerts on January 19 and 24 were a part of Rock in Rio II.
  2. ^ The concert on July 13 was a part of the Leysin Festival.
  3. ^ The concert on July 24 was a part of Jazz à Juan.
  4. ^ The concert on July 25 was a part of Heineken Jazzaldia.
  5. ^ The concert on November 3 was a part of Bill Graham Memorial: Laughter, Love and Music.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Santanamigos. The Band". Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Santanamigos. The Band". Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Search for setlists: santana 1991 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Santana Average Setlists of year: 1991 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard. May 11, 1991. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. ^ a b c "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard. August 3, 1991. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  7. ^ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. October 12, 1991. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

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