Eat 'Em and Smile Tour

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Eat 'Em and Smile Tour
Tour by David Lee Roth
Eat 'Em and Smile World Tour.jpg
Tourbook cover (for tour in support of Eat 'Em and Smile)
Start dateAugust 16, 1986
End dateFebruary 22, 1987
Legs2
No. of shows105 played
David Lee Roth concert chronology

The Eat 'Em and Smile Tour was a North American concert tour by David Lee Roth. It was his first tour since leaving Van Halen in 1985, and is the only tour to have featured the line-up of Roth, Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, and Gregg Bissonette (as well as touring keyboardist Brett Tuggle).

Overview[]

With the success of the Eat 'Em and Smile album in North America, Roth embarked upon an extensive tour. The setlist was almost evenly split between Van Halen classics ("Unchained", "Panama", "Jump", etc.) and Roth solo hits ("California Girls", "Yankee Rose", "Goin' Crazy", etc.). As with past Van Halen tours, Roth once again incorporated a concert trademark in which he sang a song ("Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love") from a mini stage in the middle of the venue at each performance, while the rest of the band continued to perform on the main stage.[1] Another concert highlight was an extended guitar and bass solo "battle" (often lasting over ten minutes), which saw Vai and Sheehan try to top each other on their respective instrument.[2] No professionally filmed or recorded video or audio footage has ever been released from this tour, but its massive stage set can be seen in the performance section of the "Yankee Rose" video.[3] The opening acts on this tour included Cinderella and Tesla at various points.

A video shoot took place on February 17, 1987 in Lakeland, Florida.[4]

Setlist[]

  1. "Shy Boy" (Talas cover)
  2. "Tobacco Road" (John D. Loudermilk cover)
  3. "Unchained" (Van Halen song)
  4. "Panama" (Van Halen song)
  5. Drum solo
  6. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison cover)
  7. "Ladies' Nite in Buffalo?"
  8. "Everybody Wants Some!!" (Van Halen song)
  9. "On Fire" (Van Halen song)
  10. "Bump and Grind"
  11. "Ice Cream Man" (John Brim cover)
  12. "Big Trouble"
  13. "Yankee Rose"
  14. Bass/Guitar Solos
  15. "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (Van Halen song)
  16. "Goin' Crazy!"
  17. "Jump" (Van Halen song)
  18. "California Girls" (The Beach Boys cover)[5]

Tour dates[]

Date City Venue
First North American Leg
August 16, 1986 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
August 18, 1986 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
August 19, 1986 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
August 21, 1986 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
August 22, 1986 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
August 23, 1986 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
August 25, 1986 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center
August 26, 1986 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
August 27, 1986 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
August 29, 1986 Norman Lloyd Noble Center
August 30, 1986 Valley Center Britt Brown Arena
September 2, 1986 Bloomington Met Center
September 3, 1986 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
September 5, 1986 La Crosse La Crosse Center
September 6, 1986 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
September 7, 1986 Carbondale SIU Arena
September 9, 1986 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
September 12, 1986 Madison Dane County Coliseum
September 13, 1986 Ames Hilton Coliseum
September 14, 1986 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
September 17, 1986 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
September 18, 1986 Battle Creek Kellogg Arena
September 19, 1986 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
September 20, 1986 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
September 22, 1986 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
September 23, 1986 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
September 25, 1986 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena
September 26, 1986 Detroit Cobo Arena
September 27, 1986
September 29, 1986 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
September 30, 1986 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
October 2, 1986 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center
October 3, 1986 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
October 4, 1986 New York City Madison Square Garden
October 5, 1986 Worcester Centrum in Worcester
October 6, 1986
October 7, 1986 Landover Capital Centre
October 10, 1986 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
October 11, 1986 Philadelphia The Spectrum
October 23, 1986 Atlanta The Omni Coliseum
October 24, 1986 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
October 25, 1986 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum
October 26, 1986 Huntington Huntington Civic Center
October 28, 1986 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
October 30, 1986 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena
October 31, 1986 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
November 1, 1986 Montreal Montreal Forum
November 2, 1986 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
November 6, 1986 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
November 7, 1986 Augusta Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center
November 8, 1986 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
November 9, 1986 Birmingham Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center
November 12, 1986 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center
November 13, 1986
November 14, 1986 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
November 15, 1986
November 18, 1986 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
November 20, 1986 Tulsa Tulsa Convention Center
November 21, 1986 Dallas Reunion Arena
November 22, 1986 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
November 23, 1986 Houston The Summit
November 26, 1986 Austin Frank Erwin Center
November 28, 1986 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
November 29, 1986 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 30, 1986 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
December 2, 1986 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
December 3, 1986 Boise BSU Pavilion
December 7, 1986 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
December 8, 1986 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum
December 9, 1986 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
December 10, 1986 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
December 12, 1986 Daly City Cow Palace
December 13, 1986
December 14, 1986 Fresno Selland Arena
December 16, 1986 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
December 18, 1986 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
December 19, 1986 Inglewood The Forum
December 20, 1986
Second North American leg
January 7, 1987 Calgary Olympic Saddledome
January 8, 1987 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
January 10, 1987 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
January 14, 1987 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
January 15, 1987 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
January 16, 1987 Providence Providence Civic Center
January 17, 1987 Augusta Augusta Civic Center
January 19, 1987 Utica Utica Memorial Auditorium
January 20, 1987 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
January 21, 1987 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
January 23, 1987 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
January 24, 1987 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
January 26, 1987 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial
January 28, 1987 Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center
January 30, 1987 Saginaw Wendler Arena
January 31, 1987 Trotwood Hara Arena
February 1, 1987 Ann Arbor Crisler Arena
February 3, 1987 Erie Erie Civic Center
February 5, 1987 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre
February 6, 1987 Green Bay Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
February 7, 1987 Duluth Duluth Arena Auditorium
February 9, 1987 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
February 11, 1987 Columbus Ohio Center
February 12, 1987 Chattanooga UTC Arena
February 13, 1987 Montgomery Garrett Coliseum
February 14, 1987 Albany Albany Civic Center
February 18, 1987 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center
February 22, 1987 Denver McNichols Sports Arena

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References[]

  1. ^ Ain´t Talkin' 'Bout Love, Detroit 1986. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan Solos, Detroit 1986". YouTube.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Yankee Rose music video". Dailymotion.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ^ "David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile Tour Dates - 1986-1987". Jamtothis.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  5. ^ "David Lee Roth Setlist at Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, September 26, 1986". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ^ "David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile Tour Dates - 1986-1987". Jamtothis.com. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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