Raised on Radio Tour

The Raised on Radio Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Journey. The tour was the last with lead singer Steve Perry. It was the only tour with Randy Jackson on bass, while Mike Baird played drums. The band's previous rhythm section, Ross Valory and Steve Smith, were fired during recording sessions for the preceding Raised on Radio album. Valory and Smith, however, received their percentage of the profits from the tour.

Raised on Radio Tour

Tour by Journey
Location	United States
Associated album	Raised on Radio
Start date	August 23, 1986
End date	February 1, 1987
No. of shows	74
Journey concert chronology

Background

The tour started on August 23, 1986, at the Mountain Aire Festival in Angels Camp, California and ended February 1, 1987 in Anchorage, Alaska. Opening acts for the tour included Honeymoon Suite, The Outfield, Glass Tiger and Andy Taylor from Duran Duran. The tour was videotaped by MTV and made into a documentary, which includes interviews and concert footage of the band at the height of their career. State of the art computerized lighting and large movable video screens that resembled pool table holders were used as part of the elaborate stage design.

Perry left the band at the conclusion of the last concert, citing that he was tired of touring, which in turn was affecting his health and voice, and did not like the band's music being used in commercials or other endeavors:

I called Jon and Neal together. We met in San Rafael, we sat on the edge of the marina, and I just told them, 'I can't do this anymore. I've got to get out for a while.' And they said: 'Well, what do you mean?' And I said: 'That's exactly what I mean, is what I'm saying. I just don't want to be in the band any more. I want to get out, I want to stop.' And I think Jon said: 'Well, just take some time off, and we'll think,' and I said: 'OK, fine.' And I just sort of fell back into my life. I looked around and realized that my whole life had become everything I'd worked so hard to be, and when I came back to have a regular life, I had to go find one.
— Steve Perry^[1]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Gross[2][3]
August 23, 1986	Angels Camp	United States	Mountain Aire Festival	18,216 / 18,216	$455,928
September 10, 1986	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum
September 11, 1986
September 13, 1986	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
September 14, 1986
September 16, 1986	Boise		BSU Pavilion	8,688 / 8,688	$130,099
September 17, 1986	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
September 19, 1986	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena	16,286 / 18,235	$267,159
September 20, 1986	Lincoln		Bob Devaney Sports Center
September 21, 1986	Kansas City		Kemper Arena	13,684 / 13,684	$213,584
September 25, 1986	Bloomington		Met Center	14,022 / 17,700	$222,173
September 26, 1986	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena	8,259 / 8,259	$136,274
September 28, 1986	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena	11,544 / 11,544	$178,782
September 30, 1986	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena	15,614 / 15,614	$210,880
October 1, 1986	Louisville		Freedom Hall	11,394 / 11,394	$182,304
October 2, 1986	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum	14,192 / 14,192	$228,966
October 4, 1986	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon	15,543 / 15,543	$270,221
October 5, 1986	Champaign		Assembly Hall
October 8, 1986	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena	35,007 / 35,007	$577,616
October 9, 1986
October 11, 1986	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum	31,602 / 35,000	$505,632
October 12, 1986
October 14, 1986	Philadelphia		The Spectrum	32,350 / 32,350	$533,775
October 15, 1986
October 18, 1986	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	13,254 / 13,254	$218,695
October 19, 1986	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena	31,773 / 31,773	$508,724
October 20, 1986
October 22, 1986	Landover		Capital Centre	29,806 / 29,806	$491,779
October 23, 1986
October 25, 1986	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena	57,483 / 61,398	$946,113
October 26, 1986
October 28, 1986
October 30, 1986	Worcester		Worcester Centrum	24,910 / 24,910	$411,903
October 31, 1986
November 2, 1986	Providence		Providence Civic Center	12,868 / 12,868	$215,693
November 3, 1986	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
November 4, 1986
November 6, 1986	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum	13,487 / 13,487	$215,792
November 8, 1986	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center	12,508 / 12,508	$200,128
November 13, 1986	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	15,148 / 15,148	$242,363
November 14, 1986	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum	12,485 / 12,485	$199,760
November 15, 1986	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum	11,684 / 11,684	$186,944
November 18, 1986	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
November 21, 1986	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum	11,277 / 11,277	$180,432
November 22, 1986	Lakeland		Jenkins Arena	9,878 / 9,878	$162,987
November 23, 1986	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium	13,496 / 13,496	$215,936
November 26, 1986	Birmingham		BJCC Coliseum	13,519 / 13,519	$216,304
November 28, 1986	Chattanooga		UTC Arena
November 29, 1986	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum	11,122 / 11,122	$177,952
November 30, 1986	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
December 2, 1986	Dallas		Reunion Arena	30,166 / 30,166	$527,905
December 3, 1986
December 4, 1986	Oklahoma City		Myriad Convention Center	14,286 / 14,286	$250,005
December 6, 1986	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum	10,000 / 10,000	$165,000
December 7, 1986	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum	15,073 / 15,073	$248,705
December 9, 1986	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena	9,091 / 9,091	$154,547
December 10, 1986	Houston		The Summit	15,884 / 15,884	$262,086
December 12, 1986	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	15,924 / 15,924	$258,627
December 14, 1986	Phoenix		Veterans Memorial Coliseum	24,979 / 24,979	$412,754
December 15, 1986
December 17, 1986	Tucson		Tucson Convention Center	8,471 / 8,471	$139,772
December 20, 1986	Daly City		Cow Palace	23,380 / 23,380	$409,150
December 21, 1986
December 26, 1986	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena	25,276 / 25,276	$514,416
December 27, 1986
December 29, 1986	Fresno	Selland Arena	9,771 / 9,771	$155,224
December 30, 1986	San Diego	San Diego Sports Arena	11,016 / 11,016	$182,638
December 31, 1986	Long Beach	Long Beach Arena	12,638 / 12,638	$257,208
January 2, 1987	Fresno	Selland Arena	9,771 / 9,771	$155,224
January 4, 1987	San Diego	San Diego Sports Arena	11,016 / 11,016	$182,638
January 15, 1987	Honolulu	Blaisdell Arena	22,550 / 22,550	$394,625
January 17, 1987
January 18, 1987
February 1, 1987	Anchorage	Sullivan Arena

Cancelled shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
November 9, 1986	Richmond	United States	Richmond Coliseum
November 11, 1986	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center	[4]
—	Tokyo	Japan	—

Personnel

• Steve Perry – lead vocals
• Neal Schon – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jonathan Cain – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Randy Jackson – bass, backing vocals
• Mike Baird – drums

References

1. Daniels, The Untold Story of Journey, p. 89.
2. "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 46. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 15, 1986. p. 30. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
3. "Billboard". 98 (52). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 27, 1986: 36. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 13, 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Entertainment: "Journey Cancels Tonight's Show". – Richmond Times-Dispatch. – November 11, 1986.