Rollercoaster Tour

The Rollercoaster Tour was a 1992 co-headlining concert tour by the Scottish noise pop band the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Irish-English alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, the English Britpop band Blur and the American indie rock band Dinosaur Jr.^[1] A two-leg 34-date tour of the United Kingdom and North America, the U.K. tour was in support of all four bands' current releases: Blur's first album Leisure (1991), Dinosaur Jr.'s fourth album Green Mind (1991), My Bloody Valentine's second album Loveless (1991) and The Jesus and Mary Chain's fourth album Honey's Dead (1992).

Rollercoaster Tour

Tour by Blur, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain
Official tour poster
Location	United Kingdom
Associated album	Leisure Green Mind Loveless Honey's Dead
Start date	24 March 1992 (1992-03-24)
End date	7 April 1992 (1992-04-07)
Legs	1
No. of shows	11

The tour was curated by the Jesus and Mary Chain's vocalist Jim Reid, who "wanted to break the routine" of performing in small, frequently played venues – such as Rock City in Nottingham – and "cater to all strands of independent rock music".^[2] Reid was inspired by, and considered the Rollercoaster Tour a British equivalent to, the North American festival Lollapalooza,^[3][4] at which the Jesus and Mary Chain performed at in 1992 and which he considered "fairly disastrous".^[2] Each band performed a 45-minute set with no encore and the line-up changed each night of the tour, although the Jesus and Mary Chain performed as the final act on all 11 dates.^[5]

My Bloody Valentine ceased live performances in the UK after the tour and did not play again until their 2008 reunion tour.^[6] The band's set, which ended with the white noise section of their song "You Made Me Realise", reportedly caused attendees' pint glasses to fall out of their hands due to excessive sound pressure levels.^[7] Reflecting on the tour, Jim Reid referred to it as "a lot [like a] competition – who could be the loudest? Whose was the best film show? And then there was, who could be most off their tits and still play a show?"^[2] The Rollercoaster EP, containing material from Blur, My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr. and the Jesus and Mary Chain, was issued in Melody Maker in March 1992 to promote the tour.^[8]

The North American leg of the tour took place in fall 1992 and featured the Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve and Spiritualized.^[9]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
United Kingdom[2]
24 March 1992	Manchester	England	Manchester Apollo
25 March 1992	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC[10]
27 March 1992	Whitley Bay	England	Whitley Bay Ice Rink
28 March 1992	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
30 March 1992	Plymouth		Plymouth Pavilions
1 April 1992	Brighton		Brighton Centre
3 April 1992	Cardiff	Wales	Wales National Ice Rink
4 April 1992	Birmingham	England	National Exhibition Centre
5 April 1992	London		Brixton Academy
6 April 1992
7 April 1992
North America[11]
21 October 1992	DeKalb	United States	Chick Evans Field House
22 October 1992	Chicago		Riviera Theatre
24 October 1992	Columbia
26 October 1992	Cincinnati
27 October 1992	Columbus
28 October 1992	Cleveland		The Agora
30 October 1992	Detroit		State Theatre
31 October 1992	Toronto	Canada	SkyDome
2 November 1992	Montreal		Metropolis
3 November 1992	Albany	United States
4 November 1992	Boston		Avalon
5 November 1992	New York		Roseland Ballroom
7 November 1992	Washington		Lisner Auditorium
8 November 1992	Philadelphia		Trocadero Theatre
10 November 1992	Atlanta		The Masquerade
11 November 1992	New Orleans
13 November 1992	Houston
14 November 1992	Dallas		Deep Ellum Live
15 November 1992	Albuquerque		Student Union Building
16 November 1992	Denver		Gothic Theatre
17 November 1992	Salt Lake City
19 November 1992	Sacramento		Crest Theatre
20 November 1992	San Francisco		The Warfield
21 November 1992	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium
22 November 1992	San Diego

Rollercoaster EP

Rollercoaster EP
EP by Various artists
Released	March 1992 (1992-03)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	16:04
Label	Melody Maker

The Rollercoaster EP is an extended play which was distributed free in a March 1992 issue of Melody Maker in support of the Rollercoaster Tour.^[8] It includes four songs, which are individual tracks from Blur's second album Modern Life is Rubbish (1993), My Bloody Valentine's second album Loveless (1991), the Jesus and Mary Chain's fourth album Honey's Dead (1992) and a live version of a song from Dinosaur Jr.'s third album Bug (1987).^[12]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"Resigned" (from Modern Life is Rubbish)	Albarn, Coxon, James, Rowntree	Blur	5:14
2.	"The Post" (live, originally from Bug)	Mascis	Dinosaur Jr.	3:59
3.	"Only Shallow" (edit, from Loveless)	Butcher, Shields	My Bloody Valentine	3:43
4.	"Teenage Lust" (from Honey's Dead)	Reid, Reid	The Jesus and Mary Chain	3:06
Total length:				16:04

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References

1. Brook & Buckley 2003, p. 710.
2. Perry, Andrew (April 2013). "Eyewitness – The Rollercoaster Tour, 1992, Part 1: Like Minds United". Mojo (233): 29–30.
3. Morris, Damien (19 February 2013). "News | Live Report: Dinosaur Jr". The Quietus. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
4. Hawkes, Deborah (2003). "Music – Review of The Jesus and Mary Chain: Live in Concert". BBC Music. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
5. The Rollercoaster Tour, 1992 (TV). London: Beat UK (ITV). September 1992.
6. Bennett, Ross (16 November 2007). "My Bloody Valentine: Tour Sold Out!". Mojo. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
7. Dogliani, Zaki (18 February 2013). "Live: My Bloody Valentine at Electric Brixton". Epigram. University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
8. Strong 2002, p. 292.
9. Augusto, Troy J. (24 November 1992). "Jesus & Mary Chain; Curve; Spiritualized; Medicine". Variety. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
10. "gigs by year". April Skies. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
    - "The Jesus and Mary Chain Concert Setlist at S.E.C.C., Glasgow on March 25, 1992". setlist.fm. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
11. "1992 CURVE Rollercoaster Vintage Tour Band Tee Shirt 90s 1990s". Etsy Inc. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
12. Rollercoaster EP (Liner notes). Melody Maker. 1992. SAM 986.

Bibliography

• Brook, Chris; Buckley, Peter (2003). Rough Guide to Rock (Revised, 3rd ed.). Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-858284-57-6.
• Strong, Charles Martin (2002). The Great Scots Musicography: The Complete Guide to Scotland's Music Makers. Mercat Press. ISBN 978-1-841830-41-4.