5150 Tour

The 5150 Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Van Halen in support of their seventh studio album, 5150.

5150 Tour
Tour by Van Halen
LocationNorth America
Associated album5150
Start dateMarch 27, 1986 (1986-03-27)
End dateNovember 3, 1986 (1986-11-03)
Legs3
No. of shows111
Van Halen concert chronology

Background

This was the band's first tour with Sammy Hagar on lead vocals (and second electric guitar), following the acrimonious departure of original singer David Lee Roth.[1]

Like many Van Halen tours, the routing took the band across North America only, as traveling internationally was hard for the band's complicated and heavy stage set. Furthermore, Hagar wanted to establish himself as the new singer in their homeland. The first leg of the tour was entirely United States dates, though Canadian ones slipped into the second and third legs.

The tour took place in the aftermath of the David Lee Roth-Van Halen split, with the fanbase being split too. Those who had joined the new Van Halen's side used the concerts as an opportunity to voice their stance, frequently via unison chants of "Fuck Dave!"[2] The tour set a trend later Hagar-era ones would follow: the number of pre-Hagar Van Halen songs was kept to a minimum, with the singer willing only to play that era's best-known songs. An Eddie Van Halen/Hagar guitar duel was also a usual part of the concerts. "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin was the closing song every night. Canadian rock legends Bachman–Turner Overdrive,[3] Loverboy and Kim Mitchell opened a few dates in Rochester and Buffalo, and were support acts on many of the outdoor stadium gigs in North America.

The tour was supposed to start with dates in Hawaii and Alaska, but they were cancelled at the last minute, due to the band finishing the mixing of the album.

The group's biggest hit, "Jump", was usually omitted from the set list, or sung by the audience instead of Hagar. Almost all the songs from 5150 were played, as well as covers and some of Hagar's pre-Van Halen work. The latter included his recent MTV hit "I Can't Drive 55" and Montrose songs. The addition of Hagar's guitar gave Eddie Van Halen more room to move, or to play keyboards on certain songs.

The tour was a major high for the band, albeit with a couple of low points. The first was when their new manager Ed Leffler was hospitalized in Texas after an altercation in a hotel elevator. The second was when Eddie's wife Valerie Bertinelli suffered a miscarriage; she didn't reveal to Eddie that she was pregnant at the time, until it was too late.

"We were selling records faster than they could print them and we were selling out every show," recalled Hagar. "We felt invincible."[4]

The second concert at New Haven Coliseum was filmed and shown live on television and released on VHS as Live Without a Net; it has subsequently been released on DVD.[5]

Before the last show of the tour on November 3, 1986 at the Cow Palace, Eddie cut his hair into a braided rat tail, while Alex shaved his head bald.[6] The story was that supposedly at the end of the tour, everyone would have their heads shaved (Sammy chose not to for maintaining his look for a photo shoot soon to come, Michael chose not to in fear of not knowing how long it would take to grow back as his hair was thinning at the time.

Reception

Moira McCormick from Billboard who attended the Chicago performance at Rosemont Horizon, gave the performance a positive review. She opened her review stating that the band's concert that night was further testimony to the band's previous success with both David Lee Roth and the popularity of the guitarist Eddie Van Halen whom she claimed can triumph in speed contests and praised him for performing with "incredible finesse". Regarding the vocalist Sammy Hagar, she said that the audience had welcomed him as the band's lead singer, being supportive of his vocal work especially on the band's older material. She concluded her review, stating that the band was still one of America's leading rock forces, judging by the record sales and audience reactions.[7]

Setlist
  1. "You Really Got Me"
  2. "There's Only One Way to Rock"
  3. "Summer Nights"
  4. "Get Up"
  5. "Drum solo"
  6. "Dreams"
  7. "5150"
  8. "Bass Solo"
  9. "Panama"
  10. "Best of Both Worlds"
  11. "Love Walks In"
  12. "Good Enough"
  13. "Guitar Solo"
  14. "I Can't Drive 55"
  15. "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love"

Encore

  1. "Why Can't This Be Love"
  2. "Jump"
  3. "Rock and Roll" (Led Zeppelin cover)

Tour dates
List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
North America
March 27, 1986 Shreveport United States Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
March 28, 1986 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
March 29, 1986 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
March 31, 1986 Birmingham Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
April 1, 1986 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center
April 3, 1986 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
April 4, 1986 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex
April 5, 1986 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
April 7, 1986 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
April 8, 1986 North Fort Myers Lee County Civic Center
April 10, 1986 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center
April 11, 1986
April 12, 1986 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
April 14, 1986 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
April 16, 1986 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
April 18, 1986 Louisville Freedom Hall
April 19, 1986 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
April 20, 1986 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
April 22, 1986 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
April 23, 1986 [8]
April 24, 1986 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre
April 26, 1986 Carbondale SIU Arena
April 27, 1986 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
April 29, 1986 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center
April 30, 1986 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
May 2, 1986 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
May 3, 1986 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
May 4, 1986
May 5, 1986 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
May 6, 1986 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
May 7, 1986
May 9, 1986 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
May 10, 1986
May 11, 1986
May 13, 1986 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
May 14, 1986 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
May 16, 1986 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
May 17, 1986 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
May 18, 1986 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
May 20, 1986 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
May 21, 1986 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
May 23, 1986 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
May 24, 1986
May 26, 1986 Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium
May 27, 1986 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
May 28, 1986 Valley Center Kansas Coliseum
May 30, 1986 Kansas City Kemper Arena
May 31, 1986
June 28, 1986 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
June 29, 1986
July 2, 1986 Inglewood The Forum
July 3, 1986
July 5, 1986
July 8, 1986 Chandler Compton Terrace
July 10, 1986 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
July 12, 1986 Boulder Folsom Field (Colorado Sun-Day)
July 14, 1986 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
July 16, 1986 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
July 19, 1986 Dallas Cotton Bowl (Texxas Jam)
July 21, 1986 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
July 22, 1986
July 23, 1986
July 25, 1986 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
July 26, 1986
July 28, 1986 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
July 29, 1986
July 31, 1986
August 1, 1986
August 2, 1986 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
August 4, 1986 Philadelphia Spectrum
August 5, 1986
August 6, 1986
August 8, 1986 Landover Capital Centre
August 9, 1986
August 11, 1986 Worcester Worcester Centrum
August 12, 1986
August 14, 1986
August 15, 1986
August 18, 1986 Toronto Canada CNE Grandstand
August 20, 1986 Montreal Montreal Forum
August 22, 1986 Providence United States Providence Civic Center
August 23, 1986 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
August 24, 1986
August 26, 1986 New Haven New Haven Coliseum (Live Without a Net)
August 27, 1986
August 29, 1986 Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center
August 30, 1986
September 1, 1986 Rochester Silver Stadium
September 27, 1986 Lafayette Cajundome
September 29, 1986 Houston The Summit
September 30, 1986 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center Arena
October 1, 1986
October 3, 1986 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center Arena
October 4, 1986 Austin Frank Erwin Center
October 6, 1986 Las Cruces Pan American Center
October 8, 1986 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
October 10, 1986 Casper Casper Events Center
October 11, 1986 Rapid City Don Barnett Arena
October 14, 1986 Billings Yellowstone Metra
October 16, 1986 Pullman Beasley Coliseum
October 18, 1986 Pocatello Minidome
October 19, 1986 Boise BSU Pavilion
October 21, 1986 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
October 22, 1986
October 23, 1986 Vancouver Canada BC Place
October 25, 1986 Portland United States Memorial Coliseum
October 26, 1986
October 29, 1986 Reno Lawlor Events Center
October 31, 1986 Daly City Cow Palace
November 1, 1986
November 2, 1986
November 3, 1986

Box office score data
List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date
(1986)		 City Venue Attendance Gross Ref(s)
April 18 Louisville, United States Freedom Hall 10,616 $149,640 [9]
April 19 Evansville, United States Roberts Stadium 10,953 $158,818
April 20 Nashville, United States Municipal Auditorium 9,900 $148,500
May 13 Pittsburgh, United States Civic Arena 15,899 $235,265 [10]
June 28–29 San Diego, United States Sports Arena 23,825 $355,260 [11]
July 28–August 1 East Rutherford, United States Meadowlands Arena 78,172 $1,284,659 [12]
September 27 Lafayette, United States Cajundome 9,434 $135,360 [13]
September 29 Houston, United States The Summit 13,977 $220,137
September 30–October 1 Fort Worth, United States Tarrant County Convention Center 20,170 $302,550 [14]
October 25–26 Portland, United States Memorial Coliseum Complex 20,412 $326,592 [15]
October 29 Reno, United States Lawlor Events Center 9,581 $158,087
October 31–November 3 San Francisco, United States Cow Palace 57,270 $950,745 [12]

Personnel

References
  1. Giles, Jeff (March 24, 2016). "When Van Halen Started the Sammy Hagar Era With '5150'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  2. Dodds, Kevin (12 October 2011). Edward Van Halen: a Definitive Biography. iUniverse. ISBN 9781462054817 – via Google Books.
  3. Bachman, Randy (6 September 2011). Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories. Penguin Canada. ISBN 9780143185772 – via Google Books.
  4. Elliott, Paul (March 2014). "The best of both worlds". Classic Rock. No. 194. p. 49.
  5. Wardlaw, Matt (August 27, 2021). "35 Years Ago: Van Halen Shoot Their 'Live Without a Net' Video". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  6. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Eddie Van Halen - Solo 5150 tour (San Francisco) - Filmed by @Willlll D'Beats". YouTube.
  7. McCormick, Moira (May 17, 1986). "Talent in Action: Van Halen". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 20. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  8. Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 20, 17 may 1986. 17 May 1986.
  9. "Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 18. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 3, 1986. p. 23. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
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