| Escape Tour | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tour by Journey | ||
| Locations | Japan, Canada, United States | |
| Supporting album | Escape | |
| Start date | 27 July 1981 | |
| End date | 2 July 1982 | |
| Legs | 3 | |
| Journey tour chronology | ||
| Departure Tour (1979-1980) |
Escape Tour (1981-1982) |
Frontiers Tour (1983-1984) |
The Escape Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Journey (band). It was one of Journey's most successful concert tours, in support of their first number one album, Escape. The tour included six consecutive sold out dates at the Pine Knob Theatre in Detroit, and four straight sold out shows at the Los Angeles Forum, and Chicago's Rosemont Horizon. Journey also made an appearance on July 2, 1982 at the Rose bowl in Pasadena, CA with Blue Oyster Cult, Triumph, and Aldo Nova. The eight and a half month tour took Journey through Japan, Canada, and the United States. Billy Squier, Greg Kihn Band, and Loverboy were the opening acts during the tour.
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Tour Dates
Over the course of the tour, Journey played the following dates:[1]
Japan
- 07/27/81
Osaka, Japan - Festival Hall. - 07/28/81 Nagoya, Japan - Nagoya Kokai-do.
- 07/29/81 Tokyo, Japan - Koseinenkin Hall
- 07/31/81 Tokyo, Japan - Koseinenkin Hall
- 08/01/81 Tokyo, Japan - Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
- 04/01/81 Tokyo, Japan - Tensaw-Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Nakano.
Canada
- 08/15/81
Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall - 08/16/81 Ottawa, Ontario - Civic Centre
- 08/17/81 Montreal, Quebec - The Forum
- 08/19/81 Quebec City, Quebec - Le Colisee
- 08/22/81 Montreal, Quebec - The Forum
United States
- 8/27/81
Saratoga Springs, New York - Saratoga Performing Arts Center - 9/3/81 Chicago, Illinois - Poplar Creek Music Center
- 9/4/81 Chicago, Illinois - Poplar Creek Music Center
- 9/5/81 Houston, Texas - Houston Summit
- 9/6/81 Houston, Texas - Houston Summit
- 9/8/81 Clarkston, Michigan - Pine Knob Music Theater
- 9/9/81 Clarkston, Michigan - Pine Knob Music Theater
- 9/11/81 Clarkston, Michigan - Pine Knob Music Theater
- 9/12/81 Clarkston, Michigan - Pine Knob Music Theater
- 9/13/81 Clarkston, Michigan - Pine Knob Music Theater
- 9/14/81 Clarkston, Michigan - Pine Knob Music Theater
- 9/18/81 Kansas City, Missouri - Kemper Arena
- 9/29/81 Chicago, Illinois - Rosemont Horizon
- 9/30/81 Champaign, Illinois - Assembly Hall
- 10/2/81 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Civic Arena
- 10/8/81 Hartford, Connecticut - Civic Center
- 10/31/81 Mobile, Alabama - Municipal Auditorium
Japan
- 04/09/82 Fukuoka, Japan - San Palace Hall
- 04/11/82 Kyoto, Japan - Kyoto-kaikan
- 04/12/82 Osaka, Japan - Festival Hall
- 04/13/82 Osaka, Japan - Prefectural gymnasium,
- 04/14/82 Nagoya Kokai-do, Nagoya
- 04/16/82 Tokyo, Japan - Budokan Hall
- 04/17/82 Yokohama, Japan - Yukohama gymnasium
References
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