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5150 Tour

1986 concert tour by Van Halen

Field	Value
concert_tour_name	5150 Tour
artist	Van Halen
album	[5150](5150-album)
location	North America
start_date
end_date
number_of_legs	3
number_of_shows	111
last_tour	[1984 Tour](1984-tour)
(1984)
this_tour	5150 Tour
(1986)
next_tour	OU812 Tour
(1988–1989)

(1984) (1986) (1988–1989) The 5150 Tour was a concert tour by the American hard rock band Van Halen in support of their seventh studio album, 5150.

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.

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!" 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, Loverboy and Kim Mitchell 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."

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.

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. 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 who 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.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
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
title=Billboard, Vol. 98, Num. 20, 17 may 1986	date = 17 May 1986	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0iQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard+boxscore+may+17+1986&pg=PA22}}
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 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 2, 1986	Indianapolis	Market Square Arena
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

Date
(1986)	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
April 18	Louisville, United States	Freedom Hall	10,616	$149,640
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
June 28–29	San Diego, United States	Sports Arena	23,825	$355,260
July 28–August 1	East Rutherford, United States	Meadowlands Arena	78,172	$1,284,659	title=Top Boxscores	magazine=Billboard	date=December 27, 1986	volume=98	issue=52	page=Y-39	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=van+halen+boxscore&pg=RA1-PA27	access-date=March 24, 2022	publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.	language=en	issn=0006-2510}}
September 27	Lafayette, United States	Cajundome	9,434	$135,360
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
October 25–26	Portland, United States	Memorial Coliseum Complex	20,412	$326,592
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

Personnel

Eddie Van Halen – guitar, backing vocals, lead keyboards
Michael Anthony – bass, backing vocals, keyboards
Alex Van Halen – drums
Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, guitar

References

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