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Van Halen World Invasion Tour

1980 concert tour by Van Halen

Field	Value
concert_tour_name	World Invasion Tour
artist	Van Halen
album	Women and Children First
location
start_date
end_date
number_of_legs	3
number_of_shows	124
last_tour	World Vacation Tour
(1979)
this_tour	World Invasion Tour
(1980)
next_tour	Fair Warning Tour
(1981)

(1979) (1980) (1981) The World Invasion Tour was a concert tour by the American hard rock band Van Halen in support of their third studio album, Women and Children First.

Background

The tour was dubbed the "Party 'til You Die Tour" by the band. The tour is notable for being the first time the band played keyboards live during their shows, which would later play a role on the band's next three studio albums. The band skipped Japan on the tour, focused on playing in other smaller cities in North America, with a month of performances in Europe. Unlike the previous tours, this tour was more successful. During the performance in Cincinnati, Roth was accused of inciting others to violate the fire code when he told the crowd to "light 'em up!", urging them to smoke with the audience lighting both matches and lighters during the song "Light Up the Sky". He was written up and later charged for violating fire codes. He would later break his nose during a television appearance in Italy when he did his famous leap, hitting a light fixture.

During the tour, the band had carried 50 tons of equipment, and 850,000 watts of lighting which Alex Van Halen stated would be in the Guinness Book of World Records. The extensive stage itself featured a plane of multi-colored lights, choreographed with each song performed, with multi-platform stage to the right side where Eddie Van Halen would perform a guitar solo with seven lights pointing at him from behind to create a silhouette effect. Before every show, Van Halen demanded that in their dressing rooms that they'd have two pounds of M&M's with all the brown ones removed.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
March 19, 1980	Victoria	Canada	Victoria Memorial Arena
March 21, 1980	Central Point	United States	Compton Arena
March 22, 1980	Eugene	McArthur Court
March 24, 1980	Spokane	Spokane Coliseum
March 25, 1980	Great Falls	Four Seasons Arena
March 26, 1980	Missoula	Adams Field House
March 29, 1980	Fort Collins	Moby Gym
March 30, 1980	Pueblo	Massari Gym
April 2, 1980	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
April 3, 1980	Portland	United States	Portland Memorial Coliseum
April 4, 1980	Seattle	Seattle Center Coliseum
April 5, 1980
April 7, 1980	Calgary	Canada	Stampede Corral
April 8, 1980	Edmonton	Northlands Coliseum
April 11, 1980	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Arena
April 13, 1980	Saint Paul	United States	St. Paul Civic Center
April 14, 1980	Milwaukee	MECCA Arena
April 15, 1980	Madison	Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum
April 24, 1980	Cincinnati	Riverfront Coliseum
April 26, 1980	Detroit	Cobo Arena
April 27, 1980
April 29, 1980	Richfield	Richfield Coliseum
April 30, 1980	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
May 1, 1980	Landover	Capital Centre
May 2, 1980	Binghamton	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
May 3, 1980	South Yarmouth	Cape Cod Coliseum
May 5, 1980	Buffalo	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
May 6, 1980	Rochester	Rochester Community War Memorial Arena
May 7, 1980	Philadelphia	Spectrum
May 8, 1980
May 9, 1980	New Haven	New Haven Coliseum
May 26, 1980	Geleen	Netherlands	Burgemeester Damen Sportpark
(Pinkpop Festival)
May 27, 1980	Ludwigshafen	West Germany	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
May 29, 1980	Essen	Grugahalle
May 30, 1980	Hamburg	Ernst-Merck-Halle
May 31, 1980	Cambrai	France	Grottos Palace
June 1, 1980	Caen	Caen Expo Hall
June 3, 1980	Paris	Palais des Sports
June 4, 1980	Lyon	Palais des Sports de Gerland
June 6, 1980	Reims	Reims Sports Palace
June 7, 1980	Würzburg	West Germany	Carl Diem Hall
June 8, 1980	Neunkirchen	Hemmerleinhalle
June 10, 1980	Düsseldorf	Philips Hall
June 11, 1980	Sindelfingen	Messehalle
June 14, 1980	Munich	Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
June 17, 1980	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
June 18, 1980	Glasgow	Scotland	The Apollo
June 19, 1980	Manchester	England	Manchester Apollo
June 20, 1980	Leicester	De Montfort Hall
June 22, 1980	Birmingham	Birmingham Odeon
June 23, 1980	London	Rainbow Theatre
June 24, 1980
July 10, 1980	Kalamazoo	United States	Wings Stadium
July 11, 1980	Toledo	Toledo Sports Arena
July 12, 1980	Fort Wayne	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
July 13, 1980	Huntington	Huntington Civic Center
July 15, 1980	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
July 16, 1980	Ottawa	Ottawa Civic Center
July 17, 1980	London	London Gardens
July 18, 1980	Toronto	Maple Leaf Gardens
July 21, 1980	Hampton	United States	Hampton Coliseum
July 22, 1980	Baltimore	Baltimore Civic Center
July 24, 1980	Hartford	Hartford Civic Center
July 25, 1980	Boston	Boston Garden
July 26, 1980	Hempstead	Nassau Coliseum
July 28, 1980	Louisville	Freedom Hall
July 29, 1980	Chicago	International Amphitheatre
July 30, 1980	Indianapolis	Market Square Arena
July 31, 1980	St. Louis	Checkerdome
August 1, 1980	Memphis	Mid-South Coliseum
August 2, 1980	Little Rock	Barton Coliseum
August 4, 1980	Birmingham	Jefferson Civic Center
August 5, 1980	Nashville	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
August 6, 1980	Atlanta	Omni Coliseum
August 8, 1980	Lakeland	Lakeland Civic Center
August 9, 1980	Pembroke Pines	Hollywood Sportatorium
August 10, 1980	Jacksonville	Jacksonville Coliseum
August 11, 1980	North Fort Myers	Lee County Civic Center
August 15, 1980	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Roberto Clemente Coliseum
August 16, 1980
August 22, 1980	Kansas City	United States	Kemper Arena
August 23, 1980	Omaha	Omaha Civic Auditorium
August 24, 1980	Salina	Bicentennial Center
August 26, 1980	Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
August 27, 1980	San Antonio	San Antonio Convention Center
August 28, 1980	Houston	Sam Houston Coliseum
August 29, 1980	Shreveport	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
August 30, 1980	Baton Rouge	Riverside Centroplex
September 1, 1980	Mobile	Mobile Municipal Auditorium
September 2, 1980	Jackson	Mississippi Coliseum
September 3, 1980	Beaumont	Fair Park Coliseum
September 4, 1980	Dallas	Reunion Arena
September 6, 1980	Norman	Owen Field
(Roklahoma)
September 7, 1980	Amarillo	Amarillo Civic Center
September 8, 1980
September 9, 1980	Lubbock	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
September 10, 1980	Albuquerque	University Arena
September 12, 1980	Denver	McNichols Sports Arena
September 13, 1980
September 15, 1980	Phoenix	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 16, 1980	Tucson	Tucson Community Center
September 18, 1980	Fresno	Selland Arena
September 19, 1980	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Sports Arena
September 20, 1980
October 3, 1980	Rapid City	Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
October 4, 1980	Bismarck	Bismarck Civic Center
October 6, 1980	Salt Lake City	Salt Palace
October 9, 1980	Oakland	Oakland Arena
October 10, 1980
October 12, 1980	San Diego	San Diego Sports Arena
October 15, 1980	Sioux Falls	Sioux Falls Arena
October 16, 1980	Des Moines	Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium
October 17, 1980	Lincoln	Pershing Memorial Auditorium
October 19, 1980	Macomb	Western Hall
October 21, 1980	Terre Haute	Hulman Arena
October 22, 1980	Lexington	Rupp Arena
October 24, 1980	Knoxville	Knoxville Civic Coliseum
October 25, 1980	Johnson City	Freedom Hall
October 31, 1980	Macon	Macon Coliseum
November 1, 1980	Augusta	Augusta Civic Center
November 2, 1980	Asheville	Asheville Civic Center
November 5, 1980	Champaign	Assembly Hall
November 6, 1980	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Athletics and Convocation Center
November 7, 1980	Evansville	Roberts Municipal Stadium
November 8, 1980	Huntsville	Von Braun Civic Center
November 11, 1980	Winston-Salem	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
November 12, 1980	Savannah	Savannah Civic Center
November 14, 1980	St. Petersburg	Bayfront Center
November 15, 1980	Lakeland	Lakeland Civic Center

Box office score data

Date
(1980)	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
July 18	Toronto, Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens	14,955	$150,706
July 24	Hartford, United States	Civic Center	13,300	$119,151	title=Top Box Office	magazine=Billboard	date=August 9, 1980	volume=92	issue=32	page=34	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eyQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=van+halen+talent&pg=PA3	access-date=March 15, 2022	publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.	language=en	issn=0006-2510}}
July 25	Boston, United States	Boston Gardens	12,000	$118,104	title=Top Box Office	magazine=Billboard	date=August 16, 1980	volume=92	issue=32	page=27	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=van+halen+talent&pg=PT26	access-date=March 15, 2022	publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.	language=en	issn=0006-2510}}
July 28	Louisville, United States	Freedom Hall	13,436	$105,038
July 30	Indianapolis, United States	Market Square Arena	14,000	$104,209
July 31	St. Louis, United States	Checkerdome Theatre	13,320	$117,451
August 1	Memphis, United States	South Coliseum	10,154	$83,608
August 4	Birmingham, United States	Jefferson Civic Center	11,146	$93,790
September 4	Dallas, United States	Reunion Arena	14,177	$127,593
September 6	Norman, United States	Owen Field	31,611	$410,652
September 18	Fresno, United States	Selland Arena	7,030	$61,161
October 9–10	Oakland, United States	Coliseum	23,178	$210,669

Personnel

Eddie Van Halen – guitar, backing vocals
David Lee Roth – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Michael Anthony – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Alex Van Halen – drums

References

Citations

General sources

References

(April 26, 1980). "Lit matches, hot water". The Spokesman-Review.
(June 8, 1980). "Van Halen's Singer Breaks Nose in Leap". Reading Eagle.
(August 11, 1980). "Big equipment and "Best Rock Guitarist" make up that big Van Halen sound". St. Petersburg Times.
(June 5, 1980). "Van Halen: Hard rock that won't go away". The Michigan Daily.
(September 20, 1980). "Bands' demands are stranger than fiction". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
"Van Halen Tour Dates".
(2009). "Ska'd for Life: A Personal Journey with The Specials". Pan Macmillan.
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