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, California with Blue Öyster Cult, Triumph and Aldo Nova. The 8+1⁄2-month tour took Journey through Japan and North America.
Deborah Deasy, a reporter from the Pittsburgh Press, who attended the sold out October 2, 1981 performance, gave criticism toward the band on their deliverance of fast and furious noise, even noting that there was too little 'danceable rock 'n' roll'. The reporter noted on Perry's vocals being grating and overworked, but praised the other members of Journey individually. Deborah cited on the uninspired songwriting and the chemistry, criticizing the band as 'generic rock'. She concluded her review, praising the stage work done by the technical, set and sound designers as well as the surprise fireworks, but also noted on the opening act Point Blank had, criticizing the lackluster lead singer who she claimed was "too impressed with himself".[1]. A warmer reception was had by press in the band's hometown of San Francisco, where Chronicle[2] writer Joel Selvin gushed effusively about the band's video monitors, sound and pyrotechnics, adding that Journey delivered a "masterful triple stroke" that "set a new standard in the rock concert arms race" that makes "all that came before" it, "as old fashioned as a Model T."[3]
^"Journey concert sold out". Lakeland Ledger. October 23, 1981. Retrieved January 31, 2021. Tonight's rock concert by Journey and Loverboy at 8 p.m. in the Lakeland Civic Center arena is sold out.
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escape, tour, concert, tour, american, rock, band, journey, support, their, seventh, studio, album, escape, tour, journeyassociated, albumescapestart, datejuly, 1981end, datejuly, 1982legs2no, shows132journey, concert, chronologydeparture, tour, 1980, 1981, 19. The Escape Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Journey in support of their seventh studio album Escape Escape TourTour by JourneyAssociated albumEscapeStart dateJuly 27 1981End dateJuly 2 1982Legs2No of shows132Journey concert chronologyDeparture Tour 1980 Escape Tour 1981 1982 Frontiers Tour 1983 Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Setlist 4 Tour dates 5 Personnel 6 ReferencesBackground EditThe 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 California with Blue Oyster Cult Triumph and Aldo Nova The 8 1 2 month tour took Journey through Japan and North America Point Blank Billy Squier the Greg Kihn Band and Loverboy were the opening acts during the tour Reception EditDeborah Deasy a reporter from the Pittsburgh Press who attended the sold out October 2 1981 performance gave criticism toward the band on their deliverance of fast and furious noise even noting that there was too little danceable rock n roll The reporter noted on Perry s vocals being grating and overworked but praised the other members of Journey individually Deborah cited on the uninspired songwriting and the chemistry criticizing the band as generic rock She concluded her review praising the stage work done by the technical set and sound designers as well as the surprise fireworks but also noted on the opening act Point Blank had criticizing the lackluster lead singer who she claimed was too impressed with himself 1 A warmer reception was had by press in the band s hometown of San Francisco where Chronicle 2 writer Joel Selvin gushed effusively about the band s video monitors sound and pyrotechnics adding that Journey delivered a masterful triple stroke that set a new standard in the rock concert arms race that makes all that came before it as old fashioned as a Model T 3 Setlist EditSongs played overall Escape Line of Fire Lights Keep on Runnin When the Love Has Gone Sandcastles Still They Ride Where Were You Stay Awhile Do You Recall Open Arms Mother Father Don t Stop Believin Walks Like a Lady Stone in Love Who s Crying Now Separate Ways Worlds Apart Where Were You and drum solo Keep on Runnin The Party s Over Hopelessly in Love Dead or Alive Little Girl Too Late Moon Theme Wheel in the Sky Winds of March Lovin You is Easy Too Far Gone The Babys cover La Do Da Too Late Lay it Down Turn Around in Tokyo The Babys cover Encore Lovin Touchin Squeezin Any Way You Want It Encore 2 Dixie Highway Typical setlist Escape Line of Fire Lights Where Were You Stay Awhile Open Arms Mother Father Don t Stop Believin Lovin You Is Easy Stone in Love Who s Crying Now Keep on Runnin The Party s Over Hopelessly in Love Dead or Alive Too Late Wheel in the Sky Encore Lovin Touchin Squeezin Any Way You Want It Tour dates EditOver the course of the tour Journey played the following dates 4 5 6 7 8 Date City Country Venue Tickets sold Available RevenueAsiaJuly 27 1981 Osaka Japan Festival Hall July 28 1981 Nagoya Kokai doJuly 29 1981 Tokyo Koseinenkin HallJuly 31 1981August 1 1981 Nakano Sun PlazaAugust 2 1981North AmericaAugust 15 1981 Toronto Canada Massey Hall August 22 1981 Montreal Montreal ForumAugust 23 1981 Ottawa Ottawa Civic CentreAugust 25 1981 Portland United States Cumberland County Civic CenterAugust 27 1981 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts CenterAugust 28 1981 Columbia Merriweather Post PavilionAugust 29 1981 Yarmouth Cape Cod ColiseumAugust 31 1981 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music CenterSeptember 1 1981September 3 1981 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music TheaterSeptember 4 1981September 5 1981 East Troy Alpine Valley Music TheatreSeptember 6 1981September 8 1981 Clarkston Pine Knob Music TheaterSeptember 9 1981September 11 1981September 12 1981September 13 1981September 14 1981September 15 1981 St Paul St Paul Civic CenterSeptember 16 1981 Ames Hilton ColiseumSeptember 18 1981 Kansas City Kemper Arena 31 373 34 331 316 591September 19 1981September 20 1981 Wichita Levitt Arena 10 500 10 500 105 000September 21 1981 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium 12 000 12 000 114 000September 23 1981 St Louis Checkerdome 17 517 17 517 172 206September 28 1981 Terre Haute Hulman CenterSeptember 29 1981 Rosemont Rosemont HorizonSeptember 30 1981 Champaign Assembly HallOctober 1 1981 Cincinnati Riverfront ColiseumOctober 2 1981 Pittsburgh Civic ArenaOctober 3 1981 Lexington Rupp Arena 17 652 17 652 179 726October 6 1981 Boston Boston GardenOctober 8 1981 Hartford Hartford Civic Center 16 198 16 198 171 975October 9 1981 Syracuse Carrier DomeOctober 10 1981 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumOctober 11 1981 Providence Providence Civic CenterOctober 12 1981 Philadelphia The SpectrumOctober 13 1981 Hampton Hampton ColiseumOctober 15 1981 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11 512 11 512 114 530October 16 1981 Birmingham BJCC ColiseumOctober 17 1981 Atlanta Omni ColiseumOctober 18 1981 Columbia Carolina ColiseumOctober 20 1981 Charlotte Charlotte ColiseumOctober 21 1981 Savannah Martin Luther King Jr ArenaOctober 22 1981 Lakeland Jenkins Arena 20 000 20 000 199 318October 23 1981 9 October 24 1981 Pembroke Pines Hollywood SportatoriumOctober 27 1981 Knoxville Thompson Boling ArenaOctober 28 1981 Nashville Municipal Auditorium 9 900 9 900 98 460October 30 1981 Memphis Mid South Coliseum 11 632 11 632 122 136October 31 1981 Mobile Municipal AuditoriumNovember 1 1981 Baton Rouge LSU Assembly CenterNovember 3 1981 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center 14 735 14 735 159 357November 5 1981 Houston The Summit 34 904 34 904 377 577November 6 1981November 7 1981 Dallas Reunion Arena 38 025 38 025 453 719November 8 1981November 10 1981 Albuquerque Tingley ColiseumNovember 11 1981 Amarillo Cal Farley ColiseumNovember 13 1981 Las Cruces Pan American CenterNovember 14 1981 Tucson Tucson ArenaNovember 15 1981 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial ColiseumNovember 21 1981 San Diego San Diego Sports ArenaNovember 22 1981 Inglewood The Forum 70 000 70 000 729 018November 23 1981November 24 1981November 25 1981November 29 1981 Fresno Ratcliffe StadiumNovember 30 1981 Daly City Cow Palace 41 710 41 710 443 346December 1 1981December 2 1981December 3 1981 Pocatello MinidomeDecember 4 1981 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum 44 910 44 910 538 920December 5 1981December 6 1981December 7 1981 Portland Memorial ColiseumDecember 8 1981December 10 1981 Oakland Oakland Alameda County ColiseumDecember 11 1981 Daly City Cow PalaceDecember 12 1981December 21 1981 Honolulu Neal S Blaisdell ArenaDecember 22 1981AsiaApril 9 1982 Fukuoka Japan Sun Palace HallApril 11 1982 Kyoto Kyoto KaikanApril 12 1982 Osaka Festival HallApril 13 1982 Osaka Prefectural GymnasiumApril 14 1982 Nagoya Aichi Prefectural GymnasiumApril 16 1982 Tokyo Nippon BudokanApril 17 1982 Yokohama Yokohama Cultural GymnasiumNorth AmericaApril 23 1982 Vancouver Canada Pacific ColiseumApril 25 1982 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum 17 178 18 117 214 787April 26 1982 Calgary Stampede Corral 7 500 7 500 101 105April 28 1982 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena 14 646 17 230 172 116April 30 1982 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens 12 792 19 307 151 146May 1 1982 Buffalo United States Memorial Auditorium 17 293 17 293 176 046May 3 1982 Boston Boston Garden 31 000 31 000 371 242May 4 1982May 6 1982 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena 41 224 41 224 482 646May 7 1982May 8 1982 Landover Capital Centre 18 896 18 896 200 109May 10 1982 Philadelphia The Spectrum 37 226 37 226 441 203May 11 1982May 13 1982 Richfield Richfield Coliseum 37 221 37 221 465 262May 14 1982May 15 1982 Detroit Joe Louis Arena 39 900 39 900 461 316May 16 1982May 18 1982 Louisville Freedom Hall 19 400 19 400 217 548May 19 1982 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 18 178 18 178 197 945May 21 1982 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon 73 080 73 080 865 833May 22 1982May 23 1982May 24 1982May 27 1982 Denver McNichols Arena 33 900 36 000 424 301May 28 1982May 29 1982 Salt Lake City Salt Palace 26 259 26 318 244 222May 30 1982June 2 1982 Portland Memorial ColiseumJune 3 1982June 4 1982June 12 1982 Dallas Cotton Bowl 64 945 70 000 1 199 310June 13 1982 Houston Astrodome 65 000 65 000 1 160 504June 26 1982 Oakland Oakland Alameda County Coliseum 57 500 57 500 957 851July 2 1982 Pasadena Rose Bowl 83 214 90 000 1 373 031Personnel EditSteve Perry lead vocals keyboards piano Neal Schon lead guitar backing vocals Ross Valory bass backing vocals Jonathan Cain keyboards piano rhythm guitar backing vocals Steve Smith drums percussionReferences Edit Deasy Deborah October 6 1981 Journey Concert Turns Out To Be Monotonous Trip The Pittsburgh Press p B 4 San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper San Francisco Chronicle Selvin Joel June 28 1982 Journey s Home Run In Oakland The San Francisco Chronicle Website Disabled Nielsen Business Media Inc 17 April 1982 Billboard Nielsen Business Media Inc ISSN 0006 2510 Nielsen Business Media Inc 29 May 1982 Billboard Nielsen Business Media Inc ISSN 0006 2510 Billboard 1982 05 15 The Deseret News Google News Archive Search Journey concert sold out Lakeland Ledger October 23 1981 Retrieved January 31 2021 Tonight s rock concert by Journey and Loverboy at 8 p m in the Lakeland Civic Center arena is sold out Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Escape Tour amp oldid 1124162796, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,