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These Days Tour
Tour by Bon Jovi
Start dateApril 26, 1995
End dateJuly 19, 1996
Legs6
No. of shows55 in Europe
45 in North America
6 in Oceania
3 in Africa
7 in South America
16 in Asia
132 in total
Bon Jovi concert chronology

These Days Tour was Bon Jovi's concert tour during 1995-96. Van Halen opened as a special guest for Bon Jovi on twenty of the European stadium dates during the second leg promoting their album Balance. The last of the three Wembley Stadium gigs was filmed for the DVD Live From London. The band played 131 shows in 35 countries all across the world. [1] [2] The tour was the first with current bassist Hugh McDonald.

Personnel

  • Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals, guitar, maracas for Keep the Faith, tambourine for Hey God
  • Richie Sambora - lead guitar, backing vocals, talkbox, lead vocals for Stranger In This Town
  • Hugh McDonald - bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Tico Torres - drums, percussion, lead vocals for Crazy
  • David Bryan - keyboards, backing vocals, tambourine for Something to Believe In

Set list

The set list varied on a nightly basis on this tour, but usually featured several songs from the These Days album, such as "Hey God", "Something for the Pain", and "This Ain't a Love Song". It also included many of their hits from the 1980s such as " Livin' on a Prayer", " You Give Love a Bad Name", and " Bad Medicine".

  1. " Livin' on a Prayer"
  2. " You Give Love a Bad Name"
  3. " Hey God"
  4. " Keep the Faith"
  5. " Always"
  6. " Bed of Roses"
  7. "Blood on Blood"
  8. " Blaze of Glory" (cover)
  9. " Runaway"
  10. " Something for the Pain"
  11. " Lay Your Hands on Me"
  12. " Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"
  13. " I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (with snippets of " Jumpin' Jack Flash" and " Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")
  14. " Bad Medicine" / " Shout"
Encore
  2. " Always"
  3. " These Days"
  4. " With a Little Help from My Friends" (cover)
Encore 2
  2. " Wanted Dead or Alive"
  3. " This Ain't a Love Song"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue
Date City Country Venue
Asia
April 26, 1995 Mumbai India Andheri Sports Complex
April 28, 1995 Taipei Taiwan Taipei Municipal Stadium
April 30, 1995 Quezon City Philippines Araneta Coliseum
May 2, 1995 Bangkok Thailand Royal Thai Army Stadium
May 4, 1995 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Stadium Negara
May 6, 1995 Jakarta Indonesia Taman Impian Jaya Ancol
May 8, 1995 Singapore National Stadium
May 10, 1995 Seoul South Korea Olympic Stadium
May 13, 1995 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka Dome
May 16, 1995 Nishinomiya Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
May 18, 1995 Tokyo Tokyo Dome
Europe
May 23, 1995 Milan Italy Expo Arena Milano Concerti
May 26, 1995 Bremen Germany Weserstadion
May 27, 1995
May 28, 1995 Nijmegen Netherlands Goffertpark
May 30, 1995 Essen Germany Georg-Melches-Stadion
June 1, 1995 Chemnitz Sportforum
June 3, 1995 Munich Olympiastadion
June 4, 1995 Adenau Nürburgring
June 6, 1995 Berlin Waldbühne
June 7, 1995
June 10, 1995 Basel Switzerland St. Jakob Stadium
June 11, 1995 Spielberg Austria Österreichring
June 13, 1995 Barcelona Spain Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
June 15, 1995 Lisbon Portugal Estádio José Alvalade
June 17, 1995 Werchter Belgium Werchter Open Air Park
June 18, 1995 Lahr Germany Flughafen Lahr
June 21, 1995 Cardiff Wales Cardiff Arms Park
June 23, 1995 London England Wembley Stadium
June 24, 1995
June 25, 1995
June 27, 1995 Gateshead Gateshead International Stadium
June 28, 1995 Sheffield Don Valley Stadium
June 30, 1995 Paris France Hippodrome de Longchamp
July 1, 1995
July 2, 1995 Dublin Ireland RDS Arena
July 4, 1995 Stockholm Sweden Sjöhistoriska Museet
July 6, 1995 Rotterdam Netherlands Stadion Feijenoord
July 7, 1995 Odense Denmark Dyrskuepladsen
July 8, 1995 Turku Finland Ruissalo
North America
July 21, 1995 Wantagh United States Jones Beach Amphitheatre
July 22, 1995
July 23, 1995
July 25, 1995 Camden Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre
July 27, 1995 Burgettstown Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheatre
July 30, 1995 Mansfield Great Woods Center
August 1, 1995 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 2, 1995 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum
August 3, 1995
August 5, 1995 Grand Falls-Windsor Centennial Park
August 7, 1995 Halifax Garrison Grounds At Citadel Hill
August 9, 1995 Columbia United States Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 11, 1995 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater
August 12, 1995 Tinley Park New World Music Theatre
August 15, 1995 Minneapolis Target Center
August 16, 1995 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
August 18, 1995 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheater
August 20, 1995 Park City Wolf Mountain Amphitheatre
August 23, 1995 Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheatre
August 24, 1995 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center
August 26, 1995 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 27, 1995 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
August 29, 1995 Scranton Montage Mountain Amphitheater
August 30, 1995 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
September 1, 1995 Syracuse New York State Fair
September 3, 1995 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
September 4, 1995 Hartford United States The Meadows Music Theatre
September 10, 1995 Tampa USF Sun Dome
September 12, 1995 Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion
September 13, 1995
September 15, 1995 Raleigh Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
September 16, 1995 Atlanta Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre
September 19, 1995 Chattanooga UTC Arena
September 20, 1995 Nashville Starwood Amphitheatre
September 23, 1995 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 24, 1995 Dallas Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
September 26, 1995 Ak-Chin Pavilion Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion
September 29, 1995 Inglewood Great Western Forum
September 30, 1995 Concord Concord Pavilion
October 3, 1995 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
October 4, 1995 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
October 5, 1995 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place
October 7, 1995 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
Latin America
October 22, 1995 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
October 24, 1995 Caracas Venezuela Estadio Independencia De La Rinconada
October 27, 1995 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Praça da Apoteose
October 28, 1995 São Paulo Pista de Atletismo Ibirapuera
October 29, 1995 Curitiba Pedreira Paulo Leminski
October 31, 1995 Quito Ecuador Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
November 2, 1995 Bogotá Colombia Estadio El Campín
November 4, 1995 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Oceania
November 8, 1995 Auckland New Zealand Ericsson Stadium
November 10, 1995 Melbourne Australia Olympic Park Stadium
November 11, 1995
November 12, 1995 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit
November 17, 1995 Brisbane Brisbane Stadium
November 18, 1995 Sydney Eastern Creek International Raceway
Africa
November 28, 1995 Cape Town South Africa Green Point Stadium
November 30, 1995 Johannesburg Johannesburg Stadium
December 1, 1995
December 3, 1995 Durban Kings Park Stadium
Asia
May 14, 1996 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka Dome
May 16, 1996 Osaka Hankyu Nishinomiya Sutajiamu
May 18, 1996 Yokohama Yokohama Stadium
May 19, 1996
May 20, 1996
Europe
June 1, 1996 Madrid Spain Estadio Vicente Calderón
June 4, 1996 Gijón Estadio El Molinón
June 5, 1996 Pamplona Estadio El Sadar
June 8, 1996 Landgraaf Netherlands Megaland
June 9, 1996 Enschede Het Rutbeek
June 11, 1996 Bettembourg Luxembourg Krakelshaff
June 13, 1996 Erfurt Germany Steigerwaldstadion
June 15, 1996 Hannover Niedersachsenstadion
June 16, 1996 Stuttgart Cannstatter Wasen
June 18, 1996 Budapest Hungary Óbudai-sziget
June 20, 1996 Wiener Neustadt Austria Flugplatz Wiener Neustadt
June 21, 1996 Wels Wels Air Base
June 23, 1996 Zürich Switzerland Letzigrund
June 28, 1996 Cologne Germany Müngersdorfer Stadion
June 29, 1996
June 30, 1996 Frankfurt Waldstadion
July 2, 1996 Ostend Belgium Wellingtonrenbaan
July 3, 1996 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
July 6, 1996 Milton Keynes England National Bowl
July 7, 1996
July 9, 1996 Manchester Maine Road
July 11, 1996 Glasgow Scotland Ibrox Stadium
July 13, 1996 Dublin Ireland RDS Arena
July 14, 1996 Wolfsburg Germany Volkswagen Festival Site
July 16, 1996 Nuremberg Frankenstadion
July 19, 1996 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Olympic Stadium

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets Sold / Available Gross Revenue
Jones Beach Theatre Wantagh 32,586 / 32,586 [3] $1,140,510
Montreal Forum Montreal 31,251 / 31,984 [4] $856,612
Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City 41,996 / 41,996 [5] $1,161,203
RDS Dublin 30,000 / 30,000 [6] $1,075,000

The total attendance of the 3 South African shows was 182,000. [7]

Cancelled dates

List of cancelled concerts showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
November 14, 1995 Perth (cancelled) [8] Australia Burswood Dome Unknown

References

  1. ^ "Google Sites".
  2. ^ Moskowitz, David (2015). The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World. Abc-Clio. ISBN  9781440803406.
  3. ^ Billboard, Vol. 107, Num. 35, 2 September 1995. 2 September 1995.
  4. ^ Billboard, Vol. 107, Num. 33, 19 August 1995. 19 August 1995.
  5. ^ Billboard, Vol. 107, Num. 45, 11 November 1995. 11 November 1995.
  6. ^ Billboard, Vol. 108, Num. 31, 3 August 1996. 3 August 1996.
  7. ^ Billboard, Vol. 108, Num. 14, 6 April 1996. 6 April 1996.
  8. ^ https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/tours/1995-crossroads/1995-11-14-burswood-dome-perth-australia/ [ dead link]
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