Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour

Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour
Tour by Santana
The cover of the tour book of the European tour.
Associated albumSpirits Dancing in the Flesh
Start dateMarch 17, 1990 (1990-03-17)
End dateNovember 21, 1990 (1990-11-21)
Legs3
No. of shows80 in North America
25 in Europe
105 in total
Santana concert chronology

The Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour was the twenty-fourth concert tour by Santana in 1990, supporting the Spirits Dancing in the Flesh album.

Tour band

Set list

The tour lasted from March 17 at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California to November 21 at the Bayfront Auditorium in Pensacola, Florida.[2] An average set list of this tour was as follows:[3]

  1. "Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson)
  2. "Somewhere in Heaven" (Alex Ligertwood, Santana)
  3. "It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana)
  4. "The Healer" (John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers, Santana, Chester Thompson)
  5. "Batuka" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve)
  6. "No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Rolie, Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie)
  7. "We Don't Have to Wait" (Santana, Armando Peraza, Thompson)
  8. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
  9. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
  10. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
  11. "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix)
  12. "Mandela" (Peraza)
  13. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
  14. "Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Ligertwood)
  15. "She's Not There" (Rod Argent)
  16. "Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
  17. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)
Encore
  2. "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Marcus Malone)
  3. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)

Tour dates

U.S. leg (March 17 – May 26)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1990) 		City Country Venue
March 17[a] San Francisco United States San Francisco Civic Auditorium
April 12 Spokane Spokane Opera House
April 14 Portland Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
April 16 Eugene Cuthbert Amphitheater
April 17 Eureka Eureka Municipal Auditorium
April 18 San Francisco Warfield Theatre
April 19 Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
April 21 Reno Lawlor Events Center
April 23 Stockton Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium
April 24 Fresno Warnors Theatre
April 25 Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
April 27 Las Vegas Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts
April 28 San Luis Obispo Mustang Stadium
April 29 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl
May 26[b] Miami Bayfront Park

European leg (May 29 – June 30)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1990) 		City Country Venue
May 29 Bournemouth England Bournemouth International Centre
May 30 London Hammersmith Odeon
May 31
June 1
June 3 Manchester Manchester Apollo
June 6 Brussels Belgium Cirque Royal
June 7 Arnhem Netherlands Rijnhal
June 8 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz West Germany Jurahalle
June 9 Jübek Sandbahn-Stadion
June 11 Koblenz Rhein-Mosel-Halle
June 13 Heilbronn Eissporthalle
June 14 Pforzheim Stadthalle
June 15 Mannheim Mannheimer Rosengarten
June 16 Bad Staffelstein Adam-Riese-Halle
June 17 Paris France Zénith de Paris
June 19 Toulouse Palais des Sports
June 20 Bordeaux Patinoire de Mériadeck
June 22 Lyon Festival Eclanova
June 23[c] Belfort Presqu'île de Malsaucy
June 25[d] Istanbul Turkey —
June 26[d]
June 27 Budapest Hungary Kisstadion
June 28 Vienna Austria Arena
June 29 Imst Open Air Stadtplatz
June 30[e] St. Gallen Switzerland Sittertobel

North American leg (July 13 – November 21)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date
(1990) 		City Country Venue
July 13 Los Angeles United States Greek Theatre
July 14
July 15
July 17 Santa Fe Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
July 18
July 20 Dallas Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
July 21 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 22 San Antonio Sunken Garden Theater
July 24 New Orleans Saenger Theatre
July 26 Nashville Starwood Amphitheatre
July 27 Pelham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
July 28 San Juan Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente Coliseum
August 4 New York City United States Electric Lady Studios
August 5 Syracuse Empire Court
August 6 Darien Center Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 8 Mansfield Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts
August 9 Montreal Canada La Ronde
August 11 Bristol United States Lake Compounce
August 12 Wantagh Jones Beach Marine Theater
August 14 Holmdel Township Garden State Arts Center
August 15 Stanhope Waterloo Village
August 16 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 17 Cleveland Nautica Stage
August 18 Detroit Fox Theatre
August 21 Pittsburgh Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater
August 22 Harrisburg City Island
August 23 Richmond Mosque Theatre
August 24 Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal
August 26 Chicago Poplar Creek Music Theatre
August 28 Columbus Palace Theatre
August 30 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
September 1 Kansas City Barney Allis Plaza
September 2 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
September 15 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre
September 16 Berkeley William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre
September 22[f] Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre
October 5 Stateline Caesars Tahoe
October 6
(2 shows)
October 7 San Jose Event Center Arena
October 9
(2 shows) 		Fresno Fresno Fairgrounds
October 11 San Diego Starlight Bowl
October 12 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 13 Tucson Pima County Fairgrounds
October 14 El Paso Special Events Center
October 16 Lubbock Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
October 18 Wichita Cotillion Ballroom
October 19 Tulsa Brady Theater
October 20 Dallas Cotton Bowl
November 2 Boston Orpheum Theatre
November 3 Newark Golden Dome Athletic Center
November 5 New York City Beacon Theatre
November 6
November 7
November 9 Upper Darby Township Tower Theater
November 10
November 11 Norfolk Chrysler Hall
November 13 Indianapolis Murat Theatre
November 15 Atlanta Fox Theatre
November 16 Cocoa Brevard County Fairgrounds
November 17 Sunrise Sunrise Musical Theater
November 18
November 20 St. Petersburg Mahaffey Theater
November 21 Pensacola Bayfront Auditorium

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date
(1990) 		City Venue Attendance Gross Ref(s)
July 13 Los Angeles, United States Greek Theatre 18,544 / 18,544 $407,523 [4]
July 14 [4]
July 15 [4]
September 15 Costa Mesa, United States Pacific Amphitheatre 9,371 / 11,000 $209,468 [5]
October 20 Dallas, United States Cotton Bowl 74,100 / 74,100 $1,715,688 [6]
November 5 New York City, United States Beacon Theatre 8,133 / 8,133 $203,325 [7]
November 6 [7]
November 7 [7]
November 9 Upper Darby Township, United States Tower Theater 5,882 / 5,882 $109,220 [8]
November 10 [8]
November 17 Sunrise, United States Sunrise Musical Theater 7,354 / 7,354 $145,261 [8]
November 18 [8]
TOTAL 123,384 / 125,013 (99%) $2,790,485

Notes

  1. ^ The concert on March 17 was a part of the Bammies.
  2. ^ The concert on May 26 was a part of the Miami International Music Festival.
  3. ^ The concert on June 23 was a part of Les Eurockéennes de Belfort 1990.
  4. ^ a b The concerts on June 25–26 were a part of the Istanbul International Jazz Festival.
  5. ^ The concert on June 30 was a part of Open Air St. Gallen.
  6. ^ The concert on June 30 was a part of the John Coltrane Festival.

References

  1. ^ a b "Santanamigos. The Band". Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Search for setlists: santana 1990 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Santana Average Setlists of year: 1990 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. August 11, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. October 20, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. November 3, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. November 24, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. December 1, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.