The Right Here Right Now Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Van Halen in support of their live double album and the accompanying video Live: Right Here, Right Now.
Background Following a European tour in support of the live album's release, the band went out on a summer-long tour in North America. Approximately 31 of its 41 shows were sold out, and was in support of the anti-hunger organization USA Harvest. Groton had the only show not sold out by the end of the tour, as the state at the time had a shaky economy. The Groton show was almost cancelled because of a thunderstorm, but the band continued to perform, despite the danger.
The tour was the shortest ever promotion undertaken by the band, if previous tours that were promoting the same album were combined and the 2007 reunion tour's lack of actual promotion are taken into account. This was possibly since all the other tours were in promotion of albums of new material to advertise. This made for a more varied setlist than any previous tour and was the band's only 'greatest hits' tour until the 2004 and 2007 reunion tours.
Reception The tour was met with positive reviews, with the Detroit Free Press stating that the concerts were "blessedly devoid of the usual hard rock glitz and gimmickry" while Cleveland Plain Dealer had said that the band consistently delivered one of the most energetic and entertaining rock 'n' roll shows.
Scott Iwasaki, a staff writer from the Deseret News gave the performance in Park City a positive review. He opened his statement, saying that rock 'n' roll was meant to be played live when the band pushed the "arena sound" into heavy metal while performing to an audience of 14,000 that were singing along and full of adrenaline and enthusiasm. He praised the dynamics of the songs, which were noted as magical and energetic, as well as acknowledging the individual solo acts done by the band members. He claimed that Anthony had performed a powerful bass solo, pushing his bass guitar to the limits while the notes rumbled throughout. He also added on Alex Van Halen's drum solo, who he stated had plastered his drum set with neck-breaking speed and precision, with each hit of the snare and roll of the toms shaking the venue, with cheers from the audience when he performed a latin-rhythm interlude to prevent his solo from being drawn out.
Tour dates + List of 1993 concerts Date Accessed on 31 August 2007 City Country Venue March 30, 1993 Munich Germany Olympiahalle April 1, 1993 Rome Italy Palaghiaccio April 2, 1993 Milan Palatrussardi April 4, 1993 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt April 5, 1993 Nuremberg Frankenhalle April 7, 1993 Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle April 9, 1993 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena April 10, 1993 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum April 11, 1993 Copenhagen Denmark Copenhagen Forum April 13, 1993 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam April 14, 1993 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo April 16, 1993 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion April 17, 1993 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle April 19, 1993 Essen Grugahalle April 21, 1993 Paris France Le Zénith April 25, 1993 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre April 27, 1993 Sheffield Sheffield Arena April 29, 1993 London Wembley Arena June 25, 1993 Clarkston United States Pine Knob Music Theatre June 26, 1993 June 28, 1993 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center June 29, 1993 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center July 1, 1993 Barrie Canada Molson Park July 3, 1993 Corfu United States Darien Lake Performing Arts Center July 4, 1993 Weedsport Cayuga County Fair Speedway July 6, 1993 Middletown Orange County Fair Speedway July 7, 1993 Groton Thames Music Theater July 9, 1993 Mansfield Great Woods Performing Arts Center July 10, 1993 July 11, 1993 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater July 13, 1993 July 14, 1993 July 16, 1993 Burgettstown Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater July 17, 1993 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion July 18, 1993 July 20, 1993 Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion July 21, 1993 Raleigh Walnut Creek Amphitheatre July 23, 1993 Atlanta Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre July 24, 1993 Antioch Starwood Amphitheatre July 25, 1993 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center July 27, 1993 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater July 28, 1993 Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheatre July 30, 1993 Tinley Park New World Music Theatre July 31, 1993 East Troy Alpine Valley Music TheatreAugust 2, 1993 Thornville Buckeye Lake Music Center August 5, 1993 Dallas Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre August 6, 1993 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion August 7, 1993 August 10, 1993 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre August 12, 1993 Oklahoma City Oklahoma State Fairgrounds August 14, 1993 Phoenix Desert Sky Pavilion August 16, 1993 Park City Park West Amphitheater August 18, 1993 Portland Portland Meadows August 20, 1993 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre August 21, 1993 August 22, 1993 Sacramento Cal Expo Amphitheatre August 24, 1993 August 27, 1993 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre August 28, 1993
Box office score data +List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, referencesDate(1993)CityVenueAttendanceGrossJune 25–26Clarkston, United StatesPine Knob Music Theatre30,506$773,370July 28Maryland Heights, United StatesRiverport Amphitheatre19,996$428,137July 30Tinley Park, United StatesWorld Music Theatre24,610$569,075
Personnel Eddie Van Halen – guitar, backing vocals Michael Anthony – bass, backing vocals, keyboards Alex Van Halen – drums Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, guitar
Additional musician Alan Fitzgerald – keyboards
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