The Slippery When Wet Tour, by American hard rock band Bon Jovi, ran from 1986 to 1987. It supported the band's multi-platinum 1986 album Slippery When Wet and was their first major worldwide tour, visiting places such as Australia and Canada for the first time.

"I remember reading about how The Beatles stopped playing live, because everyone just screamed through all the shows", noted Jon Bon Jovi. "Musicianship and song quality meant so little to the fans that the band just felt undervalued. You know what? I understand what they mean. It got so bad when we toured for Slippery When Wet that there were times I was freaking out… We indulged in everything that was on offer. But it wasn't real, and what I wanted above all else was to be given credit for the work I put into the songs and into the recording… The problem was that I didn't notice how the image overtook what we were about."

Of the omission of recordings from this tour from One Wild Night Live 1985–2001, Jon Bon Jovi remarked: "It makes sense for the Slippery tour not to be represented, because at that time I was dosed up on cortisone and my voice was shot. Back then, it wasn't much of a voice."

Accompanying acts Cinderella supported at the majority of shows on the North American leg of the tour. In mainland Europe, Queensrÿche was the support. For the UK leg, support came from the British band FM on all dates except for the last two for which Queensrÿche was the support act. Other opening bands on this tour were Twisted Sister, The Smithereens, Keel and Winger, while The Choirboys were the direct support act for the Australian leg.

Judas Priest headlined the first leg in Canada and .38 Special headlined the second North American leg. "We were in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when we found out that the album made number one in America…" Jon Bon Jovi recalled. "Bon Jovi were selling a million records a month and it was phenomenal. .38 Special's manager said, 'Maybe we'll let you be co-headliners.' We went, 'Great. Gotta go now. It's our time."

The tour also took the band to the Monsters of Rock 1986 in Germany with Warlock, Michael Schenker Group, Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne and headliners Scorpions. Bon Jovi, as a headliner this time, played at Monsters of Rock again in 1987 in England, along with Dio, Metallica, Anthrax, W.A.S.P. and Cinderella.

Setlist The setlist of the tour varied between shows and countries. An average of 16 to 18 songs were played at each show. This is a set list from the show at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri, United States which was also popular throughout the Tour:

"Pink Flamingos" "Raise Your Hands" "Breakout" "I'd Die for You" "Tokyo Road" "You Give Love a Bad Name" "Wild in the Streets" "Never Say Goodbye" "Livin' on a Prayer" "Let it Rock" Guitar solo Drum solo "In and Out of Love" "Runaway" "Wanted Dead or Alive" "Drift Away" "Get Ready"

Tour dates + List of 1986 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueNorth American 2nd leg box score data: Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue July 14, 1986 Vancouver Canada BC Place rowspan=8 rowspan=8 July 16, 1986 Calgary Olympic Saddledome July 17, 1986 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum July 19, 1986 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena July 22, 1986 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens July 23, 1986 Montreal Montreal Forum July 24, 1986 Quebec City Quebec City Coliseum July 26, 1986 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre August 11, 1986 Nagoya Japan Aichi Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan rowspan=10 rowspan=10 August 12, 1986 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sunpalace August 13, 1986 Osaka Festival Hall August 14, 1986 August 16, 1986 Kobe Kobe Kokusai Kaikan August 18, 1986 Tokyo Nippon Budokan August 20, 1986 Yokohama Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan August 21, 1986 Sendai Miyagi-ken Kōkaidō August 23, 1986 Aomori Aomori Shimin Bunka Hall August 25, 1986 Sapporo Hokkaido Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan August 30, 1986 Nuremberg West Germany Zeppelinfeld rowspan=2 rowspan=2 August 31, 1986 Mannheim Maimarktgelände September 9, 1986 Binghamton United States Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena 6,936 / 7,200 $92,499 September 12, 1986 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena 14,028 / 17,200 $209,760 September 13, 1986 Mansfield Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts 11,342 / 15,000 $160,628 September 14, 1986 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center 5,787 / 7,200 $81,978 September 19, 1986 Philadelphia Spectrum 9,349 / 12,742 $126,616 September 21, 1986 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 9,530 / 12,000 $142,950 September 23, 1986 Cullowhee Ramsey Center September 26, 1986 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 12,443 / 12,443 $180,424 September 27, 1986 Atlanta Omni Coliseum 14,555 / 14,555 $222,825 September 28, 1986 Pelham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 7,858 / 7,858 $106,755 October 1, 1986 Columbia Hearnes Center October 3, 1986 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 11,544 / 11,544 $155,142 October 4, 1986 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium 13,600 / 13,600 $190,400 October 5, 1986 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 11,000 / 11,000 $150,156 October 7, 1986 Pittsburgh Civic Arena October 8, 1986 Dayton Hara Arena 8,000 / 8,000 $112,000 October 10, 1986 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center 10,000 / 10,000 $141,578 October 11, 1986 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium 12,000 / 12,000 $160,458 October 12, 1986 Bloomington Met Center 11,849 / 12,500 $166,640 October 17, 1986 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium 9,900 / 9,900 $143,550 October 18, 1986 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 11,511 / 11,511 $166,910 November 7, 1986 Bradford England St George's Hall rowspan=22 rowspan=22 November 9, 1986 Ipswich Gaumont Theatre November 10, 1986 Sheffield Sheffield City Hall November 11, 1986 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon Theatre November 12, 1986 Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Playhouse November 14, 1986 ManchesterEngland Manchester Apollo November 15, 1986 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall November 17, 1986 London Hammersmith Odeon November 18, 1986 November 20, 1986 Liverpool Royal Court Theatre November 21, 1986 Hanley Victoria Hall November 23, 1986 Leicester De Montfort Hall November 24, 1986 London Hammersmith Odeon November 25, 1986 November 27, 1986 Arnhem Netherlands Rijnhal November 28, 1986 Paris France Le Zénith de Paris November 29, 1986 Luzern Switzerland Festhalle Allmend December 2, 1986 Dortmund West Germany Westfalenhallen December 3, 1986 Hanover Eilenriedehalle December 4, 1986 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Center December 6, 1986 Stockholm Sweden Johanneshovs Isstadion December 8, 1986 Helsinki Finland Helsingin Jäähalli December 19, 1986 Bethlehem United States Stabler Arena 11,359 / 12,236 $173,370 December 20, 1986 December 21, 1986 Johnstown Cambria County War Memorial Arena 7,000 / 7,000 $96,250 December 26, 1986 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center 9,500 / 9,500 $137,750 December 27, 1986 Worcester Centrum in Worcester 12,236 / 12,236 $167,946 December 29, 1986 Baltimore Baltimore Arena 13,525 / 13,641 $200,550 December 30, 1986 New Haven New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum December 31, 1986 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena 18,534 / 18,534 $293,130