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 Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals Chester D. Thompson – keyboards Benny Rietveld – bass guitar Walfredo Reyes Jr. – drums Armando Peraza – congas, percussion (through October) Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals (beginning October)
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. An average set list of this tour was as follows:
"Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson) "Somewhere in Heaven" (Alex Ligertwood, Santana) "It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana) "The Healer" (John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers, Santana, Chester Thompson) "Batuka" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve) "No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Rolie, Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie) "We Don't Have to Wait" (Santana, Armando Peraza, Thompson) "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green) "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó) "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente) "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix) "Mandela" (Peraza) "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) "Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Ligertwood) "She's Not There" (Rod Argent) "Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana) Encore "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Marcus Malone) "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)
Tour dates
U.S. leg (March 17 – May 26) +List of tour dates with date, city, country, venueDate(1990)CityCountryVenueMarch 17San FranciscoUnited StatesSan Francisco Civic AuditoriumApril 12SpokaneSpokane Opera HouseApril 14PortlandArlene Schnitzer Concert HallApril 16EugeneCuthbert AmphitheaterApril 17EurekaEureka Municipal AuditoriumApril 18San FranciscoWarfield TheatreApril 19Santa CruzSanta Cruz Civic AuditoriumApril 21RenoLawlor Events CenterApril 23StocktonStockton Memorial Civic AuditoriumApril 24FresnoWarnors TheatreApril 25Santa CruzSanta Cruz Civic AuditoriumApril 27Las VegasAladdin Theatre for the Performing ArtsApril 28San Luis ObispoMustang StadiumApril 29Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara BowlMay 26MiamiBayfront Park
European leg (May 29 – June 30) +List of tour dates with date, city, country, venueDate(1990)CityCountryVenueMay 29BournemouthEnglandBournemouth International CentreMay 30LondonHammersmith OdeonMay 31June 1June 3ManchesterManchester ApolloJune 6BrusselsBelgiumCirque RoyalJune 7ArnhemNetherlandsRijnhalJune 8Neumarkt in der OberpfalzWest GermanyJurahalleJune 9JübekSandbahn-StadionJune 11KoblenzRhein-Mosel-HalleJune 13HeilbronnEissporthalleJune 14PforzheimStadthalleJune 15MannheimMannheimer RosengartenJune 16Bad StaffelsteinAdam-Riese-HalleJune 17ParisFranceZénith de ParisJune 19ToulousePalais des SportsJune 20BordeauxPatinoire de MériadeckJune 22LyonFestival EclanovaJune 23BelfortPresqu'île de MalsaucyJune 25IstanbulTurkey rowspan="2" June 26June 27BudapestHungaryKisstadionJune 28ViennaAustriaArenaJune 29ImstOpen Air StadtplatzJune 30St. GallenSwitzerlandSittertobel
North American leg (July 13 – November 21) +List of tour dates with date, city, country, venueDate(1990)CityCountryVenueJuly 13Los AngelesUnited StatesGreek TheatreJuly 14July 15July 17Santa FePaolo Soleri AmphitheaterJuly 18July 20DallasCoca-Cola Starplex AmphitheatreJuly 21Cynthia Woods Mitchell PavilionJuly 22San AntonioSunken Garden TheaterJuly 24New OrleansSaenger TheatreJuly 26NashvilleStarwood AmphitheatreJuly 27PelhamOak Mountain AmphitheatreJuly 28San JuanPuerto RicoRoberto Clemente ColiseumAugust 4New York CityUnited StatesElectric Lady StudiosAugust 5SyracuseEmpire CourtAugust 6Darien CenterDarien Lake Performing Arts CenterAugust 8MansfieldGreat Woods Center for the Performing ArtsAugust 9MontrealCanadaLa RondeAugust 11BristolUnited StatesLake CompounceAugust 12WantaghJones Beach Marine TheaterAugust 14Holmdel TownshipGarden State Arts CenterAugust 15StanhopeWaterloo VillageAugust 16ColumbiaMerriweather Post PavilionAugust 17ClevelandNautica StageAugust 18DetroitFox TheatreAugust 21PittsburghCoca-Cola Star Lake AmphitheaterAugust 22HarrisburgCity IslandAugust 23RichmondMosque TheatreAugust 24Atlantic CityTrump Taj MahalAugust 26ChicagoPoplar Creek Music TheatreAugust 28ColumbusPalace TheatreAugust 30MilwaukeeRiverside TheaterSeptember 1Kansas CityBarney Allis PlazaSeptember 2Greenwood VillageFiddler's Green AmphitheatreSeptember 15Costa MesaPacific AmphitheatreSeptember 16BerkeleyWilliam Randolph Hearst Greek TheatreSeptember 22Los AngelesWiltern TheatreOctober 5StatelineCaesars TahoeOctober 6(2 shows)October 7San JoseEvent Center ArenaOctober 9(2 shows)FresnoFresno FairgroundsOctober 11San DiegoStarlight BowlOctober 12PhoenixArizona Veterans Memorial ColiseumOctober 13TucsonPima County FairgroundsOctober 14El PasoSpecial Events CenterOctober 16LubbockLubbock Municipal AuditoriumOctober 18WichitaCotillion BallroomOctober 19TulsaBrady TheaterOctober 20DallasCotton BowlNovember 2BostonOrpheum TheatreNovember 3NewarkGolden Dome Athletic CenterNovember 5New York CityBeacon TheatreNovember 6November 7November 9Upper Darby TownshipTower TheaterNovember 10November 11NorfolkChrysler HallNovember 13IndianapolisMurat TheatreNovember 15AtlantaFox TheatreNovember 16CocoaBrevard County FairgroundsNovember 17SunriseSunrise Musical TheaterNovember 18November 20St. PetersburgMahaffey TheaterNovember 21PensacolaBayfront Auditorium
Box office score data +List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, referencesDate(1990)CityVenueAttendanceGrossJuly 13Los Angeles, United StatesGreek Theatre18,544 / 18,544$407,523July 14July 15September 15Costa Mesa, United StatesPacific Amphitheatre9,371 / 11,000$209,468October 20Dallas, United StatesCotton Bowl74,100 / 74,100$1,715,688November 5New York City, United StatesBeacon Theatre8,133 / 8,133$203,325November 6November 7November 9Upper Darby Township, United StatesTower Theater5,882 / 5,882$109,220November 10November 17Sunrise, United StatesSunrise Musical Theater7,354 / 7,354$145,261November 18TOTAL123,384 / 125,013 (99%)$2,790,485
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References
External links Santana Past Shows 1990 at Santana official website