The All 4 Love Tour is a 1986 concert tour by R&B group New Edition supporting their third studio album All for Love. It was the first time they toured as a quartet as Bobby Brown had left the group.
Overview After Bobby Brown left the group in the fall of 1985, Ralph, Ricky, Michael and Ronnie continued to promote their third album as a quartet with a 85-city tour of the United States including the US Virgin Islands and Canada. A trip to Japan was initially planned.
It was their most elaborate tour, with a $350,000 stage set resembling a 48 ft wide, 17 ft Deep, 10 ft high medieval castle and four towers in which each members simultaneously disappeared.
The show started with a voice speaking introduction story before a spaceship dropped the group members on stage, it incorporated illusions and lasers. The production cost $500.000 in total and affordable dueto their sponsorship. The Tour was sponsored by Coca-Cola, who also organized community events coordinated with local bottlers such as pre-show reception, radio promo, school high-attendance and essay contest winners invitations to backstage tours, assembly programs and basketball games with the members of New Edition. The price of the ticket stayed low due to the fact that 90% of the fans were still students.
During the first four weeks, they sold out venues such as Washington DC's Convention Center, Richmond Coliseum and Atlanta's Omni. It was estimated that a total of 1.5 million people seen the group perform onstage.
In New york City , where they gave 2 sold-out shows at them Madison Square Garden on June 8, Dozens of youth robbed and mugged people in a two-hour crime spree. 33 mugging peruse and chain snatchings were reported. There were 12 minor injuries and 26 arrests of suspects ranging in age from 13 to 28, one of whom was armed with a gun. a woman's earring was torn off her ear. There were also two bomb threats.
During the Summer New edition was on the bill of Budweiser Fest and Carefree Curl Summer Fest appearing with acts such as, Ready for the World, Atlantic Star, Midnight Star and Morri Day and the Time.
Setlists
New Haven Coliseum - April 27, 1986 (Spaceship Introduction) "All for Love" "School" "My Secret (Didja Gitit Yet?)" "Baby Love "Let's Be Friends" "Mr. Telephone Man" "Lost in Love" "Count Me Out" "Cool It Now" "With You All The Way" "Kickback" "Candy Girl" "A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)
Note Earth Angel was performed In August and September.
Supporting acts Force MD's Cherrelle The Jets (Knoxville July 20)
Tour dates Date (1986)CityCountryVenueNo. of performancesNorth AmericaMarch 6Los AngelesUnited StatesCocoanut Grove1March 12CoumbusMunicipal Auditorium1March 14SavannahSavannah Civic Center1March 15MobileMobile Municipal Auditorium1March 16TallahasseeCivic Center1March 20HutsvilleVon Braun Center1March 21MemphisMid-South Coliseum1March 22New OrleansLouisiana Superdome1March 23NashvilleNashville Municipal Auditorium1March 26BeaumontCivic Center1March 27MonroeMonroe Civic Center1March 29BirminghamBirmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Arena1March 30GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum1April 1ChicagoUIC Pavilion1April 2RichmondRichmond Coliseum1April 5TampaUSF Dome1April 13Washington, DC Convention Center1April 17ChattanoogaUTC Arena1April 18ColumbusOhio Center1April 19DaytonHara Arena1April 20DetroitJoe Louis Arena1April 24ProvidenceCivic Center1April 25BaltimoreCivic Center1April 26PhiladelphiaSpectrum1April 27New HavenNew Haven Coliseum1May 1SaginawCivic Center1April 2IndianapolisMarket Square Arena1May 7 AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum1May 8TucsonTucson Convention Center1May 9San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena1May 10OaklandOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena1May 11Long BeachLong Beach Arena1May 15Little RockBarton Coliseum1May 16LafayetteCajunDome1May 18San AntonioFreeman Coliseum 1May 22Oklahoma CityMyriad Convention Center1May 23Kansas CityKemper Arena1May 24DallasReunion Arena1May 25HoustonSouthern Star Amphitheater1May 30CharlotteCharlotte Coliseum1May 31HamptonHampton Coliseum1June 1ColumbiaCarolina Coliseum1June 4MilwaukeeMECCA Arena1June 6PittsburghPittsburgh Civic Arena1June 7ClevelandPublic Auditorium1June 8New York CityMadison Square Garden2June 14Washington, D.C.RFK Stadium1June 20San DiegoJack Murphy Stadium1June 22Santa ClaraGreat America's Redwood Amphitheater2July 3AustellSix Flags Over Georgia - Southern Star Amphitheater2July 52July 6DoswellKings Dominion2July 11VaughanCanadaKingswood Music Theater1July 12PhiladelphiaUnited StatesVeterans Stadium1July 13GreenvilleGreenville Memorial Auditorium1July 19PensacolaPansacola Civic Center1July 20GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum1July 2?Knoxville Civic Center1July 26LouisvilleGardens1July 20St. LouisSt. Louis Arena1August 1CincinnatiRiverfront Stadium1August 8New OrleansSuperdome1August 9AlbanyAlbany Civic Center1August 10MiamiMiami Stadium1August 14UniondaleNassau Coliseum1August 15DetroitJoe Louis Arena1August 16Cleveland Richfield Coliseum1August 17ChicagoRosemont Horizon1August 20MontgomeryGarrett Coliseum1August 23Fort WorthTarrant County Convention Center1August 24JacksonMississippi Coliseum1August 29OaklandOakland-Alameda County Coliseum1August 30Santa ClaraGreat America's Redwood Amphitheater1August 31InglewoodInglewood Forum1September 1PhoenixArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum1September 4Las VegasThomas & Mack Center2September 6PortlandVeterans Memorial Coliseum1September 7TacomaTacoma Dome1November 1AlbanyAlbany State College 1December 15PhiladelphiaSpectrum1
Personnel Vocalists/dancers Ralph Tresvant – lead vocals, dancer Ricky Bell – lead vocals, dancer Michael Bivins - vocals, dancer Ronnie DeVoe – vocals, dancer
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