1986 Tour

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1986 Tour
Tour by Van Halen
Start date 27 March 1986
End date 3 November 1986
Legs 3
Shows 112
Van Halen tour chronology
Monsters of Rock Tour 1984
(1984)		 1986 Tour
(1986)		 Monsters of Rock Tour 1988
(1988)

The 5150-1986 Tour was a concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen.

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[edit] History

This was the band's first concert with Sammy Hagar on lead vocals (and second electric guitar), following the acrimonious departure of original singer David Lee Roth. It was also a tour to promote the band's first album with Hagar, 5150.

Like many Van Halen tours, the routing only took the band across North America, as travelling internationally was hard for the band's complicated and heavy stage set. Furthermore, Hagar wanted to establish himself as the band's new singer in their homeland. The first leg of the tour was entirely USA dates, though a few Canadian ones slipped into the second and third legs.

The 1986 Tour took place in the context of the great David Lee Roth-Van Halen split, with former Van Halen fan base being split as well. Those who had gone onto the new Van Halen's side of the split used the concerts as an opportunity to voice their stance, frequently via unison chants of "Fuck Dave!" The tour set a trend later Hagar-era ones would follow: the number of pre-Hagar Van Halen songs was kept to a minimum, with Hagar only being willing to play that era's best-known songs. An Eddie/Sammy guitar duel was also a frequent part of the concerts. "Rock and Roll", by Led Zeppelin was the closing song every night.

The group's biggest hit, "Jump", was usually omitted from the set list, or sung by the audience instead of Hagar. To fill in the set list almost all the songs from the 5150 album were used, as well as covers and some of Sammy's pre-Van Halen work. This included solo work like his recent MTV hit "I Can't Drive 55" and Montrose songs. Indeed, the addition of Hagar's guitar gave Eddie Van Halen more room to move, or to play keyboards on certain songs.

The second concert at New Haven Coliseum was filmed and shown live on television and released on VHS with the title Van Halen - Live Without a Net; it has subsequently been released on DVD.

[edit] Tour Dates

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[edit] US leg

[edit] First North American leg (USA/Canada - inc. second US leg)

[edit] Second North American leg (USA/Canada - inc. third US leg)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Van Halen Tour Dates

[edit] External links

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