| Parade Tour | ||||
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| Tour by Prince and The Revolution | ||||
| Associated album | Parade | |||
| Start date | August 12, 1986 | |||
| End date | September 9, 1986 | |||
| Legs | 1 | |||
| Shows | 15 in Europe 4 in Asia 19 Total |
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The Parade Tour was a concert tour in support of Prince and The Revolution's latest album, Parade. The Parade tour marked the first full tour of Europe by Prince. It also saw the expanded Revolution line-up and featured Sheila E. and her band as an opening act for most shows.
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The Hit N Run and Parade Tours marked the first, and ironically last, tour(s) of the expanded Revolution as most of the members of the defunct The Family band were absorbed into Prince's band, dubbed by Eric Leeds as "The Counter-Revolution". The band's expansion became a source of tension, as some of the original members were unhappy with the new additions, especially of the non-instrument playing dancers, Wally Safford and Greg Brooks, with Brown Mark remarking "I was [put] behind the piano, next to Bobby Z [standing] behind three guys that used to be bodyguards. I started feeling a little underappreciated."[1] Wendy was even bothered that her twin sister Susannah, was now in the band, saying "I shared a womb with this person, do I have to share a stage?" Furthermore Brown Mark, Wendy and Lisa felt that Prince was turning the band into more of an R&B/funk band, moving away from the pop/rock music that Prince had moved toward with his last three albums.
Right before the Parade tour was scheduled to start overseas, Brown Mark, Wendy and Lisa threatened to quit, in fact Bobby Z. literally caught Wendy and Lisa at the airport and begged them to stay for the tour. Eventually all three were convinced to ride it out. But as the tour ended it became clear that this would be the end of the group and these were their final performances together. On the final night in Yokohama, Japan, Prince uncharacteristically smashed up all of his guitars after a final encore of "Purple Rain".[1]
Shortly after the Parade tour in October 1986, The Revolution was disbanded, with Prince firing Wendy and Lisa, replacing Bobby Z. with Sheila E., and Brown Mark quitting.
Also "Mutiny", "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night", "Do U Lie?", "Condition of the Heart", "The Ladder", "♥ or $" and "America" would be played on some shows.
The Paris performance of "It's Gonna be a Beautiful Night" was recorded and overdubbed before being released on the Sign ☮' the Times album.
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
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| Europe | |||
| August 12, 1986 | London | England | Wembley Arena |
| August 13, 1986 | |||
| August 14, 1986 | |||
| August 17, 1986 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Sportpaleis Ahoy |
| August 18, 1986 | |||
| August 19, 1986 | |||
| August 21, 1986 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Valby Hallen |
| August 22, 1986 | Stockholm | Sweden | Isstadion |
| August 25, 1986 | Paris | France | Le Zénith |
| August 26, 1986 | Frankfurt | West Germany | Eissporthalle |
| August 27, 1986 | Brussels | Belgium | Forest National |
| August 28, 1986 | Frankfurt | West Germany | Eissporthalle |
| August 29, 1986 | Essen | Grugahalle | |
| August 30, 1986 | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | |
| August 31, 1986 | |||
| Asia | |||
| September 5, 1986 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka-jō Hall |
| September 6, 1986 | |||
| September 8, 1986 | Yokohama | Yokohama Stadium | |
| September 9, 1986 | |||