7800 Fahrenheit Tour

7800 Fahrenheit Tour
Tour by Bon Jovi
Start date April 28, 1985
End date December 31, 1985
Bon Jovi concert chronology
Bon Jovi Tour
(1984)		 7800 Fahrenheit Tour
(1985)		 Slippery When Wet Tour
(1986-1987)

This article summarizes Bon Jovi's 7800 Fahrenheit Tour that occurred in 1985.

Tour highlights

This tour was a great experience for Bon Jovi as they made headlines around Asia and Europe especially in Japan. Bon Jovi played in their first “Monsters of Rock Festival” ever at Castle Donington and were the first band to participate in the new Farm Aid.

Lead singer Jon Bon Jovi became famous for his gravely voice and high pitched screams during this tour. They were on tour from April to December 1985, this was a longer tour than their first tour. During this tour Jon Bon Jovi won ‘Kerrang: Sex Object of the Year 1985’ as his camera friendly looks inspired women. Opener in Europe was Lee Aaron.

Set list

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Asia
April 20, 1985 Tokyo Japan Nakano Sunplaza
April 21, 1985
April 24, 1985 Nagoya Nagoya City Public Hall
April 25, 1985 Osaka Osaka Koseinekin Hall
April 26, 1985 Tokyo Nakano Sunplaza
April 28, 1985 Shibuya Public Hall
April 29, 1985
April 30, 1985
May 2, 1985 Sapporo Hokkaido Koseinekin Hall
Europe
May 7, 1985 Paris France D'Elorado
May 9, 1985 Frankfurt West Germany Volksbildungsheim
May 10, 1985 Mannheim Kulturhaus
May 11, 1985 Munich Alabamahalle
May 14, 1985 Helsinki Finland Kulltuuritalo
May 15, 1985 Stockholm Sweden Göta Lejon
May 16, 1985 Copenhagen Denmark Falconer Salen
May 17, 1985 Hamburg Germany Markthalle
May 18, 1985 Tilburg Netherlands Tilburg Arena
May 20, 1985 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester Apollo
May 21, 1985 Birmingham Odeon Theater
May 23, 1985 London Dominion Theatre
May 24, 1985 Newcastle Mayfair Ballroom
May 25, 1985 Edinburgh Edinburgh Playhouse
North America
June 20, 1985 Milwaukee United States Milwaukee Arena
June 22, 1985 Detroit Hart Plaza
June 29, 1985 Milwaukee Summerfest
Invasion of Your Privacy Tour
Opening for Ratt
July 4, 1985 Charlevoix United States Castle Farms
July 6, 1985 Grand Rapids Welsh Auditorium
July 9, 1985 Columbus Battelle Hall
July 10, 1985 Trotwood Hara Arena
July 12, 1985 Louisville Louisville Gardens
July 13, 1985 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
July 17, 1985 Battle Creek Kellogg Arena
July 19, 1985 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
July 20, 1985 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
July 22, 1985 Kansas City Starlight Theatre
July 23, 1985 Valley Center Kansas Coliseum
July 24, 1985 Norman Lloyd Noble Center
July 26, 1985 Odessa Ector County Coliseum
July 27, 1985 Lubbock Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
July 29, 1985 Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
July 30, 1985 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center
August 1, 1985 Tucson Tucson Convention Center
August 2, 1985 Chandler Compton Terrace
August 3, 1985 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
August 6, 1985 Abilene Taylor County Expo Center
August 7, 1985 Beaumont Beaumont Civic Center
August 8, 1985 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex
August 9, 1985 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
August 10, 1985 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
August 11, 1985 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
August 13, 1985 Memphis Mud Island Amphitheatre
Europe (Monsters of Rock)
August 17, 1985 Castle Donington England Donington Park
North America
Opening for Ratt
August 20, 1985 Johnson City United States Freedom Hall Civic Center
August 21, 1985 Chattanooga UTC Arena
August 22, 1985 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
August 24, 1985 Dallas Cotton Bowl
August 31, 1985 Oakland Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
September 5, 1985 Portland Memorial Coliseum
September 11, 1985 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
September 13, 1985 Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
September 14, 1985 Bismarck Bismarck Civic Center
September 15, 1985 Grand Forks Ralph Engelstad Arena
September 21, 1985 La Crosse La Crosse Center
September 22, 1985 Champaign Memorial Stadium
September 28, 1985 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
September 29, 1985 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
October 2, 1985 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
October 4, 1985 New Haven New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 5, 1985 Worcester The Centrum
October 7, 1985 Providence Providence Civic Center
October 8, 1985 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
October 10, 1985 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
October 12, 1985 Philadelphia The Spectrum
October 14, 1985 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
October 15, 1985 Landover Capital Centre
October 18, 1985 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
October 19, 1985 Johnstown Cambria County War Memorial Arena
October 23, 1985 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
October 25, 1985 Fayetteville Cumberland County Crown Coliseum
October 26, 1985 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
October 30, 1985 Asheville Asheville Civic Center
November 9, 1985 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 10, 1985 East Lansing Lansing Civic Center
November 12, 1985 Bloomington Met Center
November 13, 1985 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
November 15, 1985 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
November 17, 1985 Springfield Hammons Center
November 22, 1985 Monroe Monroe Civic Center
November 23, 1985 Lake Charles Lake Charles Civic Center
November 26, 1985 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
November 27, 1985 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center
November 29, 1985 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
November 30, 1985 Birmingham Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
December 1, 1985 Columbus Columbus Municipal Auditorium
December 4, 1985 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center
December 5, 1985 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
December 6, 1985 Orlando Orange County Convention Center
December 8, 1985 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
December 10, 1985 North Fort Myers Lee County Civic Center
December 11, 1985 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
December 13, 1985 San Juan Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente Coliseum
December 15, 1985 Dallas United States Reunion Arena
December 16, 1985 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center
December 18, 1985 Houston The Summit
December 20, 1985 Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center
December 21, 1985 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
December 22, 1985 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
December 27, 1985 San Bernardino Orange Pavilion
December 28, 1985 Inglewood Great Western Forum
December 30, 1985 Paradise Thomas & Mack Center
December 31, 1985 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena

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